 Most viewed - Meguro-ku 目黒区 |
Cherry blossoms line the Meguro-gawa River from Naka-Meguro Station (Hibiya Line) to Ikejiri Ohashi Station (Toyoko Den'en Toshi Line).441 views
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Train platform at Komaba Todaimae Station on the Inokashira Line.283 views
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Another traditional-looking building is this Building 101. Univ.of Tokyo, Komaba Campus225 views
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Building 1 at University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus. The most distinguished-looking building on campus. Looks like the Yasuda Auditorium on the Hongo Campus. 1号館219 views
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"Naka-Meguro Sakura Matsuri"203 views
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The cherry blossoms form a roof over the river.197 views
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The lights are not as good covering the flowers. Pretty uneven lighting.191 views
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Manhole with the old Daiichi High School design. This is also behind Building 1. University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus. 旧制第一高等学校181 views
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The cherries are lit up at night from April 1-9 with lanterns and floodlights.180 views
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Komaba Museum is open to the public. Free admission. This was the former university library.180 views
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No hanami picnics allowed either.176 views
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There is a road on both sides of the river along which you can see the flowers. However, both narrow roads also have cars whizzing by. Watch out or else get bumped by a car.158 views
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The facility was still new, very nice. Cheap food.152 views
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Komaba-Todaimae Station is right in front of the main gate of the Komaba Campus.150 views
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On the left is a statue of Jean-Baptiste Arthur Arrivet, a Frenchman who came to Japan in 1877 to teach French and Latin at the old Ichiko. On the right is Friedrich Putzier, a German teacher who came to Japan in 1884.148 views
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"Meguro-gawa Sakura Matsuri"140 views
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My lunch on campus.133 views
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Main gate of University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus. I had visited Kyoto University, so I thought I'd better visit Todai too. 正門126 views
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The flowers are very nice, but viewing them is annoying due to the vehicular traffic.125 views
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Inside the cafeteria of University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus. We went in before the lunchtime rush at noon.124 views
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Relief of Frederick William Strange near the athletic field. He came to Japan in 1875 as an English teacher at Daiichi High School and started outdoor games which morphed into Japan's undokai sports meets.123 views
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I decided to have lunch in the cafeteria with an American friend who is a Todai professor.122 views
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Map of the Komaba I campus. Most of the buildings are just numbered. They are not named after someone like at American universities.118 views
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Tennis courts.105 views
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The very modern Komaba Communication Plaza. On the left is the coop and bookstore, and on the right is the cafeteria.104 views
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They should close the roads to cars during the sakura season. Then more people would come.103 views
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Rugby field.99 views
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Monument for the old student dormitory that was here.98 views
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View of Shinjuku from Building 18, the tallest on campus.97 views
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Athletic field.95 views
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Behind Building 1. I focused on the remnants of the old university and photographed the more traditional buildings on campus.93 views
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Next to the Komaba Faculty House is this pair of statues not on any campus map. 89 views
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Rugby field.89 views
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Stone monument for the old agricultural university. Komaba was originally a school for agriculture.85 views
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Directional sign85 views
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Sculpture for sitting.83 views
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About the old crest.82 views
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Komaba Communication Plaza79 views
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Above the arch is the crest of the old university called Daiichi High School (Ichiko). 旧制第一高等学校76 views
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They are also still building more buildings.76 views
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Pond74 views
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The main thoroughfare lined with gingko trees which turn color in autumn.71 views
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Panel display showing the history of the campus.67 views
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Looking very similar to the Komaba Museum on the opposite side is this former Lecture Theater.66 views
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