Pogo Stick: The Game
Delicious Ichi-ran Ramen
The shrine for good eggs at Tsukiji Fish Market
A faux desktop writing pad
A Magical Man!
Yokohama Ramen Museum (the inside is themed like 1950s Tokyo)
The only surviving photograph of my appearance at the 2009 Asakusa Samba Carnival
Hiratsuka Station during the Tanabata Star Festival
On the way to the Tanabata Star Festival
Ramune Kit Kats. They taste like bubblegum-flavored Kit Kats, which is actually pretty good.
Kawagoe Station
Taking a rickshaw ride around Kawagoe with Tomoko
Sumida River Fireworks from my rooftop
Metal....Gear?!?
I gots ta say the nay-no my brotha
Oh, I'm so pretty
Gundams in Japan
Massive waves drove away our hanabi neighbors
Me, Schuyler, and Tomoko
Manneken Chocolate Covered Waffle
Odaiba hanabi
The Ghibli Museum (Photography is unfortunately not allowed inside)
An old friend
This brick seal is placed all along the paths outside of the museum
The awe-inspiring Laputa replica
Watch out, I'm about to activate a magic floating city
Sports Drink flavored Kit Kat
It tastes kind of like an orange creamsicle
Nikko Round 2: with Schuyler
Oh, don't be so koi
Me next to the biggest TV in Tokyo
Sailing down the Sumida river
The backside of Tsukiji fish market, where the ships come up every day to offload their delicious bounty
Tokyo Tower from the Sumida river
The Leiji Matsumoto (manga artist responsible for Galaxy Express 999) designed Tokyo Bay ferry
You maniacs! You did it! Kit Kat with an extra cookie inside
The last Edo era farmhouse still standing in the Tokyo area
A Showa era tram
The original Maneki Neko (Lucky Cat) shrine
Hedwig chilling at Ueno Zoo
Yokohama Oktoberfest 2009
Delicious combination
The Austrian polka band getting the crowd all riled up
On the shinkansen, bullet train, to Nagano
Nagano City
An atrium inside Nagano station built for the 1998 Olympic Games
Hot pepper and blueberry cheesecake flavored Kit Kats
Me and Tomoko arrive at Nagano
A Thai motorized rickshaw in front of a southeast asian restaurant
A post office with an old Nagano facade
A soba restaurant with a chef making the noodles by hand out front
Preparing soba noodles
Me and Tomoko in front of the gate to Zenkouji Temple
Zenkouji Temple
A special porcelain lantern in front of Zenkouji
An old fashioned mailbox
An intestine-shaped mascot for a digestive drink
The express train that took us out to our onsen, hot spring, resort in the mountains
The ceiling of Yudanaka Station
Yudanaka is famous for the long-tailed monkeys that bathe in the outdoor hot springs
A blurry photo of the entrance to our onsen resort
The onsen resort we stayed at
Obuse, a small old fashioned town near Nagano
Our shinkansen from Tokyo
A local art museum in Obuse
Obuse manhole covers with a wave motif
