tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510119915523637726.post3038885289581959911..comments2021-11-14T07:54:15.783+09:00Comments on Balefire: Up in SmokeBalefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251575554875520546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510119915523637726.post-82636138039029203752010-12-04T08:17:03.446+09:002010-12-04T08:17:03.446+09:00Thanks for the comment. I had heard about the walk...Thanks for the comment. I had heard about the walking uphill arrangement, which would soon have put me off wandering about without any more specific purpose, even had I been able to overcome my aversion to the external architecture.<br /><br />To be fair, a friend whose judgment I trust in such matters once told me that there is a wine bar in the complex that's worth a visit. Given the chance that it, too, might have disappeared, I wasn't sufficiently motivated to enter the hideous building to seek it out.<br /><br />I agree, with some reservations, about the old traditions/old things concept. I can think of a few exceptions to each, but as you say, it's not far off.Balefirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251575554875520546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510119915523637726.post-39832396729429783052010-12-03T20:19:38.605+09:002010-12-03T20:19:38.605+09:00Oh, but you missed the best part if you didn't...Oh, but you missed the best part if you didn't go inside that architectural masterpiece where all the brand shops are. It's laid out so that you are constantly walking uphill. This is a wonderful experience, I have heard. Didn't feel that way myself, but I wasn't much interested in a designer bag anyway.<br /><br />Supposedly they preserved some small piece of the old building there, but I never saw it. <br /><br />I have heard it said that the Japanese like old traditions, but not old things. I wouldn't say that completely true, but it ain't far off in my opinion.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16435915677126518313noreply@blogger.com