For this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge, the prompt is “architechture.” Since I don’t have a lot of fancy tools at my disposal for altering photos, I decided to choose a building and pick it apart. I thought what better place to look than Japan, where aesthetics is everything.
Here’s a picture I took in December of 2014, of the Disney store in the Shibuya section of Tokyo. Click on the pictures for a closer look:
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- The whole building, for perspective
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- Who wouldn’t want to go in? Note the sign that says 7F… that means the store is 7 floors high.
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- Above the entrance The store inside is tiny in square footage. It’s all upwards, via a skinny circular staircase, on which you have to squeeze past the people going the other way.
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- This is where you come out – the cash registers in most stores in Japan are at the back.
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- Above the exit is all interesting textures – for no particular reason. There are no windows in the store.
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- Fancy frontage, but not part of the store. It’s all between the entrance and the exit.
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- And finally the roof, with the obligatory plants. The Japanese grow things anywhere they can – and it’s all beautiful.
If you’d like to participate in the prompt, click here for Dale’s page, and/or here to go to K’lee’s place. Go on – it’s fun!
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June 7, 2016 at 12:00 am
It certainly is peculiar. I can’t help but think there is a reason behind each design element — unless it was designed by an American who just wanted to be different. lol
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June 8, 2016 at 4:20 pm
That’s entirely possible, since it’s Disney. But it could be a Japanese architect going for an “American” look too. It was definitely worth taking a picture of. 🙂
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June 6, 2016 at 9:57 pm
That was a very interesting building 🙂
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June 8, 2016 at 3:31 pm
It is! 🙂
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June 6, 2016 at 5:40 pm
I’ve never actually seen that building. But then, I didn’t spend much time in Shibuya. I was a Shinjuku person. But I agree, one of the best places to find interesting architecture is Japan.
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June 8, 2016 at 3:31 pm
The Disney store is just up the street from the station – about two minutes walk from what I remember.
I meant to go to Shinjuku, but I didn’t make it. 😛
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June 11, 2016 at 5:22 pm
Huh. Strange that I never saw it.
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June 6, 2016 at 4:56 pm
Wow! Fantastic shots. I’m kinda wishing I could teleport myself there right now. I’ve been to Tokyo once and it was amazing. I didn’t get to spend much time there, but one day… one day, I’ll go back and see this.
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June 8, 2016 at 3:29 pm
Ah, I love Tokyo. Can’t wait to go back myself.
Thanks very much – glad you like the pictures. 🙂
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June 6, 2016 at 4:19 pm
Nicely done!
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June 8, 2016 at 3:27 pm
Thanks, Dan! 🙂
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June 6, 2016 at 4:18 pm
Cool Linda. Very neat architecture – also I didn’t know that the Japanese put the cashes at the rear – interesting.
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June 8, 2016 at 3:27 pm
Thanks, Paul! 🙂
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June 6, 2016 at 4:03 pm
What a bizarre place. It looks like some sort of marooned spaceship.
Thank you for your continued participation in the challenge it’s great that we get such an eclectic mix of images.
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June 8, 2016 at 3:26 pm
Yes, many things in Japan look like marooned spaceships, oddly. 🙂
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