 | | Kathy at the happiest asian place in the world!
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 | | Burning incense before entering grounds
Kyoto, Japan
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 | | We spent long hours on trains, often late in the night.
Random train shot, Japan
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 | | It's impossible to be unhappy here : )
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 | | Rock Garden
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 | | Um... me taking a piss. Thanks babe : )
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 | | Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)
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 | | Kathy and Kim with World Expo mascots Kiccoro and Morizo
Aichi, Japan
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 | | I'm a giant! Me w/ Obachan (grandma) and Ojichan (uncle)
Kanie, Japan
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 | | Move it kid, it's my turn on the fishie!
Nagoya Castle, Japan
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 | | Kim at the entrance to Tokyo Disney
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 | | Animatronic show
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 | | One of the best damm ride there is! Space Mountain still wins of course, let's not get ridiculous...
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 | | Lighter moment with Kim
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 | | You don't know sushi unless you've been here. This stuff was just pulled out of the ocean hours ago, AMZAING!!! And way cheap too. So pass the sake. Kanpai!
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 | | Peace! Outside the Imperial Palace
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 | | Sensoji Temple
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 | | Coffee, beer, tea, coke... the ubiquous machines are everywhere...
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 | | Konchi-in
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 | | Throw in a few yen to get the gods to listen...
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 | | 2/3 scale replica, the original burned down
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 | | These street vendors are the bomb! I couldn't stop buying stuff and shoving it my mouth! Hmmm.. tasty stuff! Just make sure you know what you're ordering : )
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 | | Kathy at the Genbaku Dome
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 | | The detonation point of the first production nuke. The orignal bridge lasted another few decades, this is the replacement.
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 | | Shinkansen: then and now
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 | | Monk praying in the middle of a bridge in the middle of town. Kinda neat really
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 | | Do you take the high road? There are some 1000+ tori on the trail to/from the peak where a shrine/graveyard lies.
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 | | How can you not have inari in Inari?
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 | | Sanjusangendo Temple: 1001 carved statues of Kannon. 700+ years old, at least the reconstruction is. How old do you think the original would be?
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 | | Kiyomizu Temple, one of my favorites. It's a big complex of many buildings overlooking the city of Kyoto.
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 | | Gagaku at Cultural show at Gion Corner: tea ceromony, Koto, Flower Arrangement, gagaku, kyogen, dance, and Bunraku.
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 | | Geisha are extremely hard to get on camera. They're darting in out of alleys and building and only show themselves for a few seconds before dissapearing again!
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 | | Kim, Kathy, and Ojichan (uncle) Narita.
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 | | World Expo 2005
Aichi, Japan
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 | | Traditional noodle lunch with Kim, Takachan, Kathy, me (lance), and Toshi
Kaine, Japan
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 | | Ojichan, Takachan, Toshi, Obachan, Kathy, Kim
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 | | Going out with the boys: Tosh, Takayuki, Lance. Some tori-restaurant
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 | | Night shot of the street in town
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 | | One of my uncle's buddies. He took out to go fishing. Real folk
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 | | Apartment where I spent a year. Part kindergarden, part 1st grade. It kind of turned into the projects... but it has fond memories for me.
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 | | My obachan looking out her front window
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 | | The family pharmacy, it's been in the family 2 generations or so. We're not sure what's going to happen next, no next generation for the Narita line.
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 | | Another long night on the trains. Kim is on vacation, the other two are going home after work.
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 | | Yeah! Harajuku baby! Stopping to re-energize with sweets. Japan is big on dessert like items.
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 | | The train station. It's not as crowded as it looks : )
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 | | THE fish market of Japan. The building is like a mile long and business gets started in the wee hours of the morning. This is taken around 3-4am.
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 | | Big ol' tuna up for auction. This one fishie will easily pay for a nice car.
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 | | Sensoji during the day. What are the school kids doing here? Field trip?
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 | | I wonder how big the candle is inside this bugger...
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 | | The golden poo. A PR disaster, it's supposed to be a golden cloud for Sapporo beer. Opps.
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 | | Outside of the Kabuki theater that we're early for. Pricey stuff... kinda boring if you don't get it... or understand Japanese.
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 | | Tokyo- the city of lights
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 | | Some careermen looking for some booze or other good time???
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 | | Of course! We're in Japan after all : )
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