Tokyo: Kasuga and Hon-Komagome

[shawn]

These are the last pics from my local neighborhood tour. The first set is from Kasuga, the neighborhood south of both Nishikata and Koishikawa, and is where Tokyo Dome City and the Bunkyo-ku Ward Office are. It's functionally Bunkyo-ku's downtown.

_DSC1279 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1296 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1319 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1321 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1332 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1293 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

These next pics were all taken from the top floor observatory of the Bunkyo-ku Ward Office.

_DSC1083 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr
The topiary is Bunkyo-ku's seal / symbol

_DSC1210 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr
Looking north to Ikebukuro - Ikebukuro Station is the world's second busiest, with 2.81 million daily passengers

_DSC1181 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr
The famous Tokyo Dome City roller coaster, which cuts through a fin of the L'Aqua spa

_DSC1188 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1197 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1146 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1103 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1110 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1224 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

 

[shawn]

Last set: Hon-Komagome, which is northeast of Nishikata and next to Tokyo University (which I didn't schlep up to this time).

_DSC1019 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1401 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1422 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1426 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1428 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1449 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1460 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC1463 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr

_DSC0982 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr
There are dozens of graveyards packed in around temples

_DSC1468 FP by Shawn Finn, on Flickr