Vending Machine (Vacation)
Fish Dinner — Dinner - first night in Tokyo (Vacation)
Bugga — Dinner - first night in Tokyo (Vacation)
Tonkatsu with egg — Pork Cutlet Dinner - first night in Tokyo (Vacation)
Strange sea creature / vegetable — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo (Vacation)
Live breaded crabs — Breaded and still alive !! Ready for the cooking pot :) Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo (Vacation)
Yellow Fin Tuna — This is why the sushi is called yellow fin tuna .. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo (Vacation)
Shrimp — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo (Vacation)
Goeey Duck — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo (Vacation)
Strange sea creature / vegetable — Looked like an exotic fruit. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo (Vacation)
Shelled Mussels — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo (Vacation)
Squid — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Maguro (Tuna) — Gaint Tuna were being carved with motorized band saws. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Tako (Octopus) — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Unagi (Eel) — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Red Snapper — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Some Fish — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Tiger Prawns — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Fish cakes — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Tuna heads — They use every part of the tuna. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Maguro (Tuna) — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Skewered fish — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Huge scallops — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Some fish pieces — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Knife — Super long and super sharp knife. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Rickshaw like vehicle — These vehicles seemed to be everywhere in the fish market. Looked easy to manouver in tight corners. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Tako (Octopus) — Oishii des :) Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Fish heads — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Live crab — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Shrimp — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Tsukiji fish market — With all that fish there was no smell at all. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Tsukiji fish market — The aisles were so clean. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Tsukiji fish market — The only women present were in small booths handling the cash. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Live fish — There were tanks with running water and live fish. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Uni (sea urchin) — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Long nosed fish — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Ed-san — We had sushi for breakfast just outside the fish market. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Tea cup — With the various sushi and their names. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Breakfast — Sugoi oishii !! Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Miso soup with shrimp head — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Sushi for breakfast — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
More sushi — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Salmon roe — Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
Sakura (cherry blossom) — Tokyo
Interesting Truck — Tokyo
Sweat !?!? — Strangely named energy drink. Tokyo
Tokyo Imperial Palace — Tokyo
Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden — Tokyo
Edgeworth Chrysantha — Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden Tokyo
Japanese Iris — Tokyo
Edgeworth Chrysantha — Tokyo
Sakura Blossoms — Tokyo
Shibuya — Tokyo
Gas what !! — Restaurant name :) Tokyo
Bike with basket for dog — Made specially for dachshunds, since there seem to be so many of them in Japan. Tokyo
Cover for what :) — Tokyo
Oxygen Bar — 600 yen for 10 minutes of flavored oxygen Tokyo
Shibuya — Tokyo (Vacation)
Kentaki and Makdunardo — Tokyo (Vacation)
Tsutaya bookstore Tokyo (Vacation)
Shibuya square — Tokyo (Vacation)
Monthly ?? — Guess they change sweets every month. Tokyo (Vacation)
Hand-pulled rickshaw — Asakusa Tokyo (Vacation)
Gaint lantern — Asakusa Tokyo (Vacation)
Tourist shopping — Asakusa Tokyo (Vacation)
Antique rickshaw — Asakusa Tokyo (Vacation)
Sony Building — Ginza Tokyo (Vacation)
Fujiya — Ginza Tokyo (Vacation)
Sakura Flower — Ueno Gyoen (Park) Tokyo (Vacation)
