June 24, 2003

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  here is us in dai mall…the bandana thug crew…silly gaijin

  

  mikey and michelle enjoying our favorite cheap breakfast of onigiri on ther JR rail line

  

  another one of those fun sideways pics…andy and I on the steps of the same engaku ryuji temple in kamakura

  and a pic of andy on the same temple steps

  

  michelle and mikey in front of I don’t actually know what, but it looks cool and so I took a pic…still in enryakuji temp

  

  a riksha driver…sorry if the captions are a little short, but as always pressed for time and some of this stuff should be obvious…still in kamakura

  

  Kenshouji temple in kamakura, a zan temple of the rinzai sect

  

  michelle by a taiko drum…same temple as above

  

  me at zen ararai benten shrine performing ablutions tyo purify myself before entering…you wash your hands and mouth. This is the temple in the mountains of kamakura where if you wash your money it is supposed to double

  

  part of the zen ararai benten shrine

  

  

  school kids here love taking pics and will immediately pose for any kamera they see…they were just too cute for us not to take this pic

  

  andy washing his moneyin the hopes of doubling it at zen ararai benten

  

  me doing the sanme…yay money…yay shrine…curse slow internet connections that make mne spend a fortune

  the ceiling of the benten shrine is decorate with 1000 paper cranes

  

  the daibutsu or giant buddha of kamakura…

  

  the inside of the daibutsu

  

  we made a friend in yokosuka and spoke nothing byutjapanese to him…he told us we were skillful this made us happy

  

  andy and I in the akihabara district aka electric town. after ww2 the army and navy sold off their surplus electric equipment here…students would buy the parts and make radios then return to akihabara tio sell them…ever since this is the place to buy electronics in japan

  

  mike and I in tokyo times square

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