What is the dome of Nihonbashi Diamond Building?
Nihonbashi Diamond Building (formerly Mitsubishi Warehouse Edobashi Warehouse Building) located along the river from Nihonbashi. The building has a beautiful exterior that is said to be inspired by a boat floating on the waterside, a tower reminiscent of a boat bridge, and a rounded window. The office building was completed in 2014, but construction work was carried out while retaining a part of the Edobashi Warehouse Building, which was built in 1930, and the exterior of the Edobashi Warehouse Building is still preserved in the lower part of the building.
Well, what is the white dome on the 6th floor of the building? It looked like a kamakura in a snowy country, and it looked like a escort's Faranx engine gun, Star Wars R2D2 robot.
I solved the question.
The model and commentary panel in the history exhibition gallery on the first floor of the building were questionable. "Whip Wist: A cargo handling machine for unloading from the seawall and landing at the wheel entrance of each warehouse, and was installed at three locations on the east side of the roof. On the rooftop, there was a dome-shaped winding room for a whist winding machine, and there was a winding opening and a light window on the front. "
Exhibit Gallery
Nihonbashi is now a business area, but until the middle of Showa, it was also a key logistics hub. From the early Edo period, white-walled warehouses lined up in this area and were painted by many ukiyo-e artists, including Hiroshige Utagawa. A history exhibition gallery is set up in the lobby on the first floor of the Nihonbashi Diamond Building, which is open to the public. If you are interested in the history of the Nihonbashi area, please visit us. Admission is free. No reservation required. Weekdays 7: 30-19: 30, Saturday 7: 30-13: 30 (excluding holidays and New Year holidays). 1-19-1, Nihonbashi. 3-minute walk from Exit D2 of Nihombashi Station
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