The neighborhood Japan worshippers keep overhyping as “the kind of polished, developed-country scene you can’t see in Seoul”
Marunouchi, the business district around Tokyo Station
Amazingly, in the Japan worshippers’ little worldview,
Seoul could never have a sleek business district like that,
so this neighborhood always gets trotted out whenever they want to drag Korea and hype up Japan.
Seriously, how is it any different from Gangnam’s Teheran-ro or the financial district in Yeouido....?
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But seriously, Tokyo Station and the surrounding area do have a really pretty, clean night view... I am absolutely not a Japan worshipper xxx. That Starbucks at Tokyo Station? It was really pretty... Gwanghwamun has a similar vibe in Korea. It can feel a little chaotic, but it also has the amazing Cheonggyecheon, so there’s no point saying one is better or worse... Tokyo Station is pretty, but there’s nothing particularly special there instead... It’s just clean, I guess?
It is pretty. It has that planned, orderly Japanese design. But why should Korea have to look like that? Lol. Korea has its own scenery. That logic is like asking, “We have bibimbap in Korea, so why don’t you have a dish called bibimbap in Japan?”
When I went to Tokyo with a Japan-worshipping acquaintance, they showed me Tokyo Station and got all overwhelmed with emotion, so my reaction system glitched out lol 😭 lol. It’s just... a station... and buildings...??