Oji - Part 1: The City

Well, after visiting Hokutopia (the big high rise building in Oji) and seeing the amazing sights of the cityscape from 17 floors up, it got me thinking. I haven't really done much in the blog to show people the city I actually live and work in. And, come to think of it, I hadn't really seen much of it myself. Obviously spending most of my time here I've seen the main areas of it, but I hadn't really thought about sightseeing here, in the same way that back in England I wouldn't think of sightseeing in Sunderland.


This is probably going to end up just being a long picture post due to the amount of pictures I took today but it'll give you a really good view of Oji, the town (I'm still confused about what to call it, I suppose towns good because its a town in the city of Kita in the city of Tokyo... you get the picture) I live in. Look out for the huge contrasts in Oji, i.e. from old to new, from calm nature to busy traffic. Enjoy. Oh and the picture at the top is the area just outside the train station.




These two pictures are of places I pass on the way to work, I also go through a shrine as you'll see in one of the next few posts. Not a bad walk to work I have to say, really nice area and in a few weeks this path will be lined with bright pink trees (if my informations right) when the sakura bloom. Pic taken on the 17th floor of Hokutopia: Asukayama park on the left, bullet train and local train lines below it and huge cityscape behind.

I doubt you'll be able to see it due to the size of the picture on the blog but my appartment block is on there, to the left of the ENEOS red sign on the right of the picture,

Oji ekimae (in front of the station). I go through this place twice a day every day, sometimes it can be ridiculously busy - the amount of people who get off trains here is shocking since it isn't a big shopping area or anything.

And last but not least, a Hummer. This holds no significance to the post at all but I saw it on the way back today and, naturally as Hummers do, it stood out a fair amount. Undeterred by the Hummer's hefty japanese owner, and his black stares every time i took a glimpse at this beastly vehicle hummering up my Oji, I took a picture... although I waited until he turned his back. Not like I was scared or anything, I just... erm... didn't want to have to show him who was boss... that was all... yeah...