 Japan is a strange mix of countryside and super-packed metropolis |
 A neighbourhood in Tokyo |
 Even the pigeons in Japan are a lot more polite (and educated!) than ours |
 Walkway at a temple |
 A 5-tiered pagoda |
 Pot for incense sticks in front of a temple |
 Decorative roof |
 Many of the statues on temple grounds are "dressed" |
 Banners and a stone lantern |
 Samurai statue |
 Entrance to the park surrounding the Meiji-jingu shrine |
 Everything gets swept, including the grass |
 Drums for... good luck? |
 Wedding |
 Wedding |
 Post on a roof at the temple |
 Meiji-jingu shrine through the doorway |
 Meiji-jingu shrine |
 Wishing, wishing on a star... |
 More wishes |
 Newlyweds? |
 Wedding |
 Cedars with an old temple building |
 Cedars at the entrance fo the Meiji-jingu shrine |
 Ladles and fountain for washing your hands before you enter the temple |
 Shady path |
 Rest spot |
 Cos-play-zoku girls |
 Cos-play-zoku girls |
 Bamboo |
 Imperial Palace grounds |
 Stepping stones |
 Through the woods |
 Old lanterns at the imperial palace |
 Guardhouse in the wall of the compound surrounding the park |
 Quack Quack! |
 Small temple near my hotel |
 Wishing "tree" |
 Good-luck statue |
 Buddha? |
 Ueno Park |
 Even the fountains here are uber-designed! |
 Guard at the (non-tourist) entrance to the Imperial Palace |
 Moat around the Imperial Palace |
 Downtown Tokyo |
 Tsukiji Fish Market |
 Pick a fish, any fish! |
 What's all slimy and has 3 tentacles? |
 Mmmm, tuna sushi! |
 Catch of the day - and that's a lot of fish, since the frigdes are human-sized! |
 Step riiiiiight up! |
 Master carver at work |
 The master's toolkit |
 Yummy-delicious sushi lunch in one of the hole-in-the-wall places around Tsukiji fish market |
 The full meal |
 Catching the midnight train on the Tokyo Metro |
 Kabuki Theatre |
 Kabuki Theatre |
 Kabuki Theatre |
 Where do they find guys who can make faces like these? |
 Entrance to the Yasukuni-jinga |
 Yasukuni shrine |
 6-crosswalk intersection (2 diagonal crosswalks) at Shibuya Metro station |
 Walking through Nikko |
 Temple in Nikko |