est towns a well-travelled person had ever scene. But that person was kind of a jerk.
Its a city I lived in for a few months located in Yamagata-Prefecture Japan. Its cold there; especially beautiful in the winter when a soft white layer blankets the ugly. You can see mountains in the far distance if you are inclined to gaze out windows in search of such things.
The hous
es are 2 and 3 stories big and hold multi-generational families of 5 and 6. Its one of the few places in Japan not to have a lot of apartments. The houses are fairly intersting looking: people construct home-made dilapidated additions on then giving box-cutter houses an original feel. Building an attachment onto a house is actually easier in bureaucratic Japan. Canada and America have loads of red-tape determining what type of structures may or may not be built. Public safety and soft paternalism are the reason. Contrastingly, Japan's bureaucracy is less concerned with safety that with adding additional fees to beef up coffers; they haven't found a way to effectivly levy fees for building permits. In what of the great unfortunate paradoxes of life: where safety suffers, individuality and uniqueness flourish. Bureaucracies make us safer through managing our lives. But only uniformity can be effectively managed in a timely fashion, thereby, letting unique design and self-reliance decline. Making a choice between the two has no real correct answer except in reference to momentary inclination.
es are 2 and 3 stories big and hold multi-generational families of 5 and 6. Its one of the few places in Japan not to have a lot of apartments. The houses are fairly intersting looking: people construct home-made dilapidated additions on then giving box-cutter houses an original feel. Building an attachment onto a house is actually easier in bureaucratic Japan. Canada and America have loads of red-tape determining what type of structures may or may not be built. Public safety and soft paternalism are the reason. Contrastingly, Japan's bureaucracy is less concerned with safety that with adding additional fees to beef up coffers; they haven't found a way to effectivly levy fees for building permits. In what of the great unfortunate paradoxes of life: where safety suffers, individuality and uniqueness flourish. Bureaucracies make us safer through managing our lives. But only uniformity can be effectively managed in a timely fashion, thereby, letting unique design and self-reliance decline. Making a choice between the two has no real correct answer except in reference to momentary inclination.Possible Equation (s):
Bureacracy x Codified Set of Guidelines to Follow + Public Demand for Safety from Mishap + Accountability + Bureaucratic Sticklers at the City Hall = Uniformity + Safety
Uniqueness in Design + Self Reliance = Beauty + People trapped under the rubble of a unique but shoddily constructed Dwelling
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