Fuji Television Building & Observatory on Odaiba

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Forecast for today, highs of 70 degrees and windy. So we set off on a walking tour of Odaiba. While we've been there several times in the past, we've not really made it past the "mall area". We took along our guidebook (looking like obvious tourists with my guidebook in one hand and my camera in the other).

First stop, Fuji Television Building.



Taka couldn't figure out the Japanese word of observatory (which is where we wanted to go in the Fuji Television Building, so I had to step in with my big-bad-gajin(foreigner)-self. I walked right up, pointed at the observatory sign (I was going on an assumption because the guide book told me the observatory costs 500yen, so I pointed to the 500yen sign and held up two fingers). I handed over the money and Voila! I had two observatory tickets in my hand!



The elevator from floor 7 to floor 24 was PACKED! Check out Andrew, in the middle.



Views from the observatory (inside the big round sphere)...




A pretend game-show environment inside the Fuji Building.

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A big clock outside of the Fuji building. *shrug* I assume it "means" or "stands for" something.



Andrew signing a banner to be taken to the World Cup by the Japanese Soccer Team.


A TV show being recorded right outside the Fuji Building. They are showing on the screen actual video conferencing from a listener's cell phone!

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