June 24, 2003
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part three…in a hotel for part two and this one which let me have free access so you guys get mobbed so ui can post pics merely by giving up sleep and not cash
the lily pond in meiji jingu shrine in shibuya district in tokyo…whole park was a favorite spot of the meiji emperor
entrance to meiji jingu shrine…the gate behind me is called a torii
more nature pics…floating lilies in meijijingu
for the next few pics
in the iris garden
a painting of where we are done by a skilled japanese person…another one of our new friends
this is a well
another new friend showed us how to make boats out of leaves so they will float on water…yay
for the pic of the well
we were lucky enough to be able to see some of a shinto wedding ceremony while we were at meiji jingu here are the priests/monks
bonsai
the bride and groom…out of focus coz they in motion andf not sure if i allowed to take pics or not…
us with folkz in traditional japanese kimono…so glad we can speak enough japanese to have conversations longer than 5 minutes…thanks sugamoto sensei, thanks nogami sensei!
me with japanese goths…this is evidently the height of teen fashion according tou our guidebook…the japanese are weird
mike at a button diner…pay for your food press the button get a ticvket anf then take it to the counter where they serve it to you taskes about 5 min
this is what we eat for lunch on the shinkansen…called a bento box…this one cost about 7 dollars us, or 700yen…give or take some conversions…its yummier than it may look
andy and i on the shinkansen to kyoto giving the thumbs up…all these pics have been uploaded from kyoto and i will have a bunch more tomorrow while i still have acess but it is 2″00am in the morning here local time and we are getting up at arouind 7 again tomorrow morning so off i go for now
Moral of the story-I love my digital camera, but so hard to find time to upload stuff
Comments (1)
i love your digital camera too. Japan looks amazingly gorgeous and delicious – and haha the goths are cool too. keep up the pictures! guilty pleasures.