<p><br> Shoppers ride escalators at the Fuji TV Building in Odaiba, Tokyo’s futurist district of space age buildings, electric cars, and fantasy shopping malls.</p>

Fuji TV Building Escalator


Shoppers ride escalators at the Fuji TV Building in Odaiba, Tokyo’s futurist district of space age buildings, electric cars, and fantasy shopping malls.

Photograph by Michael Yamashita

Tokyo's Odaiba Island

See Tokyo photos in this gallery from National Geographic’s Ultimate City Guide for Tokyo.

Published January 7, 2010

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