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Tokyo Week, Shibuya to the Tower

·Minato, Japan·#japan#travel#architecture#tokyo#street-photography
A bustling city street with numerous pedestrians and tall buildings adorned with colorful vertical signs under a blue sky.

Middle of our week in Tokyo, and today covered a lot of the city. Started in Shibuya on Center Gai, where the signage stacks six stories on both sides — karaoke, ABC-Mart, a Burger King wedged under a monjayaki place — and the crowd moves at one speed whether you want to or not.

From there over to Roppongi Hills, mostly to stand under the Maman spider outside Mori Tower. It reads as a silhouette until you get close enough to see the egg sac under the body.

Tsukiji by midday, in the rain. The outer market lanes were wall-to-wall, and the sushi counters had chained-off queues running the length of the block. We kept walking and browsed the dry goods side instead.

Ended the day in Minato at Zojoji, with Tokyo Tower rising directly behind the temple gate. It's been there since 1958, 333 meters, and the orange Landmark Light setup runs on just 180 lights, which seems impossible when you're standing under it. Around the corner, a lit-up TOKYO sign in front of the Prince Park Tower, trees strung with bulbs around it.

A massive dark spider sculpture stands against a blue sky, surrounded by modern glass buildings and trees.A large spider sculpture stands in front of modern buildings and trees under a clear blue sky.A bustling covered market street with many people queuing, lined with shops displaying signs, under a translucent roof.An illuminated Tokyo Tower stands behind a red and dark-roofed traditional Japanese temple at night.Illuminated Tokyo Tower stands next to a tall dark building, with a glowing "TOKYO" sign and string-lit trees in the foreground.The Tokyo Tower, lit in orange and yellow, stands next to an illuminated "TOKYO" sign and twinkling trees at night.A brightly lit orange and yellow tower at night with a prominent TOKYO sign and illuminated trees.The Tokyo Tower brightly lit at night, with a 'TOKYO' sign and illuminated trees in the foreground.

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