Sakura Flowers — Ueno Gyoen (Park) Tokyo (Vacation)
Camellia — Ueno Gyoen (Park) Tokyo (Vacation)
Sakura — Ueno Gyoen (Park) Tokyo (Vacation)
Squid food stall — Ueno Gyoen (Park) Tokyo
Omelettes stuffed with cabbage — Ueno Gyoen (Park) Tokyo
Sakura in full bloom — Ueno Gyoen (Park) Tokyo
Shrine — Ueno Gyoen (Park) Tokyo
Old lamp — Ueno Gyoen (Park) Tokyo
Sakura petals in puddle — Ueno Gyoen (Park) Tokyo
Pagoda — Ueno Gyoen (Park) Tokyo
Bullet train — Shinkansen (Bullet Train) Train Station Tokyo
Shinkansen — Shinkansen (Bullet Train) Train Station Tokyo
Platform sign — Shinkansen (Bullet Train) Train Station Tokyo
Train name plate — Shinkansen (Bullet Train) Train Station Tokyo
Vending machine with TV — Via Inn Hoteru (Hotel) Osaka
Vending machine — Via Inn Hoteru (Hotel) Osaka
Hotel room — The rooms were tiny but had everything needed. Via Inn Hoteru (Hotel) Osaka
Sanitarized :) — Via Inn Hoteru (Hotel) Osaka
Toilet controls :) — Via Inn Hoteru (Hotel) Osaka
Crab Salad — Via Inn Restuarant Osaka
Japanese fish sticks — Via Inn Restuarant Osaka
Shabu-shabu — Via Inn Restuarant Osaka
Meats for Shabu-shabu — Via Inn Restuarant Osaka
Crab shabu-shabu — Via Inn Restuarant Osaka
27:00 ?? — Via Inn Restuarant Osaka
Ladies Only — Train Station Shin-Osaka
Turtles — Todaiji Temple Nara
More turtles — Todaiji Temple Nara
Five storey pagoda — Todaiji Temple Nara
Deer — Deer roamed freely round this shrine. Todaiji Temple Nara
From the temple — Todaiji Temple Nara
Temple entrance — Todaiji Temple Nara
Postcard landscape — Todaiji Temple Nara
Buddha statue — Todaiji Temple Nara
View from temple door — Todaiji Temple Nara
Sakura trees around courtyard — Todaiji Temple Nara
Temple — Todaiji Temple Nara
Temple courtyard — Todaiji Temple Nara
Sakura flowers — Todaiji Temple Nara
Market Place — 3-km long market Osaka
View of river — From Koga-san's house Osaka
River walk — From Koga-san's house Osaka
Egg shell craft — Created by Mrs. Koga-san
Restaurant display — Tofu specialty restaurant at Imperial Hotel Osaka (Vacation)
Tofu skin Dish — Tofu specialty restaurant at Imperial Hotel Osaka (Vacation)
Tofu — Tofu specialty restaurant at Imperial Hotel Osaka (Vacation)
Shumai — Tofu specialty restaurant at Imperial Hotel Osaka (Vacation)
Tuna roll — With crispy mountain vegetable (they called it mountain potato) Tofu specialty restaurant at Imperial Hotel Osaka (Vacation)
Wasabi — Tofu specialty restaurant at Imperial Hotel Osaka (Vacation)
Tofu on a stick — Tofu specialty restaurant at Imperial Hotel Osaka (Vacation)
Tofu with fish — Tofu specialty restaurant at Imperial Hotel Osaka (Vacation)
Tofu au gratin — Tofu specialty restaurant at Imperial Hotel Osaka (Vacation)
Rice with mushrooms — Tofu specialty restaurant at Imperial Hotel Osaka (Vacation)
Ice-cream — Tofu specialty restaurant at Imperial Hotel Osaka (Vacation)
By the river walk — Osaka (Vacation)
White Sakura — There are supposedly 200 varieties of Sakura flowers (Vacation)
Pink Sakura (Vacation)
Kyoto Train Station — Better than most airports. Kyoto (Vacation)
Kyoto Tower — Kyoto (Vacation)
Kyoto Tower — Kyoto Train Station Kyoto (Vacation)
Flowers — Doshisha University Kyoto (Vacation)
More Flowers — Doshisha University Kyoto (Vacation)
Sakura blossoms — Imperial Palace Kyoto (Vacation)
Gate — Imperial Palace Kyoto (Vacation)
Palace — Emperor's guests waited here. Imperial Palace Kyoto (Vacation)
Painting on shoji screen — Imperial Palace Kyoto (Vacation)
Section of roof — Imperial Palace Kyoto (Vacation)
Ikebana — Imperial Palace Kyoto (Vacation)
Palace — Imperial Palace Kyoto (Vacation)
Garden — Imperial Palace Kyoto (Vacation)
Young princes were taught here — Imperial Palace Kyoto (Vacation)
Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) — Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) Kyoto (Vacation)
Rooster wind wane — Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) Kyoto (Vacation)
Garden at Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) — Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) Kyoto (Vacation)
Interesting art using empty bottle — Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) Kyoto (Vacation)
Elaborate meal, Kyoto
Green tea ice-cream — Kyoto (Vacation)
Breakfast — Kyoto (Vacation)
Uiowa Ryokan — Kyoto (Vacation)
Lake Biwa and Kyoto — Heiezan (Mt. Heie) Kyoto (Vacation)
Enryakuji temple — Heiezan (Mt. Heie) Kyoto (Vacation)
Gaint soup pots — Heiezan (Mt. Heie) Kyoto (Vacation)
Exquisite packaging — Jusco shopping mall Kyoto (Vacation)
Ice-cream stand — Jusco shopping mall Kyoto (Vacation)
Yoshi gyu style beef — Kyoto (Vacation)
Tempura and bugga (burger) — Kyoto (Vacation)
Eel — Kyoto (Vacation)
Soba noodles (Vacation)
Kaa-rey noodle — Curry noodles Kyoto (Vacation)