Narrow triangle-shaped building in Japan
Asahi TV news gives us a look at a very narrow building:
The first floor of the building is a yakitori restaurant. Part of the counter can be altered to make a table, allowing for about 15 customers to fit into the restaurant at a time.
The building has been in the shop owner’s family for about 100 years, and his parents live on the second floor. Their living space has a variety of furniture specially made to fit in the triangle-shaped room. Until a recent renovation, their house lacked a bath and they would have to use a public bathhouse. The parents are quite pleased with the room and its convenient location near so many shops. The father also notes that there is a funeral home right down the street.
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I love how these kinds of shows feature normal people and make local neighborhoods seem more interesting, but this host’s voice and demeanor is one of the most annoying things about Japanese shows to me. The way he stares around slack-jawed and dumbly exaggerates surprise is rage-inducing. The bar and triangular house are cool, but why oh why do people want to watch someone act like this while investigating things?
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I am with you 100% on that. I often see celebritards and show hosts acting this way on TV and I sit there fuming. My wife (japanese) thinks I am nuts but it drives me into a hulk rage every time I see this type of behavior which is all too common on TV.
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I’m fairly sure this was a property featured on Before/After a couple of years ago. The architect did an amazing job with what little space they have there, and it was fascinating to see the “reform”.
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Quite right you are! I realized that as soon as they showed the outside view. I loved the before/after show…I miss it much and hope it will show up on tv again soon. Agreed, fabulous design job on this one.
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It IS back on – try next Sunday, around 8pm.
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Fantasico! Thanks. I will be sure to tune in =).
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>>The father also notes that there is a funeral home right down the street.
That’s what I call positive thinking!
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Do they have a lot of dying relatives or something?
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