Neonsim

Hellow all and welcome back, This is a pretty simple update, Just showing progress in my central tokyo area(the main area around the government center, etc) Start off with some nice Ariel shots. So you can get a sense of the density. and otherwise urban chaos. that is tokyo japan. And a night shot for good measure. Moving on to focus on shinjuku, for now shinjuku area around shinjuku station Not to be confused with Akihabara this area is also a huge electronics spot, 2nd behind akihabara, you wont find in cosply or tons of anime shops though. Moving on to Shibuya, if you know tokyo, then you know shibuya, is one of THE LARGEST hotspots for fashion, and amazingly beautiful women. And hope you enjoyed this small update, thank you for stopping by and happy holidays!

Lol, Congratulations on being the only person to spot that so far. it's like an easter egg.

Shuto Expressway Shuto Expressway system shown in red, other interconnected expressways in green Shuto Expressway (. Metropolitan Expressway) is a network of toll expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd. . Most routes consist of elevated roadway above other roads or over water, and have many sharp curves which require caution to drive safely. Tunnels are also used on routes near the waterfront and Haneda airport. The speed limit is 60 km/h on most routes, but 80 km/h on the Bayshore Route, and 50 km/h on the Inner Circular Route. All trips on the expressway require a toll be paid, but unlike most expressways in Japan, though similar to the Hanshin Expressway system in Osaka, the toll is the same regardless of distance travelled. As of 2008, the toll for a standard-size car is ¥700 on Tokyo routes (both circular and radial), ¥600 on Kanagawa routes and ¥400 yen on Saitama routes. For large vehicles, the toll is doubled. There are plans to change from fixed tolls to distance tolls in the future. 1 Routes 1.1 Circular (loop) routes 1.2 Radial routes 1.3 Kanagawa routes 1.4 Saitama routes 2 History 3 Street racing 4 References 5 See also 6 External links Routes There are 24 routes currently in operation: Circular (loop) routes C1 Inner Circular Route C2 Central Circular Route — loop is currently incomplete; the Yamate Tunnel, a major extension, opened on December 22, 2007. Y Yaesu Route — via Tokyo Expressway The Shuto Expressway as it crosses Rainbow Bridge [edit] Radial routes No. 1 Ueno Route (Edobashi JCT - Iriya) No. 1 Haneda Route (Hamazaki-bashi JCT - Haneda) No. 2 Meguro Route (Ichinohashi JCT - Togoshi) No. 3 Shibuya Route (Tanimachi JCT - Yoga) No. 4 Shinjuku Route (Miyakezaka JCT - Takaido) No. 5 Ikebukuro Route (Takebashi JCT - Bijogi JCT) No. 6 Mukojima Route (Edobashi JCT - Horikiri JCT) No. 6 Misato Route (Kosuge JCT - Misato JCT) No. 7 Komatsugawa Route (Ryogoku JCT - Yagochi) No. 9 Fukagawa Route (Hakozaki JCT - Tatsumi JCT) No. 10 Harumi Route (under construction) No. 11 Daiba Route (Shibaura JCT - Ariake JCT) S1 Kawaguchi Route (Kohoku JCT - Kawaguchi JCT) B Bayshore Route (Kawasaki-ukishima JCT - Koya) Kanagawa routes K1 Yokohane Route (Haneda - Ishikawa-cho JCT) K2 Mitsusawa Route (Kinko JCT - Mitsuzawa) K3 Kariba Route (Honmoku JCT - Kariba) K5 Daikoku Route (Namamugi JCT - Daikoku JCT) K6 Kawasaki Route (Tonomachi - Kawasaki-ukishima JCT) B Bayshore Route (Namiki - Kawasaki-ukishima JCT) (Yokohama Circular Route (under construction)') Saitama routes S2 Saitama Shintoshin Route (Yono - Saitama-Minuma) S5 Omiya Route (Bijogi JCT - Yono) History Rainbow Bridge on the Daiba Route The Metropolitan Expressway was first built between Kyobashi Exit in Ch??, Tokyo and Shibaura Exit in Minato, Tokyo in 1962 for the purpose of increasing traffic flow efficiency in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, thus optimizing and improving the functionality of the traffic system. Since then, 280 kilometres of highway network has been built in the Tokyo metropolitan area; 30 kilometres more of highway are either constructed or planned, making the Metropolitan Expressway a vast network of urban expressway in the Tokyo region. Even though a legal amendment on 1 April 2005 generally allows a person aged at least 20 with a motorcycledriver license for at least 3 years to carry a passenger on a two-wheel motorcycle on a freeway, some segments including C1 line of the Shuto Expressway still prohibits passengers on two-wheel motorcycles. See also the map in Japanese. Motorcycles with passengers cannot pass through the Shuto Expressway from the Tomei Expressway to other expressways. Street racing Shuto Expressway at night Like all others expressways in Japan including the Tomei Expressway, the Shuto line has become a common street racing road. One of the line Bayshore Route (or known as the Wangan by hashiriyas) received worldwide notoriety during the 90's was the home course for the MidNight Club, one of the most notorious street racing clubs, who were known for their 300 km/h, sometimes 320 km/h exploits. Due to this infamy, the Wangan is the setting for several entertainment properties, such as the manga and arcade game Wangan Midnight, video game Shutokou Battle and the movie series Shuto Kousoku Trial. Numerous car enthusiast magazines and DVDs, like Best Motoring, also highlight races and activities on the Wangan.[1][2][3] References ^ Hot Version Vol. 87 (Wangan Midnight homage) ^ JDM Option International - Vol 6: 2004 D1 Grand Prix Ebisu (Chiba Footage from Tokyo WANGAN Scene) ^ JDM Option International - Vol. 7: Super High Speed Drift (Chiba Footage from Tokyo WANGAN Scene) First up, Shinjuku route. `+- Some highway entrance marks on shinjuku route. Shibuya route, Ground level highway. A tunnel under a building on the shibuya route, Shibuya route snaking its way through shibuya Working on Shinjuku route, that leads to R246, Had to tare down some buildings just to get this tunnel were it is suposed to be, as you can see, tokiwa complex and tokyo opera city tower were some of the victims, i also had to tare this whole area down just because the highway did not fit right, but i got that fixed as well. Thank god i looked on the street view, on satilite view, this is still a few patches of bridges with alot of construction... guess that was back when there was no tunnel(Nice heads up tepodon, i wouldnt have ever looked if you hadent told me, Also this is called metropalitan expressway Central curcular loop. Metropalitin Bay shore, Day and Night. Starting with day. Running through the Heart if henada Airport. At night, Ignore the apartment building on the Right. its temporary. W.I.P night shot, still alot more to go.

