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2013 Tokyo Japan
^Food at a very nice Japanese restaurant
^Our hosts
Hermann
^The vegetarian dish (well 3/4)
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^Onions and mushrooms
^The university
^It was university entrance admission results day- I don't know what the polar bear was doing
^The new building at the Uni with earthquake proof struts
^which was mostly clad in Solar panels
^my veggie lunch
^one for a meat and fish eater
^A view from the hotel bar - £6 for a small beer !
^In tokyo normal sized houses are often surrounded on 3 sides by high rise blocks
^this was looking out of a scruffy window along with other toys
^At Asakusa there was "a big slipper"
^Asakusa
^Dragons with water to wash at the temple
^Washing with a toddler
^shrine
^shrine
^shrines
^shrines
^This place needs some TLC
^Japanesestyle (there were a lot of Union flag clothes)
^Buddhist temple
^Buddhist temple
^We left our shoes outside and went in for a ceremony
^Human rickshaw
^Asakusa gate with some not pleasant looking buildings
^An attractive garden
^An attractive garden
^Delightfully overgrown
^At an optician
^I don't know what this is!
^The emperor's palace
^Rapid tree trimming
^A green wall
^My noodles
^At the meiji shrine
^At the meiji shrine
^A wedding
^I far prefer the traditional dress
^Must find out what this means
^Prayers and wishes
^Preparing the next bride
^Another wedding - every 5 minutes
^What beautiful design
^Another wedding
^Meiji shrine
^Dancing in Yoyogi park 1.
^Fockey ?
^Dancing in Yoyogi park 1
^Nibbles
^More nibbles
^Ueno Park
^Ueno Park
^Ueno Park
^Hiroshima/Nagasaki flame
^Good luck Tokyo !
^Ueno Park
^Fujisan from my room
^Fujisan from my room
^Japanese toilet
^Difficult buying tickets at the station
^Bentos
^Plastic food
^Beth likes strange chocolate - there was some Wasabi flavour !