Two Types of Tokyo Station Bricks

Two Types of Tokyo Station Bricks

One type is a structural brick, and the other is a face brick, for decorating the building facade. All of the bricks were made in Japan.

Number of bricks used in the original construction
Structural bricks: approx. 8.33 million
Bricklaying method: Dutch (English)
Face bricks: approx. 930,000
Bricklaying method: header bond

* The number of bricks was listed in a 1915 (Taisho 4) “Tokyo station construction report” written by engineer Hikosaburo Kanai, according to the “Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers” (Vol. 4 No. 2).