As I have been to this part of Tokyo previously, I wanted to make sure that this trendy area was the first in the Japanese capital that I visited. The somewhat new district had seduced me since the first time I visited, with the local Starbucks (coffee house) and the gigantic black spider statue that sat behind the view of the Tokyo Tower.

This time around, I stumbled into a previously unknown (to me) portion that had trees all around and quiet traffic. The terrace housed quite a few decadent treasures, like a MINI (the automaker) dealership to a Louis Vuitton location. Either serve absolutely no purpose towards normal humans other than provide treasures to those who don't need it.

Think about this: Roppongi has its own subway station on two subway lines (the Metro Hibiya Line and the Toei Oedo Line), and its residences closely neighbour the commercial area. Where's the need for so much materialism?

Course, this is probably because Roppongi Hills' purpose serves more than its native inhabitants and "urban sprawl" does not exist by exact definition from home, but that's not my point.

Located close to the entrance of the West Walk and one of the main streets in the district, this attraction plays home to a "simulated" forest with climbing trees and a sidewalk awash with grass and other species. The garden is also home to a bumper crop of signs: Directions like "Keep off the (Japanese) Garden" and "No alcohol permitted (in the park's premises)" adorn the Mori Garden.

Probably to make sure that whining foreign farts like I don't treat it as a football field or field hockey... field.