Late night in Ginza
In Ginza, Tokyo’s most glamorous commercial district, the streets are nearly deserted after a certain time of night. People are probably spending their time …
A west-bound Shinkansen
In front of JR Yurakucho Station in the evening twilight, I got an up-close look at the Tokaido Shinkansen departing from nearby Tokyo Station as it ran along …
Kawaramachi speed of light
Kawaramachi Avenue, slicing north to south through downtown Kyoto, has undergone myriad changes since I first strolled the sidewalks with wide-eyed fascination …
Edion at Shijo-Kawaramachi
The Edion electronics store at Shijo-Kawaramachi used to be the Marui department store, and before that for a very long time it was the Hankyu department …
Light trails over city center
Haneda Airport, located on the Tokyo Bay shore at the southeastern tip of Tokyo, started using new air routes crossing the city cente …
Shibuya, the vertical city
The city of Shibuya continues to transform. New skyscrapers, restructured underground malls, relocated train stations, newly built streets …
Roppongi at night
Roppongi’s intersections are inorganic. The hours of the intense nightlife have just begun, and yet the cars hurry around the curves, leaving …
Orderly chaos and chaotic order
Some people say that everything in Tokyo is controlled and orderly, while others say that a variety of things exist in disorder, creating endless …
Ultimate functional beauty
Built in 1958, Tokyo Tower is a freestanding steel tower with a truss structure. It was designed by a team led by Dr. Tachu Naito, an architectural …
Girls in the sky at twilight
The Sky Deck of Tokyo City View is an observation facility located on the top floors of Mori Tower of Roppongi Hills, a commercial complex …
At Yurakucho Station during the pandemic
As the global outbreak of COVID-19 continued to spread and was officially announced as a pandemic, most stores in downtown Tokyo …
A back alley in Shibuya
Just off the bustling main streets of central Tokyo are quiet, narrow alleys. It would be a shame to call them “back streets,” as they are all well-maintained …