The Japan Page

More new photos - Tokyo Station at night. The Tokyo Station building is another iconic pre-war structure. It was heavily damaged in the fire bombings of Tokyo during the war, and after the war the top 3 floors were too heavily damaged to restore, so they were lopped off.

Tokyo Station itself is a humongous structure with a great portion underground, and a much larger 1960's era station building on the Yaesu side. Until recently, all Shinkansen heading north from Tokyo departed from Tokyo station, and all those heading South departed from Shinagawa. This somewhat awkward setup required passengers traveling through Tokyo going North or South to get off the train, hop on a local train and travel several stations to get back on the Bullet Trains. In the last few years the Tokaido Shinkansen was extended through Tokyo Station to Shinagawa.