Comments on: Old Japanese Houses http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/ back from the dead Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:38:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Derek UK http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4261 Derek UK Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:31:42 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4261 Can anyone find me any English text links for the deserted theme park. Perhaps a few words here, if Roy doesn't mind, giving a short history of where and why. A very sad set of pictures. Can anyone find me any English text links for the deserted theme park. Perhaps a few words here, if Roy doesn’t mind, giving a short history of where and why. A very sad set of pictures.

]]> By: Roy http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4260 Roy Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:06:29 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4260 Joe, cool link! Thanks. Joe, cool link! Thanks.

]]> By: saffronsaris http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4259 saffronsaris Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:28:48 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4259 It's kinda cute. The ojisans and obasans would sit with the screen doors open to let in air during Spring and Summer and swing their legs. I had a "travelled back in time" feeling. It’s kinda cute. The ojisans and obasans would sit with the screen doors open to let in air during Spring and Summer and swing their legs. I had a “travelled back in time” feeling.

]]> By: zombiebite http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4258 zombiebite Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:59:57 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4258 Have you seen this? <a href="http://home.f01.itscom.net/spiral/research.html" rel="nofollow">http://home.f01.itscom.net/spiral/research.html</a> I've wasted hours pouring over the photos. Have you seen this?

http://home.f01.itscom.net/spiral/research.html

I’ve wasted hours pouring over the photos.

]]> By: Marcello http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4257 Marcello Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:35:40 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4257 Amazing place hey? So new, so old. So clean, so dirty. So polite, so rude. So warm, so cold (people). So fast, so slow. So quiet, so noisy. So bright, so dark. So strict, so loose. So hot, so cold (weather). So cute, so serious. And nothing in between. Amazing place hey? So new, so old. So clean, so dirty. So polite, so rude. So warm, so cold (people). So fast, so slow. So quiet, so noisy. So bright, so dark. So strict, so loose. So hot, so cold (weather). So cute, so serious. And nothing in between.

]]> By: David http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4256 David Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:47:49 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4256 Thank for the link, I like Japan for this contrast. Old and modern, traditional and futurist... Thank for the link, I like Japan for this contrast. Old and modern, traditional and futurist…

]]> By: Shari http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4255 Shari Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:02:05 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4255 There are a few of these types of places in our neighborhood and I wonder why these people "hold out". Is it because they love their homes just as they are? Is it because they can't afford to replace them with no buildings but don't want to sell their land off and go somewhere cheaper? Or, is it because neighborhood regulations keep them from building what they want so they figure there's no point in changing their homes? I guess it's a question that can't be answered unless you ask the owners and the question would be far too rude and strange to ever ask. There are a few of these types of places in our neighborhood and I wonder why these people “hold out”. Is it because they love their homes just as they are? Is it because they can’t afford to replace them with no buildings but don’t want to sell their land off and go somewhere cheaper? Or, is it because neighborhood regulations keep them from building what they want so they figure there’s no point in changing their homes?

I guess it’s a question that can’t be answered unless you ask the owners and the question would be far too rude and strange to ever ask.

]]> By: Percy http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4254 Percy Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:42:33 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4254 I lived for three years in a no-bath, no-hot-water, six-mat room on the second floor of a building like these. I loved it, except for the inconvenience of having to make a stop at the public bath before returning home every night. It was much like having a curfew. "Ah! gotta go. The sento closes before long." There were people who referred to me as "sento man" because I always carried my bath gear in my backpack. I lived for three years in a no-bath, no-hot-water, six-mat room on the second floor of a building like these. I loved it, except for the inconvenience of having to make a stop at the public bath before returning home every night. It was much like having a curfew. “Ah! gotta go. The sento closes before long.” There were people who referred to me as “sento man” because I always carried my bath gear in my backpack.

]]> By: Dávid http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4253 Dávid Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:04:18 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4253 Really nice pictures, and a very good link. I heard that there aren't as many listed buildings in Japan as in Europe, am I right? Because even if these houses are as old as I presume they are – they are in a really bad condition. Really nice pictures, and a very good link. I heard that there aren’t as many listed buildings in Japan as in Europe, am I right? Because even if these houses are as old as I presume they are – they are in a really bad condition.

]]> By: AC http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4252 AC Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:53:49 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/on-the-street/old-japanese-houses/#comment-4252 "The creepy thing was that there were lights on in the buildings and people moving around inside!! I'll have to go back and see if it's still there" Don't do it! Haven't you seen Ju-on?! “The creepy thing was that there were lights on in the buildings and people moving around inside!! I’ll have to go back and see if it’s still there”

Don’t do it! Haven’t you seen Ju-on?!

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