Looks like the area has filled in since then!
A NICE COMPARISON:

From top of Landmark Tower in late 2004:

Same position, in January 2007:

Wow, what a difference! I wandered around the Minatomirai area of yokohama back in 2004 and was struck by how empty it was - so many empty lots. Something that particularly struck me as odd was that the shin-takashima station on the minatomirai-sen was surrounded by nothing, for blocks in every direction. I also found it unusual there was a toyota dealership on a surface lot sandwiched between enormous skyscrapers.

Two pictures I took then: (2/13/2004)

From the opposite side of the Negishi-sen embankment:
http://www.reprehensible.net/~orulz/IMGP0082.JPG

Streestcape (and toyota dealer!)
http://www.reprehensible.net/~orulz/IMGP0088.JPG

Sunset (Landmark Tower & Cosmo World)
http://www.reprehensible.net/~orulz/IMGP0092.JPG

http://i31.tinypic.com/2vbmsyo.jpg

OMG!! Perfect shot!! :drool: :drool: :drool:
Gorgeous :bow: :bow:

Shinjuku
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2304/2233792657_2d6b03614c_b.jpg

Turn Right

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2307/2234580838_b5025484a9_b.jpg

More...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2020/2233792855_698a3bc53f_b.jpg

And more

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/2233792983_4040f48930_b.jpg

東京はとても綺麗な町です。行きたい！

A promotion event for the movie Waterhorse in Odaiba:

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:cheers:

Are a perfects shot and well I soon go to tokio

A promotion event for the movie Waterhorse in Odaiba:

c0TpDxLfjHc&eurl

:cheers:

Nessy in Tokio awesome jajaja

http://www.sadocles.nl/singapore-0.10.1/galleries/Asia/Japan/Tokyo%202007/Odaiba/DSCF2902.JPG

http://www.sadocles.nl/singapore-0.10.1/galleries/Asia/Japan/Tokyo%202007/Odaiba/DSCF2898.JPG

http://www.sadocles.nl/singapore-0.10.1/galleries/Asia/Japan/Tokyo%202007/Odaiba/DSCF2902.JPG

http://www.sadocles.nl/singapore-0.10.1/galleries/Asia/Japan/Tokyo%202007/Odaiba/DSCF2898.JPG

Great Pics,
thx for sharing

We had a snowy Sunday in Tokyo. Brrrrrr it's cold but beautiful :)

Loved it. My first morning in Tokyo and it snows!! Awesome.

^^ u better bloody take some pics mate! haha! jk mate! :lol:

Great pics NegaSado! :cheers:

Thanks! :D

gorgeous!

Does it snow a lot in Tokyo? Yes, get some pics up! :-]

Pics of Sunday snow in Tokyo from http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz (http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/tag/%C1%A5%CB%D9%B1%D8%C1%B0%A5%C8%A5%AD%A5%BF%A5%EF%A1%BC)

http://i27.tinypic.com/343hdtv.jpg


http://i27.tinypic.com/25zlcat.jpg

shhhii.. that is some snow there.. :eek:

It just started to snow again, the third time this winter.

Yeah, but its not sticking to the ground. Just making everything wet.

One question I have: why are there almost no rubbish bins anywhere? The only ones I have ever seen are next to vending machines. Where does everyone put there rubbish??

^^ Pedestrians keep their garbage in their bags and/or pockets until they find a rubbish bin. :yes: ;)

As for the household garbage, they place them infront of their houses.

Note: All household garbage/rubbish (placed outdoors) are to be placed inside black garbage bags and are to be properly segregated if they are to be taken by garbage collectors. Failure to do so would mean that the garbage collectors will not collect your garbage.

Render of Tokyu Bunka Kaikan new bldg (188m), to be completed in 2012 east of Shibuya station.

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7581/tokyubunkaaz6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

woow a new bunka kaikan building? I love them!!
Now in Shibuya *__*
I hope they will do a nice concert hall like always ;)

Render of Tokyu Bunka Kaikan new bldg (188m), to be completed in 2012 east of Shibuya station.


Will they bring back the planetarium,that is the biggest question. :lol:

today it started snowing a bit all day.. but unfortunately its the gross kind.. very wet and turns into water upon hitting the ground.

Last year there was no accumulation of snow in Tokyo, the first time in recorded history (by the way, I think the records only go back to the late 1800s...so I don't mean like 1000s of years ago)

Where are these located in Tokyo?

Pic 1

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h282/dasneravo/tokyoneighbourhood.jpg

Pic 2

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h282/dasneravo/tokyo02.jpg

Pic 1

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h282/dasneravo/tokyoneighbourhood.jpg

Azabu Juuban

Pic 2

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h282/dasneravo/tokyo02.jpg

Looking northwest from Kachidoki

Odaiba
The name "Odaiba" comes from a series of six island fortresses constructed in 1853 by the Tokugawa shogunate in order to protect Tokyo from attack by sea, the primary threat being Commodore Matthew Perry's Black Ships which had arrived in the same year. Daiba in Japanese refers to the cannon batteries placed on the islands. In 1928, the Dai-San Daiba (第三台場) or "No. 3 Battery" was refurbished and opened to the public as the Metropolitan Daiba Park, which remains open to this day.

From the originally planned 11 batteries, only five were ever finished. The modern island of Odaiba began to take shape when the Port of Tokyo opened in 1941. Until the mid 1960s all except two batteries were either removed for unhindered passage of ships or incorporated into the Shinagawa port facilities and Tennozu island. In 1979 the then called landfill no. 13 (now Minato-ku Daiba, Shinagawa-ku Higashi-Yashio and Koto-ku Aomi districts), was finished directly connecting with the old "No. 3 Battery". "No. 6 Battery" was left to nature (landing prohibited)...........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odaiba

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/pvillage/46000/20080207120238506373724300.jpg

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/pvillage/46000/20080207120238507447782600.jpg

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http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/pvillage/46000/20080207120238512664026000.jpg

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/pvillage/46000/20080207120238514249519700.jpg

http://bbs.enjoykorea.jp/tbbs/read.php?board_id=pvillage&nid=45964

^^ great! that fort stil there! :cool: thx for the info on Odaiba! and the pics! :cool:

Has anyone seen this place before? The picture was taken in 1945 while my grandfather was in Japan.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2276/2213444738_31d75b5a16.jpg

cool. dunno how Tokyo will continue expanding, will it annex new districts from neighboring prefects or reclaim more land from Tokyo bay.

will it annex new districts from neighboring prefects

^^ It already has. The Greater Tokyo Area sprawls across the Kanto Plain and engulfing hundreds of small to medium-sized cities.

reclaim more land from Tokyo bay.

^^ The thing about Tokyo's growth is that almost all new developments/construction or redevelopments are happening within the core of Tokyo. But that growth ain't that huge enough to elicit or require new reclamed land in Tokyo Bay. Already, much of rural Japan is emptying out toward the dense cores of major Japanese metropolitan areas such as Tokyo and Osaka.

how Tokyo will continue expanding

In the forseeable future, I don't see Greater Tokyo grow sprawlier still. It'll just grow denser. :yes:

Has anyone seen this place before? The picture was taken in 1945 while my grandfather was in Japan.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2276/2213444738_31d75b5a16.jpg

I think it is Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsurugaoka_Hachiman_Shrine

http://www45.tok2.com/home/todo94/photogallery/tabisaki/shrine/s-kanto/tsurugaokahachimangu2005-romon.JPG

http://www45.tok2.com/home/todo94/photogallery/tabisaki/shrine/s-kanto/tsurugaokahachimangu2005-dankazura2.JPG

http://www45.tok2.com/home/todo94/photogallery/tabisaki/shrine/s-kanto/tsurugaokahachimangu2005-taikobashi.JPG

http://www45.tok2.com/home/todo94/photogallery/tabisaki/shrine/s-kanto/tsurugaokahachimangu2005.JPG

http://www45.tok2.com/home/todo94/photogallery/tabisaki/shrine/s-kanto/tsurugaokahachimangu2005-maiden.JPG

Great pictures of one great city, guys. Thanks and keep 'em coming!:cheers:

everytime i go to japan i feel like its not earth anymore



beacause it is so unique!

castermaild55,
Oh my goodness, I think you're right. Do you think this picture is the same place? Do it have a lantern as large as this one? All of them are so similar, it's taken 3 years to find what looks like the right one. Where is this located? I'm trying to find it on google earth or maps.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/2212650277_5c480ca126.jpg

Thanks so much.

castermaild55,
Oh my goodness, I think you're right. Do you think this picture is the same place? Do it have a lantern as large as this one? All of them are so similar, it's taken 3 years to find what looks like the right one. Where is this located? I'm trying to find it on google earth or maps.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/2212650277_5c480ca126.jpg

Thanks so much.

