Japan2014

1 Early morning visit to the Fish Market when we were jet lagging.	2 Early spring silouette of trees.	3 Spring flowers abound everywhere.	4 Tokyo parks seem surreal next to sky scrapers.
5 Skytree amongst real trees.	6 First view of the most beautiful gardens we have seen.	7 We arrived just at the beginning of the Cherry Blossom season	8 The skytree - up close and personal
9 Tokyo	10 Tokyo skyline from the bar.	11 Judy surrounded by cherry blossoms	12 Ueno Park - first weekend of Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo
13 Ueno Park - Cherry Blossom celebrations	14 Ueno Park Tokyo	15 Ueno Park Tokyo	16 Ueno Park Tokyo
17 Ueno Park Tokyo	18 Ueno Park Tokyo	19 Ueno Park Tokyo	20 Nikko - containers of Sake
21 Nikko	22 Nikko	23 Nikko	24 Nikko
25 Nikko	26 Nikko	27 Nikko	28 Tokyo
29 Tokyo	30 Tokyo	31 Tokyo	32 Tokyo
33 Iconic: Kiyomiszu Moat Tokyo	34 Kiyomiszi Moat Tokyo	35 Kiyomiszi Moat Tokyo	36 One of the most beautiful shrines we saw
37 Dressed statues	38 Tokyo Cemetary	39 Emperor of Japan	40
41 Meiji-Jingu Tokyo	42 Meiji-Jingu Tokyo	43 Meiji-Jingu Tokyo	44 Meiji-Jingo Tokyo
45 The busiest pedestrian crossing in the world! - Tokyo	46 Our first Ryokan (Echigoya) in Narai	47 Narai	48 Narai
49 Narai	50 Narai	51 Judy in Ryokan Echigoya	52 Ryokan Echigoya - note the double futons - later in the trip we tried triple futons!
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57	58 Came across this on a walk in the Kiso mountains - This makes everything perfectly clear!	59	60
61	62	63 we were staying in the mountains near Tsumago and woke up to this snowfall.	64 now in Kyoto - Silver temple gounds
65 Zen garden at silver temple	66 Along the Philosophers walk Kyoto	67 along the philosophers walk Kyoto	68 along the philosophers walk Kyoto
69 Kyoto	70 Kyoto	71 Kyoto	72 Kyoto
73 I don't think these were real Geishas - but they looked good!	74 Canal near our apartment In Kyoto	75 Golden temple Kyoto	76 Golden temple grounds Kyoto
77 Golden temple grounds Kyoto	78 golden temple grounds Kyoto	79 Golden Temple Kyoto	80 Display from flower shop Kyoto
81 Flower shop Kyoto	82 Shrine at Daitoku-ji Kyoto	83 Daitoku-ji Kyoto	84 Zen garden at Daisen-in Kyoto
85 Kyoto	86	87 Nijo-jo Kyoto	88
89 Nijo-jo Kyoto	90 Nijo-jo Kyoto	91 Nijo-jo Kyoto	92 Nijo-jo Kyoto
93 Kyoto market	94 Kyoto Market	95 Kyoto Market	96
97	98 Prints at Imperial Palace Kyoto	99 Imperial Palace Kyoto	100 Imperial Palace Kyoto
101 Imperial Palace Kyoto	102 Imperial Palace Kyoto	103 Imperial Palace Kyoto	104 Imperial Palace Kyoto
105 Imperial Palace Kyoto	106 Imperial Palace Kyoto	107 Imperial Palace Kyoto	108 Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theatre for Geysha Dancing Kyoto
109 Yasui Konpira-gu Kyoto	110 Yasui Konpira-gu Kyoto	111 Yasui Konpira-gu Kyoto	112 Yasui Konpira-gu Kyoto
113 Tea Ceremony Kyoto	114 Tea Ceremony Kyoto	115 Nara	116 Nara
117	118 Giant Buddha - Nara	119 Nara	120 Nara
121 Nara	122 Nara	123 Fushimi Inari Kyoto	124 Fushimi Inari Kyoto
125 Fushimi Inari Kyoto	126 Fushimi Inari Kyoto	127 Arishiyama Kyoto	128 Arishiyama Kyoto
129 Arishiyama Kyoto	130 Arishiyama Kyoto	131 Arishiyama Kyoto	132 Arishiyama Kyoto
133 Arishiyama Kyoto	134 Kyoto	135 Gero	136 Takayama Matsuri
137 Takayama Matsuri	138 Takayama Matsuri	139 Takayama Matsuri	140 Takayama Matsuri
141 Takayama Matsuri	142 Takayama Matsuri	143 Takayama Matsuri	144 Takayama Matsuri
145 Takayama Matsuri	146 Takayama Matsuri	147 Takayama Matsuri	148 Takayama Matsuri
149 Takayama Matsuri	150 Takayama Matsuri	151 Takayama Matsuri	152 Takayama Matsuri
153 Takayama Matsuri	154 Takayama Matsuri	155 Takayama Matsuri	156 Takayama Matsuri
157 Takayama Matsuri	158 Takayama Matsuri	159 Takayama Matsuri	160 Takayama Matsuri
161 Takayama Matsuri	162 Takayama Matsuri	163 Takayama Matsuri	164 Takayama Matsuri
165 Takayama Matsuri	166 Kanazawa	167 Kanazawa	168 Kanazawa
169 Kanazawa	170 Kanazawa	171 Kanazawa	172 Kanazawa
173 Kanazawa	174 Kanazawa	175 Kanazawa	176 Kanazawa
177 Kanazawa	178 Kanazawa	179 Kanazawa	180 Kanazawa
181 Kanazawa	182 Kanazawa Market	183 Kanazawa - wedding photo	184 Kanazawa - wedding photo
185 Kanazawa - wedding photo	186 Hiroshima peace Park	187 Hiroshima Peace Park	188 Hiroshima
189 Hiroshima Memorial	190 Hiroshima Peace Park	191 Hiroshima	192 Hiroshima - Dome (epicenter of atomic bomb)
193 Hiroshima - Suma and Judy	194 Hiroshima	195 Hiroshima	196 Hiroshima - Shukkei-en
197 Hiroshima - Shukkei-en	198 Hiroshima - Shukkei-en	199 Hiroshima - Shukkei-en	200 Hiroshima - Shukkei-en
201 Hiroshima - Shukkei-en	202 Hiroshima - Wedding photo	203 Impressive trains	204 Kumamoto
205 Kumamoto	206 Kumamoto	207 Kumamoto	208 Kumamoto
209 Kumamoto	210 Kumamoto	211 Kumamoto	212 Kumamoto
213 Kumamoto	214 Yufuin - our private Onsen	215 Yufuin	216 Yufuin
217 Yufuin	218 Yufuin	219 Yufuin	220 Takamatsu - Shikoku
221 Takamatsu - Shikoku	222 Takamatsu - Shikoku	223 Takamatsu - Shikoku	224 Vine Bridge Shikoku - Iya Valley
225 Vine Bridge Iya Valley, Shikoku	226 Takamatsu - Shikoku	227 Takamatsu - Shikoku	228 Takamatsu
229 Takamatsu	230 Takamatsu - Ritsurin-Koen	231 Takamatsu - Ritsurin-Koen	232 Takamatsu - Ritsurin-Koen
233 takamatsu - Ritsurin-Koen	234 takamatsu - Ritsurin-Koen	235 Takamatsu - Ritsurin-Koen	236 Takamatsu - Ritsurin-Koen
237 Tokyo - Pachinko	238 Tokyo at night	239 Skytree Tokyo	240 Tokyo
241 Tokyo cemetary	242	243	244 Judy waiting to see the emperor
245	246	247	248 Philosophers Walk Kyoto
249 Philosophers Walk Kyoto	250	251	252 Imperial Palace Kyoto
253 Nara	254	255 Fushimi Inari	256 Fushimi Inari
257 Fushimi Inari	258 Fushimi Inari	259	260
261 Takayama Matsuri	262 Takayama Matsuri	263 Takayama Matsuri	264 Takayama Matsuri
265 Takayama Matsuri	266 Takayama Matsuri	267 Takayama Matsuri	268 Takayama Matsuri
269 Takayama Matsuri	270 Kanazawa	271 Kanazawa	272 Kanazawa
273 Kanazawa	274 Kanazawa	275 Kanazawa	276 Kanazawa
277 Kanazawa	278 Green Tea snacks for our daughter	279 Kanazawa - wedding photo	280 Hiroshima Dome - epicenter of atomic bomb
281 Hiroshima	282 Hiroshima	283 Hiroshima	284 Kumamoto
285 Kumamoto	286 Kumamoto	287 Yufuin	288 Takamatsu - Iya Valley