tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post4228335415586166658..comments2023-05-17T16:27:44.487+09:00Comments on Japan: The end of an eraCeciliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03061122323528396071noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post-40440671143425616532012-03-13T20:38:13.964+09:002012-03-13T20:38:13.964+09:00It makes perfect sense. If people loved shitamachi...It makes perfect sense. If people loved shitamachi as they found it, or even if they found it and wanted to spruce it up like Yanaka I wouldn't mind. It's the supersized mansions with obligatory car spaces and two, three four air cons per apartments. What particularly upsets me (and I am feeling a bit upset about it) is the security buildings that kill the street life - and ironically Ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03061122323528396071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post-36977230636818121352012-03-13T16:02:32.049+09:002012-03-13T16:02:32.049+09:00I've noticed lots of construction (mostly apar...I've noticed lots of construction (mostly apartment buildings) in the shitamachi. We get all their flyers in our mail box, and every flyer boasts that this particular new development has, gasp!, a view of Tokyo Sky Tree! I love that tower, but I have an uneasy feeling that the world is suddenly going to discover the shitamachi, and I'm not so sure that I'm happy about that. Am I Ruroushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10638258526527895171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post-70793621589316326942012-03-12T20:46:00.641+09:002012-03-12T20:46:00.641+09:00Imagine if the architect got royalties!Imagine if the architect got royalties!Ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03061122323528396071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post-32617471695434758902012-03-12T14:46:23.858+09:002012-03-12T14:46:23.858+09:00I've often wondered what those apartment build...I've often wondered what those apartment buildings were...I thought they could have been government apartments.I could have just asked Masaaki but i never did...now I know what they are. Even here they look the same as your pictures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com