Yes , It is same place
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/370724768_887822ae25.jpg

Kamakura street to Tsuragaoka Hachiman
you can see same lantern at 5:00
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Yabusame
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NEW YEAR of 1957
I think that your grandfather might see a similar scenery to these around Kamakura and Tsrugaoke..
opps sorry ,your granpa was there in 1945
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=59R8alciCu8
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=OtfOWEuDVWM

Yes , It is same place
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/370724768_887822ae25.jpg

Kamakura street to Tsuragaoka Hachiman
you can see same lantern at 5:00
yt7wKrDZ-gw
Yabusame
zKzqSRopbII



NEW YEAR of 1957
I think that your grandfather might see a similar scenery to these around Kamakura and Tsrugaoke..
opps sorry ,your granpa was there in 1945
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=59R8alciCu8
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=OtfOWEuDVWM

Wow those were great, thanks. Do you think this picture in from the same place? It's another one in his set.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1377/1241266097_e08adeb518.jpg

sorry I dont know it.
it is difficult to find because big trees are only a hint
howevwe I think it is a famous　Shinto shrine because there are many priests for your granpa's fellows

everytime i go to japan i feel like its not earth anymore



beacause it is so unique!

You're so right !!
I've spent 2 years in Asia ( South East....Myanmar......Thailand , Singapore , Hong Kong.....) and it is UNIQUE !
The way asians succeeded in organizing their cities ! urban planning and development
Bucharest ( the mayors ) should visit sometime soon Japan and learn the way a City ( Capital ) should be organized !

It should have been done many many years ago ...'89 - '90
Japanese experts ( on the above mentioned field ) have been in Bucharest and made a plan...which NO ONE took into consideration!!!!:nuts::ohno::ohno::ohno::ohno::ohno:

Imagine that !

In 2006 I went to Shonandai in Fujisawa city to visit the Shonandai Culture Center by Itsuko Hasegawa, 1990.


Some crazy stuff there :banana:

Although neko-san does not look pleased to see you :lol:

abs great pictures there.i'm going there,tokyo next week..kengaku actually but anyway,hope i could snap few good pics.

Wow those were great, thanks. Do you think this picture in from the same place? It's another one in his set.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1377/1241266097_e08adeb518.jpg

On Google maps:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=kamakura&ie=UTF8&ll=35.325258,139.555845&spn=0.003002,0.004989&t=h&z=18

On Google maps:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=kamakura&ie=UTF8&ll=35.325258,139.555845&spn=0.003002,0.004989&t=h&z=18

Wow that's great thanks so much. I was having such a hard time finding it on a map. That's wonderful!

You're welcome.

Toyosu area

(3549 x 900 version: http://www.blue-style.com/jpg/6dd5dfef.jpg)

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/4205/toyosupanoramiceg9.jpg

^^ Great pano! but where is Toyosu?? :p

^^ Great pano! but where is Toyosu?? :p

mmm... somewhere in Tokyo bay :)

Here (http://maps.google.es/maps?hl=es&q=tokyo+toyosu+area&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl) (I think XD)

User uploaded some pictures on Flickr taken on 1975-77 from Tokyo Tower observatory. After searching for a while, I found similar pictures thirty years later :cheers:.

1977
http://i26.tinypic.com/2dgrrfa.jpg

The only scraper in the 1977 shot is the World Trade Center Tokyo (right side on both pictures) --------->

2007
http://i25.tinypic.com/otf2q0.jpg

mmm... somewhere in Tokyo bay :)

Here (http://maps.google.es/maps?hl=es&q=tokyo+toyosu+area&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl) (I think XD)

Oh I see, so is behind (or more properly: to the north of) Odaiba, thanks Ryuhei.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2186/2071672961_2fb753f99c_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2118/1734632046_1f871cf0f2_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1427/544817040_1d5a56c813_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2173/1555631757_4fd5b35220_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/2286471185_159eaa1a1b_o.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2299/2082451988_c7e54ff863_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1197/1014276032_28b51f31cf_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2137/2128619897_1b1b62635a_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1068/1209468071_25d3ebf57c_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1222/1444270149_25fa0f89cb_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2317/2264053984_f1a6640121_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2319/2113802705_5111a017e1_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/2079091050_695cc6ef77_o.jpg

source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjongkind/

...:nuts:

That city looks like it would great to explore! Someday I'll be able to explore it and other areas in Japan!

^^ youll need like a year to "explore" all of tokyo alone lol

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4763/fujitvplg1.jpg

i remember Neo tokyo in Akira! Great city :okay:

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3696/t1mi2.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4214/t2ph3.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9553/t3sv4.jpg

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http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7773/t5jp4.jpg

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http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9759/t8xw5.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4150/t9xc3.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9521/t10qx4.jpg

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Gigantic city. ;)...Tokyo Bay pano from afar...Umi-hotaru,aqua line.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/119/dsc01832wf7.jpg

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/641/dsc01838ng7.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/9766/dsc01828wo2.jpg

A lot of nice pictures in this page :)

amazing pics!!!

User uploaded some pictures on Flickr taken on 1975-77 from Tokyo Tower observatory. After searching for a while, I found similar pictures thirty years later :cheers:.

1977
http://i26.tinypic.com/2dgrrfa.jpg

The only scraper in the 1977 shot is the World Trade Center Tokyo (right side on both pictures) -------->

2007
http://i25.tinypic.com/otf2q0.jpg


Another one:

1977
http://i28.tinypic.com/11bhiex.jpg


2007
http://i32.tinypic.com/33caph3.jpg

Looks like such a vibrant and beautiful city you have there Japan :).

Impressive that those streets still hold altough the density seems to have increased quite a lot.

All the best to you.

Today's banner of Tokyo is amazing - such a stunning picture of an awesome city!

Does anyone know where I could find a bigger version of that picture?

Who wouldn't be awestruck with such a huge, chaotic, ecclectic, and clean city/metro like Tokyo? ;) :D

Tokyo is the 'god' of all cities, afterall, IMHO. :yes:

http://www.sadocles.nl/singapore-0.10.1/galleries/Asia/Japan/Tokyo%202007/Odaiba/DSCF2902.JPG

http://www.sadocles.nl/singapore-0.10.1/galleries/Asia/Japan/Tokyo%202007/Odaiba/DSCF2898.JPG

For some reason Tokyo looks very futuristic and industrial.

Lots of red lights btw...

User uploaded some pictures on Flickr taken on 1975-77 from Tokyo Tower observatory. After searching for a while, I found similar pictures thirty years later :cheers:.

1977
http://i26.tinypic.com/2dgrrfa.jpg

The only scraper in the 1977 shot is the World Trade Center Tokyo (right side on both pictures) --------->

2007
http://i25.tinypic.com/otf2q0.jpg



Another one (looking south):

1977
http://i28.tinypic.com/11bhiex.jpg


2007
http://i32.tinypic.com/33caph3.jpg




And a third one (southeast):

1977 (no Odaiba, no Rainbow Bridge...)
http://i32.tinypic.com/16bj4w1.jpg


2007:
http://i32.tinypic.com/2d8i1bq.jpg

Any news about Nishi Shinjuku project? or some any other interesting projects? a part the Mode Gakuen it seems not other main projects are now under construction...is it right?

^I think the project is being redesigned.
Welcome Ttokyo.

I love that bridge! Sweet skyline shots as well!

great development on 30 years!

Midtown Tower:
http://www.sadocles.nl/singapore-0.10.1/galleries/Asia/Japan/Tokyo%202007/Roppongi/DSCF1690.JPG

http://www.sadocles.nl/singapore-0.10.1/galleries/Asia/Japan/Tokyo%202007/Roppongi/DSCF1700.JPG

すごい。本当に聳えてますよ、そのタワー。いつか東京を訪れるべきだ。

really...very nice city
i like big structure but they old

One of the things I have always liked about Tokyo is the back streets and the narrow streets where cars can't drive!

Japan is the best in the whole asia !! in my opinion. :)!!

alguien conoce a mrs. Osamu Tsujimoto...?

gracias...

cruiseb7@hotmail.com

Yes, of course Osamu Tsujimoto, the Sales Director Asia-Pacific and even Country Head, Japan of Huntsman International LLC, devision: Advanced Materials.

btw, ¿Por qué asumir que los japoneses hablan español? Luckily Google does.

but don't all Japanese speak Spanish???

but don't all Japanese speak Spanish???

I guess almost none of the japanesse who live in Japan talk spanish. But everybody knows there are many tool on the web that could be useful for the cause.

Midtown Tower:
http://www.sadocles.nl/singapore-0.10.1/galleries/Asia/Japan/Tokyo%202007/Roppongi/DSCF1690.JPG

http://www.sadocles.nl/singapore-0.10.1/galleries/Asia/Japan/Tokyo%202007/Roppongi/DSCF1700.JPG

I realized in these pictures that are many wire connections over the streets, isn´t common in developed countries.

But in general, Tokyo is Amazing, the comparison betwen 1977 to 2007 is great.

Yes, of course Osamu Tsujimoto, the Sales Director Asia-Pacific and even Country Head, Japan of Huntsman International LLC, devision: Advanced Materials.

btw, ¿Por qué asumir que los japoneses hablan español? Luckily Google does.

Pero la traducción de Google no es lo más confiable que se pueda conseguir en la red.
Lo escaso es ver alguien que hable inglés, Japonés y Español.

Saludos, cheers, Konishiwua!

