Or, can you?
One of the more famous landmarks in my new neighborhood is the Asahi beer building. Unlike the typical Japanese office tower, it’s not concrete and glass.
Not in the typical sense anyways.
Instead of regular clear or black glass for the windows, they went with gold for the corporate tower. From what I’ve been told, the larger of their two buildings is supposed to look like a big pitcher or glass of beer. The smaller of the two is supposed to look like the glass one is drinking said beer from, complete with foam on the top.
A very different interpretation of foam.
Most everybody who’s seen it says it looks like a big, golden turd. And like all shiny things, it occasionally needs to be polished.
At least, that’s what I think they were doing here:
Why they’d have to shroud it like this is beyond me, but that’s what gets done with any sort of construction, painting or renovation here. The majestic turd was covered for a couple weeks while the workers did whatever it was they were doing. I got the next pic on my way to work last week.
It’s probably not a fair compare/contrast setup, since it was cloudy when I took the first pic and a bit sunnier when I got the second one, but there is a noticeable difference.All the scaffolding has come down since I snapped this pic, so I’ll have to try and catch it on a properly sunny day.
You know, to get it in its full splendor. ^.^