The old and the new

So far I've only shown you all the pretty pictures of various pretty historical and culturals locations in and around Tokyo. But Tokyo is indeed a modern and futuristic concrete jungle with urban sprawl as far as the eye can see.

About 35 million people live in Tokyo -- that is roughly the same as the population of CANADA. The statistics are pretty incredible, 27% of the population lives on 2% of the nation's land!!!

Yesterday I went to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Observatory and got some shots of Tokyo from 50 floors up. These pictures give you a glimpse of the other side of Tokyo.



Futuristic lamp posts



View of west Tokyo



Urban sprawl as far as the eye can see



Check out the dude laying down in the bottom right corner -- am I watching him or is he watching me?