Travelogue
Japan 2006, Day 5 - Tokyo
2006年の初訪日：5日目（東京）
Short photographic travelogue of day 5 of my first-ever trip to Japan in the spring of 2006.
All photos shot with Nikon digital SLRs, edited in ON1 Photo RAW 2026 (1) and Adobe Lightroom 5.7 / LR Classic (2-4).
Day 5 of my first-ever trip to Japan in 2006 was spent entirely in Tokyo. In the morning, I went to the Ginza district, where after a short walk and an interesting visit to the Sony Building, I met a friend for lunch. He worked at Ricoh at the time, and I was able to sneak a photo in the lobby without the guard noticing.
Scene from 2006 at the office lobby of Ricoh in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan.
After lunch, I went to nearby Akihabara and checked out some of the electronics stores. I was searching for a particular new Nikon zoom lens at the time, but found that it wasn’t available yet.
So then I refocused to my next destination for the rest of the day, which was Shinjuku. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building made for a great place to spend some time. I was able to capture a nice scene at a bar, and tried to use the kaleidoscope-like mirrors in the underground pedestrian tunnels for some fun photography.
Scene at a bar in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku.
Scene from the maze-like underground pedestrian tunnel at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku.
Emerging from said tunnel, I noticed that it had already gotten dark outside. I made another attempt at finding my desired lens at some of Shinjuku’s camera stores, but no luck.
Scene outside Yodobashi Camera in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, in 2006.
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