A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of traveling with my cousins Taye and Taryn G. to visit my SIL Javon in Japan (she's there for a three-month stay). It was an incredible trip. Japan is a very special and beautiful country with an intricate culture all its own. I was smitten.
It's also a very photogenic place, and so I couldn't help but take over a thousand pictures, but I'll spare you all. These are a few of my favorites...
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| Gardens at our restaurant the first night |
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| Tuna auction at the early morning fish market in Tokyo |
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| Waiting in line for two hours at the famous Sushi-Dai restaurant |
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| Breakfast, Japanese style, at Sushi-Dai |
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| Lanterns at Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo |
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| Rickshaw at Asakusa |
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| Birds-eye view of Tokyo |
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| Kinkaku-ji, Golden Pavilion, Temple in Kyoto |
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| School girls in Kyoto |
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| Tranquility at the Rioan-ji Rock Garden in Kyoto |
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| Rioan-ji Temple |
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| Riverside in Kyoto |
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| Train Station in the rain |
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| Hundreds of torii gates at the Fushimi Inari shrine |
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| The great Mt. Fuji |
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| The front step of our Ryokan in Kyoto |
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| Botanical Gardens in Tokyo |
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| The fog before the typhoon in Karuizawa |
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| Sunset Point above Karuizawa |
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| The Stone Church in Karuizawa |
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| Shiraito Falls in Karuizawa |
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| Clear, cold water filtered down from the top of the mountain |
4 comments:
wow! these are just beautiful! :)
Beautiful pictures Ashton! I can imagine what the remaining thousand ;) look like! Appears like you had a wonderful fun time with Javon and the girls! :D
I love seeing these pics again. And it's funny too, because now I have pretty similar ones with nick :) well, not all for sure. he never got to see the famous tuna auction, although he did get to see me buy a crab at the wholesale auction. speaking all japanese, buying the crab still alive, the whole shabang! Thanks for posting the pics!
Japan looks so full of culture and amazing. This makes me want to go....It had never really been on my list of place I want to travel to, but I don't know why. Especially now that I see how cool it is!
I fee like a broken record....but I do miss you! Hopefully we can hang out sometime in the near future. :)
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