tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28346311323491508132024-03-20T01:34:13.994+09:00Cycle TokyoMy Mini Cycling Experience in Tokyo - Mostly Inside of Circle Yamanotecycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-3778420355367332922010-06-27T22:11:00.001+09:002010-06-27T22:14:54.734+09:00Rainbow BridgeRainbow Bridge is 1.6 km long, double decks and connect Tokyo bays. Unfortunately, they don't let me cycle on the bridge, and I would have to leave my bike. I haven't walked across the Bridge before and today is the day to do it! I started walking North bound of the bridge from Shibaura to Daiba.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Daiba side. I walked 1.6 km, and now I would have to walk back the other 1.6 km to Shibaura. I am going to walk back on the South bound of the bridge for different view.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRuSDvMq6d0wc0UMC9aTlTcqbOBd79e6LKzEIMQ481v3lZ7K8_HmVQkhU_091ZOOKw343o571SAnJW29_nmtezG3O5469pkzSHfck0EWNMZ8xUebaFdtWAa1Gn-xKRQ6aDs9CosjNtGM/s1600/DSCN2130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRuSDvMq6d0wc0UMC9aTlTcqbOBd79e6LKzEIMQ481v3lZ7K8_HmVQkhU_091ZOOKw343o571SAnJW29_nmtezG3O5469pkzSHfck0EWNMZ8xUebaFdtWAa1Gn-xKRQ6aDs9CosjNtGM/s320/DSCN2130.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAB7qdbaK7GA-LpuOAs0vHUJMoFcrBq17iVHJktHM7tom1r_wSawts2jGuCAL5PJYDshUFBjpPJHtKmzlm036KdSZdDzSUfVBO5lte1nnmaJHdiUeivf8enCcaDQ73ns9qvNi_Xinun0/s1600/DSCN1851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAB7qdbaK7GA-LpuOAs0vHUJMoFcrBq17iVHJktHM7tom1r_wSawts2jGuCAL5PJYDshUFBjpPJHtKmzlm036KdSZdDzSUfVBO5lte1nnmaJHdiUeivf8enCcaDQ73ns9qvNi_Xinun0/s400/DSCN1851.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Kanda-gawa river is beautiful with cherry blossoms!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzYT4Ybj-vf1yvdVdrCMrJXMp6eTVaiiBf9x_UkrqfdJK83w-mPKZj_fNO1eiRqlf1wOj8y-yeXc2WzfhH9oG7viFbRYHx9Bf7C9qglappLhSk2Qw4mj5VR9qu-_laW8-_WYmyXoQOmA/s1600/DSCN1853.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzYT4Ybj-vf1yvdVdrCMrJXMp6eTVaiiBf9x_UkrqfdJK83w-mPKZj_fNO1eiRqlf1wOj8y-yeXc2WzfhH9oG7viFbRYHx9Bf7C9qglappLhSk2Qw4mj5VR9qu-_laW8-_WYmyXoQOmA/s400/DSCN1853.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-3009971972273539712010-03-07T12:45:00.006+09:002010-03-07T13:02:11.201+09:00Not cycling much and you see why!I am not cycling much these days and not updating my blog. If you see this picture, you can see why I am not riding! It usually doesn't slow much in Tokyo, but this year, it has snowed at least three times. Looks like it's going to snow again this afternoon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqhlS10NPxJWztEmlu1XqtmraziB9r8FhuXquPYkMP6p9i004O_R4iGt7XmRkL_jiRr7ADCpzsq3GJzUKn2a1TBcs889KObb-P1HlmKwRuO9ddxk-AOCKXQ_V6fAiYjEY7OYuESosu7c/s1600-h/DSCN1791.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445733923339457906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqhlS10NPxJWztEmlu1XqtmraziB9r8FhuXquPYkMP6p9i004O_R4iGt7XmRkL_jiRr7ADCpzsq3GJzUKn2a1TBcs889KObb-P1HlmKwRuO9ddxk-AOCKXQ_V6fAiYjEY7OYuESosu7c/s400/DSCN1791.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZzU-pGMKpIrrD92qLG-DAyZF0byK2CeBGAyJClDapDlPtTiBbYRzrHELV3kVuJ07vEoiDtIoJyqkVPZyClZpTOs2N7xP0IdtKa_JiUXoBKarfD0hJaGcfAkRVAXwlXRfEFlVxFBwwhc/s1600-h/DSCN1795.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445733732812083618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZzU-pGMKpIrrD92qLG-DAyZF0byK2CeBGAyJClDapDlPtTiBbYRzrHELV3kVuJ07vEoiDtIoJyqkVPZyClZpTOs2N7xP0IdtKa_JiUXoBKarfD0hJaGcfAkRVAXwlXRfEFlVxFBwwhc/s400/DSCN1795.JPG" /></a> I still ride between bad weather. This was the picture from our ride to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Haneda</span></span> Airport two weeks ago.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjDSg-1TmLxEhtRQZhLozUgymQz3TCHr9So3B5oJLfOyqZLASGWMn0-0kmgL55oO6BCsQhqY6WgdXAzCgdb0M3s8vMWaiTpmvkXXTn_9Ej1yIgRn5AALjOTWOo0s4UO4E5U6mcR2x0tI/s1600-h/DSCN1801.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445733534768695682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjDSg-1TmLxEhtRQZhLozUgymQz3TCHr9So3B5oJLfOyqZLASGWMn0-0kmgL55oO6BCsQhqY6WgdXAzCgdb0M3s8vMWaiTpmvkXXTn_9Ej1yIgRn5AALjOTWOo0s4UO4E5U6mcR2x0tI/s400/DSCN1801.JPG" /></a> On my way back from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Haneda</span></span> Airport, I saw cherry blossom trees right by the Imperial Palace. It will be spring in Tokyo soon -- I hope ;-)<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-41581234878786892662010-01-24T11:58:00.007+09:002010-01-24T13:56:04.402+09:00Bike to National Museum of Modern Art -- Jan 23, 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVAEJSsVGwdDRqW0aPhE-d1UsTHCm1jhvNP3xm_DWyhXnq2Lp9VFwsJL_OAXUiTD6BvnvDMXUyB7L8eOgkyZKMVw5AXfF7dOeec-Hqbcfkf5em3iO5zWai3pOn2-_y1Rwi0JfTIMHw8c/s1600-h/DSCN1756.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430137608042047330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVAEJSsVGwdDRqW0aPhE-d1UsTHCm1jhvNP3xm_DWyhXnq2Lp9VFwsJL_OAXUiTD6BvnvDMXUyB7L8eOgkyZKMVw5AXfF7dOeec-Hqbcfkf5em3iO5zWai3pOn2-_y1Rwi0JfTIMHw8c/s400/DSCN1756.JPG" /></a> I bike through Kitanomaru Park to meet my friends at National Museum of Moder Art.<br /><br /><br /><br />The exhibit we saw was William Kentridge.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKR9VlNNSuVGGoSpTQIxzghncVGLqGTFPav5NdgsdCDG3M5xt3wy2ZCWwLn43ry3Ag2Rk_WRJqy6M3KZflqV-SiFQoVKgZTYpjuEvED1QWgKTdsQoYiFxio_CtG0gyXRSvzZxh7PgOYuw/s1600-h/DSCN1762.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430137493967407378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKR9VlNNSuVGGoSpTQIxzghncVGLqGTFPav5NdgsdCDG3M5xt3wy2ZCWwLn43ry3Ag2Rk_WRJqy6M3KZflqV-SiFQoVKgZTYpjuEvED1QWgKTdsQoYiFxio_CtG0gyXRSvzZxh7PgOYuw/s320/DSCN1762.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHhVdtksMuvJyJWNr4hVSajwsK5bFu5whU0tlKQbmsqZVlczzU2m0CDYG13EjWMYFZ79QjjJj2ClOXnXNdPFHiHCcfyD2V7OKTE292hrl0o7J7uVBc8Axn066o496d4sR2NvxidRZlxY/s1600-h/DSCN1764.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430137334059727010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHhVdtksMuvJyJWNr4hVSajwsK5bFu5whU0tlKQbmsqZVlczzU2m0CDYG13EjWMYFZ79QjjJj2ClOXnXNdPFHiHCcfyD2V7OKTE292hrl0o7J7uVBc8Axn066o496d4sR2NvxidRZlxY/s320/DSCN1764.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDh6LebmnYlJ-bv_2tAaigjO43xevBAZxg0vet4Co7bmhKVLuAJWcL7I80OQ9XtCj8X0SPDbi5mBUUpjdWkJOed_FQSjq-LZ1ven7IoBR9M2cuSXhzDyhLWxsAThWoVZJ5nbUx8Shupg/s1600-h/DSCN1766.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430137170904198258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDh6LebmnYlJ-bv_2tAaigjO43xevBAZxg0vet4Co7bmhKVLuAJWcL7I80OQ9XtCj8X0SPDbi5mBUUpjdWkJOed_FQSjq-LZ1ven7IoBR9M2cuSXhzDyhLWxsAThWoVZJ5nbUx8Shupg/s320/DSCN1766.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-87929758342980408692010-01-24T11:25:00.008+09:002010-01-24T11:49:08.336+09:00Kamakura Enoshima Bike Ride - Jan 10th, 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEIeO3tmxaTJUdXaLBzssQwYA4Tb5tf5WkKPmtgtrMTowVmd1Bl6jYiJHmYvw6PI-dfnIQ8yZ5nIuNvGzQXE7Vxa7PLvH89HzAFG67bQEmRvWiswAFTBC9uL4xceqtOTl5k9yJc6z6hM/s1600-h/DSCN1739.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430127806898075202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEIeO3tmxaTJUdXaLBzssQwYA4Tb5tf5WkKPmtgtrMTowVmd1Bl6jYiJHmYvw6PI-dfnIQ8yZ5nIuNvGzQXE7Vxa7PLvH89HzAFG67bQEmRvWiswAFTBC9uL4xceqtOTl5k9yJc6z6hM/s320/DSCN1739.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9ySy2QGaWKCY6cE59LCfKi9nfXrpbcbHDrdXwFvw6G9afl229lEJmRiyGmAAv2gXHPjzqTw2Wkt6Ur2CtFfyqUMLP2eZs0w4iEemqaDa0_vEcw1yJ7sXABUny06p9TqYdC4r3Ci_kjo/s1600-h/DSCN1751.JPG"></a>I joined this bike ride at Yumigahama Beach because I didn't want to ride ups an downs of Kamakura hills. One of my new year's resolutions is to get in shape so I can do hills.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7znN61x0s3FnT9H7NLC8zee6yoIUaMYsceSqRFd_YK66DLDbyvDkHAibrg-1c678QZm-TTQADXAMbNzj6xKPp0cY5zHowByfqps9ZRc13vmmTBoEdZ4mbEFg37x9Whi94ILPNr3VnV2o/s1600-h/DSCN1752.JPG"></a><div><br /><br /> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeqIWOJNPKz_EMU1zqVpWAETg7ntD4vTrs-tqA5LZld6M927YsK8an8Kb3-lIE2ujyflR1WkZCftqyHR7VDxd29kB7DqkvsUCS6wyLQsDFbFlaYITeaw4nN6nt8spZp0RQX87TrAv8dQ/s1600-h/DSCN1751.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430129886429575282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeqIWOJNPKz_EMU1zqVpWAETg7ntD4vTrs-tqA5LZld6M927YsK8an8Kb3-lIE2ujyflR1WkZCftqyHR7VDxd29kB7DqkvsUCS6wyLQsDFbFlaYITeaw4nN6nt8spZp0RQX87TrAv8dQ/s320/DSCN1751.JPG" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Enoshima lighthouse and Enoshima Island from the distance.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj575fPZiq2KzD0txByeUns1NOSzMXPwgm2NPumdXyqwjm575lFSEt2q2zhhhMwe_0AdiFOy3psb8ALuHD_0ZB8oZXRdGoDdQ7cVPZfSQShiTeCWxnZqeSCGHkKSJs-pE12BkzG10zxPfM/s1600-h/DSCN1746.