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Tokyo Part 3

Tokyo - Part 3

In addition to temples and many old houses, there are of course also many high-rise buildings and office buildings in the metropolis of Tokyo.

Modern glass skyscraper towering into an overcast sky with dark brick and reflective glass buildings in the foreground
Black and white urban scene of modern skyscrapers with glass and concrete facades under an overcast sky

Tokyo is the industrial center of Japan and of major importance worldwide. In Tokyo alone, so much money is generated each year, if it were a country, the Japanese city would be in the top 10 of the largest economy in the world.

Dark glass skyscrapers with dense window grids rising beneath an overcast hazy sky
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and neighboring skyscrapers viewed from a street-level intersection under an overcast sky
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building entrance, featuring the Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo.

In the Shinjuku district is the headquarters of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which is responsible for the administration of the whole Tokyo Metropolis.

Tochō (都庁), abbreviation for the full name (Tōkyō-to Chōsha, 東京都庁舎), was designed by architect Kenzo Tange in the late 1980s and opened in 1991. The complex consists of three parts. The tallest building is the Tokyo Metropolitan Main Building No.1, which is supposed to remind of a computer chip, with a height of 243 meters and 48 floors.

Concentric circular ceiling detail.
Interior of a circular public building observation deck lobby with tall windows, classical columns, and visitors near a café

On the 45th floor of each tower of Main Building No.1 is a free observation deck at a height of 202 meters.

Person photographing foggy city skyline from high-rise observation deck window
Aerial view of a dense foggy cityscape with skyscrapers under an overcast grey sky
Aerial view of dense urban cityscape with high-rise buildings and apartments under hazy overcast sky
A tall green-glass skyscraper with a rooftop helipad amid a dense urban cityscape of surrounding high-rises
Tokyo skyscraper with a distinctive diamond-patterned exterior.
Overhead monochrome view of a park with dense trees, winding pathways, and a curved stone bridge
Black and white photo of skyscrapers.
Modern twin-tower skyscraper complex at a tree-lined city street intersection under an overcast sky
Traditional Japanese decorative wreath displayed inside a modern government building lobby with a uniformed guard
Tokyo street scene with skyscrapers and a pedestrian walkway.

Another part of the building complex is the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Hall Building.

The eight-story semicircular building serves as a meeting hall for the city councils of Tokyo.

It is located across the road and is connected to the complex by a bridge.

Empty hemicycle legislative chamber with tiered desks, a central podium, and a circular amber window
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Mature spreading trees with green canopy in a tranquil park with dirt ground and low wooden fencing

Tokyo - Part 4

The green side of Tokyo in autumn.
Sunlit Tokyo city street intersection with buildings, utility poles, crosswalks, and pedestrians

Tokyo - Part 1

Pedestrian crosswalk with dramatic shadows cast across zebra stripes on urban asphalt street

Tokyo - Part 2

Person photographing foggy city skyline from high-rise observation deck window

Tokyo - Part 3

Mature spreading trees with green canopy in a tranquil park with dirt ground and low wooden fencing

Tokyo - Part 4

Reflection of a lattice tower on the glass facade of a modern skyscraper

Tokyo - Part 5

Bronze dragon fountain at a Japanese temple with water streaming from dragon mouths into a dark pool with metal purification ladles

Tokyo - Part 6

A cream-colored Keio taxi in Tokyo at night, with blurred traffic and city lights.

Tokyo at Night

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Tokyo - Part 7

Red neon storefront of a watch and accessories store in a busy Tokyo shopping district with pedestrians walking by

Tokyo - Part 8

Dense Tokyo city skyline viewed through a glass observatory window with a silhouetted visitor and an orange construction crane

Tokyo - Part 9

Pedestrians crossing a busy metropolitan intersection lined with tall commercial buildings and illuminated signage

Tokyo - Part 10

City skyline with high-rise buildings along a river at sunset with a boat and moon in the sky

Tokyo - Part 11

Close-up of two modern office buildings; one with glass and metal facade, the other with light gray panels and rectangular windows.

Tokyo - Part 12

Large red Japanese Buddhist temple hall with ornate tiled roof in Asakusa, Tokyo, with visitors in a wide stone plaza

Tokyo - Part 13

Man visible through wire-mesh window of a designated urban smoking space

Tokyo - Part 14

Tokyo Tower red steel lattice structure viewed from below against an overcast sky

Tokyo Tower

Verdigris bronze statue of a kneeling praying figure in front of a traditional Japanese temple

Zōjō-ji

Crowd of masked pedestrians at a busy Japanese urban intersection with storefronts traffic signals and rooftop billboards

Tokyo - Part 15

white winking maneki-neko lucky cat figurine with raised paw on a window sill

Tokyo - Part 16

Man in dark suit walking down a dimly lit urban ramp lined with orange traffic cones

Tokyo - Part 17

Exterior view of an outdoor Japanese street-side bar featuring plastic curtains, beer crates, and warm string lights.

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