<figure id="attachment_421826" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 6048px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-421826"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="c7fdecf5"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/04/989baa534e93dfc68294417b7d3908cf.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-421826" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The current status of Grand Maison Kunitachi Fujimi Street as demolition progresses. Ahead of the completion of work in August this year, about half of the building has already been demolished.</span></figcaption></figure>
<h3><b>The demolition work is now reaching its final stages</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Millions of yen were spent on the apartment for Mount Fuji, only for it to disappear.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In June of last year, the &#8220;landscape issue&#8221; regarding the apartment in Kunitachi City, Tokyo, being built by Sekisui House became a hot topic. The &#8216;Grand Maison Kunitachi Fujimi Street&#8217; was a 10-story condominium located on &#8216;Fujimi Street,&#8217; which stretches westward from the rotary in front of Kunitachi Station. This street is famous for offering a direct view of Mount Fuji.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The apartment building began construction in January 2023 and was nearly completed by June 2024. As construction progressed, the view of Mount Fuji from the street became obstructed, and there were criticisms about the significant impact on the view. In response, Sekisui House issued a release on June 11 of the same year, stating:</span></p>
<p><b>&#8220;Although there were no legal deficiencies, the situation was caused by insufficient consideration of the view of Mount Fuji from Fujimi Street, especially from distant perspectives (omitted). Despite being close to completion, we made the decision to halt the project.&#8221;</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Although there were no legal issues, the decision to &#8220;prioritize the view of Mount Fuji&#8221; became a major topic, especially on talk shows at the time. Local residents recall the commotion:</span></p>
<p><b>&#8220;I had heard that the exterior was completed, and some interior works were almost finished. It looked like a modern building with several glassed-in bay windows. When the news broke, there were onlookers and media coming to see the property, causing quite a stir. It was a huge commotion.&#8221;</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Demolition work began in late July last year. Ten months after the commotion, when revisiting the site, about half of the building had been demolished, and construction fences were put up. The problematic view had been restored. Although local residents were passing by, no one stopped to look at the apartment.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the demolition progressed, the view on &#8216;Fujimi Street&#8217; had returned as promised by the name. A nearby shop owner said, &#8220;With the demolition of the building advancing, Mount Fuji has been visible again this spring.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The demolition is expected to be completed by August of this year. With the priority given to Mount Fuji, the sound of work was the only thing echoing in the area where the apartment once stood.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_421845" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 800px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-421845"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="51a3dc06"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/04/5740953a5d5b2291999deb837762916d.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-421845" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The left photo is one taken last June and the right one this April. Fuji in the left photo, but the right photo shows that the condominium is no longer there.</span></figcaption></figure>
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<div data-friday-nextpage-lead="[Image] &quot;Full view of the condominium&quot; before demolition"></div>
<figure id="attachment_421838" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 4024px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-421838"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ba372c97"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/04/0fd42cd682b9ae4584123e0679f17ce4-rotated.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-421838" class="wp-caption-text">The condominium was photographed last June. The property was said to be well designed and popular.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_421846" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1325px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-421846"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="5bf49292"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/04/5a592dfe45503c97295384ac2d98251d.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-421846" class="wp-caption-text">Last June, the condominium was superimposed on Mt. Fuji when viewed from the street (building on the right). As the project neared completion, some questioned the impact on the view.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_421849" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1337px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-421849"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="e1ca1729"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/04/95a52f87e3a8623207d0224044f7f8b6.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-421849" class="wp-caption-text">The building demolition proceeded, and this is how it looked in April of this year. Fuji can be seen beautifully.</figcaption></figure>
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 Takero Yui

 A 10-story condominium in Kunitachi City, Tokyo, was unusually demolished just before its completion because of its "impact on the view of Mt. When we visited the site before the demolition work was completed in August of this year, we found that more than half of the building had already been torn down.

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