tokyo, ueno

Tokyo is a layered city. The golden light to the left comes from a collection of stores embedded in the above-ground Japan Rail's Ueno Station. The small white tower to the right is a ventilation shaft from the below-ground Tokyo Metro Station. The round, red sculpture toward the center of the image rises from a broad, raised public walkway that spans several directions over the busy intersection below. Behind the sculpture is a raised highway that, in turn, spans the pedestrian walkway. In the upper left corner of the image is a typical highrise practice--atop most slim city buildings sit glowing billboard boxes to project products in every possible direction. Let's review that vertically: metro to road to station to walkway to highway to highrise to advertisement. Extraordinary.