view from tokyo tower
Maybe its spending so much time in New York. Maybe its that I haven’t yet had the opportunity to explore all corners of this great city, but of all the things that I was impressed with in Tokyo, the skyline and certainly the architecture was not something I was overwhelming impressed with.
tokyo tower
In New York, there’s nothing quite like downtown with all the huge skyscrapers so tightly packed together in a small area, with narrow cobblestone streets weaving between them that can make you feel so small and special at the same time.
In London, Prague and other European cities you have the opportunity to walk amongst buildings which are old and have such character that you could only wish that builders today would be able to spend the money required for the sort of style and detail that old buildings were constructed in. Walking through the streets almost becoming like walking through a history book.
Given the history of Tokyo, it’s understandable why there aren’t many old buildings and why the city is laid out as it is, but I was somewhat surprised that I wasn’t more wow’d by the buildings in one way shape or form.
One of the buildings which I wish that I had gotten an opportunity to see better is Tokyo Station. Originally constructed during the Meiji Period, it is one of the oldest buildings still standing in the city, and is currently undergoing restoration of the red brick exterior so its mostly covered up right now.
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