Kyoto Station

This place is like a cavernous, multi-level space station. It's not my favorite architecture, but it's certainly...impressive. Chock-full of massive and disparate elements, weird traffic flow, endless stairs and tight, single-file escalators. I was told that it was designed by the same firm that designed Disneyland France - or something like that - and that it was highly controversial in conservative Kyoto when finished. (People hated it then and still do, in other words.) Kyoto is a traditional city and this station is more Tokyo style. www.japan-guide.com/e/e3922.html