BTW, rare admission here--subway stations in Japan generally have poor aesthetics
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To give an example, this is Iidabashi on the Oedo Line, widely regarded as the most beautiful subway station in Japan...pic.twitter.com/3YJZZ83ujT
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It's not that Japanese subway stations are explicitly *ugly,* just that they're terribly *boring*
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My favorite subway station in Japan is Ochanomizu, but not for the subway part...the red trains here are the subway; platforms undergroundpic.twitter.com/lj4RzT2vbm
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YES! this place is the best!
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this could have something to do with the earthquakes that plague Japan
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structural integrity always trumps looks
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(not limited to trains, I’d say — “architecture” as overall look just not so highly valued compared to function & component look?)
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