Archive for December 15th, 2006

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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Making Room In Tokyo

Friday, 15th December 2006 by Alex

With a population of around 35 million people, Tokyo is officially the world’s most populous metropolitan area. As there’s so little space to go around, the people of Tokyo have to be a bit inventive with where they put things…

For example, here’s an Adidas branded football stadium that’s been assembled on top of a building. It was featured in the Fast and the Furious 3 (apparently… has anyone actually seen that movie?)

Meanwhile (reminding me a lot of New York’s 77 Water Street Biplane), an ‘Electronics school’ has parked a small plane on their roof. Google Earth Forum member DJJackD visited the plane (which is held down with ropes - presumably to stop someone flying off in it ;-)), but didn’t manage to find out its origin… Can anyone out there fill in the blanks?

Thanks to Max and DJJackD & Lrae of the GEC.