This
is Roppongi. It's a relatively new area of Tokyo known for Roppongi Hills (the
building shown to the left and right), a brand new and innovative
commercial/residential development.This
is Roppongi. It's a relatively new area of Tokyo known for Roppongi Hills (the
building shown to the left and right), a brand new and innovative
commercial/residential development.
This
is Chris and Reggie is Roppongi, with more of the area shown on the right.
On
the left is a great shot Chris got of a garden in Roppongi. On the right is a
huge abstract sculpture of a spider in Roppongi.
On
the left is Chris standing under the MTV Japan sign in Roppongi. On the right is
a bizarre stretch SUV he saw while he was there.
This
is Shibuya. I've written about it before. It's a newer area that appeals to
Japanese young people and is full of pop culture. When you come out of the
subway/train station, you arrive at a huge intersection, as seen to the right.
You can see the flood of people trying to cross the street. I think it's funny
that the only recognizable person in the photo is a large white woman.
This
is also Shibuya. If you closely at the HMV sign in the background, you'll see
that it's the same area as the picture right above this one, just taken from a
different angle. One was taken in May when the Harry Potter DVD was hitting
stores here, and the other during the Matrix hype in the beginning of June.
On the right is Shibuya at night.
This
is Shibuya by night. In the picture on the left, the large glass building has an
ENORMOUS glassed-in Starbucks on the second floor. You can see the green
lettering if you look close. Also worth noting is that Tsutaya is basically the
Japanese version of Blockbuster but with more porn. Disclaimer: I loathe porn
and think it's soul poison - just reporting the facts.
More
nighttime in Shibuya. As an aside that you may have already heard before,
Shibuya invariably smells like sewer. So now Chris and I use the word Shibuya to
mean sewer stink.