The curse of Roppongi Hills
Watashi to Tokyo reports that Lehman Brothers is one of a series of companies that have failed after renting office space inside Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills complex, leading some to believe that the place is cursed:
The building was opened only 5 years ago in 2003. But in 2004, a boy dies because of revolving door and in 2003 a dead baby was found in garbage. The worst part is principal tenant companies trouble. Livedoor, Goodwill, Cyber agent, USEN, those were new companies (except for USEN) that they made robust growth, but after they got to be tenant of Roppongi Hills, they had troubles, (Executive head of Livedoor was arrested, CEO of Goodwill fired, etc ) and they had to leave Hills. Then this time, Lehman Brothers has trouble.
Some found Roppongi Hills ’s address is “Roppongi (means 6th trees) 6 street, Roppongi Hills (means 6th trees Hills) “. You know it means “666″. Then from Tameike Sanno station, No.13 exit is the fastest way to Roppongi Hills. The building itself seems to be a big and tall grave marker and the revolving door is a gate to the another world.
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Well then I guess businesses who don’t want to be cursed should operate from buildings that don’t have doors. Gateways to other worlds can be dangerous.
Maybe the ridiculous rent for Roppongi Hills is what drove those companies to ruin.
That is a funny story.
Now if you can just tie in the supernatural 666 angle with some kind fo gaijin hanzai angle (foreign companies are all shady and run by gaijin crooks and serve crazy gaijin customers who all had sub-rime loans, or something?)
Then you can convince the entire population of Japan that the place is cursed.
And we can move in when the rent goes down.
What maroon came up with this theory? “666″ as the Mark of the Beast and 13 as an unlucky number are both Christian concepts. Last time I looked Japan was not a Christian country, so why on Earth would silly Christian superstitions serve as evidence Roppongi Hills is “cursed”.
If they had been able to bring in something around the numbers 4 and 9, it would have at least made some cultural sense, although it still would have been stupid.
Roppongi hills represents excessiveness in its purest form, and companies that take up the office space there are simply reflecting their deeply embedded policies of greed. Business, for them, has become a luxury, and financial doom was just lurking around the corner waiting to trip them up.
More modest firms that take up cheaper office space are displaying logical business-sense.
This issue is about wanton expenses, not imaginary demons.
Agreed. There’s something insecure about needing the latest, greatest office space to validate a firm’s identity.
Absolutely pathetic article, akin to water-cooler ghost-gossip perpetuated by the under-entertained, lowly-brained, coffee-suppers who plague offices globally.
All the best, Mr Hyphen
This is scientific evidence that feng shui is real.
No it isn’t.
I feel the article fails to present relevant information or even attempt to put together the information required for a proper understanding of the situation. I suspect there is another reason why all these companies run into trouble that may well be related to the Roppongi Hills office, but it doesn’t have to be supernatural. Perhaps, as was previously suggested, the problem is the ethos that prioritises trendy locations and expensive offices instead of more feasible premises. Perhaps the bloody history and curse rumours have a bad impact on company morale, resulting in poorer performance. Never underestimate the human element.
I would also like to say that I find the phrasing of the article incredibly distasteful.
“But in 2004, a boy dies because of revolving door and in 2003 a dead baby was found in garbage. The worst part is principal tenant companies trouble.”
You thought your son getting killed in a door, or dead babies was bad, well just wait for this- some businesses had financial trouble. I think this shows rather twisted priorities.