Japan Railway Company, Hokkaido Railway Company, Shikoku Railway Company, Hanshin Electric Railway, Odakyu Electric Railway, Tobu Railway, Keio Electric Railway...
This is just a sample of Japanese railway company's names.
With more than 40 railway companies, trains are also differents. From the Tozan old-design train to the modern Shinkansen high speed trains, there is a palette of colors and various train designs.
Shinjuku is one of the special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre as well as the location of one of Tokyo's largest public transport interchange, Shinjuku Station. Shinjuku is home to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office, Tokyo's tallest building, where political and public administration of Tokyo takes place. Thus, Shinjuku can be called the capital of Tokyo.
Contrasting with the skycrapers area, the Kabukicho distric, close to Shinjuku Station is also now known as the city's traditional "pleasure quarters," it is still known as a red-light district, but has also become a major shopping, restaurant, and nightclub area as well. The district's name comes from late-1940s plans to build a kabuki theater: although the theater was never built, the name stuck.
4 photos were added under the reference #001-000103.
The Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal, or Tokyo Port Terminal, has been designed by the Japanese architect Minoru Takeyama.
The observatory located on the top of the terminal offers a large panoramic view over the Tokyo Bay and the Rainbow Bridge, from Odaiba to the Tokyo Tower.
11 photos were added under the reference #001-000199.
The construction of the Mirabeau Bridge started in 1893 under the direction of the engineer Rabel and designed with Amédée Alby and Jean Résal. Constructed by Daydé & Pillé and Letellier the 173 meters arch bridge was achived in 1896.
Four colossal bronze sculptures representing allegories and sea-deities, designed by Jean-Antoine Injalbert, stand on each sides. On the left bank: an allegory of commerce and its trompet (002-000032.008) and an allegory of navigation with its harpoon on the opposite, on the same base (002-000032.018). On the right bank: The Abundance standing a torch (002-000032.028) and
The bridge is dedicated to the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26, 1880 – November 9, 1918) because his poem "Sous le Pont Mirabeau" (Below the Mirabeau Bridge) that has been sung by so many people such as Leo Ferré, Serge Reggiani, The Pogues...
50 were added with the framework of the 'Bridges of Paris' project, under the reference #002-000032.
Conçu par l'ingénieur Rabel responsable des ponts de Paris, assisté des ingénieurs Résal et Alby, c'est le premier pont métallique en arcs à culasses, composé de deux ossatures symétriques qui, en s'arc-boutant, donnent à la structure son équilibre. Le pont comprend une arche centrale de 93 mètres encadrée de 2 arches de 32.4 mètres de portée. Malgré son abaissement extrême au niveau des quais, il offre un espace suffisant au passage des péniches.
Quatre colossales figures en bronze, représentant des divinités de la mer assises en amazone (Jean-Antoine Injalbert) ornent les fondements en maçonnerie qui s'enfoncent à 16 mètres sous le niveau de la Seine. Les piles sont recouvertes de granit de Cherbourg et de pierre calcaire. L'allégorie du Génie du commerce soufflant dans une trompette dorée, et tenant de sa main droite une rame-gouvernail occupe la rive gauche. En poupe, la Navigation, nue, tient un harpon au moyen de cordages enroulés sur son bras gauche. La Ville de Paris occupe la rive opposée. En poupe, l'Abondance, nue, maintient le cap en serrant son gouvernail et en brandissant un flambeau à la flamme dorée.
The West circular-expressway bridge or Downstream bridge ("Pont du Périphérique Sud-Ouest" or "Pont aval"), Paris, France. This concrete bridge was builded from 1966 to 1968 by J.F. Coste, J. Mathivat and L. Arsène-Henry (lenght: 312,5 m, width: 34.6 m).
The photo was taken outside the limits of Paris because the city starts at the bridge level with on the left bank the XVIth district and the XVth district on the right. Far in the distance, on the right: the Beaugrenelle buildings and the Eiffel Tower.
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