JAPAN 2017: DAY 6, PART 2 – Tokyo – Seaside Top Observatory WTC, Giant Ghibli Clock, Nakagin Capsule Tower, Shibuya Crossing (Inc. Video)
These 18 new galleries are a combination of a month and a half’s work of whittling down & post-processing around 5000 photos that I took on this dream trip to Japan in November 2017 down to 561, many late nights & tired eyeballs, 5 months planning & preparation for the actual trip (no package holiday tours here!), raising the funds, praying everyday that war wouldn’t break out in Korea, surviving two crazy long flights on zero sleep, navigating around the Japanese cities of Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Tokyo & Hiroshima, getting up crazy early to get to some of these places before the hoards of mostly Chinese tourists arrive and generally walking & hiking until I couldn’t feel my feet anymore! I present to you ‘Me, Myself and Japan 2017 Trip!’ (and my camera of course… ;] )
Inside looking out at the Seaside Top Observatory at the World Trade Center MinatoScale model of Tokyo Harbor at the Seaside Top Observatory at the World Trade Center MinatoLooking out from inside at the Tokyo Tower at the Seaside Top Observatory at the World Trade Center MinatoRainbow Bridge in the background from the view at the Seaside Top Observatory at the World Trade Center MinatoBlade Runner type building from the view at the Seaside Top Observatory at the World Trade Center MinatoLooking at Tokyo Tower from the windows of the Seaside Top Observatory at the World Trade Center MinatoMap showing the Shinbashi and Ginza area seen from the windows of the Seaside Top Observatory at the World Trade Center MinatoClose up of the Shinkansen and the New Transit Yurikamome from the windows of the Seaside Top Observatory at the World Trade Center MinatoThe Tokyo Skytree seen from the windows of the Seaside Top Observatory at the World Trade Center MinatoShinbashi and Ginza area seen from the windows of the Seaside Top Observatory at the World Trade Center MinatoJR East commuter train passing MinatoThe NI-Tele Really BIG Clock or Giant Ghibli Clock ShiodomeDetail of a gun turret on the Giant Ghibli Clock ShiodomeFigure appears from the Giant Ghibli Clock ShiodomeDetail of the Giant Ghibli Clock cogs ShiodomeThe Giant Ghibli Clock has be likened to something out of Howl’s Moving Castle ShiodomeStreet art ShiodomeThe N700 Shinkansen speeds over a bridge in a street scene ShiodomeThe first capsule designed building in 1972 the Nakagin Capsule Tower Kisho Kurokawa ShimbashiFitting in with the modern buildings of Ginza the Nakagin Capsule Tower ShimbashiOriginally there was 140 capsules in the Nakagin Capsule Tower now only around 30 are used as apartments ShimbashiViewing the world famous scramble crossing from the bridge window of Shibuya Station ShibuyaMario Karts zip by a red light Shibuya crossing at night ShibuyaOver 3000 pedestrians can cross in one scramble across Shibuya crossing at one time ShibuyaJapanese girl street performer at Shibuya crossing ShibuyaStatue of Hachiko the dog who waited for his owner at Shibuya crossing for over nine years following his death ShibuyaJapanese vloggers filming a show at Shibuya crossing ShibuyaPachinko parlor Jumbo lit up at night ShinjukuColorful street intersection lit up at night ShinjukuGodzilla merchandise ShinjukuGodzilla street Kabukicho at night ShinjukuClose up of the Godzilla head above a hotel in Kabukicho at night ShinjukuClassic Japanese street signage lit up at night ShinjukuBoogie is one of the many quaint little bars you can find in Tokyo ShinjukuJapanese burger chain MOS Burger and a melon soda Shinjuku
