Looking east over Ginza

We arrived this afternoon in Tokyo for the final leg of our trip. We are staying at the Imperial Hotel in Central Tokyo. We have a great view of the lights and signs of the Ginza area, which we explored on foot this evening. Driving into Tokyo via the industrial suburbs of Yokohama and Kawasaki gave us a rather startling appreciation of the size and density of this massive city. The total population of the Tokyo metro is nearly 34 million. Ginza is a fashionable shopping area and the Japanese have overcome the shortage of street level retail space by stacking stores and restaurants six to eight stories above ground level. The buildings have huge vertical signs to show shoppers what lies above them and where.