Mr. Yusaku Maezawa, who wrecked his Ferrari…10 years after the start of construction, the “Sagrada Familia of Chiba,” a local mansion, is now in a surprising state.

Yusaku Maezawa, 48, a businessman and founder of ZOZO, made national news when the Ferrari he was driving collided with a car at a car race held at Sportsland SUGO (Shibata-gun, Miyagi Prefecture) on June 9. Fortunately, both Maezawa and the driver who was hit by the Ferrari suffered only minor injuries and were not seriously injured.

He had competed in the world-famous Ferrari Challenge Japan, sponsored by Ferrari’s client racing division, and had won the second round of the race held at Fuji Speedway on May 12.

His driving skills are solid, and I am sure he was doing the proper maintenance on the Ferrari. However, according to the team coach’s explanation, the cause of the problem was that the brakes did not work, so Ferrari is currently investigating the matter.

Speaking of Maezawa, he updated his YouTube page on March 26. He also posted a video on his YouTube channel on March 26, “[First public showing of his home gym and swimming pool! Yusaku Maezawa: The Road to Macho”. In the summary column, he wrote, “Maezawa recently moved to a new house,” which has a gym attached to the side of his house,

I would like to build my body in such a way that I can use it for golf in the future, or for racing, which I recently started.

I would like to build up my body so that I can use it for golf in the future, or for racing, which I have recently started. It is likely that Jim has been making solid physical improvements at home in preparation for the race. If so, is the new house the “Sagrada Familia of Chiba,” whose total cost is said to be 10 billion yen? ……

In fact, at the end of last year, Maezawa was featured on “Odoru, Sanma Goten! Sanma Goten! (Nippon Television Network Corporation), where he talked about this building. He said that since he had commissioned a gardener in Kyoto to create the garden, he went to the trouble of renting a plot of land in Kyoto the same size as the mansion he is building in Chiba, and built a garden there to simulate it. When Akashiya-sanma heard this, he said in dismay, “I don’t understand it anymore! TV magazine writers said.

The home may have finally been completed. …… When we went to the site to check it out, to our surprise, it was still in the middle of construction.

It was around 2001 that Mr. Maezawa began construction of this mansion, which is also known as the “Sagrada Familia of Chiba. At the time, his girlfriend, businesswoman and model Saeko (37), often uploaded pictures of the interior of the building on her blog and Instagram under the title “Meeting for new house.

In ’20, Maezawa had said on a TV program, “I wonder if I will be ready to live there by the end of the year,” but as you can see, the current state of the building is as follows: less than 10 workers have been in and out of the house many times, and the land adjacent to the house was bought and used as a material storage area. When we spoke to a neighbor, he said,

When we spoke to a neighbor, he told us, “Scaffolding and curtains are taken down, and just when you think it’s time to move on, they put up scaffolding again. It’s a repetitive process (laughs). The trees on the rooftop have grown as much as they can, and the exterior walls have started to weather over time, so it no longer looks like a new building. Will they really move in when it’s finished?

I wonder if they will really move in when it’s finished. According to another resident,

I heard from the people on site that it will be completed in 2026. ……

But to be honest, I am skeptical. You are free to spend as much time and money as you want, but I think it would be better to give more accurate information to the residents in the neighborhood. ……

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