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Roof Garden
Often the only way to have a garden in Tokyo.
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Rising Steel and Concrete
One year difference between the two pictures. Office building on the left, apartment building on the right. And as always, the apartment building looks ugly in comparison to the office one.
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Bayeux Cathedral
Prime example of Roman and Gothic Architecture, right in the middle of my hometown in Normandy : The Notre-Dame Cathedral of Bayeux. It was consecrated on 14 July 1077 in the presence of William (Guillaume), Duke of Normandy and King of England himself. It was here that William forced Harold Godwinson to take the oath, ...
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1CX16
For a little break in between Sakura shots : a Japanese construction worker at a construction site in Tokyo.
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Akasaka
Combination of glass, steel and wood is always a killer in architecture !
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Intricate
Tokyo sometimes look like something the Doozers could have built – you don’t know what a Doozer is ? The Doozers are a race of characters from Fraggle Rock who love to work. They’re tiny, green creatures who usually sport construction helmets and tool belts [ref]
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Japanese Room
From the Takayama Jinja in Takayama.
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Japanese Doors
From the Takayama Jinja in Takayama.
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Roof Garden
Space is precious in Tokyo. In many cases, the only possibility to have a garden is to place it on a roof.
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Architectural Hotchpotch
Nothing quite like Japan in terms of architecture : such a mix of building sizes, shapes, colours, heights, ages. Ugly and messy at first sight, remarkable and well organised once you get used to it.
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WTC Twin Towers
Whenever I drive by these two towers in Tokyo, they always remind me of the WTC Twin Towers.
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Shibuya Hikarie
Latest addition to Tokyo’s collection of skyscrapers. Need to go there to check the Sky Lobby out !
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Crooked Building
I am ready to bet that this crooked building will be one of the 390,000 that will be made uninhabitable when the big one strikes (according to the Science Ministry).
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Tokyo Sky Tree
Coming soon on image-japan.net…
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Stunning Tokyo Panorama
From the observation platform of the Tokyo Tower. Impressive that all this went through a major earthquake unscathed… More images »
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2k540
2k540 Aki-Oka Artisan in Akihabara. Beautiful renovation of what lies below the Yamanote Line, north of Akihabara. Thank you Ray for the tip :-)
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Audi by Tadao Ando
No wonder why my Audi Garage in Setagaya looks so nice : it was designed by Tadao Ando ! What’s not obvious from the photo is that the workshop is actually underground and the car takes a fancy lift to get down there.
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Japanese Cityscape
Quite a typical view in a Japanese city : messy at first sight, but clean and organised once you pay attention to details.
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Sheraton CDG
Clearly over-priced when compared to the alternatives in the neighbourhood but considering that it’s the only hotel you can reach without even having to take a shuttle, we somehow always end up spending one night there before picking up a rental car to drive to Normandy.
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Tokyo Sky Tree
539m done, 95m to go ! The Tokyo Sky Tree (東京スカイツリ) is a broadcasting, restaurant and observation tower under construction in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It is the tallest artificial structure in Japan since 2010. When completed, the tower will have a height of 634.0 metres (2,080 ft). The completed structure will be the highlight of ...
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Skyscrapers in Jacksonville
As seen from my hotel room in the Hyatt Regency.