Hello, Neonsim here. Alot of you may remember me, i think, to the new comers welcome to my Recreation of Tokyo Japan using Google Earth, I say recreation because i'm recreating all of it, The 23 major wards, Railways, Freeways, small cities and towns inside of the Metropolitan Area of Tokyo. all the Way to Tokyo Bay and the Haneda international Airport. this is going to take a long time to finish...years really, but i've got a great start...and lucky for me, the outskirts of Tokyo...are just Residential houses and schools... where as the center is the Grit and girth of office buildings...residential towers and etc. So with out further ado, it has been quite awhile CJ readers and bloggers, i have not been on the CJ in some time, iv'e been so busy with other things in my life plus my sim city 4 not being able to load my region which was absolutely devastating as this CJ has taken so long to make and still is today and still have so long to go in the future, but now that i can finally access it, i am more excited then ever to bring you the most detailed and realistic recreation of the whole of Tokyo that i can possibly manage, from Shibuya...to Shinjuku and everything in between, i have already been ,mapping out roads, highways and rail ways around the map, as you will see in the Transportation overview, I have been working on separate areas rather then staying in one place only seeing as how the city is so large. In this update i will be showing updates on my Akihabara, Aka electric town, Akihabara 秋葉原！Imperial Palace and Shidome,roppongi. But first a Transportation and satailite overview. Here you can see i have been connecting the freeways and railways of the Tokyo region, Center is the imperial gardens which i am currently working on at the moment, The purple rail line you see is the Yamanote line that runs from the south of tokyo to the Akihabara Station and onwards, (Imperial gardens is the lastest Green land in Tokyo behind Yoyogi park and Shinjuku Gyoen International Gardens, The imperial grounds also feature Nippon Budokan, a collesium like Tokyo Dome. I have to move the Ginza, as Ginza is right under the Main Yamanote Station in the Imperial palace area in Chiyoda. A Satalite Image. These two pictures are from late 2014, to keep you in suspense, I have finished alot more than what you see now it's a surprise though Imperial Palace and Gardens. Tokyo Japan. This is what i currently have for the Imperial Gardens area, i terraformed out the River system(still needs some smoothing work) but got the length and width correct going by how large the actual avanues are in real life, at the top Left you can see the Yamanote line which will also feature the Yamanote Ginza Station. In the lower Center You can see the Green Nippon Budakon Collesium, This area is located in the ward of Chiyoda. A close up of Budakon. Nippon Budakon and the Innercular Toll Road, apart of the C1 loop from shinjuku. A close up of the palace and the inner grounds. I tried to get these areas as close to possible on a real life scale, i find using Google Earth 3d view...is extremely helpful for this. I still have to add gardens and a lake within the grounds, It's amazing how this massive oasis is nothing but a pebble in the urban chaos and concrete jungle of Tokyo. Shidome Skyline, Tokyo Japan. Here is small update of the Shibuya outter area which includes shidome, Roppongi and etc. the highway you see snaking through is the C2 outter toll road. Downtown with the super cool ative shidome tower.(right) Shinjuku Skyline, Tokyo Japan. Some pictures of Shinjuku downtown(Skyline) just for good measure. The freeway you see by the Shinjuku park tower(the building with 3 towers together in the top left) is called C1 inner loop, which snakes it's way through shinjukugocomae, the massive station you see at the bottom middle is Shinjuku station. which takes millions of passengers a day. The complex to the left with the UI bubble is the Eastern Japan Railway HQ. Fun fact, there are over (Try counting all the buildings in this picture.) it's almost dizying how many there are, puts you in a mini culture shock. Akihabara!! And a storm trooper, with a guitar. AKIHABARA!!! My hands down favorite area of Tokyo, All of the Anime, Manga, Games, and just any kind of Electronic you can find in general can be found here. Zoomed out. The Rail line you see is the Yamanote line, (coming from the middle down to the main Station in the right (Akihabara Station) The Three main towers you see are part of the Aki Cross feild Complex(Akihabara Crossfeild UDX) home to Many, many, many Animation studios, a animation university, and a high school. the massive Building in the back is the Akihabara Yodobashi akiba, the largest Electronics store in the world. On the main strip, you can see many familiar Akihabara buildings, such as LAOX, sega arcade, Taito game station, AOKI, Shonsen tower, Don Quijote, Animate and many many more.My otaku Sims love them very much. The buildings and streets are point and square where they are located in real life, Again...thanks to the 3d view on Google Earth(A life saver) zoomed in. Night I don't remember the name of the Lighting mod i used for Day and night, But it's amazing. I'm telling you right now, working on this Recreation and CJ has just been an absolutely amazing and incredible experience, Recreating one of the largest cities on earth in fine detail is no Easy task not by any long shot. I could have aproached this with something that looks similar, but no, I want Tokyo down to fine details in different wards. Well that's all for now, thank you for reading, please be sure to rate and Follow, as i have Much more to show you.

