Tokyo

Land of Japan is a geologically unstable due to high frequency of earthquakes, tropical cyclone and rare volcano eruption. Making a high rise building in Japan is a big challenge. Japanese has accepted this challenge posed by nature. Tokyo Metropolitan building is one such example standing still in skyscraper's town- Shinjuku.

Sunset at Imperial Palace - Tokyo. The current form of palace was rebuilt in 1968 after it was completely destroyed in world war II. After the defeat of Japan in WW-II, Emperor of Japan is just a ceremonial head of state.

Except in Shinjuku, construction of multi story buildings in Tokyo is a common sight. The photograph shows derricks at a construction site in Shinagawa city at the dawn.

Fireworks in Japanese is called Hanabi. Hanabi is a common occurrence in Tokyo during summer season. It is celebrated like festival throughout summer at different places near river or sea. They are the very few rare occasions when you can see Japanese, mainly girls, in their traditional dress kimono.

Odaiba, twenty-first century marvels, is a city being developed on reclaimed land from Tokyo bay. Odaiba is fast becoming a combination of convention, entertainment and residential resort. Central structure in the photograph is the futuristic Fuji Television Building.

Shinkansen (new main line in Japanese) is one of the fastest train in the world alongside France's TGV.
Magnetically levitated train is about to be deployed for commercial use which will make the shinkansen and TGV trains a technology of past. First maglev train is expected to be operational by 2004 in Shanghai which will connect Shanghai airport with the city center. It will have an average speed of over 430KM/hour.