Comments on: Old Buildings http://blog.q-taro.com/shops-buildings/old-buildings/ back from the dead Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:24:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Roy http://blog.q-taro.com/shops-buildings/old-buildings/#comment-2048 Roy Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:07:55 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/shops-buildings/old-buildings/#comment-2048 Maybe the White River Hotel was run by the yakuza. Maybe the White River Hotel was run by the yakuza.

]]> By: Percy http://blog.q-taro.com/shops-buildings/old-buildings/#comment-2047 Percy Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:54:17 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/shops-buildings/old-buildings/#comment-2047 Great photo: a real classic. One of my favorites of that ilk used to be that wooden shack of a whale restaurant (元祖くじら屋) tucked in a little blip in the side of 109 in Shibuya, that is, until they remodeled, modernized, and harmonized it with 109. Another favorite used to be the White River (白川）love hotel behind the Kubo Building not far from Shinjuku Station. I wonder where the owners of such property get the strength and fortitude to resist the yakuza jigaya who must surely have tried to "coax" the owners into ridding themselves of such "troublesome" property. Great photo: a real classic.

One of my favorites of that ilk used to be that wooden shack of a whale restaurant (元祖くじら屋) tucked in a little blip in the side of 109 in Shibuya, that is, until they remodeled, modernized, and harmonized it with 109.

Another favorite used to be the White River (白川）love hotel behind the Kubo Building not far from Shinjuku Station.

I wonder where the owners of such property get the strength and fortitude to resist the yakuza jigaya who must surely have tried to “coax” the owners into ridding themselves of such “troublesome” property.

]]> By: Roy http://blog.q-taro.com/shops-buildings/old-buildings/#comment-2046 Roy Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:38:38 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/shops-buildings/old-buildings/#comment-2046 Hank, sure go ahead and use the photo. If you need a hi res version let me know. Hank, sure go ahead and use the photo. If you need a hi res version let me know.

]]> By: hankhonest http://blog.q-taro.com/shops-buildings/old-buildings/#comment-2045 hankhonest Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:17:02 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/shops-buildings/old-buildings/#comment-2045 Jeez, And I thought that building permits in Houston were awful. This takes the prize. May I ask your permission to use this photo in my presentation on selecting suitable adjacent land-uses? Its a work project. Hank Jeez,
And I thought that building permits in Houston were awful.
This takes the prize.
May I ask your permission to use this photo in my presentation on selecting suitable adjacent land-uses? Its a work project.
Hank

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