I made them myself, TMG 2, Grand Hyatt Shinjuku and Shinjuku Park Tower, i also made a ton of Akiba buildings, and i plan to release them on the Stex but everytime i try to upload i get an error and it won't let me, so instead i upload them to other sites(japanese bat sites) https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=361.0

Again, i can't thank everyone enough for all of the motivating comments, please look forward to more, i will post the finished shiodomae area today later on so keep a heads up

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments, i really apreciate this, yes Tokyo is back and it's here to stay For anyone looking up Japanese bats, office towers, or my Akiba buildings like Don quijote, Aoki, taito station, yodobashi akiba, UDX Crossfire complex and many more, here are some links for you. The Gateway to the mecca of All Japanese bats and up to date bats. they're all the still active aswell. https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=361.0 Happy Bat Hunting

wow, great work so far!

Thanks for all the comments guys and gals, really apreciate it! please look forward to more. Kind of feels like the old days

TekindusT buddy, boy i have not seen that name in awhile either, thank you for always keeping up with my CJ, man i'm so excited to see it back on here, it only gets better from here though TOKYO IS BACK!

Thank you for the kind words roots, it has indeed been a long road with alot more to go, i'm really enjoying and having fun with it

Thank you very much

thanks guys, it just sucks that the quality of the video is so low, but i will make a new one with fraps soon!

So, this time i wanted to do something different, instead of taking pics for this entry, i decided to make a video, to show my recreation of Akihabara in motion, I tried my very best to capture the essence and energy of electric town. and get the map as close to the real thing as possible in the process. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB3WHjfg2CM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUwEW_7hR6OgYH-a2q1CUc4A I hope you enjoyed that, i will update with pics soon. thank you! Thanks to all the people who have followed me through this project through out the years! and thank you STCJ!

Well, it's been awhile, again, not to long actually, i just wanted to share how the satellite and transportation view of the region is going. this will be a short entry, but a picture says a thousand words Is one of of the transportation map, And here is one of the satellite map. I have to say, i really like developing the Akihabara area the most, As it is my favorite area in tokyo. Thanks for looking, and stay tuned for more

I'm trying to keep it 100% accurate to the real thing, The main city(Shinjuku, is literally in the center of the map irl, plus i did some measurements of distance between cities, and it's pretty spot on, Shinjuku  is Very,very far away from the coast(Tokyo Bay) highways are pretty much where they are in real life,albeit not exactly down to correct scale, the whole map will be covered when i am done. Infact this region update, is a pic from January 2013, You should see how the entire region looks now ;)  But i will show that later on in the year along with some closing region shots, needless to say after putting in the actual residential areas around Tokyo center, i am now up to 500.000 sims, rather then 114.000 :)

Thanks guys, I will soon publish a massive update for my Akihabara area. Please look forward to it!

