/tags/marunouchi/ Recent content in marunouchi on Tokyo, endless city Hugo -- gohugo.io en Sun, 14 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/under_marunouchi/ Sun, 14 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/under_marunouchi/ There is a huge amount of pedestrian space underneath Tokyo, and often it can be pretty sparsely populated. This is from under Marunouchi Plaza near Tokyo Station taken early evening just before Christmas. These places provide access without consideration of traffic, and I think much of their reason for being were the number of pedestrian accidents. They also protect you from the elements whether that is rain, cold or heat, and are always well lit and very, very clean. /posts/postoffice_reflections/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/postoffice_reflections/ Some may think concrete, steel and glass buildings a bit soulless. But they have different and often appealing moods depending on the season and time of day. Here, the Marunouchi Post Office building shows interesting reflections of the nearby buildings and lovely clear blue December afternoon sky. /posts/cute_door/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/cute_door/ I am not enamoured of all things kawaii, but there is something intriguing about a door like this. One has to wonder what lies behind. Perhaps I have been watching too many Ghibli movies. This door was beside the Sumikko Gurashi store along 1st Avenue in the underground shopping mall of Tokyo Station on the Yaesu side. /posts/urban-eels/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/urban-eels/ It might just be me, but these Shinkansen, seen in Tokyo Station from a viewpoint on the Post Office viewing deck, look like giant futuristic eels lurking in an urban coral reef. /posts/towers-of-glass/ Sat, 23 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/towers-of-glass/ Tokyo has many stunning towers of glass, and this one, the newish Kitte building on the south side of Marunouchi Plaza, is one of my favourites. Here looking especially beautiful against a clear blue winter sky. The viewing platform from where this photograph was taken is the perfect location for looking out over the plaza and Tokyo Station too. /posts/marunouchi-plaza/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/marunouchi-plaza/ Marunouchi Plaza is one of my favourite public spaces in Tokyo. There is an endless variety of contrasting architectures to look at and explore, not to mention some very fine vantage points for viewing the surrounding area. From the new post office building (where this photograph was taken from) to the wonderful Tokyo Station and even looking down Gyoko-dori towards the Imperial Palace there is so much to see and explore from this space. /posts/tokyo-station/ Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/tokyo-station/ Tokyo Station is an immense building with an amazing history. Here is the south side of the station, and the central dome. It sits astride a massively complex transit system nexus and a vast underground shopping mall. With trains and metros, taxis, busses and coaches it truely is a location where journeys begin, end and transition. /posts/towards-marunouchi/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/towards-marunouchi/ Around the Imperial Palace there is open space that allows you to step back a little from the tall, close set forest of concrete, metal and glass. This is a view up Gyoko Dori towards Tokyo Station and Marunouchi. The people lucky enough to work at or near one of those myriad windows must surely have a splendid view of the Palace grounds behind me. /posts/giant-plush/ Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/giant-plush/ There is one thing you can be sure of in Tokyo, and that is that you do not have to go far before something stops you in your tracks as you try to figure out the what and the why of it. This is one such item I came across deep inside Tokyo Station. I can only assume people used to walk into the pillar it surrounds.