The day after Tokyo stood still

Just hours after Typhoon Melor hit, the sky was blue and the sun was strong. Winds were still high, but that didn’t stop us from exploring Tokyo’s swanky business district (Shinjuku), and topping the day off with a quick voyage to Kichijoji—the olde hippie town in Tokyo’s far west end.

The following day it was back to work for everyone, including us documentarians.

Though some of the trains were still delayed by high winds from Melor’s downdraft.

While we waited for the Chuo line to get up and running, we perused the skyrises of Shinjuku

…in all their horizontal glory.

Funny thing is, we couldn’t get an entire building in any single shot.

This one only shows floors 180 through 216.

We stumbled upon a rather nice park to ease the kinks in our necks.

Complete with soothing water features.

Public art oddities

And of course, homeless. Andrew just couldn’t help himself.

Time to head back for the train!

But first, some cheesy posing.

Kichijoji’s Inakoshira park is heavenly

and rife with wildlife of all types.

Like hillbillies!

And regal swan sailboats.

Of course, as fun junkies we both couldn’t possibly pass those up.