Factory Pr0n

I live in Fuji City which has the highest concentration of factories on Earth. Well, OK, I made that up. But it feels like it sometimes.

There’s a factory on the outskirts of town that always reminds me of the Shinra power station at the beginning of Final Fantasy VII. These ugly monstrosities actually take on a weird beauty of their own, if the light’s right and you let ‘em. It appears that I am not alone in this oft derided viewpoint, as a book entitled 工場萌え(The Thrill of Factories) recently hit bookstores. Sadly, you can’t see much inside the book at Amazon (link) although I did find a tidy looking gallery of factory pr0n here and I’d also recommend Lenny Kox’s Fuji photo set for a few good factories. If that’s your bag.

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 Japan, Japanese Culture, Sushimatic Loves... Trackback URL for this entry