See you!
Just arrived, and was forced to make my first difficult choice...
... did I want to use a tiolet...
... or a toilet...
... with a baby-chair...
... or a toilet... with... don't know...
... or a toilet?
This is where you put your (borrowed) slippers. You put your shoes in the reception.
This is where I sleep (421)
My bag is the bottom one
A street in Tokyo
Jens actually said "Wow, I have never seen this building", meaning that it just "popped up".
From the top of the Tokyo "Rådhus"
We're starting a band
Me with some random people in the front of a statue of a famous dog
Jens playing with his toys
We had some nice pictures taken
This was from Shinjuku station at around midnight.
A rollercoaster in the middle of the street.
Tokyo Dome
A small tivoli in the middle of Tokyo. They had a water-roller-coaster (like on Bakken).
A drum musem
I got a short lesson in playing a couple of traditional japanese songs on these drums.
Drum Museum
Senso-ji temple
This is where people pray
Senso-ji with the city in the background
Apply smoke for purification
An intersection with "people time"
God of happiness. Apparently you need to throw in some coins, rub his belly and finger to get in on the happiness.
Roots at a small hike in Kamakura
From a small hike in Kamakura
More roots. Still Kamakura.
A very big Buddha in Kamakura
... with windows in his bag... of course... it's hot in the sun!
Water can also be used for purification.
Myohonji temple in Kamakura. Nice wooden one.
A graveyard(?) near Myohinji.
A view from the "scenic view"-point in a very small hike in Kamakura
Another temple in Kamakura. There's a lot of shrines and temples i Kamakura...
Who would think that when you dine out in Tokyo, you can end up as a nurse, ninja and Spiderman?
Carefull now!
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Today I went to Jens' workplace. We had lunch and I got to meet his co-workers.
This is Jens' workstation.
From the top of a hotel. Restroom with a view!
This is where you stand in line.
A good advice
Angela, Jens, Megumi, Hiro and me
Ok, we went in here...
... followed this...
... went in this door...
... to this place. How nice! Table tennis and a very nice atmosphere.
"The gang"
Jens, why aren't you moving?
Shinkansen to Kyoto
Kyoto station
We stayed at a Ryokan
Mmmm.... tea...
Sunset over Kyoto
A beautifull temple in Kyoto
Kyoto
Children performing on the street
Breakfast at the Ryokan
Golden temple
Onsen. Nice!
I went to see sumo in Osaka. This is from the presentation.
Before each match, the fighters go through this looooong ritual where they try to psych out each other.
Fighting!
The winner of the last fight of the day gets to do a dance with a long stick.
Apparently, all japanese tourists takes pictures of this running man. So did I.
This is where you buy "æbleskiver" with tentacles (blæksprutter). Yummi!
Sexy Dancer in the suit they provide on the capsule hotel.
They sell the essentials for at salaryman.
Myu capsule is the bottom right one.
A glimpse inside the capsule.
From the pilgrimage to Koyasan.
The pilgrimage is called Koyasan Choishimichi (Koyasan Stone Marker Path). This was one of the 180 stone markers. And yes, it IS a golf course in the background.
A view from the Stone Marker Path.
I stayed at this temple for one night.
Dinner in "my temple".
Before
After
My room
From the morning service.
And from the fire ritual.
Aren't they cute?
This is what we are all driving in a few years, says Toyota...
Plenty of room in the backseat... except, Jens did have two wierd bumps in his seat...
An artificial sky in a shopping mall
Live jazz at the Shinjuku Pit Inn
What are they trying to tell me? Don't bring my skis in the metro?
From the Boston Red Sox - Hanshin Tigers match
This is the queue to get out from the train station. OUT. It took nearly half an hour!
In this restaurant they serve living fish.
Unfortunately the bones were allready cooked. If not, the mouth on the fish would still be moving.
Almost home. Having goulash soup in Vienna.