Lo escaso es ver alguien que hable inglés, Japonés y Español.


I do!! Where's my prize?

^^ Me too! :P

Mori and landowners set up the preparatory office of Roppongi Hills PART2 this week.
Another Roppongi Hills project gets the go-ahead!

http://chiri.xrea.jp/cgi-bin/img-box/img20080202102205.jpg

Asian flagship store of De Beers opens at Ginza tomorrow.

De Beers Ginza
http://www.takara-sign.co.jp/r_blog_2007/pages/2007-09-05-ginza-001/images/2007-09-05-ginza-008.jpg
designed by Jun Mitsui

Great contributions coldstar! ^There's a similar building in Shinjuku, right?

Asian flagship store of De Beers opens at Ginza tomorrow.

De Beers Ginza
http://www.takara-sign.co.jp/r_blog_2007/pages/2007-09-05-ginza-001/images/2007-09-05-ginza-008.jpg
designed by Jun Mitsui
Wow original building!! I like it! :)

Bye!

Great contributions coldstar! ^There's a similar building in Shinjuku, right?
yup, but the one in Shinjuku is rather cheesy.

how about this newcomer boutique tower?
Pias Ginza at Ginza (U/C. due to open in this September)
http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/pvillage/46000/20071229119890469998827500.jpg
designed by Kume Co.

Akasaka Sacas opened this month.
Pics of Akasaka Sacas , a complex developed by Mitsui Estate.

Akasaka Sacas is composed mainly of TBS Broadcast Center, Biz Tower, Act Theater (musical theater), Blitz (concert hall), Akasaka Gallery and The Residence.

entrance
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20080325/1008430/01_px250.jpg

subway entrance
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20080325/1008430/04_px250.jpg
Biz Tower
(EMI Music and Reuters Japan moved here.)
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20080325/1008430/05_px250.jpg
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20080325/1008430/06_px260.jpg
Atrium (shop and dining)
I heard the restaurants here are good.
Spanish bar, Portuguese restaurant, Thai restaurant, Singapore resturant, boulangerie from Maxim's de Paris...
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20080325/1008430/11_px220.jpg
Hainanchifan from Singapore (hawkers style)
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20080325/1008430/16_px250.jpg
TBS Broadcast Center
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20080325/1008430/13_px220.jpg
Act Theater
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20080325/1008430/25_px250.jpg
Verotaxi

Thanks for the update :)

Swarovski opened their largest store at Ginza today
Indeed, this is world's first flagship store of Swarovsky's.

Interior design was done by Tokujin Yoshida, who won 'Designer of the Year 2007' at Design Miami.
He is also supposed to have charge of designs of Swarovski's in NY, London and even in their HQ in Vienna in the future.

Swarovski Ginza
http://sukima.moe-nifty.com/./photos/uncategorized/2008/03/16/50312_2_lowqualityphoto_rgb_72_170_.jpg
http://image.excite.co.jp/feed/orgrpt/chn11_rpt1566_swaro_ext_500.jpg
http://image.excite.co.jp/feed/orgrpt/chn11_rpt1566_swaro_wide_500.jpghttp://image.excite.co.jp/feed/orgrpt/chn11_rpt1566_swaro_st_300.jpg
http://image.excite.co.jp/feed/orgrpt/chn11_rpt1566_swaro_st2_500.jpghttp://image.excite.co.jp/feed/orgrpt/chn11_rpt1566_swaro_inst3_500.jpg

The pace of flagship stores opening in Ginza is crazy.

The pace of flagship stores opening in Ginza is crazy.
agree.

Next month, Milanese brand 'Diesel' is going to open Asia's largest flagship store in Ginza.
Diesel Ginza
http://ginza.keizai.biz/img/headline/1200971518_photo.jpg

wow Ginza is becoming one of the greatest towns in Tokyo *__*
The staris in the swarovski building are amazing!!

Thx for the info!

The Swarovsky in Ginza is simply gorgeous. The design that goes into these retail shoppes in Tokyo is just outstanding. There is simply no cheaping out. The visual and street level impact is just great for pedestrians. Please keep posting pictures.

I love Ginza, I was worried it was starting to go down a while ago, so it's great to see new exciting buildings in the area!

I'm not concerned about brand at all, but instead I'm so curious about design and architcture.
I've found some pics of big stores opened the last few months in Ginza.

Alfred Dunhill Ginza Home
This is world's first 'home' by Dunhill.
(Dunhill is due to open the other two 'homes' in London and Shanghai in near future.
http://image.excite.co.jp/feed/orgrpt/chn11_rpt1057_dunhill_ginza.jpg
Interior design was done by Ryuya Matsui, who is a world famous robot architect.
http://media.excite.co.jp/ism/090/img/02future_image02.jpg
The atmosphere of 'Home' is like Bentley's in London.
http://image.excite.co.jp/feed/orgrpt/chn11_rpt1057_1f.jpg
'The Barber' in 'Home' is the same as the one in Dunhill HQ in London.
http://image.excite.co.jp/feed/orgrpt/chn11_rpt1057_barber.jpg
There's even a British bar in 'Home'.
http://image.excite.co.jp/feed/orgrpt/chn11_rpt1057_bar_aqua.jpg

Adidas Performance Center GInza
Nation's largest Adidas store opened in Ginza.
http://www.feric.ne.jp/feature/fe07/071101_adi/img/photo1.jpg
http://www.feric.ne.jp/feature/fe07/071101_adi/img/main.jpg

Wako Namiki Bldg
Wako is a luxurious retail division of watch manufacturer 'SEIKO'.
rendering before completion
http://ginza.keizai.biz/img/headline/1200542426_photo.jpg
http://userdisk.webry.biglobe.ne.jp/009/791/01/N000/000/000/IMG_1821_R.jpg
http://www.enjoytokyo.jp/img_bl/night-singer/139626_PC_L.jpg
Window display of this bldg is splendid.
http://userdisk.webry.biglobe.ne.jp/009/791/01/N000/000/000/IMG_1834_R.jpg

Bvlgari Ginza Tower
World's largest Bvlgari gave an impulse to the competition in Ginza.
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20071130/1004905/01_px142.jpg
Upper floors are restaurants and bars by Bvlgari Hotels and Resorts.
Thus the same service as Bvlgari Hotel Milan.
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20071130/1004905/05_px450.jpg
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20071130/1004905/07_px166.jpg

In Omotesando, another Bvlgari opened at the same time.
Bvlgari in Omotesando Gyre.
This was designed by Dutch architect MVRDV.
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20071101/1004118/01_px450.jpg
In Omotesando Gyre, MoMA Design Store opened, too. This the first MoMA store outside New York.
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20071101/1004118/03_px450.jpg

back to the topic.
Armani Ginza Tower also opened in Ginza a couple months ago.
(by M.Fuksas & D.O.Mandrelli )
This is world's fouth Armani Tower after Milan, Hong Kong, Munich.
But Armani Spa in this bldg is the first attempt for Armani.
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20071128/1004844/02_px167.jpg

Coldstar thanks for the photos!! :applause:
The last one is gorgeous, Armani + Dior Building!! :drool:

couldnt agree more.looks very elegent.would be more interesting if LV building were there too. :cool:

Tokyo mode gakuen (203 m) almost finished:

http://i30.tinypic.com/wcoa5j.jpg


http://i28.tinypic.com/33121j7.jpg


http://i26.tinypic.com/2mhejgo.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

The Cocoon tower is one of my favourite buildings under construction right now. I think Toyko is showcasing the very best of modern architecture right now... both in large scale like this tower and in the smaller scale such as those gorgeous high fashion boutique shops.

couldnt agree more.looks very elegent.would be more interesting if LV building were there too. :cool:

Of course there are. (two LV outlets in Ginza).
http://www.agb.co.jp/construct/bumon/facade/image/big/2-2.jpg

LVMH has the stores of their brands respectively in Ginza (Louis Vuitton, Loewe, Dior, etc.)
But as for Louis Vuitton, Omotesando has much bigger one.
Louis Vuitton Omotesando was the world's largest before. (I heard Hong Kong has that title now.)

Every guy here knows the famous night gallery 'Tokyo Night Windows', I guess.
On that site, now the pics of 'Night Flight in Tokyo' are being shown.
(I've just caught on to them. But maybe you guys already enjoyed them. I hope these are not reposted. Anyway, the pics are really great!)
http://tokyoyakei.jp/

Night Airship Flight in Tokyo
Zeppelin NT of Nippon Airship Corporation
http://www.kasumigaura.net/t-takano/wakuwaku2/files/jpg/l/nt/P2060004.jpg
The company was set up to make a pleasure flight in Japanese cities.
Zeppelin NT is the world's largest airship and was manufactured in Germany.
Currently there are only three Zeppelin NT's in the whole world.


from Saitama City (southbound)
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-8.jpg
Ikebukuro
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-16.jpg
foggy Mt.Fuji in the dusk
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-17.jpg
Tokyo Dome City
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-19.jpg
Akihabara
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-20.jpg
River City
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-25.jpg
Toyosu and Tokyo Disney Resort in the distance
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-27.jpg
toward Chiba City
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-29.jpg
Rainbow Bridge and Odaiba
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-30.jpg
Tokyo Tower
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-32.jpg
Roppongi
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-39.jpg
toward the Imperial Palace
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-41.jpg
Shibuya
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-42.jpg
Shinjuku
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-46.jpg
sternward
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-52.jpg
cockpit of the airship
http://tokyoyakei.jp/airship/airship-55.jpg

Amazing!!!
:bow::bow::bow::bow:

すごい！

Tokyo aerials at night are incredible.

