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Standing 333 meters high in the center of Tokyo, Tokyo Tower is the world's tallest, self-supported steel tower and 13 meters taller than its model, the Eiffel Tower. In addition to being a popular tourist spot, Tokyo Tower serves as a broadcast antenna.
Tokyo tower and its adjacent area in in the evening magic hour.
東京タワー近辺の夕景
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That's tokyo tower in ropponggi. I wanted to blur the entire image but the crazy CCTV lens I was using had such a wild lens curvature that the top became sharp. An unexpected result but way cool.
今日はダイジェストです。
先ずは東京タワー、集合灯の光は偏光されているのか不思議な光芒が出来ていいました。
Today is a digest.
First is a picture of Tokyo Tower. The light of the collective lamp seemed to be polarized, and a mysterious line was made.
東京タワーを見上げると真夏の太陽の閃光が煌いた。
地上には35度の気温を我慢している人間がいた。
Looking up at the Tokyo Tower, the flash of the midsummer sun flashed.
There were human beings on the ground that tolerated 35 degrees of temperature.
One year ago I was on holiday in Nippon. These are some photo's of exactly one year ago.
This was my second time in Japan. My first time was in 2001 and I was 23 at the time. I had just enough money for the hotel and to buy some food. That was the way I traveled at the time, as a student. Japan was my dream destination. I stayed in the cheapest hotel in Minami-Senju, not far from Ueno. I didn't have a plan. I had an arrival date and a departure date. Everything in between was one big adventure. No preparation, 100% improv. Everything can be found on internet now, that wasn't available back then. You had travel books but what do they know? So you just went out and discover shit yourself. Believe me, I was lost all the time. I didn't care because everything was interesting, everything was a story, everything had to be explored. Not everything was in English back then, it wasn't as tourist friendly like it is now. You had to figure shit out yourself. I wouldn't say it was the purest shit ever but it was pure traveling for me. As far as that is possible in a world class city. I discovered new music, I discovered new brands, all kinds of shit I've never seen before. That trip was one of my best ever because I opened up and I was fed.
My 2019 Japan trip was also one of my best. But it is different now. Everything is on the internet and on your mobile now. You know where you are, where you are going, when you are going. You are never lost. Because of this and the globalisation of the 18 year in between 2001 and 2019 you are not discovering as much new stuff. Lots of Japanese things are available in NL now. It much less of an adventure. There is nothing you have to figure out. It is done, some mf-er did it for you and put in online. For this trip, which was all planned out, you know what you're going to see and do. And while you see and do it, you enjoy it. That is what it is now.
I'll have to find a new way of traveling so that I can explore and have my own new pure adventures. I still have time to figure this out because the covid nightmare isn't over yet.
The official covid soundtrack is Hendrix's Voodoo Child:
I didn't mean to take you up all your sweet time
I'll give it right back to you one of these days
If you want a Tokyo Skyline photo, Mori Tower in Tokyo's Roppongi district is perhaps one of the best places in Tokyo. This building is not among the tallest in Tokyo skyline by any standard but it's open-air Sky Deck on the roof of the building with exhilarating, 360° views over the city and spectacular views of Tokyo Tower makes this observation deck quite unique. I strongly recommend visiting this open-air tower deck if you don't want to take a shot through the window of an observation deck. This photo does not justify the sheer size of Tokyo as a city. To give you an idea, Tokyo is 6 times bigger than Paris!