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Carrot Tower, Sangenjaya

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Carrot Tower, SangenjayaPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length30mmAperturef/4.5Shutter1/320sISO100Taken11 Aug 2009, 14:38
The Shinjuku skyscrapers.
A wide view over low-rise Tokyo under grey cloudsPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length7mmAperturef/4Shutter1/400sISO80Taken11 Aug 2009, 14:37
Western Tokyo stretching out under the clouds.

In August 2009 I went up Carrot Tower in Sangenjaya, a couple of stops from Shibuya. The 26th floor has a free observation lobby with views over western Tokyo, from the Shinjuku skyscrapers to the highway construction that I wrote about in my Ohashi Junction post.

It was a cloudy summer day, so no Mt Fuji, but you can see it from here when the sky is clear.

An elevated highway curving between buildingsPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length8mmAperturef/4Shutter1/250sISO80Taken11 Aug 2009, 14:41
The elevated highway below.
A large patch of green trees among city buildingsPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length30mmAperturef/4.5Shutter1/320sISO80Taken11 Aug 2009, 14:49
A big patch of green among the buildings.
A restaurant with pink chairs and large windowsPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/2.8Shutter1/60sISO100Taken11 Aug 2009, 14:56
The restaurant on the observation floor.
The city seen through a large windowPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/4Shutter1/500sISO80Taken11 Aug 2009, 15:04
The view from the windows.
A Tokyo 2016 Olympic bid posterPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/2.8Shutter1/40sISO200Taken11 Aug 2009, 15:54
A poster for Tokyo's bid for the 2016 Olympics.
A glass sign reading Restaurant Sky CarrotPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/2.8Shutter1/60sISO100Taken11 Aug 2009, 15:55
The Sky Carrot restaurant.
Dense housing stretching to the horizonPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length14mmAperturef/4Shutter1/640sISO80Taken11 Aug 2009, 15:56
Houses as far as you can see.
The city framed by a windowPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/4Shutter1/320sISO80Taken11 Aug 2009, 16:00
One more look out of the window.
The brown Carrot Tower building seen from belowPhoto dataCameraCanon PowerShot G10Focal length6mmAperturef/4Shutter1/640sISO80Taken11 Aug 2009, 16:03
Carrot Tower itself, from the street.

It is one of the easiest free views in Tokyo: right next to Sangenjaya Station, no ticket, and hardly any queue.

I took these photos in August 2009 and only got round to posting them in 2026.

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