OMG! The Japanese are still at it. It seems they can't get enough of those Louis Vuitton(s), Prada(s), Ralph Lauren(s), Swarovski(s), Bvlgari(s), Burberry(s), Armani(s), Coach(s), Diesel(s), Dior(s), H&M(s), and Dunhill(s).

Unbelievable! :bow: :bow: :bow:

Tokyo mode gakuen (203 m) almost finished:

http://i30.tinypic.com/wcoa5j.jpg


http://i28.tinypic.com/33121j7.jpg


http://i26.tinypic.com/2mhejgo.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/
thanx.
yup, but the spherical architecture at the foot of the Cocoon is still under construction.

Redevelopments in Shinjuku have come alive again these days.
Among them, 220m residential (nation's tallest residential) in West Shinjuku 5 cyoume has been approved at last!
The construction of 190m residential in West Shinjuku 8 cyoume has also begun!

As for West Shinjuku 3 cyoume, the scheme is now under review.
Former plans are
1. 338m (offfice tower)
2. 245m (residential)
3. 245m (residential)
4. 190m (residential)

but by the proposed revision, twin towers (included nation's tallest office tower) are to be constructed instead.

Besides, new South Tower of JR East at Shinjuku Stn. South Exit was reduced to 180m from 250m in the light of Shinjuku Park.

^Good to read some news about Shinjuku 3 chome :)

St Lukes building area March 2006 -> December 2006
http://i25.tinypic.com/wj9xg1.gif
Bluestyle (http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/archives/cat_50005818.html)

latest pic of Kachidoki area
http://www.geocities.jp/aurdii/awalker/g1.JPG

Tokyo Towers, on the left side of the pic, are finsihed.
(residential towers: 193m + 193m)

Four residential towers are now under construction. 193m + 185m + 185m + 169m,
between Tokyo Towers and the Triton Square (on the right end. office towers: 195m + 175m + 155m).

Toyosu Area updates
(all the pics from http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/ )

Toyosu 6 cyoume

TEPCO is due to construct four scrapers here
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/./photos/uncategorized/2008/03/19/tokyotoyosu08032.jpg

Toyosu 3 cyoume

http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/./photos/uncategorized/2008/03/30/tokyotoyosu080310.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/./photos/uncategorized/2008/03/28/tokyotoyosu08037.jpg

Toyosu City Towers (U/C) are residentials (171m +171m), Toyusu Tower (U/C) are also residentials (155m +153m)

Vacant lots (Toyosu 3-1, 3-2, 3-3) are where office towers are to be contructed by IHI and some companies.

Shinonome

http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/./photos/uncategorized/2007/11/13/tokyoshinonome1.jpg

Five towers are still being constructed by Mitsubishi Group


http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/./photos/uncategorized/2007/10/18/tokyodaiba1.jpg
Tokyo Bay Court Club is completed last week.

http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/./photos/uncategorized/2007/12/27/tokyodaiba11.jpg
and the Palette Town, behind Bay Court Club, is to be redeveloped.
Mitsui Estate and other companies has acquired the site, and have a plan to build some scrapers.

Tokyo does not need the brand stores but the high-techs.

^^ you should come and watch those shops in real live, its just crazy architecture, one building after another and not only in Ginza.

I just walked from from Harajuku via Omotesando to my hotel in Akasaka, its like no place on earth.

一座伟大的城市 ...

Are there any plans for the 大規模開発予定地 yet? Ah, is that where the skyscrapers are going?

Tokyo City Marathon 2008 (Feb.17)
http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/60000/20080219120342363229545700.jpeg
http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/60000/20080219120342372820144400.jpeg
http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/60000/20080219120342371396767900.jpeg
http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/60000/20080219120342370466101000.jpeg

and Cocoon close-up today from TMG
(you can see the scaffolding workers on the top)
http://chiri.xrea.jp/cgi-bin/img-box/img20080405194742.jpg

unknown structures in Ginza
http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/pvillage/47000/20080315120558512775570900.jpg

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/pvillage/47000/20080315120558512230840400.jpg

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/pvillage/47000/20080315120558512534156100.jpg

Cartier Ginza has just been refurbished. (golden facades)
http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/pvillage/46000/20080209120252828909463600.jpg

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/59000/20080113120023467142849600.jpg

Shiseido Ginza
http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/56000/20071018119271245838131400.jpg

Tiffany Ginza is also to be rebuilt.
rendering
http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/56000/20071016119253915049723100.jpg
achitect: Kengo Sumi
current Tiffany Ginza
http://blog.dogadyaga.com/images/aa007.jpg

What music is sutable for TOKYO NIGHT ?


Tokyo Night Aerial
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http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/61000/20080405120732456372761100.jpg

I think it's Shakatak for sure! Good old bubbly GO GO days!
Tokyo Night Birds
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Shakatak - Live in Tokyo 1984 -
NIGHT BIRDS
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INVITATIONS
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EASIER SAID THAN DONE
o0EsYnqFrxk&feature
DARK IS THE NIGHT
AcgCBpY5DlM&feature
HYPNOTISED
UqZfy4blUbY&feature
DOWN ON THE STREET
DQWQnigrAUs&feature
BITCH TO THE BOYS
ScvRao9zQ_w&feature

LOVE MYSELF
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STREETWALKING'
XiYe6bIKvQ8&feature
BREAKIN' AWAY
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SUMMER SKY
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DON'T BLAME IT ON LOVE
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FIRE DANCE
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^^ you should come and watch those shops in real live, its just crazy architecture, one building after another and not only in Ginza.

I just walked from from Harajuku via Omotesando to my hotel in Akasaka, its like no place on earth.

Of course those shops are wonderful, however they do not fit to the high-tech city of Tokyo.

Some pictures I took in the weekend

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/momo1435/IMG_4778jpg.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/momo1435/IMG_4795jpg.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/momo1435/IMG_4832jpg.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/momo1435/IMG_4835jpg.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/momo1435/IMG_4906jpg.jpg

Oh! I love all pics look amazing and great
I LOVE TOKYO

Share my photos taken at Akihabara

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Beautiful pictures. :)

Everything looks soo expensive and wealthy!

and clean, too.

tokyo is clean? noooo!

Emre_kellerman, I love Providence :D

I think Tokyo is very hygienic, the most technologically advanced city on the whole planet. I love the glitterling neon lights and luxury brand stores.

I've just dug up the video vlips of Y.M.O. (Yellow Magic Orchestra), cutting-edge techno band in the bubble era.
They were too genius and too advanced, even today their performances might be the best and we all have to admit this is the Tokyo-style.
I know this is the picture thread of Tokyo, but anyway enjoy legendary Tokyo sounds!

Technopolis tokio tokio...
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Rydeen (Live in Greek Theater 1979)
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Cosmic Surfin (Live in LA)
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Fire Cracker (Live in Tokyo in 1980)
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Solid State Survivor (Live in LA in 1979)
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China Girl (Live in Tokyo 1983)
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Tong Poo (Live in Tokyo 1983)
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Behind the Mask (Live in Tokyo 1983)
qkwCiUnDUbA

YMO forever ;)

I got some here taken by a friend of mine in Tokyo!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid28/pf2a860ac76281f99b33935f100d5854e/fd6f97d5.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid28/p8475c3187f607132146674449cb98f7d/fd6f97db.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid28/pdfb2d121bcb7d2d2d23df18e054bfecc/fd6f97dc.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid28/p37d7a87711dacac410ef495b512ef7a3/fd6f97df.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid28/pe49c4b9164a3ef9c0c5ad35b9924cb72/fd6f97e6.jpg

btw, does anybody know off a free picture hosting site that does not shrink pics and allows posting in the forums? Homestead was giving me trouble, hence the smallness of the pics. :?

Photobucket is the best, at least for me, easy to use and free. Good Luck.

[QUOTE=coldstar;19467021]What music is sutable for TOKYO NIGHT ?

The best music for Tokyo's great night skyline might be M-flo's Love Me After 12 AM (feat. Clazziquai's Alex). The song is AWESOME!!!!

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/62000/20080417120842519536064100.jpg

Ah more of the Sakura, very pretty.

To bad its over now especially with last weeks and todays storms.

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/62000/20080417120842519536064100.jpg

Wow nice pic !! :uh:

^^ wow nice picture

btw your signature... NYC has 18 million in the metro area while tokyo has around 35 million in metro.

wow look at those cherry blossoms it is beautiful.

Some years back, there was a forumer who posted a link on a video showcasing aerials of Tokyo. The video was called Tokyo Scanner.

