At the start of 2019, I got a new project at work, and it involved a somewhat unexpected trip to Tokyo. We stayed in Nishi-Shinjuku, at the Hilton, which I had not stayed in since 2015. I’m a big fan of this hotel because of the city views it provides, and this time, I lucked out with my room and view.

I spent most of the trip commuting between the office and the hotel, and working from the hotel in the evenings… so here’s a little study on the view from room 3219.

The first night, as usual, was pretty rough with jetlag. I woke up around 3am and just worked.

Not many locals were in the office on a Monday at 4am…

The sunrise was pretty lit tho.

Morning light hitting the Shinjuku I-land Tower

A glowing Shinjuku Mitsui Building

Tuesday evening. Folks were definitely workin’ late.

Details…

Zoomed out.

Wednesday. Taken with a foggy window…

Taken with a clean window…

Sunrise on Wednesday

Fire in the sky

One of the few non-hotel photos… Here’s the Azusa Express from Shinjuku to Tachikawa.

On Saturday, I had a few hours to kill before checkout. It was also a bluebird day.

I could stare at these lines all day…

I love this design element.

Shinjuku Sompo Building, my fav skyscraper here, and Shinjuku Center Building

I had one errand to run; before check-out

I made my way over to Map Camera, I had never noticed this view of the Sompo Building

Anyways, I picked up a used 12-24mm lens, and made my way back

Look how wiiiiiiiiide it is! After this, I checked out, and moved to the Shinjuku Gracery, to start a short Tokyo staycation!