Benutzerkommentare

Startseite / Benutzerkommentare

Filter

Schlagwort

Autor

Album

Seit

Sortieren nach

Sortierreihenfolge

Anzahl der Elemente

Erste Seite | Zurück | 1 ... 42 43 44 45 46 ... 50 | Vorwärts | Letzte Seite

Lukas Bürgi (lb) - Donnerstag, 14. Januar 2016 um 00:22:42
Just in case you didn't believe me before: It IS lifesize!

That trailer you can see behind its legs holds a store with various merchandising articles. Figurines to t-shirts to cookies... a whole lot of fun stuff.
Lukas Bürgi (lb) - Donnerstag, 14. Januar 2016 um 00:19:51
There was no way we would visit Odaiba and not go take a look at the lifesize Gundam at Gundam Front. It'd probably have voided our geek cards if we missed that. I mean: That's gotta be about 100 geek points just for standing there!

The thing is awesome! Just look at the detail on it
Lukas Bürgi (lb) - Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 um 06:12:12
The Museum of Maritime Science with its very distinctive design in the form of a ship. It's been closed for quite a while now.

Running in front of it is the Yurikamome line. Which is actually more of a big automated bus than a train, it running on rubber tires and not on a metal track.
Lukas Bürgi (lb) - Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 um 06:08:57
New York, New Yoo... err, no. Odaiba Seaside Park and its slightly smaller version of the Statue of Liberty.

In the background again the Rainbow Bridge and mainland Tokyo. The wooded island on the left between the bridge and the protective embankment is Dai-Roku Daiba or No.6 Battery. An artifical battery island constructed after Perry's visit to protect Edo from attacks by sea. No.3 Battery, to the right of the picture, is connected to the whole of Daiba and part of the public park.
Lukas Bürgi (lb) - Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 um 05:57:18
And here it is: The Hotaluna. It is slightly bigger, but mainly its bigger capacity comes from the roof platform that the Himiko misses.
Both ships run the same route, but in opposing direction. The Himiko stops at Hinedo pier on the way from Odaiba up to Asakusa, the Hotaluna on the way down. Which means, apart from the time difference of an additional stop on one way, that they'll approach the Rainbow Bridge from a different angle and will follow the coast line more closely when stopping at Hinedo.
Lukas Bürgi (lb) - Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 um 05:53:01
Odaiba Seaside Park pier, where we left the ship. Here's a good view onto it from up front with the Rainbow Bridge we passed under shortly before in the background.
Lukas Bürgi (lb) - Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 um 05:51:35
We're nearing the turning point of the Himiko's route (Asakusa down the Sumidagawa to Odaiba Seaside Park) and are getting a great view of one of the strangest buildings in the whole of Tokyo.
The Fuji TV headquarters.
Lukas Bürgi (lb) - Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 um 05:46:03
Of course the Himiko and the Hotaluna are not the only special ships for cruises and tourists on the Tokyo waterways. We encountered this example near Hinedo pier. I've got no idea who runs it with what kind of service and under which name however.
Lukas Bürgi (lb) - Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 um 05:43:12
This is back at the Asakusa station of Tokyo Cruise Ship and one of their most famous ships, the Himiko. It's one of the two ships of the company that's been designed by Leiji Matsumoto, the other being the slightly bigger Hotaluna. A few characters from his work even appearing in picture or sound on the ship.

If you don't know who Leiji Matsumoto is, stop reading this, go read his entry on Wikipedia and don't come back until you did!
Lukas Bürgi (lb) - Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 um 05:36:42
Having had enough of the hectic city, we went for a hike in the nearby mountains.

Okay, I'm pulling your leg here. This is actually also situated in Kitanomura Park right in the midst of Tokyo. But one wouldn't think so standing there as I am in this picture. Even though the small brook there is entirely artificial.