Field Trip!

I'm taking a Japanese architecture class this semester, and we went on a field trip to Nihonbashi (Japan Bridge!) Nihonbashi is close to the Imperial Palace and Tokyo Station, today it's a business district but Nihonbashi originally marked the start of the major road connecting Edo to Kyoto. When we went on our field trip there were big crowds of people, vendors, tourists, old people, and tv crews because that particular day was the 100th anniversary of Nihonbashi.


You could hear drumming and singing and music but you couldn't get past the crowds to see what was going on..

Around the time of the Tokyo Olympics, an expressway was built over Nihonbashi. There have been protests and petitions trying to get the expressway taken down.

After seeing Nihonbashi, we walked towards the financial district. This is the oldest bank in Japan, it's very famous but I'm not sure what the name is. 

Outside of the building there was a car show!

My class, walking around Tokyo. My teacher is the woman in the grey boots.

Sideview of the oldest bank, the building to the left is an annex that was built in the 70s.

This is another old bridge, the stones used to make this bridge were taken from the Imperial wall.

In honor of the celebrations, the boat ride was free!

My teacher's on the left. This bridge is Nihonbashi, you can see the crowds on top and on the boats were people dancing and taiko drumming.