Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Tokyo, Japan: Better Late Than Never


Outside festival outside of Yasukuni-Jinja; traditional/modern life


Obama candies?/peace cranes at a Buddhist shine in Ueno Park


Ueno Park


Buddhist shine on January 2nd; no karaoke at Uneo Park


Akihabara; Hachiko landmark Shibuya Station in our neighborhood


The Emperor and Imperial Family at the Imperial Palace for their annual appearance


A strange religious gathering on New Years Day


Large Buddhist temple grounds on New Year's Day




Sumida-gawa






Tsukiji Market






Harajuku teenagers




Line outside of A Bathing Ape


Prada Aoyama designed by Herzog & de Meuron


Maid Cafe


Shibuya at night


Piano Bar




Roppongi with Mr. Takara


Phillip ate a fish eye/brain

I have been back from Japan and back to normal life for three weeks now and it gets harder and harder to fill this post (which has been in "save draft" for many days) with all of the notes and observations from our rich trip. Let me just put these pictures up now and revisit the commentary (specifically around nationalism and fashion!) at a future date when time and attention permit.

No comments: