Shopping street near Ueno station in Tokyo.
Shibuya, summer 2010.
This is a bus terminal in central Tokyo. With space for a total of three buses.
Me, in the Edo-Tokyo museum.
View from the Edo-Tokyo museum's restaurant.
One of the ferries between Wakkanai and Rebun and Rishiri.
The train we travelled in from Wakkanai to Sapporo.
This is how plastic models of food in restaurants can look.
And this is how the food itself looks. Quite similar, isn't it? (Sapporo)
Sapporo style noodle soup in the process of being made.
Noodle soup Sapporo style, which means with butter and corn. On the side is some gyoza.
In Japan people really don't mind being photographed. These two just happened to be in one of my (other) photos, but immediately later posed without being asked.
Sapporo Metro.
Hakodate. The sign is for the Black Cat Delivery Company.
People looking at the hour glass shape of Hakodate.
And this is the hour glass shape of Hakodate at night.
This is part of the lower section of the Fujita Memorial Japanese Garden.
This is part of the lower section of the Kenichi Fujita Memorial Japanese Garden. It's really wonderful.
Summer festival parade in Hirosaki.
A typical laundry we tourists uses if there's no facilities at the place we're staying. Quite interesting having to guess the different settings on the machines...
Typical guest room in a Ryokan.
Typical entrance in a ryokan where you change from shoes to slippers.
Hirosaki in the evening. In the centre is one of the very useful convenience stores. There are several chains of them, this one's called "Sunkus".
What remains of the Hirosaki castle.
View from hotel in Yamagata
Bento (box) food for eating on a train.
The most photographed Torii in Japan. Photos aren't usually from this angle.
Most photographed Torii in Japan, at Itsukushima Shrine. As you can see, it's not always in water due to the tides. When you weren't allowed to set foot on the island's ground, you had to arrive during high tide and go through the torii with your boat.
Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto
Kyoto.
Inside of Kyoto JR station. If "inside" is the right word, as on this level there's not actually a wholly covering ceiling.
Ryogen-in temple, Kyoto.
Shinto Shrine in central Kyoto.