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430128151070653474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj575fPZiq2KzD0txByeUns1NOSzMXPwgm2NPumdXyqwjm575lFSEt2q2zhhhMwe_0AdiFOy3psb8ALuHD_0ZB8oZXRdGoDdQ7cVPZfSQShiTeCWxnZqeSCGHkKSJs-pE12BkzG10zxPfM/s320/DSCN1746.JPG" /></a><br />Enoshima Yacht Harbor. One of the oldest Yacht Harbors in greater Tokyo area.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbAZzGGBImmseKnUP5cicmFm764AzQgjpzDWA62chzl1CZHix5rNh-oqDqKPF7waCaNWASQDbJPQd-rpYIuRio5Jaoxr8xdYnA28W4YbNsd7Z7mbRQJCoM03GG_6rTzducVtOYRnoyNY/s1600-h/DSCN1753.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430127620726169890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbAZzGGBImmseKnUP5cicmFm764AzQgjpzDWA62chzl1CZHix5rNh-oqDqKPF7waCaNWASQDbJPQd-rpYIuRio5Jaoxr8xdYnA28W4YbNsd7Z7mbRQJCoM03GG_6rTzducVtOYRnoyNY/s320/DSCN1753.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-88725608446295350482010-01-03T23:00:00.021+09:002010-01-09T10:53:38.377+09:00New Year Greeting by Japanese Emperor - Jan 2nd, 2010<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422518550512415330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnWtwCEYIpuE5ONv75n220BKwin5ZYPYsNEzJuq1HaMl8_3X8UwoiOC_bRLE5VQX_T3QC6zUG54rAClEOrCubmIBYRNyvLDyrAkYMmbeLdCK1ngQCydwoya5V3VHImOeqv1RIK8BxNp0/s400/DSCN1697+-+Copy.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422514508840741522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnj75QFee-TupV672I8Hs8IqxWovGcqb0b-sBssZNbhZHkQtopUgO44KTh4HmtN76xJQEE3T3bvc-g5SbXDLjA4sGaitMMmfhzoAdnxwHKqp9tKg6sH3Zr0_UbXXbBqJHPtAqsjE8hLx4/s320/DSCN1701+-+Copy.JPG" />These are not my best photos, but I tried to take pictures of imperial family waving from the bullet proof windows. You can sort of see 6 people standing: they are Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince, Crown Princess, Second Prince and Second Princess.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFM6GSOsXTW3ce04shNL0aWWk_2Jmhkcy227wnlGx1CAZmVkQXIUA3iC06Jb8YvudsNffKwqVZPVbcuW4Y4o0hfyJmzx5aNs8TqSva2VLgEdoxmYRY-MVz_aGdmV8Kies1KbH_Az5G_1w/s1600-h/DSCN1716.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422520078928811570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFM6GSOsXTW3ce04shNL0aWWk_2Jmhkcy227wnlGx1CAZmVkQXIUA3iC06Jb8YvudsNffKwqVZPVbcuW4Y4o0hfyJmzx5aNs8TqSva2VLgEdoxmYRY-MVz_aGdmV8Kies1KbH_Az5G_1w/s320/DSCN1716.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>We are exiting from the Imperial Palace. </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxf2dGv4hNWcksIfF_Q4qj8ruhfD96KVv60oqk-A0BhyVi83ZbYcsjsnZUi6i_CTC5KtHJnoiXIPRqYY1C2Z6q0tz1aIvnzuVJJxd7uXdRPXP8sCpWu5OIEr1RRnTjvXpqVWczBSQyZm4/s1600-h/DSCN1727.JPG"></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxf2dGv4hNWcksIfF_Q4qj8ruhfD96KVv60oqk-A0BhyVi83ZbYcsjsnZUi6i_CTC5KtHJnoiXIPRqYY1C2Z6q0tz1aIvnzuVJJxd7uXdRPXP8sCpWu5OIEr1RRnTjvXpqVWczBSQyZm4/s1600-h/DSCN1727.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422514378366658786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxf2dGv4hNWcksIfF_Q4qj8ruhfD96KVv60oqk-A0BhyVi83ZbYcsjsnZUi6i_CTC5KtHJnoiXIPRqYY1C2Z6q0tz1aIvnzuVJJxd7uXdRPXP8sCpWu5OIEr1RRnTjvXpqVWczBSQyZm4/s320/DSCN1727.JPG" /></a></div><div></div><div>We stopped by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Yushima</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tenjin</span></span> Shrine to pray for good luck in 2010. This is the year of tiger, and Hello Kitty seems pretty popular posing as a tiger. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXgusfIHg7xjeCTOxfiGRYkXgaeUaB8hGpcaFn6yg3RTKDqPTnc4cV9JzIyILHR8pdXl-iQp6JsqlRWRBP4h_A8PVwd29Ca6nMd9ennsP3Eea1oXNs_lNXWGm6zbo5oqhnXMvGNlzZ_k/s1600-h/DSCN1728.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422513995545811106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXgusfIHg7xjeCTOxfiGRYkXgaeUaB8hGpcaFn6yg3RTKDqPTnc4cV9JzIyILHR8pdXl-iQp6JsqlRWRBP4h_A8PVwd29Ca6nMd9ennsP3Eea1oXNs_lNXWGm6zbo5oqhnXMvGNlzZ_k/s320/DSCN1728.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXgusfIHg7xjeCTOxfiGRYkXgaeUaB8hGpcaFn6yg3RTKDqPTnc4cV9JzIyILHR8pdXl-iQp6JsqlRWRBP4h_A8PVwd29Ca6nMd9ennsP3Eea1oXNs_lNXWGm6zbo5oqhnXMvGNlzZ_k/s1600-h/DSCN1728.JPG"></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXgusfIHg7xjeCTOxfiGRYkXgaeUaB8hGpcaFn6yg3RTKDqPTnc4cV9JzIyILHR8pdXl-iQp6JsqlRWRBP4h_A8PVwd29Ca6nMd9ennsP3Eea1oXNs_lNXWGm6zbo5oqhnXMvGNlzZ_k/s1600-h/DSCN1728.JPG"></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>My friend bought two arrows, and I bought Hello Kitty lucky charm for 500 Yen. Hope it works!<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422514199214314754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9iIItAC64ueriew7twVH6Kk0HM5EbD5Poa_APrQkfFuKBoeP75ETtYVpVcqBgziXOu1yzdD_PAuth3NkJ-QfINh3kCjU-8ZpE3EISNdFFnb8dLL1mjPZ2hOB91yJy2f4de6T8MRK6kk/s320/DSCN1733.JPG" /></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-30019517198237842192009-12-18T00:01:00.014+09:002009-12-18T00:22:39.016+09:00Holiday Greetings from Digital TokyoTokyo has many beautiful Christmas decorations, but the best one is at the Tokyo Dome. I am lucky that I live only walking distance from there. Happy Holidays to all of you and enjoy digital Tokyo. They are all taken around the Tokyo Dome.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5oVG1oJeI3CV1pYgtsD9R6ltGBI0u8l84BDnyIo9N0OGfgd9VhQr1803HP1I_SZAD6wDul6z0jZid9_UzmmOHwKXKZyMalyrIZdpGPnNND6gIyZGnt-9gwGmemBSC8oeIdhmoBByzjo/s1600-h/DSCN1422.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 399px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416223708237157794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5oVG1oJeI3CV1pYgtsD9R6ltGBI0u8l84BDnyIo9N0OGfgd9VhQr1803HP1I_SZAD6wDul6z0jZid9_UzmmOHwKXKZyMalyrIZdpGPnNND6gIyZGnt-9gwGmemBSC8oeIdhmoBByzjo/s400/DSCN1422.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdJ_I-a6Fzg__0Byy68S83K0IMMePeAebY0z2GBuFlKSsOlEsPbDIwNi5w86dh_WbsIhVbhhN0PUo1urDGvzMv53rlCZ64_fprWanD3S5zIZOdjaZw7gBpb2pcKNUpMMUaEMJrKVe7LY/s1600-h/DSCN1384.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 244px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416223023166022338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdJ_I-a6Fzg__0Byy68S83K0IMMePeAebY0z2GBuFlKSsOlEsPbDIwNi5w86dh_WbsIhVbhhN0PUo1urDGvzMv53rlCZ64_fprWanD3S5zIZOdjaZw7gBpb2pcKNUpMMUaEMJrKVe7LY/s400/DSCN1384.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_kXTMByYbXGy3gaDLoi6_F9bVSumjCcwG0pm5R7-Ndhb5XxaD7qzxap9nq9bHHrXArT0Rp0oA2MdXvQKu2R2v1SLNYAzdulHJSm4-Fq7J5kvxfvQaDGE88ZR247Xiy4MiIq5NpKBoFNU/s1600-h/DSCN1371.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416222908363408194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_kXTMByYbXGy3gaDLoi6_F9bVSumjCcwG0pm5R7-Ndhb5XxaD7qzxap9nq9bHHrXArT0Rp0oA2MdXvQKu2R2v1SLNYAzdulHJSm4-Fq7J5kvxfvQaDGE88ZR247Xiy4MiIq5NpKBoFNU/s400/DSCN1371.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5K6DvhuUopMsKTLQX76j1r6bhBxGhSv7I6_pWgv11CgsWo8Q-TDaImC-kvN1aKM2fqzN6LvB5e6yg3GNHRrmKYQ503LLaNNkyG5Rhb7DdzYYVmpCpT0SnMeRuq_qOwNKIBGaYHaDJZI/s1600-h/DSCN1379.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416222763681687426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5K6DvhuUopMsKTLQX76j1r6bhBxGhSv7I6_pWgv11CgsWo8Q-TDaImC-kvN1aKM2fqzN6LvB5e6yg3GNHRrmKYQ503LLaNNkyG5Rhb7DdzYYVmpCpT0SnMeRuq_qOwNKIBGaYHaDJZI/s400/DSCN1379.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QiHNbGducZwe9VprlI2FEK4cqqhMJtxPulGaduiSgP4N-3ZH3La3sHZFAb8OGdIm2djxpeRbqeHstrTN3_citFMiLQfGb_JC_WrAyZl4ueZJv7OzXsrXmLidhe1_6Olj0CLY9ddXwlE/s1600-h/DSCN1391.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416222647651905138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QiHNbGducZwe9VprlI2FEK4cqqhMJtxPulGaduiSgP4N-3ZH3La3sHZFAb8OGdIm2djxpeRbqeHstrTN3_citFMiLQfGb_JC_WrAyZl4ueZJv7OzXsrXmLidhe1_6Olj0CLY9ddXwlE/s400/DSCN1391.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yrEuJnxcWIK_TGESxCkytdnbzyXosRUJf1rCbXzoTqrivn4s_61sgKJ_bBOBmuozHkzOJE1IzUHg5b2OopJw1qllV1XGxLy6UXSuOPbGfq_Knrxj5rzAFh6H_wqAkONCXLG7YkR4AMU/s1600-h/DSCN1393.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416222520184908802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yrEuJnxcWIK_TGESxCkytdnbzyXosRUJf1rCbXzoTqrivn4s_61sgKJ_bBOBmuozHkzOJE1IzUHg5b2OopJw1qllV1XGxLy6UXSuOPbGfq_Knrxj5rzAFh6H_wqAkONCXLG7YkR4AMU/s400/DSCN1393.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGv_n2J_d11_u69EXNj5AKFyMKM_ig0yAw6Am2CAdVwBeAgs8nPxLTKRhNaz_L_MNjibJXytfi17jneHuI1NnE1ZCb0iVEfLBKyBTUZ_8MYc28WZ8DjO2PlQRJQKVvqxvFr6mvP6DwM8/s1600-h/DSCN1405.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416222417005596002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGv_n2J_d11_u69EXNj5AKFyMKM_ig0yAw6Am2CAdVwBeAgs8nPxLTKRhNaz_L_MNjibJXytfi17jneHuI1NnE1ZCb0iVEfLBKyBTUZ_8MYc28WZ8DjO2PlQRJQKVvqxvFr6mvP6DwM8/s400/DSCN1405.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi199AhuQ51CAdWifjvHYDDnqceWq3EIGPsVLkis6cRaIO7KODK6SucSjz_1WTbpgzfF-g-7HtymiotlWazmWhCCC14tbTbXDz33demY7VQmPLOpewBxe6MKuW0y2wCYeZLDsQBZhk1xeA/s1600-h/DSCN1410.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416222257208950466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi199AhuQ51CAdWifjvHYDDnqceWq3EIGPsVLkis6cRaIO7KODK6SucSjz_1WTbpgzfF-g-7HtymiotlWazmWhCCC14tbTbXDz33demY7VQmPLOpewBxe6MKuW0y2wCYeZLDsQBZhk1xeA/s400/DSCN1410.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB34Vqr95882ykVgsyRR-n6iCZt8bZeuQP0byw6wMswiWKKO8IUECjjJzu0bn7o16tm9j2CyKd4xT3tWD3chiV68sSSNHRPjnwJklPL2vS59z38_q2jeSr1_kXqqs6bOWNxmOFxIEbb64/s1600-h/DSCN1417.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416222152793832578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB34Vqr95882ykVgsyRR-n6iCZt8bZeuQP0byw6wMswiWKKO8IUECjjJzu0bn7o16tm9j2CyKd4xT3tWD3chiV68sSSNHRPjnwJklPL2vS59z38_q2jeSr1_kXqqs6bOWNxmOFxIEbb64/s400/DSCN1417.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-9116859714920603862009-11-29T21:56:00.037+09:002009-12-01T22:12:46.537+09:00Fall in Kyoto is so Beautiful!"Cycle Tokyo" supposed to be the blog about Tokyo, but why not post some photos from Kyoto. This is the pagoda in Shinnyo-do Temple.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409520067605660146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDnIbiHnFn82UsOtDSn0s5-734_1UnMy6UfFtjfWIKvExILVFtA2oyl7AA2uPEeMcwAACrBiG6tgpxkKyfBuc0HjotwG5tFQx8U9xcnoH8ji97utULY1jISpi1Is8UiomtMVKrF_5jGw/s400/DSCN1340.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />More pictures of Shinnyo-do Temple. A taxi driver has told us that the Temple has the prettiest garden, and he was right. I spent over 20 years in one season weather in Southern California, and it's nice to have four seasons although I really hate cold weather.<br /><br /><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409516663208591762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbfL0MfgPo9zbkzANtoFrJB_kdW8XK8ZyhFkf5zj2Vu7lcfKvXNQLj48PiSejuePNA4IRTZnKJDrEgKr9H4bVtYJ-BhbTPD-6mwY_Axb_pkY6aAj0V1bHRf5ukpNc0yED7U6MUa9gSBI/s320/DSCN1348.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_cwwaRcdsZlN9mzVNPd0L4G-ng6CPiFWoKMPWQO0Hpl9qh9FYzLyztimLStWGLP2BXVcYQkiDSID0A-q6wv7qx7PYUMQmr-zGKtqrdxjiY6UOG6bvDuFl9DYE4J_8DT5rqLUwzIqJ_k/s1600/DSCN1349.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409514626325528466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_cwwaRcdsZlN9mzVNPd0L4G-ng6CPiFWoKMPWQO0Hpl9qh9FYzLyztimLStWGLP2BXVcYQkiDSID0A-q6wv7qx7PYUMQmr-zGKtqrdxjiY6UOG6bvDuFl9DYE4J_8DT5rqLUwzIqJ_k/s320/DSCN1349.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><div><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWG97G3YVT7YsseOWoTzDRDfGe_bqzIZT6XEfSxn7II36KsWaaOu8Kkg9Xt0YksoxIrwBC5R5LCDFNTEzEP1HREGmPzLITSN6Gp35knJUXFbu_evygWN7-EBQhHFPVOyDBXMIZclToC3Y/s1600/DSCN1343.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409516197309700066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWG97G3YVT7YsseOWoTzDRDfGe_bqzIZT6XEfSxn7II36KsWaaOu8Kkg9Xt0YksoxIrwBC5R5LCDFNTEzEP1HREGmPzLITSN6Gp35knJUXFbu_evygWN7-EBQhHFPVOyDBXMIZclToC3Y/s320/DSCN1343.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Arashiyama and Togetsukyo Bridge. Very popular place and lot of people! The Riki-sha drivers take you anywhere in the area, but we just walked.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfXU98_o1-itCZSJokeSoIQ6x1Ed3s1zbHCDrPul5shvSJi0LlB_Zt44w-tCud9_yKdwbnXWQmBhyBEDFKJw8e9W8AXcZRUG2MlyuBMTT7MFBdB__Do0y5rvAlCgu9MAUQAh_Vp1Y9p4/s1600/DSCN1237.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409510943384965522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfXU98_o1-itCZSJokeSoIQ6x1Ed3s1zbHCDrPul5shvSJi0LlB_Zt44w-tCud9_yKdwbnXWQmBhyBEDFKJw8e9W8AXcZRUG2MlyuBMTT7MFBdB__Do0y5rvAlCgu9MAUQAh_Vp1Y9p4/s320/DSCN1237.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESTNPORk7S38pjxuntbO2HR4pL3DJxaB8Ko8_IAzSX8m4-wrUHsA3z3MfZt2we5aoOwdphgWzW2LjM_5qW9l_I88fN0Hom17IL1TSrbzX3mUQRV4s0Cak_fJPBHzSQg6SRPpwS15fTVo/s1600/DSCN1243.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409510819875249314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESTNPORk7S38pjxuntbO2HR4pL3DJxaB8Ko8_IAzSX8m4-wrUHsA3z3MfZt2we5aoOwdphgWzW2LjM_5qW9l_I88fN0Hom17IL1TSrbzX3mUQRV4s0Cak_fJPBHzSQg6SRPpwS15fTVo/s320/DSCN1243.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigv7BVQTLmxHL-FcLOcqjGF2g2IN020g39ljv3nBBOme5srgK-PBwJNQEzK504uR7TQcuO_TcrZfdxlelKMFko3tw2pfAxl1lMtncTkxOml3Iy8Gss2r0b28N4ZGaCOuSBllMb9O3qGYs/s1600/DSCN1245.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409510719094417586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigv7BVQTLmxHL-FcLOcqjGF2g2IN020g39ljv3nBBOme5srgK-PBwJNQEzK504uR7TQcuO_TcrZfdxlelKMFko3tw2pfAxl1lMtncTkxOml3Iy8Gss2r0b28N4ZGaCOuSBllMb9O3qGYs/s320/DSCN1245.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpJxTeRGOYQy2GfN87i1b0ocV5hGrl8OzH68RkFKeHzg9KdWLVSTuA6WE1MSyzWf7GLuUZZnt0YlLVMHVq9xzJVUr-vz6Ak3QS8A8Ft34faVTvMRQ2NXMpu-YlsCDxkXvo0-MIRTe-lA/s1600/DSCN1325.JPG"></a><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tenryuji Temple. The contrast between red maple trees and green bamboos was so beautiful!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4GpLk8zvPHgq5XsVRoZPDCVn5S94VBXj1GtZQYZ_o2M55IEibYhanEli6wrcBQZ0K5ddWLP5G1gX85JGS4eKsLD-p0-4lgaqunRyXksYBXKo-GwQ5w_VirfVTPGkKCcsm_R5RlDhz2o/s1600/DSCN1250.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409510613657978434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4GpLk8zvPHgq5XsVRoZPDCVn5S94VBXj1GtZQYZ_o2M55IEibYhanEli6wrcBQZ0K5ddWLP5G1gX85JGS4eKsLD-p0-4lgaqunRyXksYBXKo-GwQ5w_VirfVTPGkKCcsm_R5RlDhz2o/s320/DSCN1250.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Okochi-sanso. Mr. Okochi was a famous samurai movie star, and the house we visited was his second home where he had stayed when he was filming in Kyoto.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnWXQ06wWGGCK_-lNaJ_LvpBkgxW-ocWGAiIaE2eY4KGLZK6AolrA9_-9hogKdzuYpM_IlovuW7_wVRQHkWU6qiEpOBfIvqeatAe_cQPJcPYizhLg57I2XJn_nqx4d_2zhDBbTS_jBhs/s1600/DSCN1274.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409510483589965186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnWXQ06wWGGCK_-lNaJ_LvpBkgxW-ocWGAiIaE2eY4KGLZK6AolrA9_-9hogKdzuYpM_IlovuW7_wVRQHkWU6qiEpOBfIvqeatAe_cQPJcPYizhLg57I2XJn_nqx4d_2zhDBbTS_jBhs/s320/DSCN1274.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWCbiToSq_DFeUb-aqom8tU_A-oncmzn9cai7Zhz8cYsRC2H6fj3XaE3PVZCg0Z8HwKzA95WnlAz31q3QcGxbh-0B882oS9F60iTFC8GoL05dkgx5f1mq1dQDmMnpMmXZ5dPV3mUhuEc/s1600/DSCN1270.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409510365450674946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWCbiToSq_DFeUb-aqom8tU_A-oncmzn9cai7Zhz8cYsRC2H6fj3XaE3PVZCg0Z8HwKzA95WnlAz31q3QcGxbh-0B882oS9F60iTFC8GoL05dkgx5f1mq1dQDmMnpMmXZ5dPV3mUhuEc/s320/DSCN1270.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br />Imperial Palace in Kyoto. The Emperor used to live in Kyoto before the capital of Japan was moved to Tokyo. I like visiting Emperor's property because it's always free and very well maintained.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5s_BK4G6OElu9Md3fOzWQSwo4I92a_16BWBym2Oqfc-ICAOVQYIQ6ArW8f9qQGFIU0x8Qxf3lxYMSGEQooDZ7-E1pZPaml_XGfp8QAsX337clx__IViCwBUWI2tcCul9pemVY2Lqelzk/s1600/DSCN1310.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409510154489551426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5s_BK4G6OElu9Md3fOzWQSwo4I92a_16BWBym2Oqfc-ICAOVQYIQ6ArW8f9qQGFIU0x8Qxf3lxYMSGEQooDZ7-E1pZPaml_XGfp8QAsX337clx__IViCwBUWI2tcCul9pemVY2Lqelzk/s320/DSCN1310.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OrMM97lTIVOjjyHVnpyo8QE4Ss6Ik99RD6k-8HghpP_ybcaevY9edM4gFQbQTUA51NNt0C8FEKyKXLe4n3D5GAkj4l8nOXQS0lOquWaeTDpgwfWqfPoP5yRtj8JpbosAgFOj_AmPlrw/s1600/DSCN1301.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409510016139595858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OrMM97lTIVOjjyHVnpyo8QE4Ss6Ik99RD6k-8HghpP_ybcaevY9edM4gFQbQTUA51NNt0C8FEKyKXLe4n3D5GAkj4l8nOXQS0lOquWaeTDpgwfWqfPoP5yRtj8JpbosAgFOj_AmPlrw/s320/DSCN1301.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-45723309255951377602009-11-14T19:12:00.010+09:002009-11-14T19:34:51.862+09:00Back on WheelsI am still riding bike in Tokyo. I found the international bike group called Half-Fast, and I ride with them from time-to-time. We start in front of the Hyatt Hotel in Roppongi and usually ride on every weekends.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSboCmX6ubp9r4eJqO-d7St3espR-WqhacGfXFiN2bAtX-BUhbL3BLkX86UhUPKOJtw-Li-X5-WCpQeD7r9hL20zPCZDV9Awk3m_CdqxSR6AtokhKq-nT-CHOUDZ7GBQCpuSJXziOX_bI/s1600-h/DSCN1208.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUED0uQuCaGpusDhTWahOz82kjYxBedDEG4Q7uK8EVnshu8JDCf14RzYNmYfMyM1mk0ImQVxFg1QnWP_VBz-AmGVumLvG8NLBVDtexFtlkpnDZiBuK6XW3p_WsAUyqri810GlD563qBvU/s1600-h/DSCN1213.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403901658568410578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUED0uQuCaGpusDhTWahOz82kjYxBedDEG4Q7uK8EVnshu8JDCf14RzYNmYfMyM1mk0ImQVxFg1QnWP_VBz-AmGVumLvG8NLBVDtexFtlkpnDZiBuK6XW3p_WsAUyqri810GlD563qBvU/s320/DSCN1213.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>This picture is our starting point in Roppoingi, Tokyo. We rode about 25 miles round trip to bay area that day.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZe9LU-_VIRnmhZFva_cfUH65yPJJ_DxZikF0sg99nMjLoYs0iWt51D-YtANI6HSP4USDVe7husK-l5jSDR55fSS3zAVer999mOkoCwes7mPH2rJLSZq-laAn5Qb6Kc0YbjgiZ3otSpI8/s1600-h/DSCN1202.