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The former Kantei featured several historic
staircases such as the front staircase known as the "Otoko no Hanamichi (Glorious
Path of Man)", and the west staircase which was the scene of group photographs
marking the formation of new Cabinets and Cabinet reshuffles.
Most movement between floors in the new Kantei is by elevator or escalator,
but there are two staircases in the Entrance Hall just past the Front Entrance
on the left. The stairs connect to the Grand Hall and Small Hall on the second
floor and to the fourth floor amenities such as the Cabinet Room and the Special
Reception Room.
Using the staircase gives a leisurely view of the beautiful Inner Court, which
appears to have made them rather popular.
The west staircase provided the place in the former Kantei for commemorative
photographs marking the formation of new Cabinets and other events, and in the
new Kantei, the first photograph marking a Cabinet reshuffle was taken
on the stair leading from the second to the third floor on September 30,2002.
This staircase too is surely destined to be inscribed with a lot of history. |
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