World Trade Center

After leaving Tokyo Tower, we tried to make our way over to the World Trade Center. But I must say, this was the first time during the week that we really became lost! Unlike the orthogonal city planning of Chicago, Tokyo is the antithesis of that! Instead of walking towards it, we were walking 45 degrees away from it! When we finally felt that we were walking in the wrong direction, we stopped underneath an office building canopy and whipped out the maps. A gentlemen assisted up as best as he could, telling us the general direction that we needed to be heading into. Oh, I forgot to mention that 5 minutes after leaving Tokyo Tower, the Lord decided to open the skies over Tokyo, and a steady rain fell for the next half-hour and then off and on after that.

But we did eventually make it to the World Trade Center. The building height is 152 meters (196 meters to the top of the roof top antenna). At the observation level, we were able to view the entire city, 360 degrees. All of the photos that I took were night photos. So the images aren’t the greatest, or at least, not as good as I wanted them to be. But I think they can still tell the story of how massive and how dense Tokyo really is. During the day, when skies are clear, one could see Mt. Fuji in the distance. Other prominent views are of course of Tokyo Tower which is about a mile away, and Tokyo Bay, which seems to be a stone’s throw away. The bay is currently in the process of redevelopment.