銀座６丁目

Opened in 1924, demolished by Godzilla in 1954, Ginza’s Matsuzakaya will really be destroyed in 2013. The doors are closing on the old building early in 2013, and the largest shopping complex in Ginza will be built in its choice location.

I took today’s photo back in 2009. Soon (2016 is when the new building is scheduled to be completed) this scene will look very different.

Posted on December 20th, 2012 under Japan. Tags: buildings, ginza, night photography, Tokyo. Comments Off on Ginza’s Matsuzakaya going out of business

レインボーブリッジ

Posted on November 16th, 2012 under Japan. Tags: odaiba, rainbow bridge, Tokyo. Comments: 1

渋谷駅前のスクランブル交差点

Hachiko Square

Posted on November 15th, 2012 under Japan. Tags: shibuya, Tokyo. Comments Off on Shibuya Crossing

I don’t remember exactly where this photo was taken, but I think it was in Hiroo (広尾), perhaps at Shounji (祥雲寺). I believe this is a Kannon (観音). Did you know that the camera company, Canon, took its name from this Buddhist symbol? Today’s photo was taken with a Panasonic camera though.

Posted on November 11th, 2012 under Japan. Tags: buddhist, Tokyo. Comments Off on Tokyo Buddha statue

One night, while we lived in Tokyo, a typhoon ripped through. By morning the rain had stopped, but it was still windy and the clouds were racing by at an unbelievable clip. We decided to go someplace high for lunch to survey the scene. Today’s photo is of our view from near the top of the Sumitomo Building in Shinjuku. Click here to see what I had for my meal.

Although these clouds appear to be stationary, had I taken another photo five seconds later the clouds would have been a totally different batch.

Posted on September 30th, 2012 under Japan. Tags: aerial photography, clouds, shinjuku, Tokyo. Comments Off on Tokyo during the tail end of a typhoon