Comments on: Crazy Banyan Treehouse Cafe in Japan http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:39:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: inOkihttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-141506 inOki Sun, 10 May 2009 07:14:03 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/#comment-141506 This island is mostly either jungle or city- ALL the buildings here are concrete- you'd be an idiot not to have concrete with the typhoons that roar through here.... The branches will not fall off and hit your car. parking under a metal light pole in the WalMart parking lot is far more dangerous.I have gone to about 30 websites on Naha Harbor Diner (for this is the name of this restaurant) and I have gotten very mixed reviews on the food and service, so I think we'll pass. I just had to point out that in spite of the environmental ramifications, nothing on this island would be standing if it weren't made of thick concrete. This island is mostly either jungle or city- ALL the buildings here are concrete- you’d be an idiot not to have concrete with the typhoons that roar through here…. The branches will not fall off and hit your car. parking under a metal light pole in the WalMart parking lot is far more dangerous.

I have gone to about 30 websites on Naha Harbor Diner (for this is the name of this restaurant) and I have gotten very mixed reviews on the food and service, so I think we’ll pass. I just had to point out that in spite of the environmental ramifications, nothing on this island would be standing if it weren’t made of thick concrete.

]]> By: becographerhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-110297 becographer Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:56:40 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/#comment-110297 i would not like one of those branches to fall off and hit me, and people are parking their cars under that!? i would not like one of those branches to fall off and hit me, and people are parking their cars under that!?

]]> By: jacobshttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-109108 jacobs Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:00:56 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/#comment-109108 Unfortunately, speaking as someone who lives in Okinawa and has eaten there before, the food is overpriced and not that great. This doesn't hurt business, though, because it's right by the airport and does look pretty freaking cool. Unfortunately, speaking as someone who lives in Okinawa and has eaten there before, the food is overpriced and not that great. This doesn’t hurt business, though, because it’s right by the airport and does look pretty freaking cool.

]]> By: theokoboxhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-108855 theokobox Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:30:24 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/#comment-108855 This place is a bit of an oxymoron, heh? This place is a bit of an oxymoron, heh?

]]> By: ecomothhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-108807 ecomoth Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:18:39 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/#comment-108807 My fantasy is that someday there will be enough "old growth" trees that places like this would spot the restaurant rows in many great cities! My fantasy is that someday there will be enough “old growth” trees that places like this would spot the restaurant rows in many great cities!

]]> By: guonehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-108759 guone Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:41:10 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/#comment-108759 I'd like to see those construction documents.I would say that is has the bibliophile going for it. biophillia with steven kellert I’d like to see those construction documents.

I would say that is has the bibliophile going for it. biophillia with steven kellert

]]> By: guonehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-108749 guone Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:37:52 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/#comment-108749 I\'d like to see those construction documents!!!!! Apply fake bark here----> I\’d like to see those construction documents!!!!! Apply fake bark here—->

]]> By: fugusushihttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-108681 fugusushi Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:43:45 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/#comment-108681 concrete! this is not 'green' AT ALL! concrete is hugely 'carbon-intensive' to create - not to mention the environmental damage done to actually get the commodities to make/transport concrete!With so many energy saving/environmentally ‘friendly’ building and manufacturing technologies emerging, it’s ridiculous to feature a concrete structure simply ‘cause it ‘looks like’ a tree! C’mon now… concrete! this is not ‘green’ AT ALL! concrete is hugely ‘carbon-intensive’ to create – not to mention the environmental damage done to actually get the commodities to make/transport concrete!

With so many energy saving/environmentally ‘friendly’ building and manufacturing technologies emerging, it’s ridiculous to feature a concrete structure simply ‘cause it ‘looks like’ a tree! C’mon now…

]]> By: Fair Tradehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-108674 Fair Trade Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:20:11 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/23/banyan-treehouse-restaurant-in-japan/#comment-108674 Wow! If I'd seen this on another website I'd be thinking Photoshop; it's a very wacky piece of architecture. Wow! If I’d seen this on another website I’d be thinking Photoshop; it’s a very wacky piece of architecture.

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