Japan

11.4.2014 - Ginza at night, Tokyo

Sensoji temple, Asakusa

Asakusa contd.

Asakusa from above

At the Imperial Hotel

13.4.2014 - Imperial Gardens

Meiji Shrine

Traditional Japanese marriage ceremony

The Meiji Shrine

Harajuku Style

Omotesando street

14.4.2014 - Tsukiji market at 04:30 in the morning...

Very early sushi breakfast at the market

School children in uniform

Hama Rikyu Gardens

A cruise on Sumida River

Tokyo Underground

Ueno Park

15.4.2014 - Tokyo Station, boarding the train to Odawara

Mount Fuji from the train

Odawara Castle

Driving in a rental car towards Hakone

Hotel Fujiya, Hakone

Visiting a lake overlooking Mount Fuji

16.4.2014 - Doing The Hakone Loop

Koi fish at the hotel pond

17.4.2024 - Driving to Matsumoto

Matsumoto

18.4.2014 - (Yayo) Kusama Museum

We eat at YUDANAKA

The Snow Monkeys

Yudanaka Onsen (A hot spring resort)

The navigation panel (GPS) in our rented car

A modern, clean Japanese toilet

On the way to Takayama across the Japanese Alps

19.4.2014 - Takayama

20.4.2014 - Takayama Hida Folk Village

Hida Takayama Teddy Bear Eco Village (and museum)

Shirakawa Go - A UNESCO World Heritage site

21.4.2014 - Kanazawa

Kanazawa market

Samurai district

Kenroku-en Garden

The hotel's automated parking lot

22.4.2014 - Kyoto

Very clean cement truck...

23.4.2014

Nijo Castle

Silver Temple (Ginkakuji)

Philosopher's path

Jizo statues with bibs

Gion Geisha district

24.4.2014 - Fushimi Inari Temple

Extremely expensive price of fruits

Riding the bus to the Golden Temple in Kyoto

The Golden Temple (Kinkaku-ji)

Rioanji Temple

Cleaned and pressed T-shirts

25.4.2014 - Nara

Nara Park & the wild deer

Todaiji Temple

Kofukuji Temple - Blessing of the children

26.4.2014 - Hiroshima train station

A helpful direction note from Hiroshima railway employee

Miyajima Island near Hiroshima

Miyajima Grand Hotel Arimoto

Stephanie is trying to drink tea “Japanese Style” while having a serious laughing fit in our hotel room

A Futon: a traditional Japanese bed

A traditional Japanese dinner

27.4.2014 - Itsukushima Shinto shrine

More Miyajima views

Hiroshima (end of a baseball game)

Atomic Bomb Dome

28.4.2014 - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

A man dressed as a woman

29.4.2014 - Boarding the Shinkansen high-speed train to Tokyo (about 4 hours covering 816 km)

30.4.2014 - Shinjuku: Tokyo Metropolitan Government offices

Shinjuku station: the busiest station in the world

Shibuya Station map of exits

Instructions “How to wash your bottom in the toilet”

Statue of Hachikō - The most famous dog in Japan

Shibuya Crossing

price of a prime melon : about 320USD (in 2014)

30.4.2014 - Odaiba district

Tokyo views from the observation deck in Ropongi Hills tower