Tokyo

Over the new year holiday, Roy and I went down to Tokyo. Here's a few of the highlights.

These are a couple of shots of Shibuya. It's a huge area for shopping and eating/drinking. In these first 4 pictures you can see the largest pedestrian interchange in the world. This mob of people amazingly fill and vacate the streets every time the lights change. It's quite a sight to see.


On the first two floors of the building saying "QFront," you can see the world's largest Starbucks. I didn't go there. Sorry, Cari. Maybe next time.




This is Roy back in Shinkjuku. Shinjuku is also good for shopping and neon lights.

That's me in Shinjuku. This symbol "カラオケ" means karaoke. See how many times you can find it on the buildings behind me.

Gas Mask, No More Gun, and Pepper Spray. Three amazing night clubs all in one building. How did we resist the urge to go in...?

This is the Park Hyatt Hotel, where they filmed Lost in Translation.
Here, it's the three tiered building behind the BMW building. We wanted to stay there, but I didn't want to spend my entire month's paycheck on three nights, so we settled for gawking around like a couple tourists. That's cool.

A shot of Tokyo, taken from the top of the shortest tower.

Fujisan, over Tokyo.

This lobby made several appearances in the film


A really posh wine cellar/bar.

Surprise! In the elevator.

You had to take one elevator up, then get off, walk through the hotel and then take another one up to the bar where Bill Murray and Scarlett Johanson meet in the movie. It's at the very top of either the second or third tier. Unfortuantely, when we got there, it was roped off while they redecorated for a New Year party. We peaked around the corner, but didn't get to take any pictures, or even really walk around and see the place.

Then we stopped off at Roppongi Hills, a really up-scale shopping area in Roppongi. This massive spider is out front. That's Tokyo Tower behind it.

Inside Roppongi Hills.

The bottom 5 or 6 floors were all shops and restaurants, but the top 20 or so were, I think, offices and condos owned by super rich people and celebrities alike.

Although it was his restaurant, Roy thought that his presence inside would put people on edge, trying to please him and make sure they always looked busy and whatnot. So we ate at a cafe downstairs.

The sun setting behind Fujisan.