CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

Asahi Building, Tokyo, (2001)

The Asahi Beer Building is topped by a golden dollop of foam.

Haneda airport, Tokyo, (2001)Haneda airport, Tokyo, (2001)

Even Handa, the airport used for domestic flights within Japan, has become a huge shopping mall!

mall shop, Haneda airport, Tokyo, (2001)

Horyuji Memorial Museum, Ueno Park, Tokyo, (2001)

A beautifully restrained piece of architecture housing the collection of religious sculpture originally found in the Horyuji in Nara, Japan's oldest Buddhist temple complex (dating to the sixth century), now part of the collection of the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno.

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TOKYO

ALONG THE SUMIDA RIVER
ODAIBA: TOMORROW'S TOKYO
CITY GARDENS AND GREENERY
TOUCHES OF TRADITION
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

Shinto Priests at Izumo Shrine (2001)

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