Has anyone got a copy of the video? If you have, may I implore you to post it here. Thanks. :cheers:

When we talk of Tokyo Bay, we tend to talk of parts like these.
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/6421/p1000205wm9.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/7842/p1000204hi1.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4940/p1000222pb9.jpg

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1488/p1010432rq1.jpg

I do like these parts. My favorite is Mega Web (http://www.megaweb.gr.jp/English/), Toyota showroom with a nice collection of classic cars.

However, I've been wondering about the area next to these shiny buildings.
As you see, there are some islands off shore Odaiba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odaiba), where no one seems to be posting about. So what's really going on there?
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3884/img2gy0.jpg

As you've already guessed, this is currently reclaimed area. These islands, except of the northern one, are still off limits to public. However, you can join the guided tour provided by the Metropolitan Govt of Tokyo. So why don't I? :) I am much more interested in trash landfilling than in Fuji TV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuji_TV) or Disney Resort (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Disney_Resort)! (Okay, it may only be me.) Besides, this guided tour, as an educational (read: promotional) tour for Tokyo residents, is free of charge.

The tour began with a ship cruising. The course was like this.
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/73/img0001mq6.jpg

We borded this boat. Unfortunately, there were no open decks.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/2937/p1010137ly1.jpg

First, we see a kind of familiar sights.
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/6666/p1010404iy8.jpg

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1509/p1010393ih4.jpg

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/2019/p1010400ff0.jpg

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9581/p1010155bx1.jpg

But we soon get close to the "real port" area.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9291/p1010178zg6.jpg

Cute giraffs!
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/896/p1010194lu9.jpg

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7062/p1010374yo0.jpg

After the "port" area, we see some different buildings. This is Chubo, short for Chuo Bohatei (http://www2.kankyo.metro.tokyo.jp/tyubou/) (the Central Breakwater). It was a breakwater before. Well, it still is, but it's now a part of the reclaimed island.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4572/p1010210vt0.jpg

Chubo, looked from west.
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5986/p1010217kq3.jpg

The coast of the vast vacant ground.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8158/p1010233gq9.jpg

Southwestern tip of the newly reclaimed islands. Actually, this part is not reclaimed yet, so this is just a breakwater now.
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/2518/p1010269rp5.jpg

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9093/p1010288ll9.jpg

Southeastern corner.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3301/p1010294mn1.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8058/p1010309wu6.jpg

They are making a bridge linking Chubo and Wakasu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakasu). It will be longer than Rainbow Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_%28Tokyo%29), the guide-san said. (But I wonder who would use the bridge linking two unpopulated area?)
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5840/p1010319uv3.jpg

At the northern shore of Chubo, there were something called "floating docks". I didn't understand what the guide-san explained, but they sure look cute.
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7052/p1010334fa2.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/2034/p1010345ll0.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/596/p1010353ah3.jpg

After the cruise, we rode on a bus.
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1864/p1010444qy9.jpg

We go south from Odaiba, to the island of Chubo.
By the way, I'm fascinated by these huge warehouses, too.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1799/p1010441lq2.jpg

Here we are!
This island, the northern one (Chuo Bohatei Uchigawa Umetatechi, meaning the Central Breakwater Inner Reclamation Area) is now open to public, but it is accessible only by tunnels without pedestrian roads. There is no single private buildings, and obviously, no single pedestrians.
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9520/p1010477hs0.jpg

Entering a disposal plant.
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4466/p1010457ar3.jpg

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5493/p1010467cu1.jpg

I couldn't take much pics of the plant, because I sat on a sheet on the "wrong side" of the bus. Exciting scenes all happened on the left side.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8018/p1010469ub5.jpg

Tokyo Metropolitan Govt strongly tries to reduce disposals. (That's the point they want to promote by the tour.) Because of the recent law, they now do not take household appliances, although I'm not exactly sure if neglecting is equal to "reducing". Anyway, it means the bulk trashes collected here are now mostly futon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futon) or this one, tatami (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatami).
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6010/p1010473vf3.jpg

This one seems to be smashed up bicycles.
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Lots of I-don't-know-how-they-function sort of facilities here.
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Because it's close to Haneda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_International_Airport), and because there are no local residents, airplanes frequently fly over here.
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Now, we'll go over a bridge to the sourthern island (Chuo Bohatei Sotogawa Umetatechi, meaning the Central Breakwater Outer Reclamation Area), a place off limits to public.
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Ash, mud, industrial waste, soil, waterwork, sewage, leather, construction waste, and sightseeing, this way.
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This is a place they are still reclaiming, But the most area is now like a natural hill.
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Feet of that bridge.
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We are finally entering the place...
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Wait, you said asbestos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos)?
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These pipes eject methane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane) guses from wastes to prevent potential fires.
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Unfortunately, we couldn't get off the bus here, so I could't smell how it likes.
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Back in 1960s, they reclaimed garbages, resulting the flood of flies. Now they don't, so the main residents of this place are crows, seagulls, and airplanes.
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The place is hilly. The guide-san said this island is the third highest place in the Special Wards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_wards_of_Tokyo).
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Odaiba on back.
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We arrived to the sourthern tip of the island, facing the newly reclaimed zone called Shin-Kaimen Shobunjo (New Sea Surface Disposal Field). We could get off from a bus here. The guide-san said this is the last area Tokyo can reclaim (so you have to reduce disposals).
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Disney Resort on back left.
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The island is really hilly. The guide-san said this island will become a huge park in future. It seems it's because disposal reclaimed area has unstabilized foundation, so you can't build tall buildings. (Places like Odaiba was reclaimed with normal soil, not disposals.)
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We returned to the northern island.
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The tour ended after watching a short promotional video.
I don't really know about disposal problems or urban planning politics, but the tour was very enjoyable. If "travel" means visiting some unfamiliar places, then this surely was a nice one. :)

In a country as small as Japan I would imagine trash problems would be pretty high on the list. I heard that a lot of trash is actually shipped to other countries, but I don't know if that's true.

probably for the expansion of the docks area or something like that.

because if that bridge is completed Frieght and workers will use that bridge since its an area not with residential or business.

I visited the Tokyo Port Museum on the 20th floor of the Aomi Frontier Bldg (next to the Yurikamome, Telecom Center Station) (200 yen)in Odaiba two weeks ago and they have info on all the harbor expansions going on at the moment if you're interested to now more about the harbour.
www.tokyoport.or.jp

Plus you get some great views over the port:

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tokyo looks huge! can anyone tell me if it is a cheap or expensive city?

^Quite cheap in case you bring euros :P

FML, great otaku-excursion! I'll post your pictures on the Spanish section if you don't mind :)

515 High-Rise Condos Under Construction, In Planning Stage

TOKYO (Nikkei)--A total of 515 condominium buildings 20 stories or higher are currently under construction or being planned as of the end of March, up from 363 a year earlier, according to a survey conducted by Real Estate Economic Institute Co.

Yes Tokyo can be cheap especially with Euro's, even with it's expensive image. But you can also make it as expensive as you want of course, but that's in most cities.

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Might as well post my Cocoon Tower update also here

The soundtrack for this update: Perfume - Secret Secret (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8NOSy1pjq8) (the 1st techno group with a #1 album since YMO)

4/6

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plus 3 extra:

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new route bus
tokyo station - nihonbashi - akihabara - ueno - asakusa - ryougoku

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^^ wow, it looks very... years 20 or futuristic? :crazy:

FML, great otaku-excursion!

Hey, how did you find out my greatest secret! :lol:

I'll post your pictures on the Spanish section if you don't mind :)

Thanx and please do.

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nice.. :okay:

On the Emporis website, I looked at a 14-story highrise by the name of Keio Presso Inn Kayabacho. It was cunstructed to substandard designs following pressure from the developers. It lived for only a year (2005-2006). I don't know wht the structure was short-lived.

the bus looks futuristic and cool in some ways i think the bus is much colder because of its metal alloy construction.

are they building a platform above Shinjuki Station? kind of the same technique that the West Side Rail Yards was going to be in NYC?

also whats the tower thats in construction there?

edit: somehow I've double posted in less than 30 seconds? There's something wrong with the forum!

Great new bus! Looks really retro, but it's clearly very modern.

Tokyo walkthrough

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beautiful
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You never post in japan forum

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You never post in japan forum
こんにちはHanshin-Tigressさん
私は英語できないのでこっそり画像だけ投稿しています。:gossip:

こんにちはHanshin-Tigressさん
私は英語できないのでこっそり画像だけ投稿しています。:gossip:

your pics and clips are always the best:)

your pics and clips are always the best:)

有難うcoldstarさん。でも写真はネットのパクリですけど:naughty:

Japanese001さん、日本語フォーラムで投稿すべし！英語出来なくてもいいよ。

I read in diamond magazine that the central post office in marunouchi is going to become a 36 stories building!!! any further details?

I went for a walk today between Gotanda (my Yamanote line station) and Shinagawa. The area around Osaki station is booming these days as you are about to see:

From the Tokyu Ikegami platform:

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152m residential tower u/c

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94m

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This is the former Sony HQ area which they recently sold to Sekisui House. They already working on the site!

