people in town

Shiodome underground shopping mall

Shiodome has an underground shopping mall. It is spread in the east of Shimbashi station. connecting surrounding buildin...
changing Tokyo

The headquarters of Nippon Television

There are five major TV network companies in Japan other than NHK, one of them is Nippon Television Network. The headqua...
changing Tokyo

Nishi-Shimbashi crossing

Nishi-Shimbashi crossing is located where the Sotobori-Dori and Hibiya-Dori cross, which means this crossing is an impor...
changing Tokyo

A view of Toranomon crossing from Shimbashi

This is a view of Toranomon crossing from Shimbashi side. The street in the center is Sotobori-Dori. The buildings of th...
changing Tokyo

Toranomon Crossing

Toranomon Crossing is where Route 1 and Sotobori-Dori crosses, and where Ginza subway line and Hibiya subway line crosse...
changing Tokyo

Toranomon Kotohira Shrine

You can find a shrine among the skyscrapers in Toranomon area. That is Kotohira Shrine. It is interesting that this shri...
Traditional Tokyo

Sunaba Soba Restaurant

Sunaba Soba Restaurant is located at the corner across Toranomon Hills Business Tower. No doubt is this restaurant a fam...
changing Tokyo

Toranomon Hills Business Tower

As I wrote in this website before, Toranomon Hills is a complex of buildings and facilities completed recently by Mori B...
people in town

South Extension of Hibiya-Dori

When people in Tokyo say "Hibiya-Dori (Hibiya Avenue)", it means the avenue which passes between the Royal Palace and To...
people in town

Red Brick Avenue

Red Brick Avenue runs parallel to Yamanote Line , a few yards in the west of it. This one-mile long avenue is one of the...