I took this photo of a circular atrium ceiling at a certain facility because I liked the contrast between the blue sky and the wall. Doesn’t it look like a spherical blue object—or perhaps a large blue glass ball—is falling?
It is the world’s tallest free-standing broadcast tower. Located in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, near Asakusa, this broadcast tower stands at 634 meters (Musashi)—the tallest in the country. Before this tower was built, Tokyo Tower served this purpose; however, due to the impact of rising building heights, the Skytree was constructed to transmit radio waves … Read More
Hamamatsu is the second-largest city in Shizuoka Prefecture, after Shizuoka City. This photo shows the buildings and blue sky just outside the north exit of Hamamatsu Station, which leads to the city’s downtown area. The building visible in the background is the Okura Act City Hotel Hamamatsu. This photo was once a staple on … Read More
I found this while taking a walk in the spring sunshine. What do you think these flowers are? They’re not rapeseed flowers. They’re actually broccoli flowers. Unharvested broccoli plants had stretched out their stems and bloomed. It was a broccoli field.
This building is located in Nishi-Shinjuku (a secondary business district) in Tokyo. This photo was taken from the east just before sunset. The building was constructed on land reclaimed from the site of the Yodobashi Water Purification Plant, which stood there until the mid-Showa period.