NikonGear'23
Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: Mikes on February 27, 2016, 13:54:42
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... on top of the Asahi Beer Hall in Tokyo designed by Philippe Starck. Distinctive indeed!
Some details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Beer_Hall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Beer_Hall)
Tokyo Skytree in the background.
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if they were to paint it orange, it would be a carrot :D
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Raddish???
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No intention to degrade Mike's image, but we nasty Tokyo dwellers commonly call it "S#%t". :o :o :o
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I believe it is supposed to be a flame, a symbol of the beer's mighty head.
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Thank you all. Its certainly puzzling.
I believe it is supposed to be a flame, a symbol of the beer's mighty head.
More like an homage to Mr. Hankey! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Hankey,_the_Christmas_Poo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Hankey,_the_Christmas_Poo)
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Mongo never though he would be commenting on this sort of subject - a huge "dropping". It occurs to Mongo that some crazy person dreamt it up. However, then, far more crazy people agreed it was a good idea and involved architects, engineers etc. Then, the local authority must have been crazy to approve it in all its unaltered glory. A lot of crazy money must have been thrown at it also. Without doubt, there must have been a lot of crazy going on to get it to this stage.
The only sane thing about it is that now, hundreds of thousands (if not millions) think that it is c#*p and crazy to have built it !! Don't you just love the way humans go about things.... ;D
Mike, thanks for introducing Mongo to this interesting piece of urban history........Mongo is still giggling ! (BYW - nice depth of colour and definition in the image)
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Mongo never though he would be commenting on this sort of subject - a huge "dropping". It occurs to Mongo that some crazy person dreamt it up. However, then, far more crazy people agreed it was a good idea and involved architects, engineers etc. Then, the local authority must have been crazy to approve it in all its unaltered glory. A lot of crazy money must have been thrown at it also. Without doubt, there must have been a lot of crazy going on to get it to this stage.
Thanks, Mongo. It is hard to believe that, during the concept/selection/design/approval/commissioning/construction phases, someone did not say "woah, this looks too much like a ....".
I had not seen this sculpture before, and couldn't resist the urge to dig out the camera.
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Mike, a colourful image at least.
And it won't get burgled up there either! ;D
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https://www.google.de/search?q=rettich+mit+messer&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3rdWK3ZrLAhVqIpoKHZsVC9kQ_AUIBygB&biw=1920&bih=1091#tbm=isch&q=wei%C3%9Fer+rettich
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Drinking Asahi beer will never be the same again ;D
Btw, they recently bought Grolsch which is what I have in my fridge at home, will pay attention on any suspicious flavour changes ;)
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Oh hell - Grolsch is one of my favourites.
There and then again, Asahi have purchased many New Zealand and Australian breweries, so I really should not be so surprised.
I too will pay attention to any flavour changes.
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/cartoon-smiley-emoticon-holding-beer-illustration-46948479.jpg
Drinking Asahi beer will never be the same again ;D
Btw, they recently bought Grolsch which is what I have in my fridge at home, will pay attention on any suspicious flavour changes ;)
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A little more enlightenment - "Designed by French architect Philippe Starck, the golden flame is supposedly beer foam rising from the beer mug-shaped building below." From Japan Visitor Blog: http://japanvisitor.blogspot.jp/2009/03/asahi-flame-asakusa-golden-turd.html (http://japanvisitor.blogspot.jp/2009/03/asahi-flame-asakusa-golden-turd.html)
So there you have it. Interestingly, the "mug-shaped building" below has no glass windows - only the tiny portholes set into the black granite walls. More information for anyone interested in the architecture - http://bento.com/arch/abh.html (http://bento.com/arch/abh.html)
Another view: