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Exploring Japan
2004 / 2005 / 2006 |
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| SENDAI | View of Sendai from the Castle Site Hill |
Sendai Station and Matt |
The shrine at the site of Sendai castle |
Date Masamune (a powerful feudal lord of Sendai!) |
Date Masamune on a horse (at the site of Sendai Castle). |
On Kyogamine Hill where the tomb of Date Masamune is. |
The Zuihoden Mausoleum on Kyogamine Hill |
Very colorful decorations on the mausoleum |
Strange small cars for 1 person "Midget II" |
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| Maizuru (Kyoto-ken) | In the high speed Nozomi Shinkansen |
The train bound for Maizuru at Kyoto Station |
The Noodle Factory in Maizuru. High quality very tasty fresh noodles. |
The Shochu Bar in Maizuru |
The Shochu Bar in Maizuru |
Maizuru Seaside |
A stingray in Maizuru Harbor |
A picturesque pagoda in Maizuru |
A picturesque pagoda in Maizuru |
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| Amano-hashidate | The Amanohashidate tourist sightseeing map |
The 3.6 km stretch of land is covered in pine trees |
On one side there is a sandy beach |
We took the chair lift up to the top |
The famous view spot |
The famous view of Amanohashidate |
Pagoda in the forest above Amanohashidate |
The fastest way back is the speedboat |
Amanohashidate, meaning "bridge of heaven", is a 3.6 kilometers long, pine tree covered sand bar, spanning across Miyatsu Bay on the Tango Peninsula, northern Kyoto Prefecture. It is ranked as one of Japan's three most scenic views! (From Japan-Guide) |
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| Kokura, KitaKyushu |
Kokura shopping center Riverwalk Deco City |
Me, Tomo and Ban at the Kushiage place |
Kokura Castle |
At the karaoke snaku in Kokura |
Kokura Riverwalk fat hippos |
| 飯塚市
IIZUKA, revisited |
At Hana Kyabetsu, the friendly food bar |
Inside Hana Kyabestu |
At Hana Moyo, Yoshiwara-chou |
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Me in the office (APR 05) |
Me after work drinking Sakura Shochu |
Aya-chan, Chika-chan, Me, Yoshie-chan, Ban-chan, Yuko-chan |
Karaoke singing |
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At Burugari |
Close up |
LEON at Bar Emulsion |
Sunset over Iizuka |
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Matsumoto-san's parents' restaurant |
Ban-san drank fast! (At Ma-chan's) |
We went to ACTIVE ... |
... then to BVLGARI ... |
...finally to Emulsion / ICE |
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| Tokyo, Roppongi & Ginza |
Bvlgari in Ginza |
Ginza Bvlgari and me |
Sophisticated Bordeaux Bar (Enoteca Wine Shop, next to Bvlgari) |
Suzuki-san, Ban-san and me at the Hobgoblin, British Pub in Roppongi |
We saw famous Sumo wrestler Kotooshu at the Hobgoblin pub in Roppongi |
| Bernd's Bar (Tokyo, Roppongi) |
Matt and Ban have some Bitburger at Bernds Bar in Roppongi |
Excellent German sausages |
More Bitburger Pils at Bernd's Bar |
BERND'S BAR is a friendly German Bar and Restaurant in Roppongi with excellent German beer, wine and German food. | At Starbucks, Roppongi |
| Tokyo, Asakusa Senso-jo Temple |
The Kaminarimon Gate (Senso-ji Temple) |
Asakusa - the huge lantern |
Many souvenir shops at Senso-ji (Nakamise-dori) |
Hozo-mon Gate and the five-storey pagoda at Senso-ji |
Senso-ji Temple Main Hall during festival (21-MAY-2005) |
| Yonezawa 米沢市 Uesugi Shrine |
Uesugi Shrine |
Uesugi Shrine |
Uesugi Shrine at night in the snow!! |
Tons of snow at Uesugi Shrine (MAR 2005) |
Aburiya あぶりや |
Bridge next to Uesugi Shrine in Matsugasaki Park (Map) |
Me on the Uesugi Shrine bridge in the snow |
The same bridge in the snow (MAR 2005) |
The Japanese garden next to the restaurant |
The excellent izakaya (pub) in Yonezawa called Aburiya あぶりや |
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Irori Yakiniku Restaurant |
The Yonezawa Beef restaurant is part of the Uesugi Memorial Museum (Map) |
Inside the restaurant |
Ban-san cooks the Yonezawa beef sukiyaki |
Ban-san on the steep path to Shirabu Waterfall |
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![]() Irori Yakiniku Restaurant |
Shirabu Waterfall |
The water was very cold ! |
The Shirabu Falls |
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Raw minced beef at the Irori yakiniku place |
Nishiya Ryokan with candles in the snow!! |
Nishiya Ryokan at Shirabu Onsen (hotspring / spa) |
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| Yonezawa Snack Bars Karaoke |
Snack Bar - BREAK ブレーク (map) Me and a hostess are trying to sing "Titanic" |
Snack Bar - BREAK Me and Banbaka are excellent at Karaoke (AUG 04) |
Snack Bar - BREAK Banbaka, a nice hostess and his bottle |
I have to sing Karaoke at BREAK ! (MAR 05) |
More Karaoke |
The staff (Yuka, Ai, Natsumi) at Snack Bar BREAK (MAR 05) |
Kleiner Feigling |
A ladies' song in Japanese |
At BREAK |
Snack Bar - AQUARIUS アクエリアス (map) - Mama speaks fluent English |
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Snack Bar - New Tropical ニュートロピカル Ao. |
Some Kleiner Feigling drink presents |
At ROCO |
Ban and Kumiko at ROCO |
Snack Bar / Lounge PASSION LADY &ション・レディ (map) Machiko-chan speaks no English at all |
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Me and a crazy cutomer at BREAK doing Karaoke |
Banbaka's BIRTHDAY Cake. Baked by BREAK hostesses. N i c e. |
These are two experts at English Karaoke |
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| In Flight
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Lufthansa First Class |
![]() ANA First Class Video, light chop |
All Nippon Airways First Class |
ANA First Class |
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Lufthansa First Class |
ANA First Class |
ANA First Class |
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Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 at Frankfurt AIrport |
View of wing of Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 |
View from the plane of Siberia, many ox-bow lakes |
Frozen rivers in Siberia |
Ice breaking up near Finland (APR 05) |
ANA First Class |
| Night-Life in Yonezawa List http://tasu.iamyamagata.com/yonezawa_night/ http://tasu.iamyamagata.com/ Pub and snack bar list from phonebook Map address finder Yonezawa Satellite photos of Yonezawa / Japan Tokyo Pocket Guide Dictionary: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html |
Updated 10 FEB 2006