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Epic Night Views from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building – Part 2
Continuing with our series of photos captured from Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building’s observation deck … Part 1 is here. Enjoy Vangelis’ Blade Runner Love Theme while perusing these photos. Dim your ambient lights and click on the image to enjoy a full-size, zoom-able version. Designed by Kenzo Tange and completed in 1991, the Tokyo Metropolitan…
Epic Night Views from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building – Part 1
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (東京都庁, TOCHO) is the seat of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government that governs the 23 wards of the Tokyo metropolis with 14 million residents in 2023. The 243 meter tall building located in Shinjuku 新宿 has two towers, and each houses an observatory at a height of 202 meters. It had been the…
Our trips 2019, part 1
Dear Readers, Happy 2020 ! We have moved here about a decade ago, and started this blog just before our departure from New York. So this blog is 10 years old ! We took a break from updating the blog earlier this year because of other projects. But we are committed to keep this going as long…
Our trips 2018, part 2
Dear Readers, It has been a tradition on this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. In Part 1, we posted photos of places we visited in the second half of 2018. Here are the places we visited in the first half. Click on the links, where…