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403901510402023538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZe9LU-_VIRnmhZFva_cfUH65yPJJ_DxZikF0sg99nMjLoYs0iWt51D-YtANI6HSP4USDVe7husK-l5jSDR55fSS3zAVer999mOkoCwes7mPH2rJLSZq-laAn5Qb6Kc0YbjgiZ3otSpI8/s320/DSCN1202.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><br />My red Specialized bike, made in USA and migrated to Japan.</div><div><br /><br /><br /> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPj_lrsB_gV_y7CGmdy7J1soc4FAHe-PVhyphenhyphen3qJLFRsaCojlhWOITyixNjnSTkUR4ooysrn_xlmkI7a3PIENwlmyYVPnrNeX5d0TZ-hcVFMhVzSPviqg1A9DUQm8aWKms6GS_JDE1onIg/s1600-h/DSCN1199.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403901358014425794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPj_lrsB_gV_y7CGmdy7J1soc4FAHe-PVhyphenhyphen3qJLFRsaCojlhWOITyixNjnSTkUR4ooysrn_xlmkI7a3PIENwlmyYVPnrNeX5d0TZ-hcVFMhVzSPviqg1A9DUQm8aWKms6GS_JDE1onIg/s320/DSCN1199.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo with the view of Tokyo bay.<br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiol7NMu2F5h1DiuX0q9IXliNXkHohX2TjTzTpUPcrJngTVj4h2ocVrZO8KDr1VargqFONH9Sxv4etgCeTeMIliVhyphenhyphenWulVPAFZnoJqM9-yBt-ZJ3SyuSSoubT6ZCn5ytNcuydvmmVf9BoE/s1600-h/DSCN1206.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403902207383512082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiol7NMu2F5h1DiuX0q9IXliNXkHohX2TjTzTpUPcrJngTVj4h2ocVrZO8KDr1VargqFONH9Sxv4etgCeTeMIliVhyphenhyphenWulVPAFZnoJqM9-yBt-ZJ3SyuSSoubT6ZCn5ytNcuydvmmVf9BoE/s320/DSCN1206.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>I took this picture on the way home by the Imperial Palace. It was getting dark. Now sunset is around 4:30 pm.</div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-66136722297242947672009-11-14T11:01:00.019+09:002009-11-14T11:23:46.091+09:00October 4th Nagoya Festival ParadeThe highlight of Nagoya Festival Parade was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Konishiki</span>, the former Hawaiian Sumo with his wife. It was total surprise to see him in the parade. He was sponsored by Toyota.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403774809252420306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 243px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRT8DE9-fii6KHfvVIF-cRn-9QKJfzIOAQKwKrngH05qDKyms-29R0gJ24panxU_-yO8mZgim7evVpbE5ljVgOuEF8dCbJ7NUj0ha0M18QvQgvh1ONfvqtGhZlbTeAQltRXG9HP55xev0/s400/DSCN1039.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5GYiGEq3VcLcvUNn0qLd0ZJEJkjNnRB6raC4kjT5cSoUXQmeTqAkEDVA2GKx11Oq8g2A6A1bhZsEq1i2gvltK3sGoawgFBeuXKH4IUGETmGyC2Q66RS916tsb6SdvBE_Ayqw8u51X5M/s1600-h/DSCN1025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403774962286956290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5GYiGEq3VcLcvUNn0qLd0ZJEJkjNnRB6raC4kjT5cSoUXQmeTqAkEDVA2GKx11Oq8g2A6A1bhZsEq1i2gvltK3sGoawgFBeuXKH4IUGETmGyC2Q66RS916tsb6SdvBE_Ayqw8u51X5M/s400/DSCN1025.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBy7tbaUlQFZW0hJacAzHDMaJD3dVSrtJAoakaTFOLZJ1Vm2_yJ7rco-ZHDTMb50eKICHHqPbA9gpwMJQOsUXbyenBRP2qlEnxDJGgpiKP2ysaf5Arm9nR8_HoaAuIjszk0-LDqj8RbCg/s1600-h/DSCN0886.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403776148316819154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 219px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBy7tbaUlQFZW0hJacAzHDMaJD3dVSrtJAoakaTFOLZJ1Vm2_yJ7rco-ZHDTMb50eKICHHqPbA9gpwMJQOsUXbyenBRP2qlEnxDJGgpiKP2ysaf5Arm9nR8_HoaAuIjszk0-LDqj8RbCg/s320/DSCN0886.JPG" border="0" /></a> The parade started at Nagoya castle. People in the parade were dressed up in the 16th century samurai costumes.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFXsLxq252FcHYoHrIPWglJKy3XdjDAQkim8CdyRlL8VlmyCLU6rZrFLjvGI4J8oLAUrVFtBTBOSOdSaAWGALLzM76aXLQhgmvvQru6WxdvwhmJMLfoQ5OohHha3c9HHsij0ySWtYeuo/s1600-h/DSCN0893.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403776007706867666" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFXsLxq252FcHYoHrIPWglJKy3XdjDAQkim8CdyRlL8VlmyCLU6rZrFLjvGI4J8oLAUrVFtBTBOSOdSaAWGALLzM76aXLQhgmvvQru6WxdvwhmJMLfoQ5OohHha3c9HHsij0ySWtYeuo/s320/DSCN0893.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxl3M2Yri7flMriQ1PGxx286k3IhPd9ELiaNPsoFzs2cFq0QBnQLI8vfyxidxTR63KWLVoYTFel2yqkphpI3orSL0hqbZ6bMILZ0S5DzkWOamlCt2GXOHb8OBQTN11QPg1zEqSrLUOCVY/s1600-h/DSCN0943.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403775824696580050" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRfcZ91MA5PHxnCUYCIUU03NFwE18GZ72edZ5zGUOJOxzrh5sNpN-OWmkkVqh6Izc1Qh9hLYIiD2eRLCnv5dL_JPPUG-GyZ8eRDoKezjKY52FFk-tZUYNlIQcB3FOj5FFs7OEtp2IXyk/s320/DSCN1095.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnvcAk8e9wuDxjoA2BRdpCRmOeVx4lwUj9hba76bxT_4CN9vCOqF5kz6dvIyHL9qpk9mVjz1wv9CZ_AMvY_6Y_MrkIDYlrrQUBT5M53tQYRYku8RdiwHIWi0ya7cl4KLTmaeyscsSQOg/s1600-h/DSCN1098.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403774175791312898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnvcAk8e9wuDxjoA2BRdpCRmOeVx4lwUj9hba76bxT_4CN9vCOqF5kz6dvIyHL9qpk9mVjz1wv9CZ_AMvY_6Y_MrkIDYlrrQUBT5M53tQYRYku8RdiwHIWi0ya7cl4KLTmaeyscsSQOg/s320/DSCN1098.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcaeMCo5XexTr95RYxFp-5sPHgPqykjVfClLX4y7C0CD4_XvpPzLN2qSfxk6G7LAmMLjc0Hvp2sokhWcAWrppbGnIiULcJJjSs7pMyCNz0PScIernaPcHbqjKOoB4yrFleC7vzOqZy8M/s1600-h/DSCN1136.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-63710926520423482009-11-10T20:54:00.014+09:002009-11-10T21:13:44.789+09:00Nagoya Festival on October 3rd and 4th -- not on bikeHeidi holding the Nagoya Tower!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVgVSch7Jub0SXMrJ-s16UF1m4dyoNhJ6BsdjZ02Y5RzOYh_a_wZeVYPRhG89t3aj4mhV2Hw_z-E7uVNF5HQ2U7POvRMBEjgMhXwIrDS-0v_brRchXTJhh-LMjIiahI9GV6ws8QUjM_E/s1600-h/heidi+holding+the+nagoya+tower.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402443386260678722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 282px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVgVSch7Jub0SXMrJ-s16UF1m4dyoNhJ6BsdjZ02Y5RzOYh_a_wZeVYPRhG89t3aj4mhV2Hw_z-E7uVNF5HQ2U7POvRMBEjgMhXwIrDS-0v_brRchXTJhh-LMjIiahI9GV6ws8QUjM_E/s400/heidi+holding+the+nagoya+tower.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo04kskulq3rLXzVC_WyzetFwWVn_6ynI7wg0ahZnsYtuU-3wh3q-tt4KURubjrDomxnbXVTxVLPnZX_qDbY17ON1PVtz1Gy6c-PAxrdvmQMfe2oxA4odsPzWP7X3oq0uEZOicjAZuUKA/s1600-h/DSCN0800.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402443272626235698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo04kskulq3rLXzVC_WyzetFwWVn_6ynI7wg0ahZnsYtuU-3wh3q-tt4KURubjrDomxnbXVTxVLPnZX_qDbY17ON1PVtz1Gy6c-PAxrdvmQMfe2oxA4odsPzWP7X3oq0uEZOicjAZuUKA/s320/DSCN0800.JPG" border="0" /></a> In the Sakae Park in Nagoya.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfTBjxML1kyb0z5jhlK8MXWdu1Cei9kE1H79v3yy_JM-gv1vJRUVXGBQz_0z2K0QNQx7D6XlQeMsKs_r9PiHof0gR78wFWPLrTsJitu7Dk4BPhv4ENqEU7C0cbVrNjjEN3tAXXiFu9jY/s1600-h/DSCN0801.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402443147088765682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfTBjxML1kyb0z5jhlK8MXWdu1Cei9kE1H79v3yy_JM-gv1vJRUVXGBQz_0z2K0QNQx7D6XlQeMsKs_r9PiHof0gR78wFWPLrTsJitu7Dk4BPhv4ENqEU7C0cbVrNjjEN3tAXXiFu9jY/s320/DSCN0801.JPG" border="0" /></a> My artist friend from OC. I love his tapestries. He had his exhibit in Oasis 21.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402442711770447858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tGEosWcbtfkqxDoKHLK-gU2QdB-8Oa8eQz2O2N8n9izX3Rb0Et-oSocePWzl6T3rT0_F7yevzKjjWAPQBWG4A2AJ4sKzCRv2CtluvqD1LjbFiSMNtyitaJluVSaj84eWBSVV7P79N20/s320/DSCN0864.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Museum in Nagoya. I thought he was dead on the ground but it was just an art!<br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402442996992997058" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFFZbZJD8ioWnxBmSmIdTwwOUNDEJ3bRDig-B8upxJZP_xFgDvdGbJ5KhS5FpKqrovFtyBdGs7iFhqoDb8HvVMr8DIpzrWJM6PToWCnb84pM2aAt8sgVyRkgT8pnpDxjeY-u3HDjXu_8/s320/DSCN0804.JPG" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdYmt6w8bUeVvvaHghQgdGBK5zZDbdoO-u3H2iBTLvQ-nxMhX7byGCV4plIc_dS-Y3UoL1RxG0P97pJXoxkAPlOEEt7MDb_VBcnV1uTyjdESJDtY5T02XasIrEM2Hg5DWSYw5EuYxvZo/s1600-h/DSCN0880.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402442853678514370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdYmt6w8bUeVvvaHghQgdGBK5zZDbdoO-u3H2iBTLvQ-nxMhX7byGCV4plIc_dS-Y3UoL1RxG0P97pJXoxkAPlOEEt7MDb_VBcnV1uTyjdESJDtY5T02XasIrEM2Hg5DWSYw5EuYxvZo/s320/DSCN0880.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Nagoya Castle. I went in inside -- it's so cool.<br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-85005064792370221412009-09-23T14:46:00.007+09:002009-09-23T14:56:40.118+09:00Mt. Mitake -- still in Tokyo?Few photos from yesterday's "hike from hell to Mt. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mitake</span>". No, it wasn't that bad -- I am just in bad shape.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBki0SmxkBWB_jPfQBhqmSA23sndFEo2DNJ_WV5HKi01c8ihHVRWuuPOClxZxX3N2cbsIhng6rPqvxicNRUy3KjA6Fdo5VyoJ1qbt3xIqbAqmjAQpXKnYm8_boQsI0byh0S65mi6WQQCk/s1600-h/DSCN0768.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384536165221657378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBki0SmxkBWB_jPfQBhqmSA23sndFEo2DNJ_WV5HKi01c8ihHVRWuuPOClxZxX3N2cbsIhng6rPqvxicNRUy3KjA6Fdo5VyoJ1qbt3xIqbAqmjAQpXKnYm8_boQsI0byh0S65mi6WQQCk/s400/DSCN0768.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjrBmLp956au67En7FRmbxNTPN3a6agctxdyDH9Oe4EZv7AuNswjp7QDUzVUVzoi4Au_2F6cYPXnOWYuoknj8M6Vtot2TSd31HQ_qhcJQj235DdmU8K9vG4hZvReMvYEgIDJ1aJVhxAs/s1600-h/DSCN0770.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384536023541376530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjrBmLp956au67En7FRmbxNTPN3a6agctxdyDH9Oe4EZv7AuNswjp7QDUzVUVzoi4Au_2F6cYPXnOWYuoknj8M6Vtot2TSd31HQ_qhcJQj235DdmU8K9vG4hZvReMvYEgIDJ1aJVhxAs/s400/DSCN0770.JPG" border="0" /></a> Less than two hours from Tokyo, and you can experience lot of natures.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9W7pyH0xuMhPdpEX1hU0jFHTzSEADMU-oNX2I5Cfhvrk0PfRV744bJdC92RE7jAE74wzZikmMrLdUo5iUdjB76CnQ96ChzS39-CGZaOWuRacNs75MZ2FYgnE9K77DG7juFWU3kcb7Dk/s1600-h/DSCN0785.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384535801294698322" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9W7pyH0xuMhPdpEX1hU0jFHTzSEADMU-oNX2I5Cfhvrk0PfRV744bJdC92RE7jAE74wzZikmMrLdUo5iUdjB76CnQ96ChzS39-CGZaOWuRacNs75MZ2FYgnE9K77DG7juFWU3kcb7Dk/s400/DSCN0785.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNBzmdhmnE6VVA50oMh0MG0qdnZvL6RUguoOd3fJMeCtWoU0G35PNbjejhs8CX7gtrUQJU4Hfv455CvWY9ykdtnyIGTzCwaq5bsqBCDFPS5wBJw8OOXFXYFBEdZKsEbElHewjAqp30sU/s1600-h/DSCN0785.JPG"></a>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-76911097375702847592009-09-23T13:31:00.026+09:002009-09-23T14:27:34.598+09:00Tokyo Open Air Architectural MuseumWe had long holidays in Japan, and I had a week off. I could ride around my bike in Tokyo, but it's nice to get out from the city. I took a train to suburbs of Tokyo to visit Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum where old buildings in Tokyo were relocated and displayed. I saw this old Miyata bike at the Museum.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTknHiDLiz8VRmvPXtjZR2C-GL3u4PO7ST4UamnbIoKneWZ0wYGzj186sTIjloAKi3NPkM7AkXbhCORlih9C6wpJ7e3m5E9x0OeZDcZLGtpayUfJlng1oSETkk6PvLPXfBDpDp4tRv8aY/s1600-h/DSCN0733.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384517941163271634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTknHiDLiz8VRmvPXtjZR2C-GL3u4PO7ST4UamnbIoKneWZ0wYGzj186sTIjloAKi3NPkM7AkXbhCORlih9C6wpJ7e3m5E9x0OeZDcZLGtpayUfJlng1oSETkk6PvLPXfBDpDp4tRv8aY/s400/DSCN0733.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />These two pictures are toilet and bath tab in the old Japanese house.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpu9DdKk5cJbFDoUTjTVXzrv2SX-LRfxrQsdgVMUxc7TUTVMBB-Kfs8qoCLhZHwVlOog0Wh4i12-VYTCaU1aV3iPDhpqGpjHEZZo8OkrdLp7I0vqGlNTvQABCJ9An5vI7qAFhhfVRDGq4/s1600-h/DSCN0705.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384517819391161330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpu9DdKk5cJbFDoUTjTVXzrv2SX-LRfxrQsdgVMUxc7TUTVMBB-Kfs8qoCLhZHwVlOog0Wh4i12-VYTCaU1aV3iPDhpqGpjHEZZo8OkrdLp7I0vqGlNTvQABCJ9An5vI7qAFhhfVRDGq4/s320/DSCN0705.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmd_Xwr6ENo7rZk5jgvXBekQhm3azVuvUgWyAB6SOrjbelDFSgHMXCoJUZMazG0J0S-z7QYzfWPYFNhB5EDZ8rfhlchQ7r4ttAKndjywBxUoQcaVMMlHwcmtlBHLOyP4BsVB8w29t0qOM/s1600-h/DSCN0704.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384517718559528658" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmd_Xwr6ENo7rZk5jgvXBekQhm3azVuvUgWyAB6SOrjbelDFSgHMXCoJUZMazG0J0S-z7QYzfWPYFNhB5EDZ8rfhlchQ7r4ttAKndjywBxUoQcaVMMlHwcmtlBHLOyP4BsVB8w29t0qOM/s320/DSCN0704.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qyHYYr4x0C4YrpLI3vL7iiyjMUKDrMPfXeblJffE8TI5vtvIYCHIBQdxb11VTiR7XQU6fdEB5wveBtvHcHHA59GGQYuXhqFqtOg66gKjZXDiDLNjFUsUFN3WwTXeqKyzpp2K9Ou2C0Q/s1600-h/DSCN0765.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384517623621191698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qyHYYr4x0C4YrpLI3vL7iiyjMUKDrMPfXeblJffE8TI5vtvIYCHIBQdxb11VTiR7XQU6fdEB5wveBtvHcHHA59GGQYuXhqFqtOg66gKjZXDiDLNjFUsUFN3WwTXeqKyzpp2K9Ou2C0Q/s320/DSCN0765.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Nice fireplace in the old farm house.<br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qyHYYr4x0C4YrpLI3vL7iiyjMUKDrMPfXeblJffE8TI5vtvIYCHIBQdxb11VTiR7XQU6fdEB5wveBtvHcHHA59GGQYuXhqFqtOg66gKjZXDiDLNjFUsUFN3WwTXeqKyzpp2K9Ou2C0Q/s1600-h/DSCN0765.JPG"></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsy1orapZ2rssZK2GLIFoFKDCpl3f9PhaaTZHRwba_lEzQ_PQ-16Vdv07MDn7LYAlqfs9lZe2ncMY7sozGjqS3nVoyHTSPEvjt8qOhfpu9Hz1zHRd7orvLZ1eTqyfFd0_mzpa2MB4QYtk/s1600-h/DSCN0744.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384517474367541154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsy1orapZ2rssZK2GLIFoFKDCpl3f9PhaaTZHRwba_lEzQ_PQ-16Vdv07MDn7LYAlqfs9lZe2ncMY7sozGjqS3nVoyHTSPEvjt8qOhfpu9Hz1zHRd7orvLZ1eTqyfFd0_mzpa2MB4QYtk/s320/DSCN0744.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>This is a public bath house and I just loved the Mt. Fuji picture on the wall.<br /><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTZDJkC9JwenU4BGCkFM-Mf2sl8znk8PRKMsEx9ggki_cKfRum8eJn_G4namM54hyMeSYJIgPdogkmhP3YVu66_6KOa7HOsbybftDonpfeO77x3s4kn_VypFnxppAAYTJJBLQk1PVZF4/s1600-h/DSCN0715.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384517349465052082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTZDJkC9JwenU4BGCkFM-Mf2sl8znk8PRKMsEx9ggki_cKfRum8eJn_G4namM54hyMeSYJIgPdogkmhP3YVu66_6KOa7HOsbybftDonpfeO77x3s4kn_VypFnxppAAYTJJBLQk1PVZF4/s320/DSCN0715.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br />Old street cars. I actually remember of riding the similar street car when I was kid.<br /><br /><br /><br />Drying laundry outside of the old multiplex.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4LMz97KJqOTJa4nL2SipPTMuJ-vdoHJNKBqsigFEsQ1vSx0gdVfSVXcACodNwAUDQB2xzRQyoLtqB9UXO23GVafaq9LH_MfYIalJ8aBwaf6EANeF0mznQ53AwgYw2GwMNOVq0yEAN1o/s1600-h/DSCN0725.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384517195291406834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4LMz97KJqOTJa4nL2SipPTMuJ-vdoHJNKBqsigFEsQ1vSx0gdVfSVXcACodNwAUDQB2xzRQyoLtqB9UXO23GVafaq9LH_MfYIalJ8aBwaf6EANeF0mznQ53AwgYw2GwMNOVq0yEAN1o/s320/DSCN0725.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>These two houses used to be occupied by wealthy Japanese people. You can see the difference from the above simple multiplex.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGF6r1vkU03qgg1N5pGQrcsFr5zSD-TZL6dUVgcQoKpjY7U2jp2hZ49c03SopWV8euyzB8Z5d3MKbRHDnyLX2J98B8xqAL7lwTwHfZwZm-LNkXFrsGUbho_E74N8MYUu0UXxN_KMlgvUA/s1600-h/DSCN0760.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384517081210781746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGF6r1vkU03qgg1N5pGQrcsFr5zSD-TZL6dUVgcQoKpjY7U2jp2hZ49c03SopWV8euyzB8Z5d3MKbRHDnyLX2J98B8xqAL7lwTwHfZwZm-LNkXFrsGUbho_E74N8MYUu0UXxN_KMlgvUA/s320/DSCN0760.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Qg-9hmrBCWzG4nH_-QlbsA5I4_9ekO0Ci9YDNiuMjpnz_JYPsR753vNoUuKCRtsSDVbDtIYSdYhPOvvQw9bVD301ycZcCaqffhEuvM-dT8iPf6dovTBKS4Y7AFm1Iot7mIIDQ3xE0y8/s1600-h/DSCN0759.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384516893177678498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Qg-9hmrBCWzG4nH_-QlbsA5I4_9ekO0Ci9YDNiuMjpnz_JYPsR753vNoUuKCRtsSDVbDtIYSdYhPOvvQw9bVD301ycZcCaqffhEuvM-dT8iPf6dovTBKS4Y7AFm1Iot7mIIDQ3xE0y8/s320/DSCN0759.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uz52M8KYbB4u1uOCj8gRcS3N_dHBRmz8LFTx0mrWKkzpY7oVqZNJUv1EEgcok64jGtYJXGmrqSLM3AUG0Qp7lcg-HvS7fCHWYWr1ruvS1-rUEBVAy2hFZR7tzKY_EwfYUOqSgV1W2SA/s1600-h/DSCN0749.JPG"></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uz52M8KYbB4u1uOCj8gRcS3N_dHBRmz8LFTx0mrWKkzpY7oVqZNJUv1EEgcok64jGtYJXGmrqSLM3AUG0Qp7lcg-HvS7fCHWYWr1ruvS1-rUEBVAy2hFZR7tzKY_EwfYUOqSgV1W2SA/s1600-h/DSCN0749.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384516534198527138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uz52M8KYbB4u1uOCj8gRcS3N_dHBRmz8LFTx0mrWKkzpY7oVqZNJUv1EEgcok64jGtYJXGmrqSLM3AUG0Qp7lcg-HvS7fCHWYWr1ruvS1-rUEBVAy2hFZR7tzKY_EwfYUOqSgV1W2SA/s320/DSCN0749.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>Beautiful garden with autumn flowers inside of the Museum.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uz52M8KYbB4u1uOCj8gRcS3N_dHBRmz8LFTx0mrWKkzpY7oVqZNJUv1EEgcok64jGtYJXGmrqSLM3AUG0Qp7lcg-HvS7fCHWYWr1ruvS1-rUEBVAy2hFZR7tzKY_EwfYUOqSgV1W2SA/s1600-h/DSCN0749.JPG"></a> </div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-5K3IfZxLnLxjf2nrxjGlx0TtEEXjhZerZWmDYaCWPuCAERGKNQezbOT48WT-TX_DAbJZjb7Y8txlPQdDQFUoNIWKD-7Bu-k-51J-3oXeIvZ4wNCteDgXp9qbS6G7OFy93Vo55fJH4g/s1600-h/DSCN0739.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384516654080958626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-5K3IfZxLnLxjf2nrxjGlx0TtEEXjhZerZWmDYaCWPuCAERGKNQezbOT48WT-TX_DAbJZjb7Y8txlPQdDQFUoNIWKD-7Bu-k-51J-3oXeIvZ4wNCteDgXp9qbS6G7OFy93Vo55fJH4g/s320/DSCN0739.