EBISU GARDEN PLACE

Ebisu (恵比寿) and Ebisu Garden Place, especially, is where the architectural outliers of Tokyo go to play - the buildings are ornate and European-fantastical and you could be excused for thinking you've taken a left turn into Germany at some points. Even the train station feels like an airport, full of walkways that speed you through a tunnel from the station to the clock tower.

It's a lovely, peaceful place to wander and pass the time soaking in the unique buildings and atmosphere.
The clock tower square in Ebisu Garden Place gave me my Hana Yori Dango fangirl moment about 7 years late and, by the looks of the copious Christmas themed stalls surrounding the famous 'Doumyoji waiting sculpture', Japan's moved on from those days as well.

Fun fact - the above photo was taken after a slow wander through the Museum of Photography's gift shop and literally taken on the spur of the moment without any adjustments to my camera's Manual settings (which were adjusted before entering the building). I like to think of it as the museum rubbing off on me for a brief moment.

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