Thursday, October 04, 2007

Yokohama

This week I had a friend for visit. On Tuesday we went to the second largest city in Japan: Yokohama, which is essentially just another part of greater Tokyo (it takes about 30 min by public transportation to get there). In Yokohama we visited Japans tallest skyscraper, the Landmark Tower. Viewing from there in the direction of Tokyo’s city centre, you can see the urban area really stretches to the horizon.


The Yokohama Landmark Tower


An elevator takes you to the top floor at 750 m/min

In the far north you can see the skyscrapers of Shinjuku



We also visited the Mitsubishi-Industrial-Museum. The exhibits are however very similar to what you find in the innovation museum in Odaiba, Tokyo.

To the left the Mitsubishi building, to the right the Art Museum

LE-7 Rocket engine (manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) on display


Finally we visited the Yokohama China Town, which is apparently the biggest China Town in Japan.

Ruediger in front of a Panda shop


Chinese temple

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