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jdnation
Joined: 15 May 2007
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 Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:35 am
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Sad... it was such an iconic part of that district. On par with Tokyo Tower or Times Square NY when people think of places.
Another fine example of government bureaucracy and the almighty armies of experts destroying things people love, besides their health, livelihoods and economies, one lockdown at a time.
And Japan was more measured by comparison. Europe, North America, and especially China are #€$£'ed in the coming months and years...
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yeehaw
Joined: 09 Sep 2018
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:05 pm
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Man that sucks, It was very, very loud in there but it was a fun place
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TheAnimeRevolutionizer
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:30 pm
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| jdnation wrote: | | Sad... it was such an iconic part of that district. On par with Tokyo Tower or Times Square NY when people think of places.
Another fine example of government bureaucracy and the almighty armies of experts destroying things people love, besides their health, livelihoods and economies, one lockdown at a time.
And Japan was more measured by comparison. Europe, North America, and especially China are #€$£'ed in the coming months and years... |
I'd recommend reading this article before mourning.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/tokyos-tearing-down-an-iconic-building-thats-a-good-thing/2022/04/11/e280ddac-b9e2-11ec-a92d-c763de818c21_story.html
As much as I feel I missed my opportunity to visit Japan in the early 2000s, nothing really is all that bad as it seems. Tokyo and essentially all of Japan is a nation of change- It is as alive as the people who live there. Things come and go, and all things have a lifetime of their own.
Would I have loved to engaged in the Japanese arcade scene? Yes. Would I have loved to go to Shibuya and check out its nighttime concert and local music scene back then? Yes. But keeping things beyond their expiration date isn't a good thing. Plus, I believe everything is reborn somehow and in a new form. If not, then chase out the world's treasures for your own.
Go check out that arcade that takes on the aesthetic of Kowloon Walled City. Doesn't that still exist?
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zztop
Joined: 28 Aug 2014
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 12:29 am
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| TheAnimeRevolutionizer wrote: | | [
Go check out that arcade that takes on the aesthetic of Kowloon Walled City. Doesn't that still exist? |
The Kowloon-themed arcade in Kawasaki closed down in Nov 2019.
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TheAnimeRevolutionizer
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 9:26 pm
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| zztop wrote: | | The Kowloon-themed arcade in Kawasaki closed down in Nov 2019. |
Oh? Is that so? Well, there's always Ikebukuro!
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Cardcaptor Takato
Joined: 27 Jan 2018
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 12:43 am
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| jdnation wrote: | |
Another fine example of government bureaucracy and the almighty armies of experts destroying things people love, besides their health, livelihoods and economies, one lockdown at a time.
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Arcades have been on the decline long before COVID and it seems kind of conspiratorial to blame this solely on lockdowns which kept people safe from the virus.
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Greboruri
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
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Location: QBN, NSW, Australia
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:48 am
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Gearoid Reidy really is an expert at writing terrible takes. Demolishing cultural and architecturally significant buildings is fine because upper middle class families can afford good apartments in sought after neighbourhoods is a bonkers take. It reads like a developer wrote it. The idea that nobody wants these buildings preserved is absurd.
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| zztop wrote: | | The Kowloon-themed arcade in Kawasaki closed down in Nov 2019. |
Oh? Is that so? Well, there's always Ikebukuro! |
Mate, no...
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Gem-Bug
Joined: 10 Nov 2018
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:42 am
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[quote="TheAnimeRevolutionizer"]
"Before mourning, read this take by a white dude writing for an American newspaper". 
| Greboruri wrote: | | Gearoid Reidy really is an expert at writing terrible takes. Demolishing cultural and architecturally significant buildings is fine because upper middle class families can afford good apartments in sought after neighbourhoods is a bonkers take. It reads like a developer wrote it. The idea that nobody wants these buildings preserved is absurd. |
YUP. This is an issue all over the world right now, and slime-balls are trying everything they can to direct the narrative in their favor. It's repulsive.
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