The third dimension - Tokyo
The third dimension - Tokyo
Over time, the megacity of Tokyo has grown out of an entire cluster of cities; surrounding urban areas such as Yokohama and Kawasaki have sprawled out towards the Japanese capital, forming a gigantic metropolitan region inhabited by over 34 million people. Almost a quarter of Japan’s population resides on Tokyo Bay. Among other things, this image from the TerraSAR-X radar satellite shows some imposing high-rise buildings on an island in the river and, to the lower left, St. Luke’s Tower, a 220-metre-high, 51-storey building, connected to the adjacent, lower residential high rise by a bridge that crosses over 100 metres in the air.
