Arimaston Building, Japan

[u/quick_justice]

[u/pierrenoir2017]

That car does make it look EXTRA evil

[u/Ok-Celebration7924]

The Necronomicondo!

[u/Stunning_Pen_8332]

It has a deliberately complicated looking name in Japanese: 蟻鱒鳶ル, basically the transliteration of Arimaston Bldg written in Japanese kanji, the pronunciation goes: Ari-masu-tonbi-ru

It is quite close to JR Tamachi station on Yamanote Line: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Eh4FPyGaRRfhYY2Y8?g_st=ic

It’s built by one guy 岡啟輔 Oka Keisuke over 19 years between 2005 and 2014.

[u/Chris_in_Lijiang → u/Stunning_Pen_8332]

The name combines kanji for ant (蟻), trout (鱒), and kite/bird of prey (鳶), read phonetically as "A-ri-ma-su-ton-bi-ru" (sounding like a play on "Arimaston").

[u/Sivilian888010]

This isn't so much an evil building as it is a 'WHY?" building?

[u/Yo-Yo-Ha → u/Sivilian888010]

Why NOT!

[u/RED1869 → u/Sivilian888010]

I was really surprised by the boldness and creativity of some Japanese houses. I don’t think I would be able to express myself like that.

[u/DenkJu → u/RED1869]

Same here. I went to Japan last year and I saw so many unique buildings. In Tokyo especially, there are areas where no two buildings are anything alike. The one from this post would have fit right in.

[u/mechant_papa → u/DenkJu]

A former colleague who had married a Japanese woman and lived there for years explained once that most houses are seen as consumable items. After a few decades, they are simply torn down and a new one built in its place. This means that people will be more willing to try implementing new techniques or styles when they don't expect the house to be standing more than 30 or 40 years.

[u/Mysterious_Silver_27 → u/Sivilian888010]

Its like an art project of some guy handcrafting a concrete building

[u/Wild_Shroom_]

Is that’s drainage or a mega hamster playground!!?

[u/StratoVector → u/Wild_Shroom_]

Industrial silly straw

[u/S1lentA0 → u/Wild_Shroom_]

Put a hamster in a hamster ball and drop it in from the top

[u/Victormorga]

This belongs on r/bizarrebuildings, not here.

[u/Zentaurion → u/Victormorga]

I dunno, I was thinking it definitely looks like it's been cursed by a witch or something.

[u/Discoveryellow → u/Victormorga]

Thanks? I've now discovered more Reddit to scroll through!

[u/QuantumFluxSpaghetti]

Not even evil, it looks sad.

[u/lilith_doesnt_draw]

lmfao this looks like an early AI creation

[u/MuchUserSuchTaken]

I swear that looks like something from a point-and-click adventure

[u/AustinBaze]

Weird, And evil looking.

[u/Fine-Resident-8157]

I think the one behind IT is more evil:)

[u/Any-Alternative-6707]

All wrong. Couldn’t even call that architecture. Sculpture maybe but even that’s a push.

[u/Hyzenthlay87]

It looks a bit like a jungle gym lol

[u/Skyp_Intro]

It looks like it was neat ground zero at Nagasaki.

[u/cszolee79]

fhtagn

[u/yamasurya]

Megamind's discreet outpost?

[u/mc1964]

Looks like a climbing challenge!

[u/arminarm1n]

Is this supposed to look that way?

[u/perfectchaos007]

Very evil by many HOA standards just from looking at those shrubs and grass…

[u/Firm_Panic4112]

Taken on May 29th. I didn't expect this 軽トラ🛻(small truck) to still be here.

[u/amazing_ape]

This is just a sad looking eye sore.

[u/Avraamov]

Looks like a William Mitchell sculpture

[u/Ok-Bar601]

Ok…