Tokyo, Japan
Today we're returning again to the iconic capital of Japan - Tokyo. Over the past couple of months, I've been quietly upgrading this recreation with plenty of new BATs - and although it's still not entirely complete, it currently stands as one of my largest custom content projects to date and one my largest recreations as well. The first half of the update will showcase some of the various scenes that I've been finishing off across the city, just ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics - and I'll even be including a scene from the start of the games as well. The second half of the update will then take us to a side of Tokyo you haven't seen before - so stay tuned!
We'll begin our look at the city with a stop at the iconic orange and white Tokyo Tower during autumn. Opening in 1958, it quickly became one of the country's most prominent landmarks.
The next sight is a mosaic of Ginza, Marunouchi, and Shiodome - these popular upscale shopping districts of Tokyo are well known for their elegant shops and luxurious malls - and the numerous skyscrapers nearby that tower over them.
We now see a view of the towering 2,080 foot tall Tokyo Skytree. Opening in 2012, it's Japan's tallest structure and is quite beautiful during the springtime when the cherry trees are in full blossom.
Here we see another one of the city's most famous landmarks during springtime - the University of Tokyo. Established in 1877, it gained prominence as the country's first imperial university.
We now move into Shinjuku - one of East Asia's most impressive skylines and leading business districts. Built in 1994, the 771 foot tall Shinjuku Park Tower is one of the city's tallest and most recognizable skyscrapers.
Shinjuku's famous skyline as seen from above.
We'll now take a short look ahead to the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Despite the year-long delay, the games are finally set to commence in about a week - and the fireworks display to mark the start of the games will truly be a sight to behold.
For the second part of the update, we're taking a look at Tokyo after people. Humanity on Earth could theoretically come to an end in any number of ways - with climate change, overpopulation, nuclear and biological warfare, population decline, supervolcanic eruptions, and even the inevitable destruction of the sun being one day being the possible causes. Whatever it ends up being, the iconic cities of our planet that we know so well could look dramatically different in a couple of decades if humanity was to suddenly vanish. Here's my rendition of a slowly crumbling Tokyo, seen roughly 50 years after the last humans set foot in the city. With a dense canopy of trees reclaiming the city's dense core, Tokyo will soon be unrecognizable - and the heart of Tokyo and central Ginza will soon be reclaimed by the rising Pacific Ocean. With no human intervention in this crumbling city, Tokyo will soon sink beneath sea level, signaling this iconic city's final days.
Nature is beginning to slowly take over every corner of the city..
A few shots of Tokyo's most iconic landmarks like the Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Skytree starting to crumble and topple over.
One more view of the destruction and decay from above - Tokyo's famed Shinjuku district is a shell of it's former self.
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-korver
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