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Showa-era Towers in Kansai’s Big Cities Become Social Media Sensations

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By Shingo Sugime

18:25 JST, February 27, 2026

The skylines of the Keihanshin area, as the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe conurbation is known, are no longer just static postcards; they have become major new assets for the region. Once seen as aging “concrete boxes” burdened by maintenance costs, the three cities’ landmark towers have been reinvented as high-...

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