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Old and New Architecture in Tokyo - Photo 5
By Muza-chan on Jan 17, 2010 | In Photo, Japan travel, English, Popular | 21 feedbacks »
This is an old building that I like very much, on Asakusa Dori. I passed by it on every trip I made to Tokyo…

… and when I returned home I discovered that I never took a picture with it. I always delayed, whether because I didn’t like the light, or the street was too crowded… or I was simply too tired.
Until the last year… when I decided to take the picture the first time I passed by. ![]()

This small house, surviving between the two 13-storied apartment buildings, is probably the most striking example of the blending between old and new architecture that can be seen in Tokyo.

If you want to see it yourself, here is the Google Street view:
Old and New Architecture in Tokyo - Photo 4
By Muza-chan on Dec 7, 2009 | In Photo, Japan travel, English, Popular | 18 feedbacks »
Another join between old and new from the Tokyo’s mixed architecture attracted my camera in Ikebukuro, this time because of the traditional look of the old building.

This old building remained between three tall new buildings and, although it seems deserted, gives to the place a certain charm…

Top 10 Tokyo Skyscrapers Short Guide
By Muza-chan on Dec 1, 2009 | In Japan travel, English, Featured | 72 feedbacks »
If we compare the Tokyo’s tallest buildings with the skyscrapers from other countries, most probably they won’t impress much: the tallest building from Tokyo is only the 145th in the world, with a height of 248 meters (the tallest building in the world is the Burj Dubai, 818 meters).
However, the Japanese have the merit of having built skyscrapers in a country where strong earthquakes are frequent.
Click on photo for higher resolution:

Shinjuku skyscrapers, view from Sunshine 60
Contrary to what most people believe, the skyscrapers are relatively new in the history of Japanese architecture. This was mainly because of a law that was forbidding the construction of buildings taller than 31 meters, law changed only in 1963.
The first modern skyscraper in Japan, the Kasumigaseki Building was finished in 1968 and it is 156 meters tall, twice the height of the tallest building since then, the Hotel New Otani.
Then, in the 70’s, the construction of tall buildings grew in a fast pace.
Here is the Top 10 of the tallest buildings in Tokyo:












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