More Adventures in Shinjuku

Yesterday, being our Saturday, we decided to do some more 'touristy' stuff. We decided to head over to Shinjuku to see the Shinjuku-Gyooen Park, reportedly the best in Tokyo, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office Building, which has a public observation deck on the 45th floor of the North and South Towers. Of course, we took pictures, which are, as usual, available on deviantart. A new addition to my wishlist: small, collapsable, portable tripod. At night, if you breathe the picture comes out blurry, which is kinda disappointing. So, tripod it is.

I got some pictures of the kewl buildings in Shinjuku, which you might enjoy:



These were taken on the way back into Shinjuku from the park, which was closed :(. While I was taking these pictures we bumped into this nifty little Go shop, so of course we had to get a Go board and some pieces ;).

After this, we walked into Shinjuku, had a great little meal - salmon and donburi, miso, radish, etc., etc...

Next we were off to the Government building mentioned above. The view was quite spectacular, especially since it was at night:



Finally, on our way back to Shinjuku station, we took a detour through another little park, complete with statues and it's own shrine (pictures of which of course are too blurry to post, due to the lack of tripod). There were an amazing number of cats in the area, and then I (almost literally) stumbled upon the first of many frogs:



Ha ha! Not sure what the strange lighting comes from, other than my flash. ???