![Twilight View from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building [iPhone 4S/HD] @ohayuni71](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LDLXVJXBm00/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded May 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, or Tokyo City Hall, has two panoramic observation decks. You can enjoy the panoramic view of Tokyo without paying any admission there. I have to say the views from other popular observation decks, like the ones at Roppongi Hills, the Tokyo Tower or the Tokyo Sky Tree, are more glorious, but you have to pay admission to climb them. It is worth visiting this public facility especially at dusk to enjoy Tokyo economically.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on May 14th, 2012
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, or Tokyo City Hall, has two panoramic observation decks. You can enjoy the panoramic view of Tokyo without paying any admission there. I have to say the views from other popular observation decks, like the ones at Roppongi Hills, the Tokyo Tower or the Tokyo Sky Tree, are more glorious, but you have to pay admission to climb them. It is worth visiting this public facility especially at dusk to enjoy Tokyo economically.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on May 14th, 2012
![Twilight View from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LDLXVJXBm00/mqdefault.jpg "Twilight View from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building [iPhone 4S/HD]
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, or Tokyo City Hall, has two panoramic observation decks. You can enjoy the panoramic view of Tokyo without paying any admission there. I have to say the views from other popular observation decks, like the ones at Roppongi Hills, the Tokyo Tower or the Tokyo Sky Tree, are more glorious, but you have to pay admission to climb them. It is worth visiting this public facility especially at dusk to enjoy Tokyo economically.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on May 14th, 2012")
![Gundam Illumination Show at Odaiba, Tokyo [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LVLhSwgjVbA/mqdefault.jpg "Gundam Illumination Show at Odaiba, Tokyo [iPhone 4S/HD]
There are many hot spots in Odaiba, a massive artificial island floating in the Tokyo Bay. This full-length Gundam is one of them. You can see it in front of Diver City Tokyo Plaza, a commercial complex which opened this spring.
The 18 meters tall Mobile Suit is lit up by the illumination shows that take place a few times a night. Looking up at the Gundam in the lights and the night sky above it, people may dream about a future in which numerous people live in space colonies.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Jul. 26th, 2012")
![Gingko Avenue at Meiji-Jingu Gaien, Tokyo [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LfUqB-dCDJc/mqdefault.jpg "Gingko Avenue at Meiji-Jingu Gaien, Tokyo [iPhone 4S/HD]
Meiji-Jingu Gaien, or Meiji Shrine Outer Precinct, is a massive garden including a gallery, a hall and a variety of sports facilities such as National Olympic Stadium and Jingu Baseball Stadium. It was built to honor the Meiji Emperors deed after his demise and has been run by Meiji Shrine.
The main approach of the garden, that leads you to the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery, is outlined with gingko trees. The entrance of the avenue is one meter higher than the end of it. Moreover, it is designed that the trees at the entrance side grow taller than the ones at the end side do. They are to make the avenue and the gallery look more beautiful in perspective.
The trees are gloriously ablaze in late autumn. The warm scenery, in the season in which you feel the advent of winter, is a delight for people walking by.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Nov. 27th, 2012")
![Odaiba Area, Tokyo ~Gundam Returning~ [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LqXD3YJpZGo/mqdefault.jpg "Odaiba Area, Tokyo ~Gundam Returning~ [iPhone 4S/HD]
In 1850s, the US demanded the opening of Japan and starting trades to Western countries to the Shogunate of Japan, which basically did not allow commerce and traveling between Japan and other countries at that time under the policy called Sakoku. Seeing the US militarys ships coming to negotiate, the Shogunate saw a threat and decided to build an artificial island to put gun batteries in for the purpose of defense in the bay what we call Tokyo Bay today. The island was named Daiba, which means Battery place, and is now often called Odaiba with the honorific prefix o.
Eventually the batteries were never used and the Shogunate opened up the country. The island was expanded in the last half century. It has developed dramatically since 1990s and now is a massive island known as a major tourist attraction with a lot of commercial and leisure facilities.
The newest hot spot in the area is Diver City Tokyo Plaza, a commercial complex opened on April 19th. You can see a full-length Gundam in front of the brand new facility. It was initially placed at Odaiba and had been taken away for a while, returning to his hometown only recently. I wonder how they ended up calling it full-length when it is originally two dimentional. Or has it really been made into real?
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Apr. 25th, 2012")
![People Watching the Annular Solar Eclipse of May 21st, 2012 in Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MAk3fQx6K5o/mqdefault.jpg "People Watching the Annular Solar Eclipse of May 21st, 2012 in Japan [iPhone 4S/HD]
An annular solar eclipse was observed on the Pacific coast of Japan, including Tokyo area, on May 21st, 2012. It was Tokyos first annular solar eclipse in 173 years. People in Tokyo area were able to watch the sun appearing as a ring of fire behind thin clouds. A lot of eclipse events were held all over Japan and people enjoyed the astronomical show.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on May 21st, 2012")
