** while eagerly awaiting film development.....these will have to suffice:
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| view from out hotel, early morning in Tokyo |
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| hama rikyu garden |
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| gates over looking feudal imperial palace site, Tokyo |
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| our very traditional japanese meal in a basement restaurant in shunjuku |
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| the menu! |
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| first time trying iwashi : sardines |
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early morning trip to tsujiki fish market, 5am!
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| breakfast sushi, best in tsujiki market from fish just brought in to the market |
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| tea for after the big market rush |
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| tokyo tower from rippongi observation deck |
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| breakfast crackers before fuji trip! |
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| trip to see mt. fuji |
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| boiled egg from volcanic springs in Hakone mountains |
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| shrine on banks of Lake Ashi, a volcanic crater lake in Hakone mtns |
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| day in Ueno Park.. my oracle being delivered |
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| Stopped in the park for some sweets! |
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| walking around Ueno |
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| our fav cat store, bought lots of maneki-neko, lucky cats |
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| temple scenes |
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| fun with Miko, at a beauty photo booth :) check out our widened eyes! |
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| tokyo tower view from our hotel, last night in Toyko |
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| tokyo tower view from our hotel, last night in Toyko |
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| an amazing kaiseki meal at michelin starred: Kikunoi |
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| strawberries growing in Kyoto house garden |
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| Sol, a beautiful artisans shop near out hotel in Kyoto |
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| takoyaki! a snack made of batter and cooked in a special takoyaki pan, filled with octopus |
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| grounds at Kyoto temples |
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| mound in zen garden representing mt. fuij |
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| Kiyomizu temple, kyoto |
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| Kiyomizu temple, kyoto |
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| cat lady along philosophers walk, kyoto |
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fushimi inari temple, millions of torii along mountain hike
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| shops along the torii path |
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| cemeteries along the hike |
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| back down the mountain, at sunset |
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| train tracks, kyoto |
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| a little delicious desert.. |
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| watching macaques do their thing |
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| day walking through zen gardens, kyoto |
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| a message board for children at a shrine in kyoto |
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| complementary temple slippers |
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| mandarin orange trees |
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| last great meal in kyoto: Goya, okinawan cuisine |
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| bullet train back to toyko for a flight to NY in the morning |
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| lots of ¥ 1.. all thats left! |
