Shinjuku skyline

Today we went to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building because they have a free observatory on the 45th floor.

We took the express elevator that goes from the first to the forty-fifth floor in 55 seconds! It made my ears pop like flying in an airplane.

I’ve been in this building before when they had a New York City photo exhibit that I went to see a couple of years ago…but I’ve never taken photos of the Shinjuku skyline from the observatory before, so I decided to do that today.

It was a bit overcast today, unfortunately, so the view wasn’t as clear as it could have been.

A sign there said that on a clear day, Mount Fuji can be seen from the observatory.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building isn’t the only place to get a bird’s eye view of Tokyo’s skyline. There are higher buildings and towers in the city…some offer a better view, too. But it’s one of the few free observatories in Tokyo.

Here are some of the photos I took: