tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7975421140446668477.post5239120900289375551..comments2024-03-26T13:52:54.721+09:00Comments on More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan: An Icon of Metabolism: The Miyakonojo Civic CenterOjisanjakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506748719638540152noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7975421140446668477.post-25169315739910058502019-10-29T17:19:47.180+09:002019-10-29T17:19:47.180+09:00it continued in a big way as you described for a c...it continued in a big way as you described for a couple of more decades after the 80's...... less now but still a lot of undecorated concrete around looking uglier and uglierOjisanjakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05506748719638540152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7975421140446668477.post-65055727479283736922019-10-28T19:05:29.279+09:002019-10-28T19:05:29.279+09:00I lived near Miyakonojo in the 1980s, and these pi...I lived near Miyakonojo in the 1980s, and these pictures have stirred my memories. I remember that the outside of the Civic Centre building seemed uncared-for, and the building was somewhat out of place in rural Japan. Many buildings in the region were finished in raw concrete with no paint or tiles, and turned depressing shades of black and grey as above in the high heat and humidity. I wonder Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7975421140446668477.post-30039786703484087202019-09-17T10:23:19.180+09:002019-09-17T10:23:19.180+09:00Let me at it with an EWP and petrol power washer, ...Let me at it with an EWP and petrol power washer, would take me a week.<br /><br />Mind you, the Japanese do love their moss and mould everywhere...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7975421140446668477.post-57633898623873440462019-09-14T11:59:43.819+09:002019-09-14T11:59:43.819+09:00Boy what an ugly ugly buildingBoy what an ugly ugly buildingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10371346027799577014noreply@blogger.com