Tokyo streets on a rainy night…

29 06 2009

I decided to do some photography last night.

Hope you enjoy the pics!!

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Reflection of the Tokyo Tower on one of the Mori buildings, it’s not as good as some of the other Tokyo Tower reflection pictures I have seen, will have to do better next time!

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A sign at a bus-stop near Shiba Park.

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Gundam at Odaiba!!

28 06 2009

Those of you who are into anime and manga might already be aware that a life-size Gundam has been built at Shiokaze Park in Odaiba!! I went to check it out whilst I was in Odaiba and the exterior is all complete but the engineers are still working on it. It will ‘officially’ open to the public on July 11th, by which the Gundam will be able to do more – at the moment I believe it can only move it’s head and smoke is released from it’s chest. In any case, it looks super cool, and I am definitely gonna return at night at some point to do more photography. If you wanna check it out in action just look on youtube, but anyway, here are my pictures!

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By the way, I guess I should say I’ve never been a Gundam man myself (my favourite mecha anime is Macross Plus), but still, this looks awesome!





Unexpected encounter on a rainy day!

28 06 2009

I am back in Japan… and I will be here until mid-September. Let the good times begin!!

This fearsome tiger can be found near Toranomon underground station in central Tokyo.

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