From Shinbashi to Tokyo: Business and Pleasure on the Eastern Edge of the Yamanote

The stations on the Yamanote line stations loop. (© Pixta)

Shiodome is dominated by a forest of high-rises. (© Gianni Simone)

A visit to the New Shinbashi Building is a trip down Shōwa memory lane. (© Gianni Simone)

Omuraisu. (© Pixta)

Hori Shōten is a rare architectural jewel that has been spared by disasters and developers so far. (© Gianni Simone)

The arched walls of the elevated tracks. (© Gianni Simone)

Sanchoku Inshokugai, near Yūrakuchō Station, is tucked away below the Yamanote tracks. (© Gianni Simone)

The Yūrakuchō Mullion complex is one of the area’s main entertainment centers. (© Gianni Simone)

The cheap diners of old under the railway tracks are still there, but have turned into proper restaurants. (© Gianni Simone)

Tokyo Station’s brick facade hides an underground consumption paradise. (© Gianni Simone)