Day 5 of my first-ever trip to Japan in 2006, twenty years ago today, was spent entirely in Tokyo. In the morning, I went to the Ginza district, where after a short walk and an interesting visit to the Sony Building, I met a friend for lunch. He worked at Ricoh at the time, and I was able to sneak a photo in the lobby without the guard noticing.

Scene from 2006 at the office lobby of Ricoh in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan. © 2006 Norbert Woehnl Photography.

So then I refocused to my next destination for the rest of the day, which was Shinjuku. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building made for a great place to spend some time. I was able to capture a nice scene at a bar, and tried to use the kaleidoscope-like mirrors in the underground pedestrian tunnels for some fun photography.

Scene at a bar in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku. © 2006 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Scene from the maze-like underground pedestrian tunnel at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku. © 2006 Norbert Woehnl Photography.

Emerging from said tunnel, I noticed that it had already gotten dark outside. I made another attempt at finding my desired lens at some of Shinjuku’s camera stores, but no luck.

Scene outside Yodobashi Camera in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, in 2006. © 2006 Norbert Woehnl Photography.

All photos shot with Nikon digital SLRs, edited in Adobe Lightroom 5.7 / LR Classic.

写真の撮影場所：東京