Let's be honest: at this point, it's pretty clear that Japan's plans for a new Olympic stadium haven't exactly worked out as they'd hoped.
For those who don't know, Tokyo officials recently canceled their plans for an extremely expensive new stadium, one that would be built in time for the 2020 Olympic Games, which run from July 24 - Aug. 9, 2020. Plans started to go awry almost instantaneously: not only would the stadium cost billions to construct, but most Tokyo citizens absolutely hated the bizarre, turtle-shell design. But that wasn't even the worst of it.
Before construction could begin, the stadium needed somewhere to go – it's not as if you can simply put a stadium wherever you please. The thing is, Tokyo already had a stadium – in fact, it was a stadium built for the 1964 Olympic Games, one that many felt was a historic landmark. So, naturally, it was demolished for an ugly, expensive stadium that no one really wanted in the first place.
If there's any good news to come of all this, it's that the Japanese furniture company Karimoku managed to save roughly 700 of the 1964 stadium's seats, and is now selling them as minimalist chairs:
If you happen to read Japanese (or just really want a few of those chairs), you can buy a set of the seats from Karimoku's online shop.
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