Intersecting interesting English with strange building names, we get Himalayan Hights. Check out that cool 1950s script typeface.

This is a pretty typical Tokyo apartment building—six blocky stories of yellow brick, dark brown trim, and not a mountain in sight.

I would like to own apartment buildings to that I can give them names. I’d try to base them on some realities of Japanese dwellings.

• The Ice Palace
• Mildew Mansion
• Mini Heights