/tags/kakigaracho/ Recent content in kakigaracho on Tokyo, endless city Hugo -- gohugo.io en Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/ningyocho-nights/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/ningyocho-nights/ This Chinese restaurant on a busy road looks and smells so inviting on a cool evening at the turn of the year. The whole road was lined with New Year lanterns at the time. /posts/luckyshutters/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/luckyshutters/ The shutters drawn down over this tradional Japanese sweet shop depict the Seven Gods of Fortune that are said to bestow longevity, fortune, popularity, sincerity, kindness, dignity, and magnanimity. /posts/dondonudon/ Sat, 28 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/dondonudon/ A wonderful little udon restaurant hidden away under the Hakozaki junction in Chuo City. There are so many of these small establishments and each has its own atmosphere. /posts/ningyocho-nighttime/ Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/ningyocho-nighttime/ There is something wonderful about the bright neon lights and other signs that beckon you into darkened doorways on streets all around Tokyo. They often appear intimidating, especially for those without any Japanses language skills, but I have never had a bad experience and always found both the staff and clientel to be welcoming and friendly. This is a short stretch of a small street in Ningyocho. /posts/roads-and-skylines/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/roads-and-skylines/ This photograph was taken looking south towards Shinkawa towards the end of the day. The red brickwork is part of the Royal Park Hotel. I love the way layer upon layer of high rise buildings jostle for a place in the sky, presenting a line far more complex than the most intricate key, and just as unique. From every one of countless windows there is a different and individual skyline. /posts/royal-park-hotel/ Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/royal-park-hotel/ The Royal Park Hotel in Nihonbashi Kakigara-cho, close to Suitengumae metro station, has an impressive red brick appeal and a fascinating tower rising along the outside corner of the L shaped building. The circular windows in the rooms afford 270 degree views over the north and east and an envieable view of Tokyo Tower. Well worth a stay if you can afford it. /posts/roads-upon-roads/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/roads-upon-roads/ The complexity of the transport infrastructure is not often appreciated from ground level, but at some places you can look up and see a glimpse of it. Like here at Hakozaki Junction where four layers of roads can be seen. /posts/complex-road-junction/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/complex-road-junction/ Hakozaki Junction in Kakigaracho is typical of many such junctions in Tokyo. Multiple levels of overhead roads somehow weaving between hi-rise buildings, and barely noticeable from the streets below. /posts/ningyocho-street-clock/ Sat, 22 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/ningyocho-street-clock/ Almost all of the wards and districts I have visited in Tokyo have a strong sense of their history and uniqueness in their shops, buildings and public art. This street clock is a good example of the many ways this uniqueness and character manifests itself in everyday life. /posts/bicycles-and-alleyways/ Fri, 07 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/bicycles-and-alleyways/ There often seem to be a huge number of cyclists on the paths of Tokyo, and this is reflected by their many mounts seen against railings, on rooftops and, as here, lining narrow alleyways.