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Mar 04 2005 8 Comments

A greying nation?

Tokyo might be wonderfully colourful at night, but during the day…

tokyo skyline

it’s decidedly grey.

(click image to enlarge for added greyness.)

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  1. dr Dave says

    3/4/2005 at 2:41 pm

    Bah, you’re just in the wrong place… No grey here, only white… 😛

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  2. Nacente says

    3/4/2005 at 9:22 pm

    I prefer it at night eh 😉

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  3. dzogo says

    3/5/2005 at 1:26 am

    Great picture!

    Sometime, I miss the feel of grey so common in large Asian (Chinese) Cities, truly. It gives a feeling of unreality that soothes the mind.

    Long period of sharp view here in SoCal can leave you wishing for the soft greys, the moody feel of helplessness, the only thing left making sense being to stay in bed and do nothing at all!!!!!

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  4. Bostonrambles says

    3/5/2005 at 5:06 am

    I am always surprised at how polluted Tokyo is every time I visit it. I never noticed it when I lived there…

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  5. hinata says

    3/6/2005 at 9:15 pm

    Please see this.
    That’s not so bad, is it?

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  6. Jason says

    3/7/2005 at 2:56 pm

    It makes me think about shanghai. Shanghai actually seemed worse to me than Tokyo. In fact, even in postcards of shanghai’s skyline, they grey is pretty obvious. Most residents i talked to about it claimed it had to do with the humidity. theres no doubt a pollution factor, but they were right about humidity making a difference. Down in florida, US (tampa and oralndo, during the day theres a significant grey. not half as bead, but it’s there.)

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  7. gen says

    3/8/2005 at 12:05 pm

    hello

    What a nice picture! It exactly shows a city that I see everyday.
    I was actually surprised by the grey color and not lined up buildings
    when I came back from USA. (I was in alabama and did not see many
    buildings but sky…I guess it is one of reasons to be surprised with
    uncolorfull Tokyo.lol)

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  8. melina says

    3/9/2005 at 6:06 am

    nice! now, at the risk of sounding so stereotypical, i really expected to see a mini-photoshopped godzilla.

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