Tour of Tokyo (JapanScenery)
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:42 pmSince nobody else has posted about JapanScenery, I thought I'd post a few pics. It's not cheap (with the current exchange rate, I think you're looking at US$130), but worth it if like flying in the area. It's 3 gigs of scenery, mostly in the greater Tokyo area, plus Iwo Jima. Haneda Airport (RJTT) by itself is astounding.
To start, let's hop in the ol' Bell 47 at the Tokyo Heliport (RJTI). This is one of Japan's rainy seasons and it looks like there's a cold front coming through, so don't expect any nice views of Mt. Fuji today...
On our right is downtown Tokyo, backdrop for anime movies and tv shows as countless as they are awful. Just about all of the taller buildings are JapanScenery, including an improved version of the Tokyo Tower.
Just behind us is Odaiba, a man-made island on "reclaimed" land in the Tokyo Bay. In Japan, such islands are made by cutting down mountains elsewhere in the country. At the end of the tailsection, there's a building with a sphere in the middle. That's the FujiTV building, which has a webcam where you can view downtown Tokyo:
http://www.fnn-news.com/camera2/index.html
The bridge is the famous Rainbow Bridge, completed in 1993. It is quite beautiful at night, and even made a cameo appreance in Lost in Translation. (Personally, I think the city of Tokyo stole the show from Murray and Johannsen.) The bridge you see here is JapanScenery's improvement over the default FS9 bridge.
Way off in the background, you can see Haneda (RJTT), which really deserves a thread of its own, so that's what I'll do in the near future.
Can you read all the signs? LOL! I'm okay with Hiragana and Katakana, but my Kanji skills are sorely lacking. This is just another example of the clusters of great scenery. I apologize for not remembering the prefecture, but it's been a while since my last trip.
Coming soon:
Haneda Airport (RJTT)
Narita Airport (RJAA)
Chofu Airport (RJTF)
Shibuya at night
Rainbow Bridge at night
Ginza at night
Ikebukuro
Shinjuko
Iwo Jima (RJAW)
Mt. Fuji
To start, let's hop in the ol' Bell 47 at the Tokyo Heliport (RJTI). This is one of Japan's rainy seasons and it looks like there's a cold front coming through, so don't expect any nice views of Mt. Fuji today...
On our right is downtown Tokyo, backdrop for anime movies and tv shows as countless as they are awful. Just about all of the taller buildings are JapanScenery, including an improved version of the Tokyo Tower.
Just behind us is Odaiba, a man-made island on "reclaimed" land in the Tokyo Bay. In Japan, such islands are made by cutting down mountains elsewhere in the country. At the end of the tailsection, there's a building with a sphere in the middle. That's the FujiTV building, which has a webcam where you can view downtown Tokyo:
http://www.fnn-news.com/camera2/index.html
The bridge is the famous Rainbow Bridge, completed in 1993. It is quite beautiful at night, and even made a cameo appreance in Lost in Translation. (Personally, I think the city of Tokyo stole the show from Murray and Johannsen.) The bridge you see here is JapanScenery's improvement over the default FS9 bridge.
Way off in the background, you can see Haneda (RJTT), which really deserves a thread of its own, so that's what I'll do in the near future.
Can you read all the signs? LOL! I'm okay with Hiragana and Katakana, but my Kanji skills are sorely lacking. This is just another example of the clusters of great scenery. I apologize for not remembering the prefecture, but it's been a while since my last trip.
Coming soon:
Haneda Airport (RJTT)
Narita Airport (RJAA)
Chofu Airport (RJTF)
Shibuya at night
Rainbow Bridge at night
Ginza at night
Ikebukuro
Shinjuko
Iwo Jima (RJAW)
Mt. Fuji
