Tokyo, Japan Photo Gallery
When we arrived at the Tokyo train station we were very confused about how to get to the other side. This young man noticed and offered his help by taking us the way we should go.
A dome in the train station in Tokyo.
The current Imperial Palace is located on the former site of Edo Castle, a large park area surrounded by moats and massive stone walls in the center of Tokyo. This is a photo of one of the moats and part of the wall.
The stone bridge is called Meganebashi (Eyeglass Bridge) for its looks. This is part of the Imperial Palace, also.
Kokyo Gaien National Garden with central Tokyo's modern buildings in the background. I thought that these trees were interesting.
Getting ready to enter the Shibuya Scramble Crossing, commonly known as Shibuya Crossing, is a popular pedestrian scramble crossing. It is located in front of the Shibuya Station Hachikō exit and stops vehicles in all directions to allow pedestrians to inundate the entire intersection
Now walking through Shibuya Scramble Crossing, which sees upwards of 3,000 people crossing the multi-cornered intersection at a time. Despite converging in mass from all directions, pedestrians skilfully manage to avoid colliding with one another.
The Hachiko statue in Shibuya is a homage to the faithful Akita dog who waited at Shibuya Station every day for his master, even after his death. Today, it’s one of the most popular meeting places in Tokyo
Look at all the people around this statue. I can't imagine trying to meet anyone here at this place. Although we did run into fellow cruisers here that we knew.
What is interesting is that these buildings have retails stores on all floors. They have signs on them to show what's where. For example: S Sense Mens Hair Salon 6F.
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower-An educational building, home to a fashion school, an IT school, and a medical services school.. We nicknamed it the Lipstick Building.
There was a protest going on here in the Shinjuku area, so police were here, but notice the 3-D police cat on the giant video screen. He looks ready to pounce out at any moment.
Protestors driving down the street in black vehicles. We were told that they were protesting against the government.
A pedestrian street in Shinjuku area.
So many capsule toy vending machines!!
Doug and Susan trying their hand at pachinko. It didn't go well for either one.
This is a huge room of claw machine games, but I've never seen a claw as big as that one.
Tokyo girls trying to win with the claw.
Tokyo has people everywhere! It's a very crowded city!
A capsule hotel, where you sleep in a capsule.
A busy street that we had just walked through.
Catching a train where this guy was doing a great job keeping people safe.
This is exactly what I think my kids would be doing on a train ride when they were kids, at least some of them.
Go carts going by us. You could pay to do this excursion in Tokyo.
NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building, the 5th tallest building in Tokyo.
A photo that Brian wanted me to take. It is a nice car on the streets of Tokyo.
Doug on the Takeshita Street sign. This popular street in Harajuku is known for wacky, youth-driven shops selling colorful and crazy clothes and accessories. It's also a paradise for sweets-lovers - don't miss the fluffy, sugary crepes.
I saw these shoes everywhere in Tokyo, in shops and on peoples feet. It's the 70's platform shoes coming back with a twist.
I wonder how long before these become the thing in the US.
There were colorful costumes!
And more colorful costumes!
Mipig Cafe where you get to hold and pet micro pigs. I've never seen anything like this, but they also have dog and cat cafes.
Just fun billboards.
This is the biggest Fender store that I have ever seen, 3 floors!
Such an interesting building!
Interesting architecture all over.
This video screen is the side of a trailer truck.
The lights are pretty to me. The building with the crooked lines says Google on the top.
Japan is very clean, everywhere we went! I was so surprised to find this little bit of graffiti.
Walked by this live studio, ShibuyaCross-FM. The sign said it was spicy night.
Tower records building in Shibuya.
Music is a wonderful gift that God had given us.
Back to the Shibuya Scramble Crossing and waiting to cross.
Can you believe that my husband, definitely not a local, is in the train station surrounded by Asian girls who have asked him for help to find the right train and route?
Our ship was docked at Yokohama, which was a very pretty port area. We finally got back to the ship around midnight.
Yokohama the next day.
There was a park on top of the terminal and many locals were out walking on this beautiful Sunday afternoon.
A bridge in the port area that we will go under when we leave.
The Asian women love to carry umbrellas on a sunny day to protect their skin from the sun.
Yokohama at sunset.
Yokohama at the blue hour.