Japan #2 - 4/2008 Photo Gallery by Dan at pbase.com

Japan #2 - 4/2008

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Japanese Cities in this tour © Daniel Moore

On our second trip to Japan, we explored the
following cities:

Osaka: the historic commercial center of Japan
Nara: a historical city of shrines and temples
Kyoto: another historic city of shrines and temples
Hakone: a resort town near Mount Fuji
Tokyo: the capital of Japan

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Cherry Blossoms	Elderhostelers	[Osaka] Approaching Osaka Castle	Osaka Castle
Child in Historic Costume	Koto Concert	Park Near Hotel	Shrine Near Hotel
Fortune Requests at Wedded Rocks	Shitennoji Temple	Guardian at Shitennoji Temple	Shitennoji Temple
Prayer Flags at Shitennoji Temple	Bunraku Puppet	Bunraku Puppeteers	[Nara] Pagoda at Sarusawa-ike Pond
Evening Walk	Naramechi Area	Tombstones in the Naramechi Area	Great Buddha Temple
The Great Buddha	The Great Buddha	Grandfather and Child	Incense Blessing
Weeping Cherry Blossom Tree	Cherry Blossom Close-Up	School Children on Outing	Outside the Todai-ji Temple
Horyu-ji Temple	Horyu-ji Temple	Horyu-ji Temple	The Nara Deer
Akiko and Yuko	Rural Home with Tea Plants	[Kyoto] Entrance to Miho Museum	Cherry Blossoms at Miho Museum Entrance
Tunnel to Miho Museum	Tunnel Exit to Miho Museum	Noh Theater Mask	Noh Theater Costume
Noh Theater Performer	Gardens of Kyoto National Museum	Lamp Enclosure Detail	Shoes are Removed When Entering a Temple
Gardens of Nijo-jo Castle	Ryoan-ji Temple	Ryoan-ji Temple Gardens	Golden Pavilion
Young Fashion	Museum of Traditional Arts Gardens	Roofs	Kimono Dressing Demonstration
Kiyomizu-dera Temple	Kiyomizu-dera Temple	Kiyomizu-dera Temple Balcony	Looking Over the Edge
Kiyomizu-dera Temple	Purification Blessing	Walking in the Rain with our Local Volunteer Guides	Fan Shop
Two Maiko (apprentice geisha)	Shrine in Kiyomizu-dera Temple Area	Torii Gate near Kiyomizu-dera Temple	Nearby Shrine
Lanterns at Shrine	Guardian at Shrine	A Maiko (apprentice geisha) in the Gion District	Bushido Sword Demonstration
Ikebana Flower Arrangement	Ikebana Flower Arrangement	Nishiki Food Market	Nishiki Food Market
[Hakone] Lake Ashi	Mt. Fuji	The Hakone Checkpoint	Hats at the Checkpoint Museum
Checkpoint Soldier	Kaleidoscope at the Narukawa Art Museum	Offshore Torii Gate at Hakone Shrine	Central Torii Gate at Hakone Shrine
Hakone Shrine	Hakone Shrine	Spirit Tree in Hakone Shrine	Bullet Train to Tokyo
[Tokyo] Lunch in Ginza	Lunch in Ginza	Hama-rikyu Gardens	Hama-rikyu Gardens
Hama-rikyu Gardens	Wedding Couple in Hama-rikyu Gardens	Sitting Buddha Near Hotel	Temple Near Hotel
Sign for the Kubuki Theater	Kubuki Theater Interior	Ancient Screen in the National Art Center	Samurai Sword Scabbard
Sword Edge	Warrior Clothing	Embroidered Kimono Detail	Farewell Dinner

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Adri and Waltrut Boudewyn		03-May-2008 02:26
Fantastic job, Dan and Julie! Great colors, tight editing, and a wonderful photo story. It was nice to make your acquaintance in Japan and we hope that we shall run into each other again on some future Elder Hostel travel. Regards, Adri and Waltrut

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