2008-04: Another trip to Tokyo (page 6/16)

Rainy day in Japan 2

Rainy day in Japan 2

crossing the street, all in motion!

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Hotel corridor 1

Hotel corridor 1

Some Japanese business people were having a discussion in this corridor. On the right was a small garden; it’s the 14th floor of the Celestine Hotel in Tokyo. [more...]

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Hotel corridor 2

Hotel corridor 2

The other side.

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Hotel corridor 3

Hotel corridor 3

The best of the three I think.

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Blossom 1

Blossom 1

The blossom was nearly over, but there was a little left. This just outside the Celestine hotel.

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Blossom 2

Blossom 2

The blossom was nearly over, but there was a little left. This just outside the Celestine hotel.

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ship-shape building

ship-shape building

A building shaped vaguely like a ship, obviously on purpose. I think of this as “executive-decision architecture” because it’s the sort of effect that looks really good as an architects’ model, shown to a client, and actually is much less [...] [more...]

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Local area map, Celestine Shiba Mitsui building 1

Local area map, Celestine Shiba Mitsui building 1

There are no street-names, so maps like this one (and like others I photographed) are very important. Even taxi drivers have to get out and read them. [more...]

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Local area map, Celestine Shiba Mitsui building 2

Local area map, Celestine Shiba Mitsui building 2

A better shot. [more...]

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Squiggly trees

Squiggly trees

A bridge, some squiggly scraggly trees, and some tall buildings in Tokyo.

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Scrawny tree, curved skyscraper

Scrawny tree, curved skyscraper

The tree does not yet have leaves; the building in the background is partly curved.

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Duck!

Duck!

On the side of this van/lorry/truck, a duck in a dress leaps to freedom. Or possibly leaps to the oven.

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