This is part two of quite a few (probably four) ‘catch-up’ posts that I meant to do but in the end I got caught up watching all of the torrential storms we had. I don’t know why, but I could watch a storm for hours. I don’t even know why. All it does is remind me of England. The difference being when we have a storm in the UK, it’s just powerful enough to stop you doing anything, but nothing spectacular. When it rains in Japan, the drops are so hard they bore through buildings, and everyone walks around doing Matrix-esque bullet-time stunts, just to get a loaf of bread.
Anyway, part one of said series was the Koenji Awaodori, which was absoloutely brilliant. Part two was the trip I took up Tokyo tower. The thing that links these events was that my mum was with me. Although in all honesty the only thing that links them is that I forgot to blog about them, as I’m a terrible writer.
The Mighty Tower Of Tokyo
So that is Tokyo Tower. Half way up there is a two story white building, that’s where we went. You can pay more and go right up to the top, but apparently it’s not worth it unless it’s a mind-blowingly clear day (it wasn’t), so we didn’t bother.
The windows allow for a 360 view of Tokyo, and from the tower you can see Odaiba, Shinjuku and all the other places really rich people live. You can’t see Oji, but I think they might have just put up a giant mirror to block it from view. Nobody wants to travel half way around the world to see my dormitories, let me tell you.
Looking north east towards Atago, Onarimon, and Shimbashi.
As I’m terrible at geography I have no idea what exactly we’re looking at here, but as you can see the towers are very big and scary. When the Tokyo Sky Tree (the world’s soon-to-be tallest tower) is finished, you’ll be able to see it like a giant eyesore, I suppose.
Looking south east towards Odaiba and the dreaded immigration centre.
Here you can see the Odaiba wheel (which I wrote about aaaages ago here) as well as the end of the rainbow bridge, and more importantly, all the grey, depressing, identical buildings that make Tokyo just so friendly! In fact, if you look back over my blog posts, especially 06-07, it’s depressing how few photos actually don’t contain at least one concrete juggernaught. Oh well.
Anyway, that’s part one of ‘Oh whoops I have a blog I should write it’ over and done with! Tune in next week next month next year at some point for the next installment!
These photos are on Flickr, if you go there you can see much bigger versions.
Edit:Thanks to Drew in the comments for helping me work out where everything is.
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In the first unknown picture, you are looking Northeast towards Atago, Onarimon, and Shimbashi. The second view, as you correctly pointed out, has you looking Southeast towards Odaiba, Immigration, and the Shinagawa Wharf.
Drew: Impressive! Adding that to the post – thanks for the info :D
It was raining when I went :(