{"id":1922,"date":"2014-02-09T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T02:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2019-07-30T16:48:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T21:48:32","slug":"visiting-japanese-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/09\/visiting-japanese-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Japanese Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most challenging portion of my trip to Japan was the time in Tōhoku’s recovering disaster areas<\/a>, but I spent the majority of my visit in urban Japan. The first half of my trip was structured around Kobe, where I was exhibiting my Isolated Building Studies<\/a>, and Tokyo served as the base for the second half of the excursion. Whether in Kobe, Tokyo or Sendai, I was excited to have the opportunity to experience Japan’s distinctive urban character alongside some of the most idealistic examples of mid-century architecture — and some of the boldest contemporary styles. The following photographs feature the most typical and atypical locations. <\/p>\n

\"Yaesu<\/a> \"Akihabara<\/a>
\nRepresentative buildings in the Yaesu and Akihabara districts of Tokyo<\/p>\n

\"Kisho<\/a> \"Kenz?<\/a>
\nKisho Kurokawa’s Nakagin Capsule Tower and Kenzō Tange’s Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center, both in Tokyo<\/p>\n

\"Aoyama<\/a>
\nAoyama Kitamachi Danchi, a social housing development on the edge of Tokyo’s Omotesando commercial district
[Special thanks go to Luis Mendo<\/a>, who walked me through this district.]<\/p>\n

\"Dior\"<\/a> \"Herzog<\/a>
\nSANAA’s Christian Dior Omotesando and Herzog & de Meuron’s Prada Aoyama, both in Tokyo<\/p>\n

\"Harajuku<\/a> \"IMG_6780_1\"<\/a>
\nCiel Rouge Cr\u00e9ation’s Harajuku Protestant Church in Tokyo and Toyo Ito’s Sendai Mediatheque in Sendai<\/p>\n

\"At<\/a>
\nA restaurant just beyond Tokyo Station<\/p>\n

\"From<\/a>
\nLooking over Kobe from the Hyogo Prefectural Kobe High School<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a> \"Kobe<\/a> \"Vending<\/a>
\nUbiquitous vending machines in Tokyo, Kobe and Tokyo, respectively<\/p>\n

\"Along<\/a>
\nA typical commercial street near downtown Kobe<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>
\nA typical mixed-use street near Tokyo’s famous Omotesando shopping district
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