Dinner our first night with Churcho's mate. great Sashmi and food on sticks!!

Tokyo Tower from Roppongi

Roppongi and Tokyo Tower

View from Roppongi Hills building complex

Another view from Roppongi Hills building

Modern art in the Roppongi hills building

A couple of beers and churcho looks asian

14 hour flight and the samarai's are up early for Mt Fuji

Truck stop for a bite on the way to Mt. Fuji

Every trucker needs a good monkey

Giants - the most traditional team????

Mt. Fuji is enormous

Mt Fuji Info

Us

Mt. Fuji

Mt Fuji 2

Mt Fuji 3

Tourists

We go for a ship ride on Lake Ashi

Lake Ashi from the pirate ship

Sulfer springs in Owakundani Valley

Owakundani Valley from the Hakone ropeway

Owakundani Valley

Sulfer cooked eggs add years to your life

Land of the rising sun

Maybe the eggs will fix the wrinkled eyes - Happy Easter 2004

We take the bullet train back to Tokyo

Ahh yeah, must be this one

The Imperial palace, and its famous Nijubashi bridge in front of the main entrance

Its the little differences that make it odd

Japanese tour and church

Refreshing hydro-colonics station??

An artist painting scenes from the imperial palace

Imperial palace with reflection

This is what the woman was painting

The water park and fun with the shutter speed on my camera

Cheery blossoms still in bloom

Old and New / Rich and Poor

Statue surrounding imperial palace

Tranquil setttings in a busy city

Zojoji Temple in the shadow of the Tokyo Tower

Church on the Zojoji Temple stairs

Zojoji Temple entrance

Children's memorials at the Zojoji Temple

..with spinning wind mills

Rows and Rows and Rows of them

People pay respect to the children born as ghosts

Walk through Shimbashi neighbohood to catch a subway train

Somehow we make it to Shibuya

This is a big shopping district

Shibuya 109 - a famous fashion building for young woman. Ofcourse it was a must see

Shibuya 109

West meets East

The school girl look you hear so much about

My favorite Tokyo shot - I believe its Takeshita Dori in the Shibuya area

After a drunken night / morning at the fish market churcho and I make it to the Asakusa area

Nakamise - 100m street lined with shops from Kaminarimon Gate to the Hozomon Gate

Hozomon Gate

Sensoji Temple

Locals outside the shrine

Inside the shrine

Inside roof of the shrine

Part of the Sensoji Temple area

Asakusajinja Shrine

Ourside the Asakusajinja Shrine

Childrens monument near the Asakusajinja Shrine

Buddahs near the Asakusajinja Shrine

Original public transportation

Tokyo station built in 1914 - we catch a train to the airport

Maybe this train??

Electronic subway maps

Great meal at Inakaya (Great Restaurant) in Roppongi area

The best tuna I've ever had

Fish was delicious

All of us at the resteraunt - Me, Doug, Church, Leitner, and Chris

The Japanese Beetles!!!!!!

Doug joins for a night of Japanese Beatles and a night of drinking

The boys and the Beatles # 1 Fan

Its been a hard days night!!

Our Thai friends we met in Wallstreet in Roppongi

Late Night