Tokyo through train windows
View from my window. RAIN!
The worst room of the trip, in Tokyo. (But also the cheapest.)
Dinner (grilled Spanish Mackrel) -- Dave, Justin, and Nicola
Breakfast! Cold udon and tempura and rice porridge
The ticket machine to buy food at the restaurant. Japan had vending machines everywhere!
The subway. Lots of advertising everywhere.
Delta ad in subway
French restaurant by the Westin Tokyo
I loved my coffee in a can for 120 yen.
View from Yebisu Tower in Tokyo.
Chirachi-don for lunch
Mt. Fuji in the background
Mt. Fuji (on the train ride to Nagoya)
Rice Field
Shabu Shabu -- a cross between fondue and a mongolian barbecue.
The straw mat flooring is called tatami.
more rice fields
Unagi-don (eel over a bowl of rice)
a "public" restroom. Literally.
Drinking sake in public
tatami
Komaki Kinro Center, where we stayed outside of Nagoya
Sumo Wrestlers
Breakfast!
Takayama Jinya, the "castle" that was the local government building.
Takayama
River in Takayama
Drinking Sake in Takamaya from sake boxes
lunch in Takamaya
House in Shirakawago
Shirakawago, a small mountain hamlet known for its "Gassho-style" buildings and rice paddies, steep thatched roofs to keep the snow off
Rice fields in Shirakawago
Shirakawago, a small mountain hamlet known for its "Gassho-style" buildings and rice paddies, steep thatched roofs to keep the snow off.
Justin, Nicola, and Tak.
Justin, Nicola, and Tak
In the Family Mart
Geraniums growing wild
River in Shirakawago
Fancy Toilets were all over Japan. Built in seat warmers and bidets and deodorizers.
Our room in Takayama in the Temple.
The temple bell that woke me up in Takayama.
The Temple we stayed in in Takayama.
Tak's place outside of Nagoya
An Udon shop outside of Nagoya, where they manufactured Udon to send out to other places as well
Udon and tempura
The restaurant where we had the Shabu Shabu.
Okinawa from the air
Our suite in Naha, Okinawa
View from our hotel (Rasso Airport) in Naha, Okinawa
Dinner at Genghis Khan, a Mongolian Barbecue in Okinawa
Our chartered boat, the C Falcon, at Kadena Marina before our snorkeling expedition
Kadena Marina in Okinawa
The Karema Islands
Coffee in a can
Tuna and Corn Pizza from Shakey's in Okinawa
Hashers, meet the Okinawa Hashers...
Room in Nagoya Hilton
Justin in the Nagoya Hilton
Bento Box on the Train
Bento Box on the train
Beer machine in the Narita Sky Club