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Wow...thanks for the nostalgic tour. If I'm not mistaken, the construction site in those last couple of pictures is the remains of the building where I used to work. A little bit sad, but it was a bit of a dump to begin with. Sony has much nicer digs now.

Krattleさんもよろしく！

Morning drive in Tokyo 01
high-resolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmCfeio83s8&fmt=6
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Morning drive in Tokyo 02 Haneda airport
high-resolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3fHr2Acs2k&fmt=6
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Morning drive in Tokyo 03 east
high-resolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpT3UwsSl2Y&fmt=6
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Morning drive in Tokyo 04 Imperial Palace outskirts
high-resolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xELlbXHshhA&fmt=6
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Morning drive in Tokyo 05 Tokyo Station outskirts
high-resolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ZpnFeEDT0&fmt=6
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Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway in the early morning 01
high-resolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0RGS0JOZg&feature=related&fmt=6
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Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway in the early morning 02
high-resolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoNU1dDUEXQ&feature=related&fmt=6
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vehicle of Kanto
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=20274306#post20274306

oh wow... those vids are my new favorite thing on the internet.
japanese001, did you make them? or just find?


and Vapour -- you & i are almost neighbors (Tamachi). i worked in one of those Art City Osaki buildings for a while, too... always tried to get my face on one of those big monochrome screens facing the train tracks, and i loved the one that makes ripples round your feet as you walk across it. Almost fell in the water a few times doing that.

the huge garden gnome is kinda creepy, though...

wow their using the advantage of retail space or air rights i think?

No slowdown in redevelopment of Roppongi
05/06/2008

BY EIJI ZAKODA

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

A fresh wave of development in Tokyo is cementing the transformation of Roppongi's image from a sleazy playground for wealthy foreigners to their base of operations.

Although high-end shopping and office complexes have been completed in the Roppongi district in recent years, the redevelopment boom shows no signs of slowing down.

The central government's designation of the district as part of an international financial base to woo foreign-affiliated financial institutions has fueled the redevelopment plans.

A project on 8.1 hectares of land was started when a group of landowners and lease holders in Roppongi 5-chome's west section set up a preparatory association in late March. The new project would exceed the size of the 7.8-hectare Tokyo Midtown complex that opened in the same district in March 2007.

Mori Building Co., a leading real estate developer, serves as the secretariat of the association. The project will include office buildings, commercial complexes and residential and educational facilities.

Mori Building in June also plans to begin full-scale redevelopment of a 2-hectare zone in the Toranomon-Roppongi area.

One of the landmarks there will be a 46-story office building with four basement floors. The realtor plans to complete the project in fiscal 2011.

In addition, Mori Building is moving forward redevelopment of the neighboring 4-hectare Toranomon-Azabudai zone.

"Tokyo would fall behind amid international competition unless it fast improves its urban infrastructure," said Minoru Mori, president of Mori Building.

His company is not the only one active.

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. is working on a face-lift of a 2-hectare plot in Roppongi. The main feature of the project will be a revamped Roppongi Prince Hotel, which Sumitomo Realty bought in 2006.

The central government has designated the area encompassing Roppongi, Shinbashi and Akasaka as an international financial base, along with the area surrounding JR Tokyo and Yurakucho stations.

To promote redevelopment, the government has eased rules on the floor-space ratio of office buildings, allowing for taller buildings to be constructed.

The entities there will also be given preferential treatment on fixed asset taxes.(IHT/Asahi: May 6,2008)

Fate of Tokyo Central Post Office still not sealed
05/06/2008

BY TSUYOSHI KANDA

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

Architects, concerned about the capital's relentless habit of tearing down historic buildings to make way for the new, are fighting tooth and nail to preserve the Tokyo Central Post Office, a landmark since the 1930s.

They say the building is an important symbol of Japan's modernist movement and it has to stay.

But the Japan Post Group, which owns the building, wants to demolish it and erect a much taller structure in its place.

Located opposite JR Tokyo Station, itself an important architectural symbol, the Tokyo Central Post Office was completed in 1931, based on a design by Tetsuro Yoshida who worked for the then Ministry of Communications.

The exquisitely designed white building was once praised by the German architect Bruno Taut, who also had high praise for the Katsura Detached Palace in Kyoto, as the embodiment of traditional Japanese architecture.

The Tokyo Central Post Office has also been selected by Paris-based Docomomo International as one of 20 buildings representative of modern architecture in Japan.

For its part, the Japan Post Group is moving into real estate development, in line with its privatization last October. Plans call for building new structures in place of the Tokyo Central Post Office and the Osaka Central Post Office, which was also designed by Yoshida.

However, before it actually begins work on rebuilding the Tokyo Central Post Office, the Japan Post Group asked a committee of specialists for a historic appraisal.

According to sources, the committee came up with a proposal to build a 200-meter tall building that would still retain part of the outer wall of the present structure. Another proposal calls for preserving the existing structure.

In an effort to save the original building, a group of 120 architects and concerned citizens established an organization on March 25 to seek to have the Tokyo Central Post Office designated as an important cultural property.

One idea being pushed by the group is for Japan Post Group to sell the rights to build taller structures to other buildings in the area. The group argues that such a move would involve a much lower business risk for Japan Post Group than borrowing several tens of billions of yen to construct a new building.

The architects' group is now set to join forces with a multipartisan group of Diet members, who are also calling for the building's designation as an important cultural property. Together, they plan to lobby the Japan Post Group, Chiyoda Ward office and the central government.

Due to the relaxation of urban planning regulations around the Tokyo Station area, many buildings built before World War II have been replaced by a series of high-rises since the 1990s.

Among the older buildings that have been torn down are the Marunouchi Building, built in 1923, and the headquarters of the former Japanese National Railways, built in 1938. More recently, the Yaesu Building, completed in 1928, and the Sanshin Building, built in 1930, have also been demolished.

On the other hand, red-bricked Tokyo Station and Meiji Seimeikan, which serves as the headquarters of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., have both been preserved as important cultural properties.

Work has begun on restoring Tokyo Station to the way it was before it suffered damage during World War II. The project was funded through the sale of rights to build taller structures.

Koichiro Kanematsu, an executive of the architects' and citizens' group, said, "If a high-rise was built while only keeping a token remnant of the outer wall, it would be an embarrassing sight for the 'entrance' to Japan."

With a final decision from Japan Post Group expected soon, part of the operations currently handled by the Tokyo Central Post Office will be moved elsewhere in May.(IHT/Asahi: May 6,2008)

That means that the booming is not over

Architects, concerned about the capital's relentless habit of tearing down historic buildings to make way for the new, are fighting tooth and nail to preserve the Tokyo Central Post Office, a landmark since the 1930s.

They say the building is an important symbol of Japan's modernist movement and it has to stay.



From the architectual point of view, Central Post Office is unworthy of being preserved.


That means that the booming is not over
As for the areas of Otemachi, Marunochi, and Hibiya, the construction booming has not begun yet. Maybe until 2010 or so, the landscape of these areas will have changed completely.

A few days ago, another project was released: The Palace Hotel Tokyo in front of the Imperial Palace is to be rebuilt. Twin Towers!

BTW, did any guys here see yesterday's demonstration march in Central Tokyo (Hibiya, Harajuku, Omotesando, Akasaka...WOW) ?
I've never seen such a huge protest movement in Central Tokyo in the past decade!!
(Indeed, I'm one of the 5000 protestors there!) :)

Cocoon tower

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iMPECABLE! clean and organized.
Congratulations to Tokyo!

Did you guys feel the quake? Strongest quake in years! 6.8 off the coast of Ibaraki.

ohhh yeah I felt it!!quite strong eh...

yea..same here in Sendai..if not mistaken 4-5 times.

Did you guys feel the quake? Strongest quake in years! 6.8 off the coast of Ibaraki.

平成20年05月08日01時54分 気象庁地震火山部 発表
08日01時45分頃地震がありました。
震源地は茨城県沖 （ 北緯36.2°、東経141.7°）で震源の
深さは約40km、地震の規模（マグニチュード）は6.7と推定されます。

http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/quake/images/area/3/08015400391.png

shook me out of bed. there was an aftershock and another quake, too, about 30 min later.

平成20年05月08日01時54分 気象庁地震火山部 発表
08日01時45分頃地震がありました。
震源地は茨城県沖 （ 北緯36.2°、東経141.7°）で震源の
深さは約40km、地震の規模（マグニチュード）は6.7と推定されます。

http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/quake/images/area/3/08015400391.png

家は地震で揺れたんだけど、いつものことなので寝てしまいました。:)

Experience the wonder of the philippines http://wowphilippinestourism.blogspot.com

wtf troll?

:banned:

Did you guys feel the quake? Strongest quake in years! 6.8 off the coast of Ibaraki.

Are there any damage?

^Not that I know of.

^Not that I know of.

