If you think Tokyo Station, which turns a century old come 2014, is huge above ground, it is even bigger underground. Tokyo Station connects the Shinkansen (high speed bullet train), railway, metro and intercity bus, making it one of the busiest terminal stations in Japan. No surprises, it is easy to get lost, or more aptly, distracted, in the labyrinth of underground passageways.
On top of all these, now it even integrates a hotel!
The classic exterior facade
Maple trees line the streets outside the station, and boy, are the leaves huge!
Inside
I could watch this change for a day (maybe just half).
There were many, many shops...
(Singapore's Mr Bean beyond our sunny shores, in bitter-cold Tokyo.)
...but I was more enamored with departmental store basements (the food section!).
The exterior, after dark
As with EVERY train station in Tokyo, there's bound to be lockers, much less in Tokyo Station (since it connects cities). And when even hundreds of lockers are taken, there's always the trusty baggage storage (be warned: the queue can get very long!).
Cost: free
Access: Tokyo Station
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