A few Tokyo aerials

Shawn · #1 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 11:46 AM**

Thanks to TR-909+ on SSC for these nice overhead shots.

Mecca to virginal fanboys everywhere, Akihabara.

Hills, as we like to call it.

Iidabashi, just north of the Imperial Palace; you can see the Outer Moat in the top-left.

Kasumigaseki, home of the Japanese Government's massive bureaucracy.

The Marunouchi-Otemachi financial area, home of the the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

River City 21

Roppongi-Ichome and Toranomon

Looking west over Shinjuku towards Nakano and the endless suburbs that hug the Chuo Line.

The world's busiest train station, more people pass through Shinjuku in one day than pass through all of New York's subway stations combined.

Shiodome, with the famous Tsukiji Fish Market behind (look for the row of blue roofs and curved lowrises).

A mere few blocks from my apartment, Tokyo Dome is home to the Giants - the Yankees of Japanese baseball - and thus I only go there to watch the Hanshin Tigers when they come up from Osaka.

Finally, Tokyo Station and environs. My office is in one of the larger towers to the right of the tracks. For size reference, the towers under construction will each top off just under 700 feet.

Presswood · #2 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 1:32 PM**

a gem of urbanity...

Bergenser · #3 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 1:48 PM**

some shot's kinda reminds me of La defence,
they have both many "flat topped" buildings!
Great thread for shure.

LSyd · #4 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 3:47 PM**

holy moly...

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urbanflyer · #5 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 3:58 PM**

Absolutely stunning finds.

Shiodome in particular can be seen in a whole new light from that angle - it can't be appreciated properly from the ground due to the linear arrangement of the buildings.

And who knew Takashimaya had a helipad?

villelumiere · #6 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 9:43 PM**

I always find about tokyo that there are not really a great deal of stand out architecture or features but the city as a whole is just mind blowing. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. There are a handful of global alpha cities. Hong kong is more spectacular, Paris more beautiful, NY more cinematically iconic, Chicago in ways more masculinely impressive, in many ways london is more eclectic but for sheer vast immensity Tokyo is unrivalled.

These are personal aesthetic opinions.

fflint · #7 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 9:59 PM**

Excellent finds. Tokyo is fascinating.

gatt · #8 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 10:55 PM**

an urban jungle.very impressive city.

BroncoCSU05 · #9 Posted **Jan 18, 2007, 12:21 AM**

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DJM19 · #10 Posted **Jan 18, 2007, 12:59 AM**

I love the contrast of the big husky towers right next to small ones.

urbanflyer · #11 Posted **Jan 18, 2007, 5:24 AM**

so whaddya waiting for bronco?

James Bond Agent 007 · #12 Posted **Jan 18, 2007, 5:44 AM**

It is truely a beast.

edmontonoilers89 · #13 Posted **Jan 18, 2007, 6:45 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by villelumiere

I always find about tokyo that there are not really a great deal of stand out architecture or features but the city as a whole is just mind blowing. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. There are a handful of global alpha cities. Hong kong is more spectacular, Paris more beautiful, NY more cinematically iconic, Chicago in ways more masculinely impressive, in many ways london is more eclectic but for sheer vast immensity Tokyo is unrivalled.

These are personal aesthetic opinions.

Couldn't agree more.