Tokyo Skyline

ian: 29th May 2005 - 10:57 GMT

And the average American cannot even imagine such a place exists, from their comfortable La-Z-Boy in their small town tract house. The world is far too glorious for me to comprehend.

jeeff: 29th May 2005 - 16:07 GMT

yeah, the asian metropolises are pretty grand. they're like the dark side of the moon for westerners.

jeeff: 29th May 2005 - 16:09 GMT

while i was typing up the "agglomeration" list i thought that i'd love to try and visit all of them within my life.

tec: 16th Oct 2006 - 18:44 GMT

yo that is tight like it show more skyline view of tokyo please and give an number where i can contact you i want to come to tokyo

Jeff: 18th Feb 2007 - 03:44 GMT

That is absoultly amazeing Tokyo is one of prettiest cities on the planet and i belive its the biggest with 34 million people i am considering going to tokyo next sring to study abroad since i am an urban planning student and personally i just love to look at and read about city skylines, Cities/and there suberbs are the most exiting places to be in I would kill myself if i had to live way out in the country with nothing but animal friends to talk to, and see.

homeboy: 20th Apr 2007 - 23:19 GMT

hahaha u kidding? look at the skyline pic's looks so grundgy and just not pretty at all, buildings look really old and just ughh! i live in niagara falls canada wit a population of 100,000 and out skyline is way nice but if u check it out look for the future skyline of the falls to, AMAZINGGG

Jimi P. Haze: 26th Apr 2007 - 12:16 GMT

Hi,
I've lived in 4 different cities in the "Kanto plain" region (mentioned in the excerpt from this website) for twenty years, and the following excerpt from the website is not true:
"looking north across the suburbs into saitama prefecture, the city continues like this in all directions, unbroken across virtually the entire kanto plain". Look north of Tokyo on a map, and you'll see space and farmland. Look up the city of Utsunomiya, for example. J P Haze

serlingrod: 26th Apr 2007 - 13:14 GMT

I studied abroad in Tokyo last year while wrapping up my urban studies undergrad. Jeff, do yourself the favor and start planning now to study there. For those interested in urban development within a global context, Tokyo is THEE place to be. While Tokyo's racial demographic remains pretty much insular (there are few foreigners, or "gaijin" in the city, which is unique for a global city), the city ranks with NY and London in terms of social, cultural, and economic global capital. The above shots from the metropolitan building are great! The day I was there was slighty overcast....here's a pic from the building facing westward in the opposite direction, away from Tokyo City ("special wards") towards the Tama Area (Western Tokyo).

FYI - the southside of Tokyo begins the Yokohama metro region, and as Jimi stated the northern region of Kanto is less dense.

Cinic: 26th Apr 2007 - 13:28 GMT

Serlingrod:
Where did you study in Tokyo? I would like to do the same for my last year in urbanplanning.

jeeff: 29th Apr 2007 - 22:46 GMT

jp haze: note "virtually", but maybe that was overstating it a bit. the tokyo metropolitan region (including yokohama) covers 83.5% of the kanto plain. i've seen the edge of suburban sprawl toward the north end of saitama-ku, but the patchwork pattern of sprawl means that the remaining agricultural lands often exist within a largely suburban milieu. andre sorenson has a book called 'the making of urban japan' that has some pretty striking maps and photographs of different land uses around the edge of the tokyo metropolitan region. that said, i'm sure that rural areas remain to be explored if you're willing to ride the train 2+ hrs outside of the capitol.

Adriel: 7th Sep 2007 - 12:09 GMT

Tokyo look so amazing I wish my country was developed as that

LA & NY ,USA: 9th Apr 2008 - 02:31 GMT

THE USA LOOKS BETTER....THIS IS LOS ANGELES CA..

AND THE EMPIRE STATE IN NEW YORK..

arquitecto: 17th Sep 2008 - 04:46 GMT

yeah! uh, LA has a really great public transportation system! ...

Franny Wentzel: 16th Jan 2009 - 03:02 GMT

Tokyo's skyline would be nicer if it didn't get knocked down every few years by a giant lizard or turtle or moth...