TokyoAkihabara. Tokyo is incredibly "high-tech", and unlike in the US, they don't hide it (ie. behind wood). Even the dinkiest shop has Star Trek-style automatic sliding doors -- even the cab doors automatically open and close for you! ...and the highest-tech section of town is Akihabara, the electronics district. A friends tells me that 8% of all electronics sold in Japan trade hands here. On the street, you're bombarded by deals, demos, and flyers being handed out by girls in blaring costumes, such as the NEC girls in the photo.The Tokyo Government Buildings. The architecture of the buildings is incredible! Unlike the US, new buildings aren't usually given an "old", "rustic" or "natural" look; instead, they go for buildings straight out of a sci-fi novel. The Tokyo Government Building and the area around it is much more impressive than the photos show. Here's another, a bit artsier.Doorway to the Meiji Shrine. I wasn't too impressed by the shrines, but the Meiji Shrine was pretty photogenic. Here's another classic japan-shrine photo.Street Performer. In the middle of the day, in the middle of downtown Tokyo, some performance artists took over a street and performed Butoh, an art form so unusual, I can't describe it.
Portland?! As it happens, I didn't get to see any real "Japanese Gardens" in Japan, but did see the Portland Japanese Garden, which is really amazing (much better than the tea garden in San Francisco).lantern behind a rock.
lantern close-up.
lantern with moss.
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