My greeting off the subway from the airport
Hotel Raizan - my homebase in Osaka.
Hotel Raizan - my homebase in Osaka
One of a million alleys filled with storefronts.-Osaka, Japan
Neighborhood near my hotel, Osaka
Random Osaka shot
Osaka
One of thousands of similar styled apartment buildings you see throughout Osaka
View near Namba Station, Osaka
Dotonbori is a bustling shopping area in Osaka
Dotonbori
Random Osaka
Heeeey. I'm one chilled out pigeon.
In front of a hotel near Dotonbori
Panorama north of Dotombori
Corn dog King
Shinsekai neighborhood with Tsutenkaku Tower in the background
Pretty sure this store sold tiny wizard monkeys
Osaka goes on for miles and miles and looks pretty much like this throughout
One of many shopping arcades in Osaka
Hotel Love and its rates
Marbles in a trough outside of Hotel love
Guardians outside Isshinji Temple
Isshinji Temple
Robo-Shann
Chickenkong! - The Corndog Samurai
Shanbott! - The Corndog Samurai
Is that a giant floating corndog above my hands or am I just happy to see you?
Keeping Tsutenkaku Tower from following on me
Blurry picture of Osaka alley
Osaka alley
Tsutenkaku Tower, Osaka
Ameriamura, Osaka
The statue of liberty in the Ameri-mura neighborhood in Osaka
Fashion Gate is a huge mall in Osaka near my hotel. There is a rollercoaster that runs through it. Weird thing is the whole place was closed. It was a haunted ghotst town-mall. Slightly eerie.
Random Osaka shot of the Kato building. Taken for Lisa Kato.
There's a kitty to the right watching the water and wating for goldfish to emerge from under the bridge.
Den Den Town is a multi block strip in Osaka consisting of mostly technology based stores.
Walking around in Den Den town. Den Den Town is a multi block strip in Osaka consisting of mostly technology based stores.
A big ass bug-thing on a building in the Den-Den town area of Osaka
I don't see.
View from Kintetsu train on the way from Osaka to Kyoto
Andy outside of Andy House
I'm working with a real estate agent to buy lithium homme right now.
This toilet had a blow dryer, seat heating, massage, water jets, auto lid opening, auto flushing and a button to make flush noises for those audibly awkward moments.
Kyoto Tower
Kyoto Tower reflected in Kyoto Station
Shannon at Kyoto Station
Kyoto Station
View of street from Kyoto Station
View from Kyoto Station
Lots of houses were right near the tracks.
Shannon
Random Kyoto shot
Random shot starring Shan.
A lovely river near Ishamaya Monkey Park, Kyoto
Heron in a lovely river near Ishamaya Monkey Park, Kyoto
Entry area to Iwatayama Monkey Park
Pathway to Iwatayama Monkey Park
Iwatayama Monkey Park
MONKEY!!!
MONKEYS!!!
View of Kyoto from Iwatayama Monkey Park, Kyoto.
BAMBOO!!!
A ceremony of which I have no idea what the hell was going on- Kyoto
Live music at a ceremony
Kyoto with the pagoda at Ko-ji in the background
Strike a pose
More like Chicken HOT
Andy Dandy Perm
All they offered me was coffee.
Pachinko parlor across the street from my hotel in Osaka
Al Pachinko
Al Pachinko. I ended up winning 3,000 yen playing this crazy game. ($33 dollars or so). I had two epileptic fits in the process though.
To-ji temple
Pagoda at To-ji temple
Market held once a month at To-ji temple, Kyoto
Yasaka jinja shrine, Kyoto
Path to Kodai-ji, Kyoto
Kodai-ji, Kyoto
Cemetery at Kodai-ji
Cemetery with Kyoto in the background. Kyoto tower can be seen as well.
Cemetery with Kyoto in the background.
It medical treatment apparently suxxored.
This was seen through the slats of a fence. Quite idyllic.
Ryozen Kwan-on, Kyoto. This statue is about 80 feet tall and comes alive in case of a Godzilla attack.
Ryozen Kwan-on, Kyoto
Random Nara shot
3 storied pagoda, Nara
Five story pagoda. Nara
5 story pagoda. Nara
Nara koen Park, Nara. Deer are said to be messengers of the gods. This park has thousands of them.
Near Nara-koen
Nara-koen
A lot of statues had kerchiefs around them. I don't know why.
Shan looking coy and demure. Nara
This map did not provide very much help to me.
I think this sign says 'Beware of deer that shoot lightning out of their antlers.'
Lanterns in Nara-koen
Path to Todai-ji
Deer. Me.
Deer
This deer needs more iron in it's diet. Ba da-DUM!
Todai-ji
Buddha inside Todai-ji- without anything to put this in perspective you can't tell that it's 50 feet high
Buddha inside Todai-ji
Inside Todai-ji
I know a few people who probably shop here.
Garden outside of our Ryoken (traditional inn) in Nara.
A building whose historic value currently eludes me.
Ferris wheel outside of the RInku-town station exit. Taken on the Nankai train.
Let's go already.
This shop was five stores tall and had rows and rows of display cases with figures similar to this in most of them.
Not just nerds were shopping in this store, families, moms with kids, non-nerdy girls etc.
Wanted to buy for Terry. Only $350 USD (approx.) and it looks NOTHING like Jack Nicholson.
For Shoevixen
Shitenno-ji, Osaka
Every 50 feet was a row of vending machines everywhere I went in Japan. This particular grouping was on the grounds of a shrine.
Boss vending machines are everywhere. Apparently Tommy Lee Jones is the boss.
1. put your money in the machine. 2. press the button to choose your food. 3. take the printed ticket to people who would cook your food.
A mummy tree. It didn't attack me thankfully.
A pogada near ummm... Totally blanking.
A mossy shrine
A heron at Shitenno-ji
Turtles Shitenno-ji
Shitenno-ji
A chozuya (water trough) outside a shrine. You ladel water over hands and over your mouth before approaching the shrine to pray.
A shrine in Osaka
Osaka Alley
Shrine, Osaka
WHAT?!?
Mount Shasta. Taken on the plane ride home.
