Saturday, February 2, 2008   5:35 AM

The other side of Japan

Scene at Fuji Station

Contrary to popular belief, Japan is more than ancient temples contrasted with glittering skyscrapers. All those cars, LCD screens and Hello Kitty products have to be made somewhere, such as at this industrial plant visible from Fuji Station (not far from the mountain of the same name) on the Tokaido Line southwest of Tokyo.


Posted in Scenes from Japan
Comments
like a scary sci-fi horror movie. this is not part the Japan I love to see.
Posted by: lina | 2008-02-02 06:04
Fortunately, at least from the train, you don't see too many places like this. The ugliest place I remember was Muroran on Hokkaido (no photos, fortunately).

According to the map, what's visible here is a Toshiba factory, and around it there are a couple of paper-making factories.
Posted by: ThePenguin | 2008-02-02 08:12