Good job. looking forward to it

Hmmmmm, wow this my first time hearing of this, then again....iv'e been away for so long, and so much has changed lol [color=#000000][font=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=5]( )／[/size][/font][/color]

Thank you everyone!!! I know i stopped updates for a while(2 year...) but now that i'm back, expect alot more! familiarity is exactly, what i wanted to recreate, the vibe of each individual area, How you can instantly tell akihabara apart from shinjuku or ginza, that is what i'm trying my best to achieve. Also going off google maps is tricky, Tokyo is such a mess of networks, but somehow i get by(lol),

Shinjuku station is on the 6th and 7th pic on the left, the massive station lol. And thank you everyone, i really appreciate the love! i will continue doing my best!

[color=#800080][b]Thank you everyone, i have really enjoyed doing this city journal, almost 40.000 veiws and almost 300 comments, i apreciate the love, I will continue to bring you more update of my city, right now i'm still doing akihabara, also mystic you can check out other parts of the city in main page, THANK YOU EVERYONE!. I WILL CONTINUE TO DO MY BEST.[/b][/color]

Hellow i know it's been a very long time (2 years?) But i am back and got alot of new updates for you all, up now, my favorite spot in Tokyo, Akihabara If you love anime and electronics such as games, then akihabara is your one stop destination. Hundreds of electronics shops, ranging from tiny one man stalls specializing in a particular electronic component to large electronics retailers, line the main Chuo Dori street and the crowded side streets around Akihabara. They offer everything from the newest computers, cameras, televisions, mobile phones, electronics parts and home appliances to second-hand goods and electronic junk. A few chain stores, such as Sofmap, Ishimaru and Laox, each operate multiple specialized branches along the main roads, while small independent shops can be found in the side streets. The only mega sized store is the Yodobashi Camera complex on the east side of the station. Note that some of the electronics on sale are only intended for use in Japan due to voltage and other technical differences, Japanese language documentation and limited warranties. However, several stores also feature a selection of international models intended for overseas use, and most also offer duty free shopping to foreign tourists on purchases of over 10,000 yen So welcome to my akihabara recreation!! so glad to be back !! First off is an overhead shot of akihabara work in progress if you have been here or looked it up then this should look very familiar to you, you have soto kanda road, filled with real life counter parts in the most accurate placements, such as Don quijote , taito game station AOKI akihabara and akihabara station, as well as akihabara crossfeild and UDX buildings in the back(3 towers) I tried to get the placements of bridges rails and roads as 100% as possible, it's a real challenge considering the overall complexity and chaos that makes up Tokyo's transportation network.. Next we move onto Electrictown GATE or LAOX a massive retail store that specializes in everything electronics also manga and anime. And at night. Next one of the most photogenic and recognizable spots of akihabara Here you have don quijote, taito game station and toranoana manga/anime, and for refference ( these buildings will be avaible soon.) A real life shot. Next is some random shots around my akihabara, including night Over head nightshot aki rail line snaking through the dense urban jungle. another angle of soto kanda road, Anime and otaku hub central heaven everything from DVD's to life sized figures, also a Gundam cafe next to radio akiba. akihabara station. fun fact: getting out of it is a maze in real life, it can take a while if your not experienced. Just watch out for the otokonna(men dressed in wemon cosplay and even full body cosplay). Theres a girl under this one, but you get the jist. AOKI lit up at night, i made it slightly too bright. (availabe soon.) SOFMAP ,ISHIMARU(largest anime store in the world, not counting UDX) and AOKI, this is a very famous intersection, also soto kanda road is often closed off in real life for foot trafic after certain hours, Just like chou dori road in giza and otome road in ikebukuro the (female akihabara). And to finish up some akihabara outskirts including the michidori twin castle. Akiba line snaking along side a river. Michidori twin castle, day and night. I hope you enjoyed this entry, please rate and leave a comment thank you Also, BATS will be availabe soon, I am having a problem uploading them, but i will have them uploaded soon. And as a finish,3 famous spot shots of the REAL akihabara.

[b][color=#800080]Thank you everyone it's been a long time hasnt it...i think over 2 years since the last update lol, And yes tep i missed you to buddy ! I'm here to stay this time, wait till you see the completed Shibuya, harajuku and shinjuku. and other parts of tokyo that i have been working on, remember, this will be the ENTIRE tokyo area, not just snippits here and there.[/color][/b]

Very large update on the way, Stay tuned