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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Konami Super Campus – 那須高原
10年ぶりくらいで那須高原に行った。黒磯駅は雨だったが、バスを降りる頃には空は晴れていた。那須高原というのは僕の中では一種異様且つ不可解なリゾート地で、3D宇宙・恐竜展、トリックアート、ミケランジェロの館、モンキーワールド、クラシックカー博物館等々、昔なら縁日の見せ物小屋という趣のアトラクションが並んでいるエリアがある。常設の箱物となると、本当の文化が育たない寒々しい風景に見えてしまう。
僕が行くのはもっと標高の高いエリアなのだが、今回遅山平からバスも止まらなくなった唐松平あたりを歩いてみて、この目で確認した圧巻の驚きは昔ロイヤルセンターと呼ばれていたところがコナミの施設に生まれ変わって、那須でも最高の眺望を独り占めできるリーダーシップ開発センターとスーパーキャンパスを構え、風力発電も3発稼働させる威容を誇っていたことだ。ここで働く人材募集もしているし、儲かっている会社の資産活用としては見事かな。
I visited Nasu highland probably after a decade of absence. It was raining at Kuroiso train station in the early afternoon, but when I got off the bus, it cleared up. To me, Nasu has always been an extraordinary, incomprehensible place with such funny things as Space 3D and dinosaurs; trick arts; house of Michelangelo; monkey world; classic car museum; and so on just like small shack attractions on holidays in old days. To build such facilities in the field looks to me a shivering picture with no genuine cultures to grow.
I usually go to the area of higher altitude, and by walking from Osoyamadaira to Karamatsudaira (an ex-bus-stop that is now skipped), I found something amazing with a surprise. The place used to be called Royal Center which was discontinued and took over by Konami. Their Leadership Development Center to exclusively enjoy the best panoramic view of Nasu and their Super Campus running 3 magnificent wind turbine generators were there. Some positions seem open to work in this facility and it looks like a beautiful way of using company’s profit.
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