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The Okura-sho’s old school ties

Headline: The Okura-sho’s old school tiesSource: EuromoneyDate: February 2001Author: Kevin Rafferty         Kubota: “a mind as sharp as a razor” It certainly does not feel as if you are walking down the hallowed corridors of power. It’s more like a Spartan British public school that has fallen on hard times, with a […]

January 1, 2000

Headline: The Okura-sho’s old school ties
Source: Euromoney
Date: February 2001
Author: Kevin Rafferty

       
Kubota: “a mind as sharp as a razor”
It certainly does not feel as if you are walking down the hallowed corridors of power. It’s more like a Spartan British public school that has fallen on hard times, with a gloomy grey stone and brick exterior and Stygian echoing corridors build around quadrangles. The floors are made of wooden blocks, some of which have worked loose over the years, so you have to watch your step.




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