Good to hear that :)

東京は私の一番好きな町です。

東京はアジアのナンバーワン！！！！

家は地震で揺れたんだけど、いつものことなので寝てしまいました。:)

地震が東京で起こったら、一番安全なところはどこか知ってますか。　

地震が東京で起こったら、一番安全なところはどこか知ってますか。　

日本列島は大陸棚にあるので地震がないところはないと思いますよ。
川と海の近くはまずいかもしれません。
古い建物でなければ大体大丈夫です。

それはそうかもしんだけど、僕が考えているのは地下鉄です。　または高層ビルでしょうね。 地下鉄トンネルの幅は地震波の波長ほど広くないので、だいたい地下鉄トンネルは大都市での最も安全なとこだと思われてます。　高層ビルは大体高ければ高いほど安全でしょうね。

すいません、僕の片言の日本語を許してください。

それはそうかもしんだけど、僕が考えているのは地下鉄です。　または高層ビルでしょうね。 地下鉄トンネルの幅は地震波の波長ほど広くないので、だいたい地下鉄トンネルは大都市での最も安全なとこだと思われてます。　高層ビルは大体高ければ高いほど安全でしょうね。

すいません、僕の片言の日本語を許してください。

地震はだいたいがずっと続くわけではなく揺れてから地下鉄に行くのはまずないと思います。
一番安全なのは広い場所や学校ではないでしょうか？避難場所は学校になってます。
地下鉄は地下なので地上より比較的安全と言われてますが
火災の面を考えるとどうでしょうか。
阪神大震災の時、天井がくずれてきたので完全だともいえないと思います。
シールド工法で鉄板が入っているなら大丈夫だとは思いますけど。
高層ビルも耐震性が優れていれば良いですが古い高層ビルはどうかと思います。
ようは新しい高層ビルや地下鉄なら地上より安全制が高いということになりますよね。

nice photos thanks for uploading sugoiiii ne! :D

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地震はだいたいがずっと続くわけではなく揺れてから地下鉄に行くのはまずないと思います。
一番安全なのは広い場所や学校ではないでしょうか？避難場所は学校になってます。
地下鉄は地下なので地上より比較的安全と言われてますが
火災の面を考えるとどうでしょうか。
阪神大震災の時、天井がくずれてきたので完全だともいえないと思います。
シールド工法で鉄板が入っているなら大丈夫だとは思いますけど。
高層ビルも耐震性が優れていれば良いですが古い高層ビルはどうかと思います。
ようは新しい高層ビルや地下鉄なら地上より安全制が高いということになりますよね。

そうよね。

ワウ! 日本は実際に大きい! 私は映像の、実質のそれの多くを、ちょうど見るためにも待ち時間を傾ける。

NEW TOKYO PICS

Rainbow Bridge
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~nm6f-nkmc/y-toubey04.jpg

Shinagawa redevelopment
http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Yurinoki/1061/shinagawa3.jpg

Harumi redevelopment
http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Yurinoki/1061/triton3.jpg
http://isweb30.infoseek.co.jp/photo/rinapon/haru-2.JPG
Ookawabata River project
http://homepage2.nifty.com/fuukei/chuuou0202035.jpg

Odaiba - water front project
http://isweb41.infoseek.co.jp/area/hanapink/tokyo002001.jpg
http://homepage2.nifty.com/fuukei/minato0202104.jpg
Shiodome redevelopment
http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Yurinoki/1061/shio.jpg








Shinjuku
http://isweb30.infoseek.co.jp/photo/rinapon/sinjuku1.JPG

nice pics, thanks for sharing alot!

Tokyo is great! :banana:

indeed! i can't wait to go there! :cheers:

I haven't seen you for a long time.



新宿　(Shinjuku)

http://fileman.rakurakuhp.net/UserFiles/13550/Image/1210950429.jpg


http://fileman.rakurakuhp.net/UserFiles/13550/Image/1210950458.jpg


http://fileman.rakurakuhp.net/UserFiles/13550/Image/1210948705.jpg


http://fileman.rakurakuhp.net/UserFiles/13550/Image/1210949338.jpg
↑Shinjuku station West exit

http://fileman.rakurakuhp.net/UserFiles/13550/Image/1210954279.jpg
↑Shinjuku skyscraper seen from east exit district at Shinjuku Station. (February_2008)

http://fileman.rakurakuhp.net/UserFiles/13550/Image/1210948778.jpg
↑Kabukicho

http://fileman.rakurakuhp.net/UserFiles/13550/Image/1210950930.jpg
↑Mode-gakuen Cocoon Tower (204m/50F) (Schoolhouse)

http://fileman.rakurakuhp.net/UserFiles/13550/Image/1210952148.jpg

http://fileman.rakurakuhp.net/UserFiles/13550/Image/1210950893.jpg


http://fileman.rakurakuhp.net/UserFiles/13550/Image/1210951895.jpg
↑NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building (Docomo Tower) (240m (272m) )


http://fileman.rakurakuhp.net/UserFiles/13550/Image/1210955707.jpg
↑Nishi-Shinjuku7 (Under construction)


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Tokyo_sky_mode >> http://sky.geocities.jp/tokyo_sky_mode/

Why Japan, uses the "british" type of driving :?

Does anyone have a render of this project u/c?

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6519/p1200601bu3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

It's called 北青山３丁目テナントビル新築工事, a 90-meter tower in Aoyama doori.


Construction status:

http://i26.tinypic.com/c3pu1.jpg

http://www.blue-style.com/search-view.php?bldg_code=1517

why i love japan so much?

^^ Wow ryuhei! Amazing!!
Thx for the photo!!

Why in Spain the construction costs too many time? T__T

Beautiful building!! *__*

Very nice place to visit!

When is the best time to visit Japan/Tokyo?



P.S= this is my first visit to the Japanese Forum

high-resolution　http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaGFnQTeSxo&fm&fmt=18
gaGFnQTeSxo

The view from Tokyo Tower
high-resolution　http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcSfUNjKXpQ&fmt=18
kcSfUNjKXpQ

Imperial Palace Plaza
high-resolution　http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEvFLZTvQI&fmt=18
fOEvFLZTvQI

beautiful city

^^ Indeed :rock:

Construction status:

http://i26.tinypic.com/c3pu1.jpg

http://www.blue-style.com/search-view.php?bldg_code=1517

Damn, nice structure.

I love the diagonal slant (which helps it deviate from traditional boxy designs of Japanese structures). I like it.

Also, from the looks of it, this will be two towers (as another tower of similar design is also being built next to it)

yokohama at night

Yokohama at Night May 20, 2008

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http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h209/jadebench/yokohama%20at%20night/DSC01251-1.jpg

very very amazing city, but maybe we're getting into a beyond, don't you thing so???

Damn, nice structure.

I love the diagonal slant (which helps it deviate from traditional boxy designs of Japanese structures). I like it.

Also, from the looks of it, this will be two towers (as another tower of similar design is also being built next to it)

It's just one tower, the building on the left won't be much taller than what you see on the pic.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g150/masjan/DSC02042.jpg

my favourite tower

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g150/masjan/DSC02030.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g150/masjan/458.jpg

seem like people in shinjuku really into Krispy Kreme. ;)

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g150/masjan/DSC02034.jpg

LOUIS VUITTON to open world's largest store in Ginza

Louis Vuitton store in Ginza will open in 2010 as world's largest store. It will be much bigger than current LV's biggest store in Paris.
New LV outlet will be built in 'Hulic Tower' in Ginza (12 floors above ground. U/C) and it'll be the 3rd LV store in Ginza.
The rendering is not releaset yet, though.

Louis Vuitton GINZA
http://kstyle.s57.xrea.com/img/lv_matsuya.jpg
and Louis Vuitton GINZA NAMIKI (designed by Jun Aoki)
http://mirutake.fc2web.com/04/84namiki/photo/069.jpg

i love japan so much

i also love your culture

love everything about japan

Tokyo, Ginza and Kawasaki May 25, 2008

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h209/jadebench/Kawasaki%20Tokyo%20and%20Ginza%20May%2025%2008/DSC01369.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h209/jadebench/Kawasaki%20Tokyo%20and%20Ginza%20May%2025%2008/DSC01370.jpg

Tokyo Currency Museum
Admission is free.

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Bank of Japan
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h209/jadebench/Kawasaki%20Tokyo%20and%20Ginza%20May%2025%2008/DSC01371.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h209/jadebench/Kawasaki%20Tokyo%20and%20Ginza%20May%2025%2008/DSC01377.jpg


pictures taken May 25, 2008

Tokyo International Forum
The Tokyo International Forum (東京国際フォーラム, Tōkyō Kokusai Fōramu) is an important urban landmark in Tokyo, Japan. It is used mainly as an exhibition and concert hall and conference center. One of its halls seats 5,000. In addition to seven other halls, it includes exhibition space, a lobby, restaurants, shops, and other facilities. Designed by architect Rafael Viñoly and completed in 1996, it is famous for its swooping curves of steel truss and glass; the outside is shaped like an elongated boat. Standing between Tokyo Station and Yūrakuchō Station, its address is in Marunouchi, Chiyoda.

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Ginza
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Kawasaki
Kawasaki (川崎市, Kawasaki-shi?) is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan.

It is sandwiched between Tokyo and Yokohama to form part of Greater Tokyo, the most populous urban area in northern Kanagawa. It still exists without its own city subway system, however, the city is heavily rail based. The region where Kawasaki lies was originally part of Musashi Province, or Tokyo region (as opposed to Sagami associated with Kanagawa), as evidenced by the Nambu Line.

