The サンシャイン 60 Observatory

The Sunshine 60 Observatory at the Sunshine City - Below is a high ISO 6 shot? Photostitch from 240 meters high looking towards the lit up Ikebukuro Eki (池袋駅) . The always busy Express Way is on the right hand side.



It was Monday, 9 pm JST, and 2 am MONDAY, Hawaii time...but I like to stay up late and sleep in late too...so I still felt OK that evening. I decided to take in the sites at the 60th floor observation deck at the Sunshine 60 building.

I wasn't sure if it was free or not...it wasn't...620 yen please...for a ride up what is suppose to be the fastest elevator in Tokyo.

The nite view from the top was really spectacular as you can take in all the lights of Tokyo from the 360 degree viewing floor. I didn't know till after I left, that I could have gone upstairs to the top of the building for an open air view...bummers...would have been really hot...but nice...

This is the view looking DOWN onto the 36? story Sunshine City Prince Hotel that I was staying in. I was in room 2926, facing away from the Sunshine 60 building.

Below is a view straight down from another side of the observation floor...looking at the Express Way below.




Below is one of my favorite pictures of the trip, if a picture could sum up how you feel at the moment...

Outside, Looking In...

This was taken looking South, towards Shinjuku's skyscraper studded skyline. For me...this picture makes you realize what a place Tokyo is...in a different land with a different language, it was hard for this "local boy" to comprehend that there are millions and millions of people down there interacting and going about there lives in this 24/7 city...even knowing that...it was a melancholy Monday night there...outside, looking in...it's all relative...