Images of Japan, Part I

Photos from my March trip to Japan. More can be found on my Flickr page.

March 15th:


The Imperial Palace, exterior moat.


The foundations of the donjon of the castle of the Tokugawa Shoguns.


A bloomin' cherry tree.

March 16th:


From the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno Park, a scroll depicting a Buddhist conception of Hell.


Sample packets of tea from a collection illustrating the tea ceremony.


From the weapons and armor exhibit, a tachi.


A scroll depicting a crane.


Carved lacquer and ivory money cases and netsuke.


Kimono.

Images of Japan, Part II

March 17th:


A view of Mt. Fuji.


Meiji Shrine, ema boards.


Hachiko Square.

March 18th:


Yokohama, looking into the Foreigner's Cemetary.


Yokohama's Chinatown.

March 19th:


The sign outside a love hotel.


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Some beautiful people, Shibuya.

Images of Japan, Part III

March 20:


Kamakura, the Great Buddha.


Hase Kannon Shrine, at the overlook to Kamakura Bay.


Sunset on top of John's parents' apartment. Mt. Fuji is invisible beneath the sun.

March 21:


The Vernal Equinox, and the streets of Ginza were closed to cars.


Temple at Asakusa.


The end of a boat ride down the Sumida River.

March 22:


A raven that accompanied us on our trip to a graveyard in Nippori.