My trip to Japan (lots of pictures)

**mtw** · August 16th, 2006, 05:50 PM

It's been awhile since I last posted at CA, so I guess I'll start out by sharing this. Mid-July I spent nine days in Tokyo. My brother had been there for close to a year studying at Waseda University, so I decided to go visit him and to see what this Japan place was that I had been hearing about. I had a really good time, and I know I'll be going back. But first I need to learn the language so I'll be able to interact with the people.

During the trip I spent the whole time travelling to different parts of Tokyo. I also made one excursion to Mount Fuji.

This is a view outside of my brother's apartment. I'm not sure what the area is name, but it's right next to Waseda's campus, and about a twenty minute walk to Takadanobaba station.

These are from a park in Shinjuku.

This is the city part of Shinjuku.

I think this is the Honda River. It's right outside from where I was staying.

I can't remember where these are from.

**mtw** · August 16th, 2006, 05:50 PM

The next seven pictures are from Asakusa.

We took a boat ride back from there. We passed this interesting looking thing.

I saw a lot of these guys on the riverside. I think they're homeless.

The next three are right outside of the Hamarikyu park.

This is the start of the hike up Mount Fuji. We were thinking of going to the top, but my heart wouldn't have any of it, so we didn't get far. I don't know if the elevation was too high, or what.

Shot from Takadanobaba Station.

These next two I took from Tokyo Tower.

Some weird spider-like statue.

This is a main shopping street at Ginza.

I took some more pictures at Harajuku and Shibuya, but with my brothers camera because I forgot mine. He hasn't gotten around to transferring them yet, so I can't post them unfortunately. I also took a few quick movies.Nothing much to see, though, I mainly took them to get the sounds of Tokyo.

In this first one I was walking around on a small shopping street and there was a few people playing music to advertise something. They kept moving down the street, so I didn't get as close a shot as I wanted.

Here's the train coming in at Takadanobaba Station. The music you can hear in the background is from Astro Boy. It always plays when a train is coming in.

I can't remember where this is from. I thought I had kept the video going longer, but I guess not.

**Kian** · August 16th, 2006, 05:58 PM

Massive Thanks!

**Interceptor** · August 16th, 2006, 06:15 PM

Great pics!! I want to go back to Japan

**Dile_** · August 16th, 2006, 06:24 PM

Whoaaa Im been speaking whole day of doing reference work

You really posted those in the right moment

Thank you! or "massive thanks!"

**theincredibleandy** · August 16th, 2006, 06:24 PM

super thanks for the pile of reference. It's cool in so many ways.

**Chingwa** · August 16th, 2006, 06:55 PM

Oh man, I SO want to go back to Japan now. I mean NOW! Thanks for sharing.

**disconnected** · August 16th, 2006, 08:10 PM

that spider statue was in Tate Modern here in london for months, a few years back. was wondering where it had got to...

cant remember what the hell it was or who made it though... heh...

**Pattern Recognition** · August 16th, 2006, 08:42 PM

Thanks a lot for the stock, great pictures and I'm almost happy that the weather wasn't too nice because of that.

**hurricane** · August 17th, 2006, 03:22 AM

awesome, thanks !!

**blanquish** · August 17th, 2006, 03:26 AM

man, Japan is the most interesting place in the world. In like 5 years, i want to go there and spend the whole time drawing and soaking in the sights, keep posting more in yoiu got em

**EKU_11** · August 17th, 2006, 07:36 AM

Nice photos, that futuristic boat was cool liked the picture of the place you cant remember.

**Lauren Short** · August 17th, 2006, 07:51 AM

sweet, thanks for sharing

**RocketEXE** · August 17th, 2006, 09:12 AM

Wow...so this is what Japan looks like.. Neat spider-thing statue too!

**Bowlin** · August 17th, 2006, 09:23 AM

These are really cool. Thanks for showing them.

**Tetsuo** · August 17th, 2006, 10:14 AM

woah that mercedes in the first video is pretty neat. Its wheels dont move :o

**White Rose** · August 17th, 2006, 10:47 AM

wow.... i stayed in kyoto and kanazawa.....didnt get a chance to got to go to tokyo but seeing those pictures are very remincent.
;-; i wish i can go back to.. and visit my host family again.
hehehe..and the neighborhood blocks *lol* i always get lost..

hehehe..so many memories...

so..how do you feel now since you've returned?

**mtw** · August 17th, 2006, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by White Rose

so..how do you feel now since you've returned?

I had pretty bad jet lag for a week after I returned, which isn't normal for me. Sometimes I find myself wishing I was walking around Tokyo streets for lunch instead of being here.

**blacky** · August 17th, 2006, 01:35 PM

Thx a ton for these. I love Japanese parks.

**Quinster** · August 17th, 2006, 01:59 PM

Nice pictures. I like those kind of pictures people take. No exagerated lighting and overly-dynamic angles. Its just simple, realistic images. I always expected Japan to look different, though.

**Tomato** · August 17th, 2006, 05:14 PM

Japan and japanese things ^^ ooooooooooooo! *touches*

**Red_Rook** · August 17th, 2006, 05:41 PM

awesome, i wanna go one day, looks way cool

Some ideas for environments jes popped into my mind... thanks fer sharing

**egerie** · August 17th, 2006, 07:19 PM

It's amazing how everything is so orderly and has a rythme to itself. Even the urban chaos seems planned and plotted. Like being a great OCD city

Thanks for posting !

**-leo** · August 18th, 2006, 09:17 PM

That's fantastic, brings me back to Japan. Thanks for the massive image load!
Haven't you visited Roppongi Hills in Tokyo? The city view from Mori tower (52F) is just amazing.