Friday, August 23, 2019

(1916) Architectural oddities


There are still several houses like this from the Taisho (1912-1925) and early Showa (1925-1989) periods, especially in East Tokyo, where we also live And they make the metropolis' urban landscape even more absurd -as if it was lacking in absurdity. For the record, and because some people might think "oh, how beautiful and picturesque" I should point out that the estimations about 100.000 fatalities in the next big Tokyo earthquake are mostly in reference to these houses. 

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr)

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