Big Buddha shower stall
Remember: Big Buddha prefers red shower curtains.
The-rest-of-the-story of this poor Buddha in a shower stall is that Japan has a fun social convention (pretending to be building regulations) requiring full scaffolding and tarps covering any cleaning like this Buddha shower or painting project in general. A typical house painting job in Japan costs at least 8 million yen, which is upwards of $80,000 USD—Mostly that absurd price that is the cost of unnecessary scaffolding. For comparison, I just painted the outside of a 1,200sqft house in Denver last fall for less the $900 in materials and I received an estimate of $5,400 from a painting contractor.
Because of their 20-year lifespan, typically Japanese houses are torn down before they are repainted.
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July 22nd, 2009 at 2:24 am
I knew painting your house in Japan is expensive…but i had no idea that planing a full painting, you should spend waste all your money and the money you don’t have to do so. WTF?! i painted my mom’s house for like, i don’t know, 400 bucks?
Why simple things like painting your house is so expensive, totally insane. I understand now why i see ugly and colorless front house in Japan, and think “why don’t they paint it”, short lifespan is another reason i guess to hold your horses on a massive paiting too…