Rocket Plaza Loses Its Rocket

[Mulboyne]

Photo: Asahi

Rocket Plaza near Nankai Railway's Namba station is a well-known meeting place for the last thirty years but a planned redevelopment of the site meant that the rocket had to go. The cranes went into operation after the last train and, by Friday morning, Rocket Plaza was no more.

[Taro Toporific]

Osaka's Rocket Plaza was sort of an eyesore.

Photo: Asahi

Rocket Plaza near Nankai Railway's Namba station is a well-known meeting place for the last thirty years but a planned redevelopment of the site meant that the rocket had to go. The cranes went into operation after the last train and, by Friday morning, Rocket Plaza was no more.

[Doctor Stop]

Eyesore? Not much more of an eyesore than any other construction in Japan. One could claim that it was, eyesore or not, typically Japanese.