Nishi Ginza chance Center

"Nishi ginza chance center" is well known lottery counter.
It is by sukiyabashi crossing.
The cameraman was watching it.

Small square by sukiyabashi crossing

I took it back of police box which is a corner of sukiyabashi crossing.
It was week day, the place is not crowded.
I think it is a good place to take a rest.
The girle was putting make up.

Entrance of Akiba Square

I took this photo on Akiba Bridge.
Akiba Square is evnt space which is in Akihabara UDX.
Various events are held in Akiba Square.
You can go to there directly from infront of akihabara station through Akiba bridge.

Akihabara UDX VIision

Akihabara UDX Vision is a large display on UDX building.
And it gives nice sound from the speaker.
You can see information about UDX and akihabara on the display.

Akihabara UDX

This a core facility of Akihabara Crossfield.
There are many attractions for visitors in UDX.
And there are also many office and restaurant in this building.

Wood deck of Akiba Bridge

I take this photo on Akiba bridge.
It is west side of the bridge.
I think it is nice to rest on the deck like the girle.

Dried seaweed shop in Akihabara

I took this photo from the wood deck of Akiba Bridge.
You can see small shop in this photo ( center of this photo ).
It is a shop which sell dried seaweed such as Kombu, Wakame, and Hijiki.
Nostalgic atmosphere is still remains around Akiba Crossfield.

On Akiba Bridge

I took this photo on Akiba bridg.
You can see UDX building in this photo.

Akiba bridge is pedestrian deck which connects each building in "Akihabara Crossfield" to in front of Akihabara station.

A square in front of akihabara station

It is called "Nishi guchi Hiroba" in akihabara.
It is close to electric town gate of akihabara station.
You can go to Akihabara UDX from there easily.

In front of akihabara station

It is close to electric town entrance of akihabara railway station.
You can see "rajio kaikan"building in the left of this photo.
I took this photo on weekday, it was not so crowded.

A gate of Akihabara station

This is a gate of akihabara railway station for erectric town entrance.
I took this photo from inside of the gate.
You can go to the wonder land through this gate.

Akiba bridge

I took this photo on the platform 4 in akihabara railway station.
That pedestrian deck is "Akiba bridge".
You can go to UDX　through akiba bridge.

A view from Akihabara station

This is a view of west side of akihabara railway station.
The pedestrian deck (Akiba Bridge ) connect two tall building.
I took this photo on the platform 4 in akihabara station.

Advertisements in Akihabara station

I took those photos in Akihabara railway station.
I saw many of anime characters and anime-tic characters in the station.
I had already been in the mood of Otaku before I go to electric town.

Statue in Ueno station

I took this photo in ueno railway station.
It is a work of Humio Asakura.
I think it is beautiful.

Central gate of Ueno station

This is central gate of ueno railway station.
I took it from inside of the gate.
Ueno station is one of important terminal station in Tokyo.

Scenery from Ueno station

This photo is scenery from ueno railway station.
I took this photo on the platform 1 in ueno station.
The train (center of this photo ) was leaving from the station.
It is Keihin-tohoku line.

In the train

On that day, I got on keihin-tohoku line from ueno to go to akihabara.
And I found a young woman in the moterman's room.
Is she moterwoman?

Sukiyabashi Crossing

Sukiyabashi crossing is a crossing which sotobori-dori meets harumi-dori.
It is near to yurakucho railway station.
And it is also by "Marion".

On the way to sukiyabashi crossing

I took this photo on the way to sukiyabashi crossing from Tokyo railway station.
It is near to yurakucho station.
About there, Sotobori-dori is also called "nishi ginza-dori".

Kotsukaikan from sotobori-dori

You can see the building top is rounded in center of this photo.
It is "Kotsukaikan".
I took this photo on the way to sukiyabashi crossing from Tokyo railway station.
It is not so far from Tokyo station to sukiyabashi crossing.
The street is sotobori-dori.

Tokyo Banana

I took this photo in the central concourse of Tokyo railway station.
"Tokyo Banana" is a soft cake banana shaped ( actually very fat banana shape).
It is a popular sweet as souvenir of Tokyo.

Ticket counter of shinkansen

This is in Tokyo railway station.
That counter is a ticket counter of shinkansen.
Shinkansen is a network of high speed railway line in Japan.

Yaesu

This is east side of Tokyo railway station.
We call the place "Yaesu".
And we call the other side (west side ) of Tokyo station, "Marunouchi".

Yaesu Book center

This is a well known large book store.
It is located by Tokyo railway station.
around the store is business area, so it is popular among business man.

Station Concierge Tokyo

It is in first basement of Tokyo railway station.
They give information not only about the station, but also sight seeing.
And they speak English.
This is a service of "GranSta".

GranSta

"Gransta" is a shopping zone in Tokyo railway station.
It is in first basement of Tokyo railway station.
There are various specialty shops, such as sweet,Bento,liquor, and so on.
It was open in 2007.

Ginnosuzu

"Ginnosuzu" is a well known meeting spot in Tokyo railway station.
It is in first basement of Tokyo station.
"Ginnosuzu" means "Silver bell".

Central concourse of Tokyo station

This is a central concourse of Tokyo railway station.
Tokyo station is central station of Japan.
It is crowded.

Hato bus

That is a "Hato Bus".
Hato Bus is bus which is for Tokyo sight seeing in a day.
Detail of Hato bus is below the link.
HATO BUS home page in English
By the way, I have never got on it.

I took this photo in front of Tokyo rail way station.

East side of Tokyo railway station

This photo is east side of Tokyo railway station.
You can see a tall building over there.
That is "Gran Tokyo North" which was open in 2007.
Scenery about Tokyo station is changing.

Sotobori-dori in Yaesu

I took this photo when I was walking along Sotobori-dori (street) to Tokyo railway station from Sukiyabashi crossing.
It was around AM12.
I think they went out to take a lunch.
You can see dark brown building over there.
There are entrances to Tokyo station in that building.

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