Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 : Yoyo plaza The place here is an open space where LANDMARK TOWER (the highest building in Japan) and Queen's Square (shopping mall and hotel) are connected. I don't know the concept of this art objet. But, if the gene of this huge city kept growing up, it seemed to overwhelm indifferent people till then.
The Yokohama Landmark Tower (横浜ランドマークタワー Yokohama Randomāku Tawā?) is the tallest building and 3rd tallest structure in Japan, standing 296.3 m (972 ft) high. It is located in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama city, right next to Yokohama Museum of Art. Work on the building was finished in 1993. It has the highest observation deck in Japan. The tower also was originally the tallest building in the world on an island, but was surpassed by Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan in 2004. The building contains a five-star hotel which occupies floors 49-70, with 603 rooms in total[1]. The lower 48 floors contain shops, restaurants, clinics, and offices. The building contains two tuned mass dampers on the (hidden) 71st floor on opposite corners of the building. On the 69th floor there is an observatory, Sky Garden, from which one can see a 360-degree view of the city, and on clear days Mount Fuji. The tower contains the world's 2nd fastest elevators, originally world's fastest, which reach speeds of 12.5 m/s (41.01 ft/s) (45.0 km/h, 28.0 mi/h). This speed allows the elevator to reach the 69th floor in approximately 40 seconds. [2]The elevators's speed record was surpassed by elevators of Taipei 101 (60.6 km/h, 37.7 mi/h) in 2004. The building was designed by Hugh Stubbins and Associates, now KlingStubbins.
I love taking pictures of reflections. This was taken in a fountain near Yokohama Art Museum. The location of the reflection is perfect in capturing that famous Yokohama landmark.
Tokyu Yokohama Station,Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
The Tokyu Toyoko Line is a major railway line connecting Tokyo (Shibuya) to Yokohama. The line is owned and operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation. The name of the line, Tōyoko (東横), is a combination of the first characters of Tōkyō (東京) and Yokohama (横浜). Follow me on facebook | pinterest