I became a fan of the Gran Turismo series of games over ten years ago on the original Sony Playstation. It was and is pretty much the gold standard of how a console video game should play. I became intrigued with one of the courses which is called Route 246 in the game and traverses a semi-rectangular course beginning close to Akasaka-Mitsuke crossing on Aoyama Dori where it loops around the eastern parts of Shinjuku-ku passing Jingu and the National Stadiums and wrapping around Moto-Akasaka 2-chome.
The original version was shot in 2004. Two years later in 2006 the last version was shot. Once Gran Turismo 5 is released, perhaps in late 2009, I will shoot another version of these frames and get them published. There is a guy called “interceptor” who took the trouble of screen capturing all of my 2006 shots. They are captured here.
Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery at the Meiji Jingu Outer Gardens
Updated Shot of Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
Screen Capture of Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
Hi, very nice post. I have been wonder’n bout this issue,so thanks for posting
I spent 6 months in Tokyo and rode a cruddy bike around the Route 246 for some fun….this course has a serious dips and hills not obvious playing the game. I’m quite sure the cars woul become airborne in some sections.