Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund 2007
Map of Japan Tokyo is on the right and Tainai is on the left
Flying into Narita airport
Narita Airport
Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund 2007 Kyoko Jones
Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund 2007 Learning in large groups
Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund 2007 Traditional Japanese Noh Drama
Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund 2007 Traditional Kabuki Drama
Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund 2007 Traditional Kabuki Mask
Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund 2007 Art Education session
Traditional Japanese alcove Calligraphy, Flowers, Tea utensils
Japanese Calligrapher Suzuki Sensei
Japanese Calligraphy class
Japanese tea ceremony Tokyo
First Japanese dinner in Tokyo with our Fulbright host and Charles
First Japanese dinner in Tokyo with our Fulbright host - shashimi
Tokyo Prince Hotel from the Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Prince Hotel room
Tokyo Prince Hotel bathroom
Japan's Tokyo Tower 333 meters tall
Japan's Tokyo Tower base - Christmas Tree up November 1st
Japan's Tokyo Tower the view below
School students visiting the Tokyo Tower
Japan's Tokyo Tower at night 333 meters tall
Tokyo City view from Tokyo Tower - Mount Fuji should be near the center at the horizon
Shinto Shrine from the Tokyo Tower
Tokyo City view from Tokyo Tower
Tokyo city view - Rainbow bridge
Tokyo City view from Mori Tower
Tokyo city view am from the fish market
Tokyo The National Diet of Japan - Governmental building
Tokyo The National Diet of Japan - Students on a field trip
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo National Museum artists' work
Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market
Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market fish auction
Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market - dish vendor
Pagoda statue in garden of Tokyo Prince Hotel
Gate in Tokyo
Getting around Tokyo
Zojoji Temple - Constructed in the 14th century, this was the family temple of Ieyasu Tokugawa, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Zojoji Temple gate - Constructed in the 14th century, this was the family temple of Ieyasu Tokugawa, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Tokyo Asakusa Sensoji Temple
Tokyo Asakusa Sensoji Temple - the chrysanthemum's wait
Tokyo Asakusa Sensoji Temple - Holy Smoke!
Tokyo Asakusa The Grand Kaminarimon Gate
Shopping on Nakamise near Tokyo Asakusa Sensoji Temple
Tokyo Asakusa Sensoji Temple artist
JFMF Lunch near Tokyo Asakusa Sensoji Temple
lunch near Tokyo Asakusa Sensoji
Tokyo Asakusa 5 story pagoda
Tokyo Asakusa Sensoji Temple and shopping on Nakamise
Tokyo Ueno Park Toshogu Shrine bad fortunes remain
Tokyo Ueno Park Toshogu Shrine
Tokyo Ueno Park Toshogu Shrine how to bow
A temple in Ueno among the shopping
Tokyo Ueno Zoo
Tokyo Ueno Zoo PENGUINS
Tokyo Ueno Zoo Spider webs
Tokyo Ueno Zoo Tiger
Tokyo Ueno Zoo Elephant with dung
Tokyo Ueno Zoo Ling Ling the Giant Panda
Tokyo Ueno Zoo photo moment
Tokyo Ueno Zoo Origami Cranes
Tokyo alley near Tokyo Prince hotel
Harajuku artist
Tokyo Shibuya area Harajuku pedestrian street Takeshita Dori
Tokyo Shibuya area Harajuku girls at train station
Tokyo Harajuku 4 floor - Daiso 100 Yen store
Tokyo Shibuya area Pete at the Hangry and Angry store in Harajuku
Tokyo Shibuya station Hachiko statue with our saving guides
Tokyo Shibuya station Hachiko statue with Pete and our saving guides
Tokyo Shibuya station Hachiko statue
Tokyo Shibuya station Hachiko mural
Ueno park kitty
Tokyo cat
Tokyo intersection
Tokyo shopping
Tokyo subway - very clean and quiet
Tokyo subway station - everyone was on their phones
Tokyo subway at Ueno park
Tokyo gate near Tokyo Prince hotel
Tokyo shopping between Ueno and Okachimachi train stations early Saturday morning - quiet
Tokyo shopping between Ueno and Okachimachi train stations early Saturday afternoon - a few hours later FULL of people
Tokyo shopping between Ueno and Okachimachi train stations graphiti
Tokyo's American side - McDonald's
Tokyo's American side - TGI Friday's
Tokyo's American side - Starbucks
Tokyo Station - Bullet Train
Tokyo station - the seats turn around on the bullet train
Tokyo to Niigata on the Bullet Train - Snow Country
Niigata train station sculpture
NIigata Budda
Niigata thrift shop
Niigata breakfast at the Italian Ken
Niigata University - Beth speaking to the president
Niigata University education department
Niigata The Sea of Japan
Niigata The Sea of Japan - Brin in the water, warmer than expected
Niigata prefecture - Lisa at the Sea of Japan
Niigata prefecture - Oppogi Temple Ishii san ringing the bell
Niigata prefecture - Oppogi Temple 3 story pagaoda
Niigata prefecture - Oppogi Temple purifying water
Niigata prefecture - Oppogi Temple
Niigata prefecture - Tainai City Hall, tea with the mayor
Niigata prefecture - Tainai City Hall, Mayor and Lisa
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city hall (Mr. Ono, my host family, made the granite base for the statue) Still waving!
