Tokyo a city rebuilding, reinventing and revitalising

JAPAN | Thursday, 3 January 2013 | Views [618] | View Smaller Image

A glimpse of new Sky Tree Tower, the tallest tower in the world from a street along downtown Tokyo, Asakusa area. As welll as revitalising the Asakusa surrounding area and Tokyo’s skyline, the tower’s completion a year after the earthquake and tsunami disaster is seen as a sign of nation’s recovery.

Asakusa Culture and Tourism Center 2012.
This really interesting new piece of architecture in one of the oldest part of downtown of Tokyo Asakusa brings something of an injection of life into the area. The building’s starkly contrasts its surroundings with its modern, glassy facade and unconventional form.

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The old mercantile culture of Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market, a 78 years old bustling, chaotic, dark and damp inside the warehouse containing 1600 stalls is the largest of its kind in the world. Due to health and safety concern and to create a modern market it is to be vacated after 2013 and moved when the construction of the new fish market is complete. As Tokyo is constantly being rebuilt and reinvented, there is a sense of nostalgia that part of the city and traditional culture is being lost.

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Tokyo a city rebuilding, reinventing and revitalising

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