The city was founded on July 1, 1924 and was designated on April 1, 1972 by government ordinance.

Kawasaki occupies a belt of land stretching about 30 km along the south bank of the Tama River, which divides it from Tokyo prefecture, with the city of Yokohama immediately to the south.

The eastern end of the belt is flat, and much of it consists of heavily industrialised and densely built working-class areas, centered around JR Kawasaki Station. The reclaimed coastline of Tokyo Bay is occupied by vast heavy chemical industry complexes at the heart of the Keihin Industrial Area.

In contrast, its western suburbs occupy an area of hills known as Tama Hills and are mostly pleasant, often newly developed residential areas for people commuting to Tokyo. Shin-Yurigaoka station on the Odakyū Odawara Line serves as the regional hub of the western half of the city.

Despite its status as the 8th most populated city in Japan, it is often seen to lack an identity (and certainly a true city centre) of its own, due to the fact that it is effectively part of the huge Tokyo-Yokohama conurbation.

Kawasaki Lazona Plaza
LAZONA Kawasaki Plaza (ラゾーナ川崎プラザ, LAZONA Kawasaki Plaza?) is a Shopping mall in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Japan. This mall connected by west side Kawasaki Station.
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世界最大の競馬場メインスタンドです。
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/4673/tokyokeibajo20065ea7.jpg
パドック
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/9567/nec0025cp2.jpg
２６５１インチでこれも世界最大らしいです。テニスコート三面の大きさです。
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/6622/20060912jraf2svg6.jpg

^^
本当に行きたい！
行ったんでしょう？

LOUIS VUITTON to open world's largest store in Ginza

Louis Vuitton store in Ginza will open in 2010 as world's largest store. It will be much bigger than current LV's biggest store in Paris.
New LV outlet will be built in 'Hulic Tower' in Ginza (12 floors above ground. U/C) and it'll be the 3rd LV store in Ginza.
The rendering is not releaset yet, though.

Louis Vuitton GINZA
http://kstyle.s57.xrea.com/img/lv_matsuya.jpg
and Louis Vuitton GINZA NAMIKI (designed by Jun Aoki)
http://mirutake.fc2web.com/04/84namiki/photo/069.jpg

LV Ikebukuro
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h209/jadebench/Ikebukuro%20May%2026%2008/DSC01436.jpg

^^
本当に行きたい！
行ったんでしょう？

東京競馬場は何度か行ったことがあります。
京都競馬場も結構大きいらしいですね。
近頃の競馬場は馬に乗馬できたり公園があったりカフェがあったり
場内を見学できるツアーがあったり博物館があったりと
競馬をしない人も楽しめるようになっていますね。:gossip:
http://www.jra.go.jp/facilities/race/tokyo/gallery.html

japan is the best place in the world with the best girls :)

and food and culture
.

everthing..!

東京競馬場は何度か行ったことがあります。
京都競馬場も結構大きいらしいですね。
近頃の競馬場は馬に乗馬できたり公園があったりカフェがあったり
場内を見学できるツアーがあったり博物館があったりと
競馬をしない人も楽しめるようになっていますね。:gossip:
http://www.jra.go.jp/facilities/race/tokyo/gallery.html
そうないや！ありがとう。　；P
japan is the best place in the world with the best girls :)


everthing..!

そうよね！
Like me :p :jk:

Akasaka Sacas opened this month. A complex developed by Mitsui Estate.

Akasaka Sacas is composed mainly of TBS Broadcast Center, Biz Tower, Act Theater (musical theater), Blitz (concert hall), Akasaka Gallery and The Residence.

http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20080325/1008430/01_px250.jpg
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http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20080325/1008430/13_px220.jpg
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20080325/1008430/25_px250.jpg


More pictures from Akasaka Sacas area:

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Koichi Suzuki (http://www.flickr.com/photos/koichiwb/)


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building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com (http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/2008/05/post_0981.html)

farrk!!! u guys always hav all the biggest store and the biggest brand!!! seriously lov the fashion there!

-0-!!!! amazing!

Amazing indeed :yes:

Tokyo is fantastic, I love the pics. Best regards all the way from Turkey!!

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:D

The Dark Knight filmed in Tokyo? WoW! :)

^^ The first time I saw the poster I recognized the green building, the one in the center of the window.
It's nice see Tokyo night pic in a big poster *__*

But..the movie was filmed in Tokyo?

No, it was filmed in US cities (New York?) and Hong Kong, but for whatever reason, the international poster shows batman in Mori Tower :lol:

Hong Kong also has a poster:
http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/tdkhkbanner.jpg

:yes:

are these for real? the dark night, just like batman begins, was primarily filmed in chicago. nice posters though...

That logo ^^ is real :yes:
When i saw the two compare pics, i realise that logo -the city from the window- is Tokyo :lol:

Nice poster of the film, specially the night pics efects. Tokyo looks really good and Hong Kong just amazing.

http://i26.tinypic.com/2ivdx61.jpg

There was a thread about this poster a long time ago:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=559765

tokyo is very beautiful!!! japanese girls are very pretty!:banana:

　東京都墨田区に建設予定の「新東京タワー」の名称が「東京スカイツリー」に決まった。１０日、都内のホテルでタワー事業を進める東武鉄道と新東京タワー社が発表した。　　名称決定には６案を対象に、４月から２カ月かけて全国投票を実施。総投票数１１万４１９のうち、「東京スカイツリー」が最も多い３万２６９９票を獲得した。空に向かって伸びる大きな木のようなタワーのもとに環境に優しい街が生まれ、世界の人々が集って新しい文化が創造されていく、というイメージを込めた名前という。次点は「東京ＥＤＯタワー」だった。

　「東京スカイツリー」について、新東京タワー社の宮杉欣也社長は「人と地球にやさしく豊かなコミュニティー作りをめざすといった事業コンセプトにもぴったりです」と総評した。また新タワー名称検討委員を務めた作詞家の阿木耀子さんも「名称からは童話のジャックと豆の木を連想する。どこまでの空に伸びる木は、夢と希望の象徴。メルヘンとロマン、親しみやすさがあり、新しい時代のタワーにふさわしいと感じる」と感想を語った。

　会場では「東京スカイツリー」の名称とともに、ロゴマークも発表された。タワーの上部に空色、萌黄色、江戸紫など７色の日本の伝統色を使ったドットと配置したデザインで、新しいタワーから生まれてくるさまざまな「モノ」や「コト」を表現したという。

　「東京スカイツリー」の高さは６１０メートル。今年７月に着工し、２０１１年１２月の完成予定。総事業費は約６００億円。２０１１年のテレビ放送デジタル化に向けた放送施設として利用されるほか、レストランや店舗なども備えた多機能複合型施設となる。タワーの新名称発表に伴い、新東京タワー社も東武タワースカイツリー社と名前を変える。

http://www.rising-east.jp/

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/9906/64903634yy4.jpg

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1139/17pf8.jpg

so they gave the tower thats supposed to beat CN tower a new name?

also did anybody heard about the masscare that happened i feel bad about what happened and i am sorry about that.

AHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/8185/roppongi91ai4.jpg

You can go on the roof of the Roppongi Hills and i haven`t done it O_O

IT'S GOING TO BE JUST BEAUTIFUL !!!!

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3642/newtokyotower2gg0.jpg

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/9200/23487877fy8jc5.jpg

^^ Wow! What a wonderful addition to Tokyo's skyline this project would be! :banana: :pepper:

I hope that this project would liven-up that particular part of Sumida. It could very well be another "Roppongi Hills-ish" lifestyle district once the tower's complex is fully-operational.

Hooray, for Tokyo! :D

BTW, I really like the new name of the tower. The name sounds like the project's theme is in tune with the 'green revolution'.

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Otemachi chain redevelopment
As Otemachi is located on the north of Marunochi and Tokyo Central Station,
the area has been one of the traditional CBDs in Tokyo.
Now we can see the rush to redevelopmet there.

chain redevelopment
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/./photos/uncategorized/2008/06/16/tokyoootemachi080611.jpg
Phase 1
three office buildings are under construction.
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/./photos/uncategorized/2008/06/09/tokyoootemachi08062.jpg
Phase 2
two office towers (probably 200m + 200m) are to be built near the phase 1 site.
Phase 3
one office tower (probably 200m or more high) is to be built between the phase 1 and the phase 2
1-6 Project
one office tower (200m) is to be built on the south of the phase 2 site.
2-1 Projects
two office towers (180m-200m, 200m) are to be built to the west of the phase 2 site

and some more projects are revealed. (reconstructions of NTT Data Center, Resona Bank, The Palace Hotel, etc)

And big news!
In Yaesu side of Tokyo Central Station, an office tower is to be constructed. The site is just in front of Grand Tokyo North Tower!
The height is 200m. Under the soil of the new tower, a bus terminal is to be constructed.

:nuts:

Wow! Minato-Ku and Chiyoda-ku are both, currently, experiencing a lot of redevelopment activities.


BTW, is Osaki still experiencing a "redevelopment-boom"?