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Omotesando; Hei Jinji Shrine
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Tokyo Metro station Omotesando
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Tokyo Metro station Omotesando

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  • Tokyo Metro station Omotesando
  • A busy crossing at the Tokyo Metro station Omotesando
  • Tokyo Metro station Omotesando and Apple Store
  • Tokyo Metro station Omotesando and Apple Store
  • Shopping galleria and cafe on Omotesando
  • Pedestrian bridges cross busy Omotesando, but too far apart
  • Tod's building (right), by Toyo Ito, 2004. The structural system mimics trees. Toyo Ito is the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate. The BOSS building, by Norihiko Dan, 2013, tries to mimic a tree trunk.
  • Omotesando Hills, by Tadao Ando, 1996. Shopping mall with triangular atrium. Entry thru restored façade of pre-WWII apartment building.
  • The triangular atrium of the Omotesando Hills shopping mall
  • The triangular atrium of the Omotesando Hills shopping mall
  • End of parade route of biennial Sanno Matsuri. It begins at 8 AM at the Hie-Jinja shrine (blue-green roofs), parades all day through downtown Tokyo; returns to shrine at the end of the day.
  • Torii at Hie-Jinja Shrine, Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  • Looking back at the Torii and downtown street
  • Up the escalator to Hie-Jinja Shrine. Aliza took the steps.
  • Top of the escalator to Hie-Jinja Shrine. Aliza took the steps.
  • In the courtyard, people queue to enter the shrine (out of picture to the left)
  • Food stalls outside the courtyard of the shrine
  • Having lunch (?) at the food stalls
  • Rooster image displayed outside the courtyard
  • In the courtyard, people queue to enter the shrine
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