image creditFor the most part, 16-story buildings in Osaka do not stick out that much. That is unless of course, a highway cuts through them, allowing cars to race through the fifth, sixth and seventh floors. One of the strangest looking sites in the world, the side of the Gate Tower Building simply opens up like a mouth to release traffic coming off of the Hanshin Expressway.
Amazingly, the highway hardly affects business inside the Gate Tower Building, as the owners installed noise-proofing walls and flooring. The only strange thing is the elevator skipping from the fourth to eighth floor.
(thanks Stanley)The Presurfer
