"Yuttari toire" sign: a rather strange Japanese toilet sign. I am particularly amused by the pregnant woman. Found in a park in Matsudo, Chiba-ken.
Construction sign near imperial palace. Requisite Engrish shot.
Plastic food outside restaurant in Marunouchi
Market (nakamise, 仲見世) at Asakusa Temple, Tokyo. Note the Denny's sign!
Pagoda, Asakusa Temple (Sensōji, 浅草寺), Tokyo
Interesting sign: hiragana (てれほんせんたあ) where there would normally be katakana (テレホンセンター), since "terehon-sentā" ("telephone center") is a foreign word.
Ingenious parking-lot technology: the barriers go up when your time expires, and they don't go down until you pay.
Oddly written sign near Daibutsu
This is probably my best shot of the Daibutsu (Great Buddha) in Kamakura.
Inside the Daibutsu
The Daibutsu's sandals
Daibutsu information sign
Charms sold at Daibutsu
Statues at Hasedera
Hasedera gardens
The lobby of the Ogawaya (小川屋), a hot-spring hotel in Gero where I stayed
One of the farmhouses at the Gasshō Village in Gero (下呂)
Daihachi-tai (大八薹), one of the yatai (floats) used in the Takayama Festival
Beef sashimi at Tadani (ただに) restaurant
Deer in Miyajima ferry terminal
Interesting sign on Hayashi oyster restaurant
The "floating" torii on Miyajima at high tide
Deer in Miyajima
The A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima
