A-bomb Dome, Hiroshima.
Hiroshima Peace Park cenotaph.
people going friggin' nuts at a Hiroshima Carp game.
Hiroshima Carp game!
pretty scene at Miyajima.
epic view of the famous Miyajima torii.
deer attack beginning... hideous.
temple roof and sky.
from a Nagano mountaintop, tarns and trees.
today's classic Engrish for you.
sails, sea, and a cool optical effect.
my quarters and space-age bed on rails.
piece of the gate-action at Terra's busiest theme park.
dark corner of the happiest place on earth.
Birthday Extravaganza I, me rocking the mike.
Birthday II, the crew assembled.
Birthday Final, madness.
Tokyo Dome, pregame!
Giants fans going berserk during an at-bat.
Piyo-chan and me at the izakaya, once upon a time pre-haircut.
up to no good at Golden Gai.
old-school watercolor illustrations of intense fishes.
sumi-e hawk screen, Tokyo Nat'l Museum.
girls going nuts on taiko drums, Ueno Station.
katana with ray skin grip (Himantura?).
Basilosaurus, Tylosaurus, Archelon et al.
part of the Biodiversity Hall, Museum of Natural Science.
my fossil boys.
nomihodai (AYCD) karaoke makes the world go 'round. i am a fiend.
Tsukiji Friggin' Fish Market. like the coolest and most depressing aquarium ever.
...minke whale on display. everywhere.
men toiling over exorbitantly priced tuna with power tools and swords.
Akihabara! geeks ftw.
Daibutsu at Kamakura. you can go inside him.
Shinto wedding at Hachiman, the god of war's, shrine.
Sega Joypolis!
interactive touch aquarium sims at Joypolis.
site of my astonishing victory. big monitors offcam.
their technology is advanced...
Shinjuku, Neon Chaos.
too wild for words. just click.
Johnny Depp kids at Ginkakuji.
garden and woods behind Ginkakuji.
hidden part of Philosopher's Walk in Kyoto.
Best. Engrish. evAr.
leaves at Eikando.
courtyard garden at Eikando.
Shinto purification fountain at Heian Jingu.
small part of the garden complex at Heian Jingu.
also at Heian Jingu's garden. epic place.
Kyoto Station looks cool.
stone marker at.... (need to look it up)
Kiyomizudera, one of the New 7 Wonders candidates.
yes. it smelled really, really odd.
Kinkakuji, the golden pavilion.
zen garden at Ryoanji(?)
real life bamboo forest. with ninja. and a spider.
sharp red beam construction at a temple.
Tenryuji, temple of the heavenly dragon.
it begins...
at this point, six deer are attacking. this one is biting and stomping me.
i can't read it but my wounds surmise the message.
Todaiji, largest wooden building in the world.
lanterns along a cobbled road.
Horyuji, oldest extant wooden buildings in the world. not too shabby.
small part of the garden outside my window in Nara.
one of a dozen kaiseki courses, Nara Day 1.