What I love about Tokyo is that on any day of the week, at any given time, you can happen across oddities such as this:

Yes, of course there’s a polar bear plushie outside of the Sony Building. Why wouldn’t there be?

Anyway, as funny as it looked, there is a reason (and it did make me laugh to watch the bear and its sidekick, who looks like he is trying to pretend that he is not on the same gig as the bear): they were out there to promote the Sony Building’s Opus High Vision Theatre and it’s showing of 「3D ハイビジョン旭山動物園」or “3D High Vision Asahiyama Zoo” (a 3D film of some animals at Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido).

In general, the Sony Building is always a good place to cruise by with your camera because you never know what you’ll find out front. They have a display area in front of the building called ソニースクエア (Sony Square) and they change the display quite often. For example, in the summer, I happened to be walking by and I snagged this photo:

You can visit the Sony Building website here (but, if you’re inclined to click on the “English here” link, don’t bother: they have not updated it for well over a year).

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a photo of the amazing Mt. Nantai as caught in a rare sighting from my balcony, and I used a sunset shot of Mt. Fuji (富士山) for comparison. However, while going through my archives today, I found a shot that gives you a much better idea of what Mt. Fuji looks like from central Tokyo if and when it is visible.

This particular shot was taken in November 2008 and it reminds me that I should venture to the other side of my building on the next clear day:

The boat heading out into the bay is one of the boats that goes back and forth between Hinode Pier and Odaiba every 30 minutes. Here’s a shot taken from Hinode, while waiting for the boat to arrive: