Train on the Nanbu line I take daily with the main Shimokodanaka Fujitsu building behind it
A look down Shinjuku’s infamous Kabukicho, an entertainment and red-light district
Burger King’s kuro (black) burger; it tastes better than it looks, even the black cheese
An izakaya we named SUPPA KURABU after it’s large mechatronic crab
Geriatric hula dancing on Enoshima island
A portable shrined called mikoshi being prepared for a festival
One of the many (and minor) festivals happening in Japan, this one at Ueno park
A hearty ramen lunch
One of the stranger places I ended up at – the Moomin cafe
Large moomin plush toys to keep you company
Neatly packed fruit, the peaches are very large, very delicious and very expensive
The infamous poisonous fugu fish – definetely on the list of things to try while in Japan
A not ideal treatement of a Siamese fighting fish
Example dinner, the prices are lowered by as much as 40% in the evening on perishable dishes – this was 4€
Japanese police use toy cars
So far the best looking tree I’ve seen, though it’s technically too large to be a bonsai
Brunch at a very traditional cafe serving excellent coffee
An example of Japanese superstition – the water bottles are supposed to keep cats from peeing on stuff because cats don’t like water (doesn’t work if it’s in a bottle!)
Crazy foreigners taking photos of every strange thing they see
I’m not sure what this is but we saw it at a sake museum
Yanaka Ginza – a very traditional shopping street in the Yanaka region of Tokyo which was not destroyed by earthquakes or WW2
A bronze Buddha statue, Tennō-ji, Yanaka Cemetary
A Japanese crow, wikipedia says they aren’t but they sure seem to be a lot larger than the crows back home!
The unimpressive grave of the last of the Tokugawa shoguns
A pagoda inside Ueno Zoo
I enjoy visiting zoos because I can see new and strange creatures. This is the Japanese Giant Salamander (1.5m in length)
Another strange animal – a shoebill stork
Festival stands at Ueno Park with delicious festival food
