June 3rd Tokyo Station and Japanese Irish?

While out and about today we were at one point at Tokyo Station.  It's truly an impressive building, that originally opened in 1914. It has undergone a few reconstructions due to fire and also it was bombed during WW2. Inside the station there are many shops with good food. I especially noticed many bento box food shops, probably because this is also the main hub for the Shinkansen Bullet train so folks are buying traveling food. Here's a picture and video I took!

 

I thought it funny that Tokyo is apparently VERY excited that they are a 2020 Olympic game nominee... isn't that a bit far from now and it is only a nominee...

 

 

Across the street was a mall, it had a roof top "park" where we were able to take some more pictures of the station.

                                                     Yes, that's grass on the rooftop!

 

Nice view though.

 

Here's a pic of the trains ... you can see the Bullet train as well.

 

 

Inside the mall area we stopped at a coffee shop/bookstore. It was really cool and had a lot of old timey retro things. Like key chains from the '60's and '70's for old gas stations. Old license plates and stuff. I also ran into this old friend!   


                                                                               

 

Afterwards we headed home to Kichioji. I had a couple of things to pick up for dinner and I ran across this band putting on a nice show on my way to the store. They call themselves the New Irish Project or that was the name of their CD. Anyway, they were pretty good and were enjoying themselves!