More photos of Japan, batch 4 of [--]. Tokyo: Ginza, Asakusa, Shibuya and points in between

[dangermousie]

As promised, I bring you more photos of Japan. I went camera mad.





One of the many reasons Japan is cooler than here. I have never seen so much amazing food as I had on the lower level of this upscale department store in Ginza:





Just look at the sushi!



Other food:



And the desert:







Quieter part of Ginza:



And there are a lot of trendy billboards there (you can see a KAT-TUN phone ad in the background):



They close the main road on weekends so people can sit around. Which we did, with our yummy lunch:



It actually forms a really neat pedestrian area:





And as always, there are people (here it's the girl in pink) handing out sanitary tissues. No idea why but it was awesomely helpful. I accumulated a stack :):



See, sitting area:





I loved people watching when we were there and taking people pictures:













Seriously, so pretty!



In the background, there is an unfortunate man wearing a teddy-bear suit. I keep thinking Fumoffu :P





I love capturing moments in lives of strangers. In this case a waiting young man:



One of the sidestreets. And a woman with a parasol (lots of people had them):



Even street-signs can become exotic if you are not used to them:



That is just whaaaaa?



I love the roofs and the odd crowdedness of the buildings and did you notice how clean this is?



This pic mainly cracks me up as I have no idea who Orange Shirt is but it looks like someone travelling with me who I asked to pose for a photo :P



Poster in the subway. Any idea what movie this is for? It looks good:



More people (this time around Asakusa temple). Told you I like shots of strangers:









I have yet to figure out what that weird yellow thing on that one roof is:



Crowds outside the temple precincts:



Tourists taking a photo with a good-natured young couple dressed in traditional clothes:



The impressive entrance to Asakusa temple itself:





One of my fave pics. The traditionally dressed couple going through the busy market that forms at the entrance to the temple. You could just transform them a hundred or more years back and they wouldn't be out of place:



Inside the temple/grounds:























Koi in the pond:



Peaceful despite the crowds:



Or crowded despite the peace:





People rinsing their mouths before entering:



I love the fact that there are very modern buildings in the background:



People praying in the background, and in foreground, where you throw coins:



Tying prayers:



I love how beautiful even the doors are:



And right outside the temple, you plunge into the marketplace, selling everything, from fans with JE boys' faces on them to this, which are awesome wigs:



And rows and rows of sandals:



This, ladies and gents, is whale meat. There is a whale meat store in that small area:



An interested customer?



The policemen having a bit of a chat:



I have yet to figure out the roof:



A display in a store selling swords:



View (from the huge subway station) on one of the big intersections in Shibuya, where the cool young things hang out, apparently.



Inside the ginormous Shibuya subway station:



To be continued...

Comments

[ginzarhapsody.livejournal.com]

shibuya = <3 :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It was so fun when we were there!

[autumnflame.livejournal.com]

Sigh, gosh, these make me so nostalgic. XD

And an educated guess as to the poster: Renri no Eda (Relationship's Branches, very roughly? Though there's also a pun since the first word can apparently mean both 'trees with entwined branches' and 'an intimate male and female relationship.') I think it's a foreign film, though, because the katakana above the title seem to be the actors' names (Che Ju and Cho Hanson).

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the help on the elusive title! Those posters were everywhere.

[janlake83.livejournal.com]

ahhh love the pics mousie.... the food however is making me soooo hungry.... need a brownie now

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeee. I always need a brownie or a cookie :)

[stardreemer.livejournal.com]

I love Shibuya! One of my favorite places! I haven't been to the Asakusa temple yet, but it looks pretty! Maybe I will go there this weekend.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You should, it's very pretty and the temple is beautiful and the little shops are awesome.

[grey-fuzzy.livejournal.com]

Wow, I want to go to Japan more than ever now (next summer? pleeeasee?)

I want to comment on all of them, but I have to run, so I'll just say I look forward to the next set :)!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You should totally go!

And next set is tonight :)

[outof-focus.livejournal.com]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/Dangermousie/japan/P9090514.jpg --> I really love this photo. I love the focused group of people, and the unfocused lot in the background. :D Good shot.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks! One good thing about taking so many is that some of them come out OK :)

[kathputli-girl.livejournal.com]

I love how all the food always looks so neat and organized and perfect. Yum!! These are great pictures! 8)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am hungry now too :)

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Really cool pics. The poster is of a Korean movie starring Choi Ji-woo. I forgot the title, but it's a rather sad story if I'm not mistaken (I have the DVD). Thanks for the pics, once again :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Ooooh, I want to find that movie...