Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building

This red brick building is one of the most iconic and picturesque stations in Tokyo. It is the busiest station in Japan, with over 3,000 trains going through it a day.
Tokyo Station opened in 1914, but most of the building was destroyed in 1945 during the war. The rooftop domes were mostly damaged, and rebuilt with simple angular roofs. These angular roofs are the reason some people think this building was modeled after the Amsterdam Central railway stations.
The gorgeous design and intricate design of this building reminded me of DC!
Although they have maps posted on the walls, it is really confusing getting around this building. This place is home to the train station, restaurants, shops, and the famous Tokyo Ramen Street!

Oh my God we are going to be stuck in here forever! Yep this kept spinning around my head as I followed my mother around this hive-​like, whirling dervish of a train station. People were walking, no racing by going who know where. I don’t understand how people know where they were going. We were completely lost trying to find our exit. But you know, I gotta tell you this one thing, I have a secret weapon that guarantees help from a local. I opened my mouth & said loudly, «Gee mom, I think we’re lost. We need to get help.» And POW! A few people slowed down, started to walk towards us. You see Japanese LOVE to practice their English so it was easy getting someone to help us out. A very nice young lady was nice enough to escort us to our exit cuz you see this gave her more time to practice her English. Actually it was because she was super nice!
The station does have a lot of signs & «you are here» maps but it is confusing. It is kept VERY clean & well lit. 5 stars because it was a cool albeit very tiring experience.

OK, I lied. One more quick review tonight.
Tokyo Station is one of the most iconic stations in Tokyo and for reason. The Marunouchi Building. I truly wish there were more buildings like this in California, but unless you’re in SF, you won’t see much of something like this. The station itself is a nuts zone with so many people coming and going at 60 mph speeds that you won’t know what to do at times, but when you step out and see this building you will feel at peace with the world. A great building and unique experience for sure.

How oddly historically European of a building in the middle of the city that is surrounded by modern skyscrapers. A god example of hoe dichotomous the society is. Fairly large, we spent a while walking around it trying to find our way to the shops below. At first i saw shrouded in fog and a few days later it was clear as can be. Brick façade hides what maybe one of the crazy transport hubs ive ever seen

The biggest and nicest and craziest train station you will ever want to go to. The Tokyo subway system is amazing and Tokyo Station is one of the main hubs. Also all the shopping and eating places you would ever want.

Tokyo Station is one of the most iconic and picturesque stations in Tokyo.
You can’t help but stop and admire the structure. Parts of the dome were destroyed in WWII and were recently renovated in 2012. Like everything in Japan, it is still going through its «new» hype and there are groups of Japanese and foreign tourists alike stopping by and taking photos, drawing pictures, and buying assorted dome shaped cookies.
I think they did a nice job with the renovations. The renovations are a nice balance of fixing the old and upgrading to new. I dislike when historic structures are renovated in a way that they loose their old charm.
If you really want to be WOW-​ed, check out this structure at night. It will make you drawn in your breath.
They’ve really outdone themselves with the lighting styles and the dome becomes a captivating orange globe.