LED lanterns with 'Wish for the Future' messages rose into the sky during the 'Tokyo Tomorrow Project' in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON. FOOTAGE OF THE ...

As Robert Whiting recalls in Tokyo Junkie: There was a modern building in front of Shinbashi Station, not far from the 1,000-year-old Karasumori Shrine, which housed a hundred different stand bars.

So what makes the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tower special? It's free! The nearly 800-foot-tall building houses two observatories (North and South observatory) that are the highest vantage ...