I'm Going To Japan

tabana wrote:I'm surprise by the waste of space in the middle though.

That's typical for a mall, ne?

tabana wrote:Very nice mall. :wow: I'm surprise by the waste of space in the middle though. Wasting a lot of money in rent. It has to be spacious, I guess...

bmwracer wrote:That's typical for a mall, ne?

Although it looks like wasted space in the middle I think it might actually serve a purpose. Not sure, just my opinion. By having the open atrium, you can see all the other stores, from every balcony. If they filled in the middle you might miss some. Also it gives the feeling of still being outdoors while being inside a mall. That way the customers will enjoy their whole 'mall' experience on many different levels (no pun intended). :D I personally do not like malls living out here in good ole' suburbia, but that new Omotesando Hills development looks very nice! :thumbsup:

krim wrote:needs an apple store. :hehe:

You want produce, go to a supermarket. :hehe:

krim wrote:you can never have too many apple stores. :mrgreen:

thank you, mr. jobs! :mrgreen:

Enna wrote:

Although it looks like wasted space in the middle I think it might actually serve a purpose. Not sure, just my opinion. By having the open atrium, you can see all the other stores, from every balcony. If they filled in the middle you might miss some. Also it gives the feeling of still being outdoors while being inside a mall. That way the customers will enjoy their whole 'mall' experience on many different levels (no pun intended). :D I personally do not like malls living out here in good ole' suburbia, but that new Omotesando Hills development looks very nice! :thumbsup:

agreed.

when they hire a world famous architect as they did for this project i'm sure the utilization of "negative space" and how it relates to the development as a whole is well thought out. for such a high profile development i'm sure all the angles are considered. moreover given the intense population density and therefore density of buildings in a city like tokyo an open air space such as this lends itself to providing a luxurious reprieve from the clutter that abounds throughout the city.

it's like when you go to a high end boutique...when you walk in there you can have what seems only a handful of clothing items in a sparsely populated space....when you go to wal-mart the store is chalk full to the rafters...it creates a different impression in the mind of the customer.

today, Friday the 17th, afternoon, just a few people walking down Omotesando-dori for a little shopping

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i really love these pictures....so much energy.

Has anyone posted the link for the webcam of Tokyo Tower? If not, here it is:

http://www.nttls.co.jp/webcam/

It's controllable as well.

Tu_triky wrote:

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For some reason......that old man with the white hair wearing glasses on the left side of the pic........he reminds me of my grandpa.....though this old man doesn't have much of a wrinkly face...guess he somewhat younger then my grandpa

Edit: now that i take a closer look......he has some black hair and i can't really tell if he wearing glasses or not :sweat:

dochira wrote:Has anyone posted the link for the webcam of Tokyo Tower? If not, here it is:

http://www.nttls.co.jp/webcam/

It's controllable as well.

does it peer into hotel rooms....

Tu_triky wrote:
does it peer into hotel rooms....

The Japanese are technological people....it shouldn't be much longer til it's possible. :hehe:

dochira wrote:
The Japanese are technological people....it shouldn't be much longer til it's possible. :hehe:

seriously they probably already have a 25 megapixel camera that can see through walls, take hi def video, that you can wirelessly upload to the internet.

I recently started watching Koi ni Ochitara starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi...the show, which aired last year, is EXTENSIVELY shot in and around Roppongi Hills....in fact I walked the very same pathways and areas...so I'm surmising that it's only a matter of time before we start seeing dramas shot on location at Omotesando Hills.

dochira wrote:Has anyone posted the link for the webcam of Tokyo Tower? If not, here it is:

http://www.nttls.co.jp/webcam/

It's controllable as well.

how bout' to Shibuya109, where all the cute j-girls are at... :bonk:

Tu_triky wrote:

seriously they probably already have a 25 megapixel camera that can see through walls, take hi def video, that you can wirelessly upload to the internet.

fo' reals yo....probably they do already. :hehe:

qilver wrote:

fo' reals yo....probably they do already. :hehe:

just walk the streets of akihabara...the nerds probably use it to take pornotic pictures in those maid cafes...

K.T.Tran wrote:Edit: now that i take a closer look......he has some black hair and i can't really tell if he wearing glasses or not :sweat:

Maybe you need glasses, bud. :hehe:

K.T.Tran wrote:

For some reason......that old man with the white hair wearing glasses on the left side of the pic........he reminds me of my grandpa.....though this old man doesn't have much of a wrinkly face...guess he somewhat younger then my grandpa

Edit: now that i take a closer look......he has some black hair and i can't really tell if he wearing glasses or not :sweat:

everybody looks like that after a couple of bottles of sake.

bmwracer wrote:
Maybe you need glasses, bud. :hehe:

I do. I don't wear it a lot though :sweat:

Tu_triky wrote:

just walk the streets of akihabara...the nerds probably use it to take pornotic pictures in those maid cafes...

yeah...thinking back from Densha series....when they were in those cosplay manga cafe's, lol :lol: :bonk:

K.T.Tran wrote:

I do. I don't wear it a lot though :sweat:

but do wear them, to impress the nerdie girls that are hot, if they're any of them around campus?
lol

so, they are just reading glasses then? :bonk: