shinjuku for a change

So the last couple days have been spent in Shibuya, with good weather one might add. After Kensei's gig I did a day of walking a loong way from Nakameguro to Shibuya. Then yesteryday was an open house for a new office building that one of the local architects had designed, so I tagged along with Nano to that, and again it was in Shibuya, although on the Omotesando side of the Yamanote line this time. Thats towards the center of Tokyo, if such a thing exists...

Looking at an empty building was pretty cool, the windows were put in weird places, following no clear pattern, and each floor had 5m high roofs. The coolest thing for me atleast was the view though, and I got some decent shots from the top floor. So while I went about taking pictures towards the outside the other visitors to the open house, all somehow related to the architecture firm went about photographing corners, the placement of ventilation shafts etc. The connection between the stairs and the basement stairs even got some "woo" sounds from the architect posse. As we left the building the sun had dissapeared and the cloudy sky decided it was time to start the rain :#

Since then it's roughly 24 hours by now, and it still rains and things look miserable. As the title says I decided to head out to Shinjuku today, hoping to see something different from the bombardment of Gyaru in Shibuya. Although really there aren't that many of them. Less tourists here too which is nice. The westside with the skyscrapers has larger roads, less people, and when you look up you just see a huge wall of buildings on either side. So very different from what Shibuya is like, although even there you get higher buildings than in Helsinki. Then again where in the world don't you get that....

Shinjukus got the different vibe though, and there's a bunch of record stores although less highend fashion here, with the notable exception of Gucci, who have their largest store on the planet here. I'd guess Maria would have a field day there -.-" Past Gucci and the road it's on to the north starts Kabukicho, home of an kabukitheatre from which it got it's name, and then a whole lot of porn shops, clubs, bars, restaurants, yakuza hanging around during night etc.

Anyways, I need to prolly get going soon, gotta find a disc union and a loft to get a couple CDs for someone, and while I'm at it look around for some pants, constant rain doesn't seem to make jeans that comfortable after a couple hours of walking around... :(