Old wooden Harajuku Station to be demolished
Nov 20, 2019, 3:19 am
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Old wooden Harajuku Station to be demolished
WTAF!!!!
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/n...iGw6yqL6w1KKN4
“East Japan Railway says it will tear down Harajuku Station, the oldest wooden station building in Tokyo, after the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in the metropolis.“
Apparently it is not sufficiently fire resistant.
Oh well, going to have to schedule in a serious photo shoot with the little one next Spring.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/n...iGw6yqL6w1KKN4
“East Japan Railway says it will tear down Harajuku Station, the oldest wooden station building in Tokyo, after the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in the metropolis.“
Apparently it is not sufficiently fire resistant.
Oh well, going to have to schedule in a serious photo shoot with the little one next Spring.
Nov 20, 2019, 5:01 am
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WTAF!!!!
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/n...iGw6yqL6w1KKN4
“East Japan Railway says it will tear down Harajuku Station, the oldest wooden station building in Tokyo, after the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in the metropolis.“
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/n...iGw6yqL6w1KKN4
“East Japan Railway says it will tear down Harajuku Station, the oldest wooden station building in Tokyo, after the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in the metropolis.“
Nov 20, 2019, 5:12 am
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WTAF!!!!
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/n...iGw6yqL6w1KKN4
“East Japan Railway says it will tear down Harajuku Station, the oldest wooden station building in Tokyo, after the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in the metropolis.“
Apparently it is not sufficiently fire resistant.
Oh well, going to have to schedule in a serious photo shoot with the little one next Spring.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/n...iGw6yqL6w1KKN4
“East Japan Railway says it will tear down Harajuku Station, the oldest wooden station building in Tokyo, after the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in the metropolis.“
Apparently it is not sufficiently fire resistant.
Oh well, going to have to schedule in a serious photo shoot with the little one next Spring.
Nov 20, 2019, 5:32 pm
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Well, they do say that they will recreate it with modern materials.
Watching some documentary about how painstakingly they redid Tokyo station, down to the exact brick color, I might put faith into this being done nicely. (but I have no firsthand knowledge)
Watching some documentary about how painstakingly they redid Tokyo station, down to the exact brick color, I might put faith into this being done nicely. (but I have no firsthand knowledge)
Nov 20, 2019, 7:25 pm
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I'd like them to preserve the original station in an architecture park, as Lap suggested. If they're removing the original building wholesale (which makes sense, given the safety concerns and space constraints at the current location), I expect the "recreation" in modern materials on the same site will be pure window dressing, so to speak - no better than photographs from the point of view of preserving a historic / cultural asset.
Nov 20, 2019, 10:11 pm
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Me too. I remember reading about it being replaced last year and got a few snaps in December before it would be gone.
Nov 21, 2019, 1:02 pm
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Japan is the land of replicas. Sooo many Meiji-era buildings that have been "preserved," complete with historic markers, are fakes. And even with old buildings, they clean them up so much the patina is gone so it's hard to tell which is which from the outside.
Nov 22, 2019, 3:21 am
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This is from Japan news showing the rendition of the new station to blend into the design of the neighborhood.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20.../#.Xde0zYoxWhA
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20.../#.Xde0zYoxWhA
Nov 22, 2019, 3:31 am
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This is from Japan news showing the rendition of the new station to blend into the design of the neighborhood.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20.../#.Xde0zYoxWhA
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20.../#.Xde0zYoxWhA
I can actually imagine the new grey brown building as a station in the suburbs somewhere, or in a mountain town, but it is so very “meh” in the Harajuku/Ometesando area. Hate it!
Nov 22, 2019, 8:45 am
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Blend in doesn't seem like a good design goal for a popular station like Harajuku with a good number of unfamiliar visitors. Good news is the flow of people in and out should be a clue.