As someone who’s been there before the renovation: you’re not missing out on much, the camera is doing a lot of justice to how it actually looks. Paint chipping off the walls from the escalators up to the rooms outside the theatre and within. Posters peeling off and the “wings” on the left and right side of the stage are made with this weird cheap wood. I’m not surprised there was moss growing inside the theatre and I highly doubt this renovation is doing any more than covering up the mess. I guess it’s Akihabara so I should’ve lowered my expectations a bit, but as a fan I was expecting at least a decent effort into upkeep especially considering this is Japan’s #1 selling girl group. If anyone reading this plans to go I’m not saying you shouldn’t, but as someone who glamorizied the location I was left really dissapointed when I got there.
@@user-zv8ex6dj8w yeah I’ve heard from some people about the same thing and how disappointed they were. I agree if it’s growing mold it can be dangerous so I’m happy that that will be fixed. but I wanted to go there with all the legendary/iconic events that happened in mind. I just wanted to feel the presence of the theater and knowing that some of my favorite people grew up there or find this as one of there safe spaces.
I've been to this place a number of times (incl attending a theater perf inside). I think we need to see from both sides. Yes this place is dirty, crammed, ugly. Compared to other 48G theaters both in Jpn and overseas, I think this is the worst. But this ugly place is very iconic, it's where it all started. Ground zero for all 48G. I don't know how drastic the renovation will be, sure they need to fix the structure, clean the molds, etc, but I hope they don't change the layout too much.
@@qwerty683100 yes you get me. I do want it to get renovated but not to the point well it will be completely unrecognizable. A lot of iconic things happened here so I wanted to atleast visit it once. Your lucky you got to go more than once.