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Good Fortune Cat
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hotel
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hote room
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hote tea set in room
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city rice fields outside of hotel
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city rice field snow monkey
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hotel koi fish
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city soba noodle dinner, prepared by our group!
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city School Visits
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit Ist grader
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit Students take off their shoes at the wooden mats and change to indoor sneakers
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit Classroom rules?
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit Calligraphy lessons 3rd Grade
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit Calligraphy work
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit Drying Calligraphy and Student Bags
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit students cleaning up after calligraphy lessons
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit students working
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit student work
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit student work and toothbrush bags, students brush their teeth after lunch
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit each classroom used a drying rack for art work
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit art lesson
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit Art lesson 2nd Grade
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit students painting
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit classroom portraits
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit school bags and cleaning cloths
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo Elementary School Visit students cleaning after lunch and recess
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Kurokawa Junior High School Visit view from the art room
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Kurokawa Junior High School Visit Vice Principal teaches art, class critique
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Kurokawa Junior High School Visit art class
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Kurokawa Junior High School Visit art work - collage out of magazines and painted newspaper
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Kurokawa Junior High School Visit English class
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Kurokawa Junior High School Visit math class
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Kurokawa Junior High School Visit math class (lack of technology)
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Kurokawa Junior High School Visit teacher workroom
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Kurokawa Junior High School Visit recylcing
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School students ride bikes to school or ride a bus in the winter
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School students shoes outside the Kendo room
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School students Kendo class
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School student desks, students stay in the same room teachers come to them except for specialist classes,
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School students - notice the boy's pants
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School classroom sign
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School Music Class
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School Calligraphy class
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School Calligraphy materials
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School Calligraphy class "No Form" Intangible
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School Art club
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Nakajo High School students dance club with Louise
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hotel Tea House don't hit your head!
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hotel Tea House
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hotel Tea House tea materials
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hotel Tea House tea ceremony
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hotel Tea House Judy and Beth
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hotel Tea House Margie having tea lesson
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hotel Tea House Margie having tea lesson, they really enjoyed it!
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hotel Tea House Margie having tea lesson, the tea master takes over
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Royal Tainai Park Hotel Lisa and Mrs. Ono at luncheon
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family Mrs. Ono and Lisa
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family Mrs. Ono at the house
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family visit to the grocery store, LOTS of prepared foods
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family Buddhist Monk visited the family at their home on the anniversary of Mrs. Ono's father's death
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family Mrs. Ono's mother at the house
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family visitors at the house
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family's house
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family Mrs. Ono demonstrating sleeping on a futon
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family's business
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family's house 4 seasons
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family Mr. and Mrs. Ono sightseeing - dried salmon shop owner
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family Mr. and Mrs. Ono sightseeing - dried salmon shop
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family Mr. and Mrs. Ono sightseeing - Salmon Museum
Niigata prefecture - Tainai city Host Family Mr. and Mrs. Ono sightseeing - Salmon Museum fish prints
Niigata prefecture - Shibata City stay - JFMF dinner
Niigata prefecture - Shibata City stay - JFMF dinner Ishii and Coy
Niigata prefecture - Shibata City stay - JFMF dinner, Pete acting silly
One of my favorite things from the trip - Kaki tree (Persimmons)
A trip full of FUN! Mariko and Raquel at the high school
Dee and Ishii in Niigata prefecture
Ishii on the bus with a map of Tokyo
Still waving!
Kimono in Shibata City sake musuem
Mail box in Niigata prefecture
Ueno Park manhole
Tainai manhole cover
Oppogi temple manhole cover
Tokyo street sign near Tokyo Prince hotel
Niigata prefecture Salmon museum manhole cover
