View Full Version : pics from my trip to Japan


nukey
February 24th, 2005, 06:56 AM
These are some pics from my christmas 2week trip around Japan:

These are a couple of silly pics that me and my bro took in the foreign cemetery in Yokohama
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall1.jpg

http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall2.jpg


We thought that the Yokohama Landmark Tower looked like it should be a part of the Emperor's fleet :) That is one SERIOUSLY impressive tower...
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall3.jpg


Ever wondered what fish gore looks like? Just go to the fish market in Tokyo in the morning and you practically get to wade through the stuff!
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall4.jpg

My parents doing the V-sign that so many asians seem to love doing whenevr they see a camera being pointed at them. Iv even started doing it now. I guess its contagious
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall5.jpg

one of the few meiji period buildings I saw in tokyo. I like what they did with it.
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall6.jpg

the new Prada store by Herzog and De Meuron. It looks good in pics but it is actually nothing special. The area around it doesnt capture well in pics but it is lovely
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall7.jpg

Kyoto looking pretty
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall8.jpg

Kyoto looking pretty again. Its one of the most culturaly rich cities I have ever been to, and the new city is wonderful to. Ive been back twice now and am yearning to go again already.
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall9.jpg

Kids collecting for charity in Kurashiki, a little old village in the middle of lots of urban sprawl near Okayama
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Matsue, a nice provincial city near the west coast
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Tokyo from a bridge
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall12.jpg

Tokyo at night
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall13.jpg

This guy killed dozens of fish in a row. I couldnt stop staring. Freaky.
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall14.jpg

cute ladies eating in a tofu restaurant in Kyoto
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me being a little lost for words in a dinner we had with Geisha's. They did a dance and everything, and got us WASTED. They served no water, just lots of Sake and kept refilling the glass ALL the time even if I didnt ant anymore :)
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall16.jpg

The Ryokan we stayed in in Kurashiki. It was a weird one with all the European antiques and bits and pieces all over the places. It was my favourite Ryokan but my family preferred the one in Kyoto
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall17.jpg

the people from the Ryokan saying Sionara!
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall18.jpg

Every city in Japan has these cute manh-hole covers. Just love em!
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall19.jpg

Matsue's castle: probably the best thing about the city... except for this one AMAZING soba restaurant by the moat
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall20.jpg

Himeiji castle. The biggest in Japan and very cool. There is a museum by Ando next door but I had no time to go there.
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall21.jpg

The paper church in Kobe by Shigeru Ban, built for people made homeless in the earthquake
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall22.jpg

Kobe in the morning from my brother's room in the Okura hotel
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall23.jpg

a weird building we saw from the nozomi
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall24.jpg

and finally us and our house in Karuizawa
http://www.madam-studio.com/karuizawasmall.jpg

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nukey
February 24th, 2005, 07:03 AM
I forgot to post pics from the new Yokohama Ferry Terminal building by Foreign Office Architects, which is a terribly exciting building:

ontop:
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall25.jpg

the roof inside:
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall26.jpg

and ontop with a view to the towers:
http://www.madam-studio.com/japansmall27.jpg