Postcards from Japan: Cool Buildings
The immediate impression I got when traveling around Japan is that the architecture is dominated by ugly, concrete block-shaped buildings. While the post-war communist concrete legos look is less than inspiring (yes, I know the Japanese weren't communist, but it looks like they were), there are many gems in the Japanese built landscape. As you would expect, many of the gems are beautiful shrines, temples and castles with their traditional Japanese architecture, but there are also some awe-inspiring high rises and some simply cool buildings. Here are some photos of what I wandered across.
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| Tokyo |
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| Tokyo |
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| Tokyo |
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| Tokyo |
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| Tokyo |
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| Tokyo International Forum - I loved the inside of this building with its open atrium and glass bridges and wall of windows. |
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| Tokyo International Forum - ceiling view |
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| Tokyo International Forum - ceiling view |
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| Traditional homes on Miyajima Island |
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| Pagoda on Miyajima Island |
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| Pagoda on Miyajima Island |
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| Fukuoka |
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| Dazaifu with Jessica Liu-Hada and Marty |
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| Shrine in Fukuoka |
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| Nara |
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| Oasis 21 - a very fun bus station in Nagoya |
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| Nagoya Castle |
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| Nara |
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| Nara |
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| For your amusement |
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| Nagoya Train Station |
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| Nagoya |
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| Nagoya |
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| Spiral Tower in Nagoya - coolest highrise I've ever seen | (I loved this building) |
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| Spiral Tower - Nagoya |
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| Spiral Tower - Nagoya |
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| I only saw two slummy looking buildings in Japan - this was one of them. (I don't know if this says something about Japan or about where I walked.) |
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| Karaoke building - Nagoya |
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| One of the many spectacular shrines in Kyoto |
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| Kyoto |
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| Kyoto |
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| Building with plants growing out of it - Tokyo |
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| Under construction in Tokyo |
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| Gold's Gym - Tokyo |
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| Tokyo |
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| Tokyo |
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| Prada Building - Tokyo (You can find much better photos of this building on the web.) |
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| Stairway in the Prada Building - Tokyo |
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| Inside the Prada Building - Tokyo |
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