Summer 2005

Nara
DSC04805.JPG Sujaku Gate in Nara
DSC04807.JPG Yukino, Ayano, Okâsan
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DSC01088 Deer of Nara Park
DSC01089 Dan & Okâsan
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DSC04821.JPG Philip gets bit in the butt
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DSC04838.JPG Temple Guardian
DSC01094 Tôdai Temple
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DSC01104 The Great Buddha of Nara: Largest bronze Buddha in Japan
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DSC04863.JPG This hole is the size of Buddha's nostril
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Japanese livin'
DSC01107 At the Karaoké House
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DSC04878.JPG Public bath
DSC04884.JPG Conveyor belt sushi
 
Kyôto
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DSC04890.JPG Fushimi-Inari Shrine
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DSC04894.JPG Inari (fox) statue
DSC04900.JPG The many gates of Fushi-Inari mountain
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DSC04908.JPG Koi, or as we say in English, Koi
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DSC04912.JPG Kyôto haze
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DSC04916.JPG Kamo River, Downtown Kyôto
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DSC04923.JPG Golden Pavilion Temple (Kinkaku-ji)
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DSC01126 Our self-appointed tour guide
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DSC04945.JPG Green tea
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DSC04950.JPG Model Ryôan Temple rock garden (Japan's most famous one)
DSC04951.JPG They say you can never see all 15 rocks at once
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DSC04962.JPG Notice the Japanese translation
DSC01136 More self-appointed tour guides!
DSC04967.JPG The mountain has 大 burnt into it every year, for luck
 
Eating out
DSC01137 Japanese "Izakaya" style restaurant
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DSC01152 Otôsan is #1?
 
Ôsaka
DSC04976.JPG Monk
DSC04977.JPG Ôsaka Castle
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DSC01156 Near the Kabuki theater
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DSC04986.JPG The Glico Man of Dotonburi Bridge
DSC01160 Okonomi-yaki
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DSC01163 Apple Store Shinsaibashi
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DSC04997.JPG Home cooking
DSC05001.JPG Hot dogs in Ôsaka station
 
Toyama Prefecture
DSC05003.JPG Living easy at Toyama Castle
DSC05004.JPG The Great Buddha of Takaoka
 
Tôkyô
DSC01181 Bullet Train at Tôkyô Station
DSC05005.JPG Tôkyô Municipal Administration Building
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DSC01192 Apple Store Ginza
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DSC01199 Asian Ronald is down, yo
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DSC01205 Tôkyô Tower
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DSC05030.JPG Statue of Liberty of Odaiba
 
Fuji Rock Festival
DSC01218 Lisa Loeb
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