Tokyo, Nov 27, 2024 (AFP) - Hand-built fantasy tower brings value to Tokyo, creator says

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2024-11-27

Passers-by stop and stare at the ramshackle, hand-built concrete tower that looks like it has been lifted right out of a Japanese animation and dropped onto a real-life Tokyo street. Its creator, who spent almost 20 years making the distinctive four-storey Arimaston Building, thinks his slow approach to construction can be an example to the world. "It used to be that there weren't enough things in the world, but now there are too many," 59-year-o......

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