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...

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...