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CAPTAIN
Really looks good
Nihonview
Nice.
englisc aspyrgend
Looks claustrophobic ill lit and tacky, but that is just one photograph!
Hello Kitty 321
@ Reckless
Exactly what I was going to say.
jiji Xx
Pachinko Moderne...... quelle élégance!
Goodlucktoyou
Wish I was rich enough to shop in Ginza.
Peeping_Tom
Nah!
Me Auntie Julie and I prefers the rundown dirty look of London Underground's stations.
888naff
Looks a bit bubble boomer era
Vinke
@Goodlucktoyou
Oh they've got Uniqlo & Muji there.
Sven Asai
Looks like Quake arena....lol
h0nz4
@Reckless I was commuting through Geienmae before until WFH from April and some ceilings there felt really low. Couldn't believe it's ok to have such low clearance.
Oxycodin
All for the olympics to impress the foreigners once they arrive and see how lit up this city is with colors like Shinjuku is. That money could of been better spent on creating more hospitals as flu season is down the corner.
yakyak
Nice if you walk around on your knees.
kurisupisu
Put on the disco music and party..
Strangerland
Only one photo, but I like it.
JohnBecker
Yeah, the low ceiling height is bothersome, but you have to keep in mind that it's a very old station, and there's stuff just above that ceiling (pipes, cables, the tracks when you cross under them, lots of other underground stuff). Raising the ceilings (and everything behind them) is an easy way to turn a $200 million project into a $400 million project.
Jeff Huffman
The opposite of elegant. If they wanted to make the station look more elegant, they would have recast it as it's Taisho-jidai self - the Japanese take on Art Deco.
GW
Folks Japanese people were MUCH shorter 90yrs ago than they are now that is partly why the Ginza line ceilings are LOW in a lot of places
Nippori Nick
Kind of looks like a casino
JCosplay
@JohnBecker
Very good point! Because, as we solve the Olympics especially, projects like these can be really expensive as it is. So why in the world would you want to make it even more expensive, considering the fact that it’s mostly for Japanese people anyway?
JCosplay
In terms of how it looks in the photo, is it just me, or does it look really futuristic/New Age?
KnowBetter
That is the worst PR image I have EVER seen. Just look at the photographer STANDING in the middle of the image. He is wearing a white long sleeve shirt and is tilting his head to the side in what appears to be an attempt to avoid having his head touch the ceiling. JUST HOW DAMN LOW IS THAT CEILING?!?