Am I up to 36 views of Tokyo Tower yet? I’m not sure. The one below may look familiar. It is basically the same shot from Hiroo as here but at night.

Posted on August 10th, 2010 under Japan. Tags: tokyo tower. Comments: 3

After countless photos from a distance, I finally got close enough to the Tokyo Tower to take some pictures from the base. Tokyo Tower is the place that some tourists spend their first day in Tokyo at, but I didn’t visit it until about my 900th day in the area. I still haven’t gone up the elevator (and don’t plan to either).

The structures that “got in the way” were either part of 心光教院 or 瑠璃光寺. I don’t remember which. Maybe one from each, although I doubt it.

Posted on June 30th, 2010 under Japan. Tags: tokyo tower. Comments: None

I saw on the news that Tokyo Tower was being lit blue to support Japan’s soccer team during the World Cup. While in Roppongi last night I confirmed that news report with the above photo.

How will the “Samurai Blue” do against Paraguay?

Posted on June 28th, 2010 under Japan. Tags: night photography, tokyo tower. Comments: 1

The last time I took a picture like this, it was a cold weekday. Today’s photo was on a warm weekend so there were loads of lantern-adorned boats (yakatabune or 屋形船) filling the Odaiba Harbor in Tokyo Bay. The Tokyo Tower changed its lighting scheme a little later in the evening. None of those pics came out very good though as the Rainbow Bridge we were walking over was shaking too much for decent night photography.

This picture was taken with my TZ10. It came out better than anything my TZ7 could produce at night but falls a bit short of my LX3 for night photography.

Posted on May 25th, 2010 under Japan. Tags: night photography, odaiba, tokyo tower, tz7 zs3. Comments: 2

We walked from Shinagawa Station to Odaiba and back last week. The clouds threatened rain the entire time, but we only had a few drops fall on us on the way back.

The top picture is similar to one I took at night back in January.

While waiting near the dressing room in a store in Aqua City I took the following video through a wall of windows. I zoom in three times during the video. The first time is on Tokyo’s more-than-half-finished Sky Tree. The second time is on Tokyo Tower/Rainbow Bridge. The third time is on the Statue of Liberty.

Posted on May 11th, 2010 under Japan. Tags: clouds, odaiba, rain, sky tree, tokyo tower, video. Comments: None