Our first stop was at Daiba station that is towered by two big buildings, the Fuji TV and Hotel Le Meridian. We went up the Fuji TV building that has an observation deck on the top. The deck is built in the form of a sphere and it is a sight to see the bottom of the sphere from where we are supposed to board the elevator up to the observation floor. On this floor we spent a little while looking around the sights and we could spot the Telecom Building that is one of the best buildings on this island. The specialty of this island is that one can see the latest in Japanese construction technology where all you can see everywhere is prefabricated steel and glass buildings in the most unique of designs. We could also see the evening flights coming down to land at the Narita airport. It was a beautiful sight to see the aircraft flying behind the building through the almost transparent building. We then went up to the observation deck that has a fantastic view of the island and came down to the Fuji TV gallery. This is a wonderful showcase for movie lovers but completely centered around Japanese cinema and we couldn't really enjoy it very much.
We then reached our last destination Kokusaitenjojijo Seimon which houses the Tokyo International Exhibition Hall called the Tokyo Big Sight. This is literally a BIG SIGHT. This is perhaps one of the best designed and self-contained exhibition halls in the world. The exhibition hall is built in such a way that it captures the sunlight and even during the dusk we could see it. What really struck me was the way in which they have organized all the stationery items like staplers, pens on the platforms there so that the exhibitors and visitors wont have to run around for essentials. This is an amazing building and even if you are not crazy about buildings as I am I would still urge you not to miss this one.
We returned to Shimbashi and then went to Roppongi that is perhaps the most cosmopolitan section of Tokyo City. This also houses the Tokyo Tower though we couldn't go up as it closes by eight. Here one can see yet another different dimension of Tokyo, an area with more foreigners than Japanese and that is quite an uncommon sight.
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