I AM HEEEERRREEE!!!!!!
View out of Yaesu Fujiya Hotel of Central Tokyo. |
Ditto. Behind the reflection of my flash, you would have seen the Asahi building. |
GODZILLA!!!! |
GODZILLA!!!! |
This is what pretty much all of Ginza looks like. Kawaii! |
Ginza again. The red things are phone booths, and note the tiny streets. |
Hibiya Kouen, and look, Rick!! Trees!! There is a cat in this picture, who was strolling by in the trees. |
Isn't it beautiful? In the center of Tokyo. |
The main fountain at Hibiya Kouen. |
That fountain is actually a crane with its head thrown back and wings forward. |
I saw a lot of "sararimen" (white collar workers) taking a break in the garden. |
I haven't the slightest what this column is for. |
This is (unfortunately) a poor shot of Tokyo Tower. |
This is that amazingly out of place Shinto shrine near Kamigawa station, vine-wrapped staircase. |
Better shot of the stone stairway. |
The view from directly under the torii (gate). That pyramidal building behind it is an office building. |
This is one of the lions that guard the gate, entirely stone. |
This is the fountain at which worshippers purify themselves. I don't know why a cd hangs from it. |
This is one of the lions that guard the gate, entirely stone. |
Detail of the fountain, which is a dragon. And the CD. :) |
The view down. |
This is a storefront for a club in Roppongi. That metallic guy coming out of the wall is about seventy feet tall. |
Between trains, a dead time on my platform at Tokyo station. The train there is a double decker Shinkansen. |
My train, the Hikari to Kyoto (actually the final destination for the train was Okayama). |
A different view of my train. |
This is what the inside looks like. |
This is one of the kiosks that are very common in the train stations. (View from my window) |
View of fields near Nagoya from my window of the Shinkansen. |
Another view from my window. Much of Japan is mountainous, and unable to be farmed. |
This was my laughable attempt at snapping a photo through five people and on the opposite side of the Shinkansen, of Mount Fuji. |
This is what our Japanese style dorm rooms look like, they're surprisingly big! |
A close up of my tatami floor. I have fallen in love with tatami mat. My bedroom will be floored in it. |
MORE TO COME!!!
Birthday photos!!
(Infamous) Trip to Galveston
Moving Jimmy and Stephanie to Wisconsin
The last few pre-departure pics!