West Shinjuku photos from this summer near my apartment.  Mostly architecture of the city, and some photos from an aquarium visit in Shinagawa, on the other side of town.  To the left is Cocoon Tower, a college, and one of the most eye catching buildings in the area.  In West Shinjuku, you can never be sure where you are relative to ground level, as it seems entire blocks are raised a floor or two, at times.  The aquarium shots are terrible but I left a few in here to give a sense for color and to give a sense of the fast pace.

Above is Kachidoki Station at rush hour in the morning, when you have to wait in a line to get _out_ of the station, not in it.

The crows in Japan are huge and not afraid of humans.  This one was perched just under the top of the main doorway to a tall building.