Fembots Take to the Streets – Robot Restaurant

I was holding out not blogging about this, it just seemed to obvious, but after having heard from trusted friends that this really is a thing worth experiencing, I can’t hold out on you anymore! If you have been in Tokyo the last few months chances are you have seen the giant fembots circling the streets advertising the extravagant Robot Restaurant in Shinjuku’s Kabukicho area. Not having gone myself, I can only take my friends word for it, but they say there is nothing like it in this world. Maybe so. I still can’t stop taking a few snaps every time I see these giant contraptions being towed around Tokyo! I think there are four of them. If you want to read more about the restaurant they are advertising you can find their homepage here, but remember to turn down your speakers, the site is as loud as the restaurant itself! Here they are being towed through Omotesando the day before yesterday, and through Shinjuku last year. If you go – be sure to let me know how it was!

Shinjuku Snapshots

As big as Tokyo is, even this metropolis has a heart, and this is probably right here in Shinjuku, where we find the biggest train station in the world. I took a walk around the station, which can take anything from 10 to 20 minutes depending on how fast you go and the route you pick. I took a wide path around the station and snapped these photos on the walk. Even though there is nothing special about these images it is good to show the everyday side of the city from time to time I think. If you have been to Shinjuku more than a couple of times you should have no problem remembering all of these spots!

Tokyo City Hall

After wandering around Shinjuku station the other day I decided to do my (several times a year) trip up the Tokyo City Hall to enjoy the view of Tokyo at night: it never ceases to astonish me how huge this city really is! As far as you can see, all the way into Saitama prefecture, it is an unbroken urban landscape. The city hall itself was lit up in a new color scheme that I think has something to do with the Olympics maybe. I will always hold that visiting the City Hall is one of the two tourist things you simply must do in Tokyo. The other being visiting Asakusa. Enjoy!

Shinjuku Blue Light

Every now and then I go to Tokyo’s Shinjuku district to have my camera cleaned out, it tends to get quickly filled up with grit being in use every day. It was late in the day when I got my camera back and on my way to the station I took these photos of Shinjuku in the beautiful blue light you get just after the sun has set.