Originally Posted by mosburger
I think there IS one basic difference between Tokyo and Yokohama: In Yokohama the seashore is both visible and accessible while this is not really the case in most parts of Tokyo.
True, which is why I always recommend
Odaiba for any visitors to Tokyo.
Quite seriously, this is the only place I know in Tokyo where you realize that Tokyo is actually also a seaside city.
Also, don't forget the Chinatown and other cosmopolitan touches, like the foreigners cemetery.
There's also supposed to be a memorial statue to the first cow slaughtered on Japanese soil by foreign barbarians somewhere in Yokohama, anybody know the address? But my favorite place in Y-town is the inimitable
Ramen Museum!
Anyway, what happened to the Mirai project? (Landmark Tower etc.) Bust or still going strong?
It's certainly still there, and has picked up a little steam now that the subway tunneling underneath it is finally open (only took ten years). I gather the finances of the project are a big taxpayer-subsidized mess though.