The old pre-war neighbourhood of Yanaka: many temples.
Buddha in Yanaka
Yanaka
Old shops
Pre-war streets
Untouched by bombs
The Sumida river, near Asakusa
Asakusa Kannon temple complex
The Ryogoku Kohugikan Sumo stadium!
Something to haunt my nightmares, the famous spider of Roppongi Hills
Roppongi Hills
Roppongi
Mount Fuji outside our window!
Ghibli museum: a visit that took months to plan
Ghibli museum rooftop: Julie and the robot from Laputa.
Edo-Tokyo architecture musem
Edo-Tokyo architecture musem: these buildings appear in Miyazaki's "Spirited Away": a special pilgrimage for me.
Recognize these drawers from "Spirited Away"?
Julie in front of the bath-house that inspired "Spirited Away"
Julie is about to turn into a pig (see "Spirited Away")
The bath-house
This is where Chihiro lets in the ghost with no face...
These marks were left by the war
Classical Japanese interiors
A large mansion
Shinagawa station, outside our window
Brad on the train
Baby Mottes on the train
Our room in Nikko
Famous Nikko bridge to the shrines
I love ice hockey too!
Nikko
Our hotel! A turn of the century beauty.
Prayers on the branches
Snowy, misty mountains, very much like "Mononoke Hime"
These guys are famous
Mausoleum of the Shogun Iemitsu
lanterns in the mist and snow
Gate and shinto Torii
Barrels of sake as offerings
prayers
Julie and Brad in the snow
Sacred spring
Nikko town
Mountains appear! Sunday morning, we are leaving
Heading home, with a bit of time travel
