Kamata Station is defined by the bustling intersection of two distinct railway systems, where the East Japan Railway Company lines and the Tokyu Corporation tracks meet in the heart of Ota. The station buildings are surrounded by dense…
Godzilla Destroys Tokyo
Visit the key Tokyo sites that Godzilla wrecks on screen alongside real-life monuments dedicated to the king of the monsters.
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1. Kamata Station
2. Yatsuyama Bridge
Yatsuyama Bridge is a steel overpass spanning a dense, multi-layered junction of train lines just south of Shinagawa Station. The current bridge, completed in nineteen eighty-five, serves as the fourth iteration at this site, which…
3. Kachidoki Bridge
Kachidoki Bridge is a two hundred forty-six meter long steel arch bridge that spans the mouth of the Sumida River. It is instantly recognizable by the massive central section that was once designed to split and rise, allowing river traffic…
4. Seiko House Ginza Clock Tower
The Seiko House Ginza Clock Tower is defined by its curved granite facade, which follows the precise contour of the Ginza four-chome intersection. Completed in nineteen thirty-two in a neo-Renaissance style, this building stands as the…
5. Yurakucho Center Building
The Yurakucho Center Building, widely known as Yurakucho Mullion, is a large commercial complex comprised of three buildings connected by a common structure. It is easily identified by the Mullion Musical Clock, a fixture that draws people…
6. Hibiya Godzilla Square
Hibiya Godzilla Square is marked by a bronze, nine-point-eight-foot-tall statue of the monster, poised as if attacking in the middle of the city. The sculpture depicts the design from the twenty-sixteen film Shin Godzilla and rises above a…
7. National Diet Building
The National Diet Building is recognized by its massive, symmetrical gray granite facade and a prominent central tower topped with a pyramid-shaped roof. This structure houses the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors,…
8. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building is recognizable by its twin-towered silhouette that splits apart near the top, a design choice intended to evoke the vertical reach of a Gothic cathedral. Known locally as Tocho, this complex…
9. Shinjuku Toho Building
The Shinjuku Toho Building is marked by a massive, twelve-meter tall sculpture of Godzilla that looms over its eighth-floor terrace, peering down at the streets of Kabukicho. Completed in twenty-fifteen, the thirty-story skyscraper…