Some hate it – others love it. That’s why it almost got torn down a few years back. Luckily reason won over ignorance and the building underwent major renovations in 2010. I immediately fell in love with it the very first second I laid eyes on the Gunkan building. Though there was absolutely no chance to get a glimpse of an actual apartment interior during my intrusion, I managed to beg my way up to the roof for a few shots while Mr. Akira Endo (the building supervisor) inspected it. Little time I had after ambuscading for hours, but thankful I am for the minutes I got. If you’d pull up the actual equivalent in today’s weapons arsenal, we would all live in rocket-, tank-, bomb-, fighter-, cruiser- and mushroom-shaped buildings. Mr. Watanabe actually managed to gain something good out of war.