Tiger Balm Park
War Memorial
Beaulieu Restaurant
Old banyan tree
Bright Hill Temple
Jurong Bird Park
Sheila the Secretary Bird
Crested pigeon
Flamingo Lake
Mr. Pelican
African crested something
Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore
The original Raffles Hotel building
Our modest abode
Yep, it looks like a boat
Smith Street, Chinatown's Food Street
... on top of three hotel buildings
Opera house and theater
Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur
172 steps to the top
Behind this is a very large limestone cavern
Looking back toward the entrance
On the way to Cameron Highlands
Aboriginal village
Selling honey, wild ginger, etc from the back of the truck
A strawberry farm in the Highlands
Malaysia's national butterfly
It's a whip snake
And a rhinocerous beetle
Hibiscus, Malaysia's national flower
A grasshopper!
Koi at the Chinese Temple
Farming on terraces - reminds me of Peru!
Strawberry Park Hotel
Tea!
Bright green new leaves
Boh Tea Factory
Sorting tea leaves by size
Talah Rata marketplace
Hand-painted batik at Jadi Batek Centre, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpurs twin towers
Spice Garden along the river promenade
Typical Malacca architecture
Murals decorate many buildings along the river
Remnant of the old Portuguese fort, 1511
Tin shacks still line the riverbanks
Old and new side by side
Trishaws in "Red Square"
Our lady on the hill
Stadthuys
Laughing buddha ...
Old Portuguese house - built without nails!
Chinese temple
and a mosque
You can buy just about anything near Takeshita-dori
One of 60 consecrated to Emperor Meiji
Well for ritual washing of hands
Prayers
Also consecrated to Emperor Meiji
Shinigawa Station - our train #643
Our seats are in Car #7
Ah, in English, too
Drink machines everywhere
View from the Shinkansen
This can make you dizzy!
Walking through the cypress forest
the Pirate Boats
Lake Ashi
Fumaroles at Owakudani
Ropeway to Sounzan
Sculpture garden at Chokoku-no-mori
Tsujuki Market
Packing up the fish
But you can still buy retail ...
One of Tokyo's Apple stores
Sensoji Temple
Nakamise Market
Takayama Preservation District
Kusakabe House - residence of a merchant
Wide boards for walkways, ceilings
Wall panel detail
Takayama farmers market
Hida River, looking north, Takayama
Takayama Jinya
Special wallpaper for high officials room
Kitchen of the official's residence
Dishes washed here
Wooden floors smooth on bare feet
Rice collected as tax
Now we are in Kanazawa at ...
Kenroku-en Gardens
Note the props under the tree limbs!
Oyama Jinja Shrine
Barber poles in Japan!
Outside Kanazawa Station
Ninja-Deru Temple
Kanazawa Castle exterior wall
Kanazawa Castle
Nishi Honganji Temple, Kyoto````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
A building in Kyoto
Nijo Castle, Kyoto
The Shogun's Garden, Nijo Castle
The bell at Kinkakuji Temple
Kinkakuji Temple, the Golden Pavilion
Todaiji Temple Middle Gate, Nara
Todaiji Temple
Original Lantern, from the year 752
Lotus on the Buddha's altar
Bob decides that maybe he won't fit through that hole to Nirvana after all
Stone lanterns, Kasuga Shrine, Nara
Kasuga Shrine Gate
"Vermilion" beams
Kamo River, Kyoto, looking north
Um, fish!
Nozomi bullet train, the really fast one (our pass does not cover)
Regular Shinkansen, this one a Hikari
The pastry that came to lunch, Bob's choice. Hmmm.
Oyster beds - keep out!
Approaching Miyajima on the ferry
Near Itsukushima Shrine
Torii, Itsukushima Shrine
Paintings in the rafters, Senjokaku Shrine
Senjokaku, dim and (relatively) cool
Pagoda, Senjokaku Shrine
Momijdani Park
On the Ropeway up Mt. Misen
Island view - at least there would be if it were clear
Path-side shrine, one of several
Misen climbing path
Daisho-in Temple
Sand Mandala
Genbaku Domu, the A-Bomb Dome
Paper cranes
Practicing for August 6 peace ceremony?
Youth memorial
Millions of cranes inspired by Sadako Sasaki
The Dome behind the Cenotaph
Model of Hiroshima before ...
And after
Waiting for rock stars
Oskaka Castle, aka Osakajo
The outer moat
Shinyokohama Raumen Museum - for boy scouts everywhere!
Yokohama Harbor from the hill
Bumps in the street to guide the blind - most city streets have these
Kimono at the Silk Museum
Spinning silk from cocoons
Landmark Plaza, Sakuragicho Station on the left
Nippon Maru, training vessel
Cosmoworld amusement park
View from Kishamichi Promenade
Landmark Tower from the promenade
At the top of the hill near Adam's quarters
Yokohama Harbor from the Landmark Tower
Adam's work site in front of NIPPN building
Fleet Mail Center, Yokohama
