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I don't think the interest is HackerNews-specific, there are YouTube videos featuring this building that have millions of views. It's simply interesting to som

• bitwize 5y ago
  The building also appears in the movie The Wolverine, and may have been referenced as William Gibson's titular New Rose Hotel. It's a familiar sight, and a familiar idea, around the world, much like "The Gherkin" in London or the Sydney Opera House. Its architectural oddness makes it stand out, and media presence gives it wide exposure.
  • alephnan 5y ago
    Interestingly, the tour boat for Gunkanjima wss filled with Japanese tourists.
• alephnan 5y ago
  My grievance is with people picking and choosing things they like about Japan, then come here and have no regard or respect for Japanese people. This is not Disneyland, which is not to say you should be respectful at Disneyland. Or going to these places with drones, tripods, blocking the sidewalk. Japanese people do it, too, but it's their country, and people are less timid to politely ask them to stop. There's Logan Paul with the suicidal forest. Of course, not every tourist is that bad, but I do observe that foreigners in Japan disproportionately by a factor of 10x refuse to wear a mask.
  • Aeolun 5y ago
    There are no tourists in Japan. There haven’t been for about the past 1.5 years.