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| Friday, 28-Nov-2003 00:00 |
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Harajuku - Meiji Jingu Shrine
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| Thursday, 27-Nov-2003 00:00 |
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Harajuku - Meiji Jingu Wedding
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the wedding party
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guests
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the bride and groom
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Meiji Jingu is a huge shrine. At New Years it gets over 1 million visitors. When we went at the beginning of Novemeber we were lucky to catch a wedding party on the grounds. All of the members of the party assemble like a choir for a large group picture. Then the bride and groom walk around the grounds with photographer in tow taking a million pics.
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| Wednesday, 26-Nov-2003 00:00 |
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Harajuku - goths
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Harajuku is the fashion district. On weekends kids get dressed up ala Marilyn Manson. This is very weird in Japan ... fashionable office lady or men wearing blue suit, white shirt, bland tie and Rolex is the national uniform.
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| Tuesday, 25-Nov-2003 00:00 |
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Askakusa shops
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The road to the shrine is packed with souvenir shops - everything from tacky knick-knacks, to Japanese kitsch, to sembei (traditional rice crackers), to manju (sweet bean paste inside a thin cake-like shell).
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| Monday, 24-Nov-2003 00:00 |
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Asakusa
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school girls at the incense burner
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lots of people
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giant lantern
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Asakusa is an older area of Tokyo with lots of traditional shops and an old shrine. It is quite busy on weekends as you can see from the photo.
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| Sunday, 23-Nov-2003 00:00 |
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Yunishigawa Onsen 6
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Views from the room
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| Saturday, 22-Nov-2003 00:00 |
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Yunishigawa Onsen 5
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Welcome food - dango and sweet sake
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food in the irori
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fish on a stick, miso paddle, etc
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The food! The food was delicious!
Dinner was around the irori (hearth). Lots of grilled things, teppanyaki and a whole bunch of soups and little dishes.
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| Friday, 21-Nov-2003 00:00 |
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Yunishigawa Onsen 4
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Wall scrolls
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| Thursday, 20-Nov-2003 00:00 |
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Yunishigawa Onsen 3
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entrance hallway
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gate into the hotel
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hotel itself
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A few pics from around the hotel we stayed at. http://www.yunishigawa.co.jp/index.html The link is only Japanese but if you click on the red coloured bars on the menu on the left you can check it out.
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| Wednesday, 19-Nov-2003 00:00 |
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Yunishigawa Onsen 2
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More pretty fall leaves
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(it should be nice to see you early in the morning) 