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>These two pictures were taken at the shrine outside of the Museum.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJeuBpzXUsWbnYZn4O8nYnjtSqRftRIFA2pnekzZxg4pkPnIfnnOclztoDURLZ_t7-DV4MB0arvM2TgzvvwNk9eXaMGJUV1o_Ny7a71ut3lrpp6EWFNjksGEn0BsDcPnk2cn5Wf3pke0/s1600-h/DSCN0736.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384516300968197346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJeuBpzXUsWbnYZn4O8nYnjtSqRftRIFA2pnekzZxg4pkPnIfnnOclztoDURLZ_t7-DV4MB0arvM2TgzvvwNk9eXaMGJUV1o_Ny7a71ut3lrpp6EWFNjksGEn0BsDcPnk2cn5Wf3pke0/s320/DSCN0736.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-4740018236246557012009-09-20T09:48:00.059+09:002009-09-23T14:45:06.732+09:00Labor Day Trip to Echigo Tsumari Art Festival - Not on BikeOver the Labor Day Holiday, I took a trip with Museum <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Meetup</span></span> group in Tokyo. We went to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Echigo</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Tsumari</span></span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Nigata</span></span> Prefecture that is about 3 hours bus ride from Tokyo. I took over 100 pictures from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Echigo</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Tsumari</span></span> art festival, but this is my favorite picture. A dry flower artist converted the typical old Japanese house into dry flower arrangement. The themes of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Echigo</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Tsumari</span></span> art festival this year are closed schools and abandoned houses. This abandoned house is currently occupied by a French literature professor for his summer home.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsPV0lLAhSV7FUY_39geYPfM_NoIN-Tf0NdZAAmVCTJTWss1DDtEq3vaVy6XDXeoQGgib0XYWI5qceS5z227Gp22bxYGheIJ14o3_e7_mOL7MH2qR-_mPNoz9I_xe8cJjjMZQxei2JRU/s1600-h/DSCN0659.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383358677216999490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsPV0lLAhSV7FUY_39geYPfM_NoIN-Tf0NdZAAmVCTJTWss1DDtEq3vaVy6XDXeoQGgib0XYWI5qceS5z227Gp22bxYGheIJ14o3_e7_mOL7MH2qR-_mPNoz9I_xe8cJjjMZQxei2JRU/s400/DSCN0659.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6GOAGY4dSXRYLVt5-q71ljnK2JGgd2QfSKcSWfR__TFWQ_t6oux5DDnWYukH6xIbi6TRR8-Tlc0G3WAvG7CQdUJGse5UuJ1hsONSZdvlDWRM0H8th35a9WVXVmrim73Ndx3CL2ptk84/s1600-h/DSCN0391.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383356783791745538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6GOAGY4dSXRYLVt5-q71ljnK2JGgd2QfSKcSWfR__TFWQ_t6oux5DDnWYukH6xIbi6TRR8-Tlc0G3WAvG7CQdUJGse5UuJ1hsONSZdvlDWRM0H8th35a9WVXVmrim73Ndx3CL2ptk84/s320/DSCN0391.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is the other abandoned house that is converted into the art.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsRlunuKGu15gYcbJk2rlCZqU5Za0gsT2uwPv_fTDdJg8BsbTsZPURhZmSJ9RIkDajC4Qcc3zHH2Yewbtq5-zG_E_SuH5Ygizg4-oNIa_BkPkvW9N2NLMg0nbVi1p86ABbDtre7DOto4/s1600-h/DSCN0393.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383356649129805602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsRlunuKGu15gYcbJk2rlCZqU5Za0gsT2uwPv_fTDdJg8BsbTsZPURhZmSJ9RIkDajC4Qcc3zHH2Yewbtq5-zG_E_SuH5Ygizg4-oNIa_BkPkvW9N2NLMg0nbVi1p86ABbDtre7DOto4/s320/DSCN0393.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAu-sZ6WzWZGRSHP_jgy4AXiLstZj8oPeG9nBarGbwMBWmznekcTw4WdDZc2GgcE5u7rvv_RZ44NZMLQLRYeZs4Ouvb4jBh3oN0b4C_uO3DKhA6d0P4F4qv6z-dY96IrhYOdPGtRFyrY/s1600-h/DSCN0415.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383356513069114466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAu-sZ6WzWZGRSHP_jgy4AXiLstZj8oPeG9nBarGbwMBWmznekcTw4WdDZc2GgcE5u7rvv_RZ44NZMLQLRYeZs4Ouvb4jBh3oN0b4C_uO3DKhA6d0P4F4qv6z-dY96IrhYOdPGtRFyrY/s320/DSCN0415.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-Vl3YJyr2defU3M6TU5QAirlAQ7-K3edRm00BDW2vq_IMFbjI1I79N2Y7ClUX1DiL5P0-A2SoMxyzmeIswZhYG4-UtomFJkWpYo5H8oI3MQuLXSzPart_7IdeUogsq0IEvQVkoMY1YQ/s1600-h/mona+lisa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383361276425946946" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 118px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 155px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-Vl3YJyr2defU3M6TU5QAirlAQ7-K3edRm00BDW2vq_IMFbjI1I79N2Y7ClUX1DiL5P0-A2SoMxyzmeIswZhYG4-UtomFJkWpYo5H8oI3MQuLXSzPart_7IdeUogsq0IEvQVkoMY1YQ/s320/mona+lisa.jpg" border="0" /></a>This is one of my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Meetup</span></span> friend who is posing as Mona Lisa. They have the Mona Lisa picture spot where you can pose as her and take a photo.<br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Many arts are built outside in the beautiful county side, and arts and landscape work together to create the picture like objects.<br /><br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnzM6ie0z5YdVc6aKfJBo_pUE6WcCq9MvReCpnUdOQwjndXrTGzprKfrSBIBF21L6MYVQuzkxf-g0HAD6UzvilKEhLWjISWMIR03mgNiNzO3R8O29QWG_LfshkI_v8_HCucNHF9tptaA/s1600-h/DSCN0437.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383356262668331602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnzM6ie0z5YdVc6aKfJBo_pUE6WcCq9MvReCpnUdOQwjndXrTGzprKfrSBIBF21L6MYVQuzkxf-g0HAD6UzvilKEhLWjISWMIR03mgNiNzO3R8O29QWG_LfshkI_v8_HCucNHF9tptaA/s320/DSCN0437.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbB7ibNMaAqfno48F-YXezto5PCJGsq6KbpmZrfRhYPF9VWUmlbYQYtS5x6TPgUmEa6nv3dnsedMBWdJittu6nRRdJ8S3XOA1JcGyACqdKA41Isa48eFejq70Spc5VDnIvl6UfNAX8jA/s1600-h/DSCN0455.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383356150408370674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbB7ibNMaAqfno48F-YXezto5PCJGsq6KbpmZrfRhYPF9VWUmlbYQYtS5x6TPgUmEa6nv3dnsedMBWdJittu6nRRdJ8S3XOA1JcGyACqdKA41Isa48eFejq70Spc5VDnIvl6UfNAX8jA/s320/DSCN0455.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgthvegZkQh-qVowrIBD08wxOH5mJb9W7e8gTYmV0qNk8LasfHmyhrTo21kYKvq8XMQJc1V6cT0fe87P9qgYKdIOEW_fU-jkXsasxVhjIbkgQdb6AA58H_CU0EQUaKnCaBeESlzRPFOoH4/s1600-h/DSCN0481.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383355860840048626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgthvegZkQh-qVowrIBD08wxOH5mJb9W7e8gTYmV0qNk8LasfHmyhrTo21kYKvq8XMQJc1V6cT0fe87P9qgYKdIOEW_fU-jkXsasxVhjIbkgQdb6AA58H_CU0EQUaKnCaBeESlzRPFOoH4/s320/DSCN0481.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We hiked up 10 minutes to see eyes in woods. I wasn't too impressed to see bunch of eyes in the woods after the hike from hell. However, the picture came out pretty good. Some arts are better seen in photo than in live.<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKrUaE4h0sZItQcapR7axcUc9c_ODP2WKSb1ka4eYvLknG5kOaQWmGfqcgKqJjjL612kqVZQx4hu1UxZdN2ZXvVsEEdxAPKVirJ2syZTKUt_mjQV8NmqGNc6Yoq4Xwk0swRNwcPUssTs/s1600-h/DSCN0546+-+Copy.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383354222299534946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 262px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKrUaE4h0sZItQcapR7axcUc9c_ODP2WKSb1ka4eYvLknG5kOaQWmGfqcgKqJjjL612kqVZQx4hu1UxZdN2ZXvVsEEdxAPKVirJ2syZTKUt_mjQV8NmqGNc6Yoq4Xwk0swRNwcPUssTs/s320/DSCN0546+-+Copy.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>One of the themes in the art festival was to convert the closed schools into arts. People are aging in Japan, and many young families are moving to cities. Accordingly, schools in rural areas are closed because there no kids to attend schools. During this trip, I have visited one-half dozen of closed schools. Artists built the arts in class rooms and even in the school yards.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapTlulSGoQpXuQbQ6LEokvQYbB0nasE-yEDrjb5D8RZySJnLPLNpZEy_ovCYutyEW4ndo4qFLeBOWUNWm2Uj2kDgp-lPauKCTBy-8fz0kNs7stYOWiaIpDAnODZWRKLxg7oPqCkA7AjM/s1600-h/DSCN0509.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383355728858562050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapTlulSGoQpXuQbQ6LEokvQYbB0nasE-yEDrjb5D8RZySJnLPLNpZEy_ovCYutyEW4ndo4qFLeBOWUNWm2Uj2kDgp-lPauKCTBy-8fz0kNs7stYOWiaIpDAnODZWRKLxg7oPqCkA7AjM/s320/DSCN0509.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsT3QUFaAsZk3DFz-Y3Q6fygv0gO0I2xiYxz_mnqztiGwklY5o0_3irbTWe_sOOvRFgvAYRIAb_t2xdjFGMz3lm_CiOYEnD4DESY2UtqP-hd0K8V3UyRNcEaxJ4P8WlZltf0UBOCScng4/s1600-h/DSCN0545.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383354055757322050" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeAttfBameX4Xu7c_aqMnA3FicQrgDdPY1_0rWm-aznf8pbLPJKRpg47skpWLnG-zHguRVO-2XiHIvPGEidngGA8lgvjzS64zJrH17yyIpYFuqdCL60uckj0qGZWjqIyLvr5nFgP_XhA/s320/DSCN0542.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"></span></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error">Echigo</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Tsumari</span></span> area has heavy snow during winter, and many houses have the angled roofs so snow doesn't stay on the roof</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslGiOTrfMDE4qlS0Pk09J4LTDxfdEdB4Qu_Q-c_20jfhmJzkDbAVVOmBQtT356jZm8IJZkmwShtJF7aM1UCv-9AmhxB2avX0uYCPACEQNTbVudLPV2V1heV8g_YVL_RWwffQAsBYoZXo/s1600-h/DSCN0536.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383355492444761186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslGiOTrfMDE4qlS0Pk09J4LTDxfdEdB4Qu_Q-c_20jfhmJzkDbAVVOmBQtT356jZm8IJZkmwShtJF7aM1UCv-9AmhxB2avX0uYCPACEQNTbVudLPV2V1heV8g_YVL_RWwffQAsBYoZXo/s320/DSCN0536.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwTaBc6ibEXQuqrQ1KpOrui_Hw1Cy1bzpln9bMB2Xkv6QkysWiPAxi_Nh4zugYr1u04YLoPmxOG5KH9D6RWnDLniNrBxx1PVKmV7PzzQMLXMiL01WMIWtudqAjvl-ptsfLeOqAgF-2Pk/s1600-h/DSCN0524.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383355610496284322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwTaBc6ibEXQuqrQ1KpOrui_Hw1Cy1bzpln9bMB2Xkv6QkysWiPAxi_Nh4zugYr1u04YLoPmxOG5KH9D6RWnDLniNrBxx1PVKmV7PzzQMLXMiL01WMIWtudqAjvl-ptsfLeOqAgF-2Pk/s320/DSCN0524.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziyO2EgS4YFFHgUiaqqR_SyHE8j4XqLHOtyGI2_sGXgfRx5p7DziI5t7s7yW1zTw71UT-wYnO9Nto2xpo1k3OFgo8fcL4hAiWibRZbm-lAatICFAvdDmk1spII_-RO4qaW64X6umqTeE/s1600-h/DSCN0574.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383355223655744418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziyO2EgS4YFFHgUiaqqR_SyHE8j4XqLHOtyGI2_sGXgfRx5p7DziI5t7s7yW1zTw71UT-wYnO9Nto2xpo1k3OFgo8fcL4hAiWibRZbm-lAatICFAvdDmk1spII_-RO4qaW64X6umqTeE/s320/DSCN0574.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Food in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Echigo</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Tsumari</span></span> area is very simple and mostly vegetarian dishes. I had lunch in the old Japanese house called <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Ubusuna</span></span> House, and our server gave us the tour of house after lunch. </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3c2RaLArvakTlGxE2mrnc6Xz8ppAvyy5MnAL63w1NmmVC6s0_QlC1R6OfKAEZhL1FzAZwlybxz2H7RX45YoZX0zLxqKvfnVJX8WKgHWxqSVLyZrTd7zyBcb7wyKX6JD3658SSKx_Vo1k/s1600-h/DSCN0573.JPG"></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3c2RaLArvakTlGxE2mrnc6Xz8ppAvyy5MnAL63w1NmmVC6s0_QlC1R6OfKAEZhL1FzAZwlybxz2H7RX45YoZX0zLxqKvfnVJX8WKgHWxqSVLyZrTd7zyBcb7wyKX6JD3658SSKx_Vo1k/s1600-h/DSCN0573.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383347791212328418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3c2RaLArvakTlGxE2mrnc6Xz8ppAvyy5MnAL63w1NmmVC6s0_QlC1R6OfKAEZhL1FzAZwlybxz2H7RX45YoZX0zLxqKvfnVJX8WKgHWxqSVLyZrTd7zyBcb7wyKX6JD3658SSKx_Vo1k/s320/DSCN0573.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7zX04C5QjRQXQ6YBj1VJ1Ao6UeqAgDQBFTKfYQwuA_wBwvBxfJ-kjOk_d6NhZYVnFNza4jmixi8SCfxon4QGwT_VIPpKDTsreX71fLBljGaXK7mLTWKstXnWV1MFgRFoUETPQtExT4I/s1600-h/DSCN0577.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383347532950817042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7zX04C5QjRQXQ6YBj1VJ1Ao6UeqAgDQBFTKfYQwuA_wBwvBxfJ-kjOk_d6NhZYVnFNza4jmixi8SCfxon4QGwT_VIPpKDTsreX71fLBljGaXK7mLTWKstXnWV1MFgRFoUETPQtExT4I/s320/DSCN0577.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3c2RaLArvakTlGxE2mrnc6Xz8ppAvyy5MnAL63w1NmmVC6s0_QlC1R6OfKAEZhL1FzAZwlybxz2H7RX45YoZX0zLxqKvfnVJX8WKgHWxqSVLyZrTd7zyBcb7wyKX6JD3658SSKx_Vo1k/s1600-h/DSCN0573.JPG"></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>I had the similar <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">vegetarian</span> dish in the next day at the museum restaurant. Both lunches were almost the same with rice and local vegetables.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsh13T1HvuPGpQzthvbk-wpMGzFaPARkBGv1q5_cUL2NcI02jCNYRmsvJWdzdQoNn_OHMNy3oPhFhAB8SYhDBeIIH2AQzGrwfQy-3E6gkW23QRgjPSNjDbpSQL9XvRlBhEAM6gsK1Ydtc/s1600-h/DSCN0671.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383351883166128210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsh13T1HvuPGpQzthvbk-wpMGzFaPARkBGv1q5_cUL2NcI02jCNYRmsvJWdzdQoNn_OHMNy3oPhFhAB8SYhDBeIIH2AQzGrwfQy-3E6gkW23QRgjPSNjDbpSQL9XvRlBhEAM6gsK1Ydtc/s320/DSCN0671.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>These two pictures are taken at the House of Light. The house has removable sky light, and you can stay overnight in the house to enjoy moon and stars. On the rainy day, the roof can be closed to keep you dry.<br /><br /></div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMaI_ZtgDV-SVnU4dsj_lm3ZsyS3SVTr94K1khzd6v9esy3rc1GQKAijvdaLq3Inq4a6yyMtVCRK5EYAIotuF0CKh9WVHsRwzCm7hJjJkEDE3dklRqim1gevovZkUM8jV_GJT7P7sqWo/s1600-h/DSCN0598.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383347401238016050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMaI_ZtgDV-SVnU4dsj_lm3ZsyS3SVTr94K1khzd6v9esy3rc1GQKAijvdaLq3Inq4a6yyMtVCRK5EYAIotuF0CKh9WVHsRwzCm7hJjJkEDE3dklRqim1gevovZkUM8jV_GJT7P7sqWo/s320/DSCN0598.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Z7OXO2PmTlcUZks-py-KA6zoahNGrKG3bFT3QuJJnfR8aOtdUC-1ojY3CHeorkUIG3QZXV2vS8p_cSt38cXg1fDY09__QmXh7qk9o1ue6-j4SJIjy34ReMHW8fg3vwPo5rrTCjTXgsM/s1600-h/DSCN0601.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383346974404725826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Z7OXO2PmTlcUZks-py-KA6zoahNGrKG3bFT3QuJJnfR8aOtdUC-1ojY3CHeorkUIG3QZXV2vS8p_cSt38cXg1fDY09__QmXh7qk9o1ue6-j4SJIjy34ReMHW8fg3vwPo5rrTCjTXgsM/s320/DSCN0601.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkgf3y6m2t2Li19YDRQKXduzSgwuaGmHUVVYQtb4d8IG1uDudmmo5rwVT8u6wLgy5KdiV-vr-e4VucKGnpkDIcdhqcG3fzfoyEMGqa7GWMnr7yTB_GlVwYCed4-LSufpjPjkQCqkrgcg/s1600-h/DSCN0697.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383352391761514274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkgf3y6m2t2Li19YDRQKXduzSgwuaGmHUVVYQtb4d8IG1uDudmmo5rwVT8u6wLgy5KdiV-vr-e4VucKGnpkDIcdhqcG3fzfoyEMGqa7GWMnr7yTB_GlVwYCed4-LSufpjPjkQCqkrgcg/s320/DSCN0697.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Just very beautiful county without arts. It was the season for harvesting rice, and rice fields were turned in yellow and contrasted with the surrounding greens.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGgREbmj07DrTDsqqrP06PK-uK5jKR1sS84qx9dPfHCXSgQIE4XwnfCu4ZkiSMh9b2CPQVR2F8Hu9-yqWbvvQoFJ9V0JcB8lP6nx3Uc5jv2RoSDQTPaudHWorehEDbH1GaEBDXTbO-S4/s1600-h/DSCN0641.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383346723358675682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGgREbmj07DrTDsqqrP06PK-uK5jKR1sS84qx9dPfHCXSgQIE4XwnfCu4ZkiSMh9b2CPQVR2F8Hu9-yqWbvvQoFJ9V0JcB8lP6nx3Uc5jv2RoSDQTPaudHWorehEDbH1GaEBDXTbO-S4/s320/DSCN0641.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The thousands of old pictures of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Echigo</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Tsumari</span></span> pasted on the wood sticks. I wanted to check every single pictures, but there were so many.<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBcu2RQZx7RGTn-qDVu19_x-H-k7s5dRRMWYvCi2g0Y4yWtnwiVajuwy98i_x8-2vz41TyxKojzQ39aiHCLR-iXy3tKjxJMYVmPI7wzp_pexMcYQokVeCibIZDOjCsoKXDTluRcuJv0A/s1600-h/DSCN0678.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383346193545219746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBcu2RQZx7RGTn-qDVu19_x-H-k7s5dRRMWYvCi2g0Y4yWtnwiVajuwy98i_x8-2vz41TyxKojzQ39aiHCLR-iXy3tKjxJMYVmPI7wzp_pexMcYQokVeCibIZDOjCsoKXDTluRcuJv0A/s320/DSCN0678.JPG" border="0" /></a>These pencils represent the countries in the world. There are more than 100 pencils<br /><div><div><br /><br /><br /><br />I loved blue and yellow farmers built in the rice fields. They looked real from the distance.<br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HTjLsi9EDYsj5rwmP4yV8t68ZZ8yswzId3iWM5SfB7bOWoDsIwQT-l1UuAxluVSpjcQyk4lddIgFrhFFlpUEyGKuYQGQ6uLDQgT_q0pIPI0I4WtUG1eIixFpIKbJEFcWeFVpeCt716U/s1600-h/DSCN0662.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383346055176660114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HTjLsi9EDYsj5rwmP4yV8t68ZZ8yswzId3iWM5SfB7bOWoDsIwQT-l1UuAxluVSpjcQyk4lddIgFrhFFlpUEyGKuYQGQ6uLDQgT_q0pIPI0I4WtUG1eIixFpIKbJEFcWeFVpeCt716U/s320/DSCN0662.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98IA5hsMKo3H8NOZftw-yWb7_dA40VgF00dj-1OGy0_7zYsLIvEWzTNp1DU7H7l49LQnHLz9Dk2dfV5429uDTAaYbwjSilo8JdldTh2S451mepqLWOqQE8JfO9StSyqjTWpNmCCDtpDo/s1600-h/DSCN0469.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383355963795051314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98IA5hsMKo3H8NOZftw-yWb7_dA40VgF00dj-1OGy0_7zYsLIvEWzTNp1DU7H7l49LQnHLz9Dk2dfV5429uDTAaYbwjSilo8JdldTh2S451mepqLWOqQE8JfO9StSyqjTWpNmCCDtpDo/s320/DSCN0469.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVEhyphenhyphen_Yfb8SKGh8L-GNqkgdR6Qr9XHIf4Gh1bvgV48FIs97tqXB_zJy0NB15IPQBLT18SWKB-7Tdr0XfswZvVJiPqEzvsZyz66-F7gNc7aCvWkZUpHPpJDqMBeeDBLZl42maTWDkW3k0/s1600-h/DSCN0687.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383349665742969442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVEhyphenhyphen_Yfb8SKGh8L-GNqkgdR6Qr9XHIf4Gh1bvgV48FIs97tqXB_zJy0NB15IPQBLT18SWKB-7Tdr0XfswZvVJiPqEzvsZyz66-F7gNc7aCvWkZUpHPpJDqMBeeDBLZl42maTWDkW3k0/s320/DSCN0687.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-72508670021943424552009-08-30T11:14:00.009+09:002009-08-30T11:41:36.159+09:00Asakusa Samba Festival on Aug 29thIt was so crowded in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Asakusa</span>, but was lot of fun. We have large Brazilian population in Japan, and the Samba Festival was huge and continued for several hours. This picture is the Samba poll dancers on moving float.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQPqkQVx9HhJVLhSL2eqCTO_NOjBqljqFavHU_QIU4xkqLpZ0aCjbhKa8jDRmQ-s2JD5te4ETUqhDaCfgd6Exc15ENpXSLHK47dQzNlowWDvTPyGKJ9pVgPKQneeLvmrfMvVeL6MlmaU/s1600-h/DSCN0361.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375575491017576690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQPqkQVx9HhJVLhSL2eqCTO_NOjBqljqFavHU_QIU4xkqLpZ0aCjbhKa8jDRmQ-s2JD5te4ETUqhDaCfgd6Exc15ENpXSLHK47dQzNlowWDvTPyGKJ9pVgPKQneeLvmrfMvVeL6MlmaU/s400/DSCN0361.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is famous <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Kaminari</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">mon</span> (thunder gate) in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Asakusa</span>. There were too many people and we couldn't even move. We find a Japanese pub on the 5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">th</span> floor of building on the main parade street, and decided to watch parade from the pub. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HJrJWjJ4inKjmjezSi87W0JbU8Vdj2RTPVP66XkN6xsZe7LwWcQj_5N4pZ4Z-zFuCxbPG-amgllRDyS_khr_IupDg-7aBq_GU2fuYU89YEYet8lOM6MRj49TIQxFRSzZtHPpQiTxcTk/s1600-h/DSCN0359.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375575253520249570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HJrJWjJ4inKjmjezSi87W0JbU8Vdj2RTPVP66XkN6xsZe7LwWcQj_5N4pZ4Z-zFuCxbPG-amgllRDyS_khr_IupDg-7aBq_GU2fuYU89YEYet8lOM6MRj49TIQxFRSzZtHPpQiTxcTk/s320/DSCN0359.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I look this picture from the pub window, but the pictures didn't come out good because the windows had wires. However, the location of the pub was in front of the judge's tent, and all dancers were showing off.<br /><div></div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLgxAHdzPI01HoiUIkQwZcEC2R1-HBhuJqdsAs1x_wvxvDrIRWHYhxaPEb85XKxEXAoqmSn-RKa-gf1qkQN1cWn5xJcnvKz-4C8_gXkyHpHGBnkoq6Ihhm60-DRFDMm_XWzWe1ZYNEkE/s1600-h/DSCN0375.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375574972473839762" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLgxAHdzPI01HoiUIkQwZcEC2R1-HBhuJqdsAs1x_wvxvDrIRWHYhxaPEb85XKxEXAoqmSn-RKa-gf1qkQN1cWn5xJcnvKz-4C8_gXkyHpHGBnkoq6Ihhm60-DRFDMm_XWzWe1ZYNEkE/s320/DSCN0375.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLgxAHdzPI01HoiUIkQwZcEC2R1-HBhuJqdsAs1x_wvxvDrIRWHYhxaPEb85XKxEXAoqmSn-RKa-gf1qkQN1cWn5xJcnvKz-4C8_gXkyHpHGBnkoq6Ihhm60-DRFDMm_XWzWe1ZYNEkE/s1600-h/DSCN0375.JPG"></a> </div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLgxAHdzPI01HoiUIkQwZcEC2R1-HBhuJqdsAs1x_wvxvDrIRWHYhxaPEb85XKxEXAoqmSn-RKa-gf1qkQN1cWn5xJcnvKz-4C8_gXkyHpHGBnkoq6Ihhm60-DRFDMm_XWzWe1ZYNEkE/s1600-h/DSCN0375.JPG"></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFx2Ln2Ylzdcf1fm-sPB0_M9xDLKZv2CC-ImwYYD_HDQNJmAtwHAeH3lyTYoE2M0mSSR901qGsrWc4tBFTt0CDIxURHLVlFAufM1RP0haI8l_Nl-92fYPOW3zZT6F3lbrzMTh7mAe1Tq0/s1600-h/DSCN0380.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375574833540531938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFx2Ln2Ylzdcf1fm-sPB0_M9xDLKZv2CC-ImwYYD_HDQNJmAtwHAeH3lyTYoE2M0mSSR901qGsrWc4tBFTt0CDIxURHLVlFAufM1RP0haI8l_Nl-92fYPOW3zZT6F3lbrzMTh7mAe1Tq0/s320/DSCN0380.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>My friend risked his life to open the emergency escape window in the pub to take this picture. Floats and samba dancers move quickly, so it was really hard to take good photos.</div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-50830997357687670532009-08-26T21:05:00.013+09:002009-08-26T21:31:52.092+09:00Lotus Pond & Chaya in Ueno Park<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgalt9I4kNVqTYJgKDOpAjWDCmAdClpglAQJr_eQp4bYWlWvuFSijaiToNP2wblYzPEAOXeWxFUAbjuK1woMMTZB0M2y0b4roPcg-QHagzASCpgIQxMEehJcQH09OsQLolS8rw3stePY/s1600-h/DSCN0351.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374243874537436962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgalt9I4kNVqTYJgKDOpAjWDCmAdClpglAQJr_eQp4bYWlWvuFSijaiToNP2wblYzPEAOXeWxFUAbjuK1woMMTZB0M2y0b4roPcg-QHagzASCpgIQxMEehJcQH09OsQLolS8rw3stePY/s400/DSCN0351.JPG" border="0" /></a> I love this Lotus <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chaya</span> tea house in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ueno</span> Park over looking the lotus pond. He is my server and bring me the ice cold beer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr29IWz_T02-frTkRhbwuYbmaDBxTcGOTAR5U8HZ04jM5BqxcjMNE0OFYHV8al7k-McuU9Lx0_7ayFLgGR6I8PQ7HD-ehpV7YcRX3fBxUzknNqRf2sDGu_8EWDhAee3n_2-gl1zFPBx7Q/s1600-h/DSCN0339.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374244490330048450" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr29IWz_T02-frTkRhbwuYbmaDBxTcGOTAR5U8HZ04jM5BqxcjMNE0OFYHV8al7k-McuU9Lx0_7ayFLgGR6I8PQ7HD-ehpV7YcRX3fBxUzknNqRf2sDGu_8EWDhAee3n_2-gl1zFPBx7Q/s320/DSCN0339.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374243745293411106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyptg0CIwoPQo9cnbOjzmcjcye6W5_A_mtA-VhXi4lz4O55uTOieYYlgMDS37znXIkGUR9cB9_YPCJgAxkjxYqWecyxy_q7cMQVFgU2BHA2cEGPjufmOPyTEIDWxYYujdJiWkxd4wlOkI/s320/DSCN0344.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374243053358521506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPXiJh2o5CDGKzStpKjG19i61bhQhwq417prtqbxlRLXvdNaQ2ZanSvhMXdcgG2y4yVLm6fXsSRG20B7r0GBmtJgGktOQMdepBklTW08LSEfeqzWNXuBdUk4tuUEBRmdIfYXfSn5lztw/s320/DSCN0324.JPG" border="0" /><br />Parked my bike by the lotus bond. I found out that lotus flowers bloom only in the morning. I got here late in the afternoon. and flowers are all closed. I would have to come back one day early in the morning.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374244361470403618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QnCGbwEv2why0knnDVh6OIFCKC5KvuxVkBnBuZivKr0P-33Ptq3rm7CbOs4LJLDrVF4Qo_qPV0miOybQfTfa5WFzkynyyPoxfNxTBecmmjZ-pRkRpHPL56TZb83mn0ewQWr7tOwwhiU/s320/DSCN0334.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-c1LPgB-kzEZECvruxMNODFLfi4WRR_zVbe-pIW1yZ-ujKULkdAD8yewFbBfKt-sPD9o3IKJhREbbP9hyOnw0tguvz9ecIp7GPVMIr42lYJ69XNhTkjTGX48g-Q_Td1mRi0jz_smVWDA/s1600-h/DSCN0325.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeUeMP-eGmdDIEpzUq0Eq1UWWz6ABADTUDI-6tV3dJ-9jOtl1n0ZH0_Tm6f3NnVJ_ZqEIE4q7rYj-jWPAU2JeWnMgh_vhZdO01l68m2rn0k6DusBsXf0wBbFA_z_g88obgepsGzzkvvQ/s1600-h/DSCN0325.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374243372036403122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeUeMP-eGmdDIEpzUq0Eq1UWWz6ABADTUDI-6tV3dJ-9jOtl1n0ZH0_Tm6f3NnVJ_ZqEIE4q7rYj-jWPAU2JeWnMgh_vhZdO01l68m2rn0k6DusBsXf0wBbFA_z_g88obgepsGzzkvvQ/s320/DSCN0325.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixa2qpLKodHDs6t8G0PLqPgCBz2rJFOx9TTwkHkdVn5o5P9NChxISFiNHCjjg9NqElmkGbyjtr3o1FpvXOZcJIxhTIDRjCbmLZyJy58FzcvqQqmITynvJ0AL3ruRNTydyGxuFGBMs3_Vg/s1600-h/DSCN0317.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374242895606915810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixa2qpLKodHDs6t8G0PLqPgCBz2rJFOx9TTwkHkdVn5o5P9NChxISFiNHCjjg9NqElmkGbyjtr3o1FpvXOZcJIxhTIDRjCbmLZyJy58FzcvqQqmITynvJ0AL3ruRNTydyGxuFGBMs3_Vg/s320/DSCN0317.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-81842935184591445552009-08-16T11:19:00.009+09:002009-08-29T10:10:35.192+09:00Tokyo Bay Fireworks Show<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoNbMb-Iifl7XrjmsNJebH5w8gR6VDqpVONA32jTnGRXJuedMmZXt_0NSSfJKplcVkBRgritqKgt_2Xqr0BltesBd_ExL_-0T6J8-0QLXWH5XBcITw13-o2ABOJ6oCGU5BUadGH2EslQ/s1600-h/DSCN0275+-+Copy.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370387090544227698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 367px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoNbMb-Iifl7XrjmsNJebH5w8gR6VDqpVONA32jTnGRXJuedMmZXt_0NSSfJKplcVkBRgritqKgt_2Xqr0BltesBd_ExL_-0T6J8-0QLXWH5XBcITw13-o2ABOJ6oCGU5BUadGH2EslQ/s400/DSCN0275+-+Copy.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div>These pictures are from the last weeks Tokyo Bay Fireworks. They displayed 120,000 fireworks, and I am not sure how they are financing for the show. We paid 7,000 Yen each for the up-cross seats on the pier, but the show itself is free and open to the public.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqzEwChBxvuqLXgvc1M2atSEHbVRBB6VMkEL5BitF5cLYSa0DVRTnZ24imnVy_9ZnwAAU_96MWrjLFHY7tnCwOh6Az7uJ6M7yTUaKycZ8oLvJczL0PIUmsP51_sAjGULiwGIca9UoOis/s1600-h/DSCN0259.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370385144048299410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqzEwChBxvuqLXgvc1M2atSEHbVRBB6VMkEL5BitF5cLYSa0DVRTnZ24imnVy_9ZnwAAU_96MWrjLFHY7tnCwOh6Az7uJ6M7yTUaKycZ8oLvJczL0PIUmsP51_sAjGULiwGIca9UoOis/s320/DSCN0259.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzfYiKcOIjc5JKT4aJpoaYsIeNS3eNZoP7PBLIklh04YhAKHUclFeAsKiGycdRVPKsUTArCX-c89EpNVMFnjb9r35IMvHTonuyEVVSUDeJh9TcqnD8l7L3W_znjBwOUQrhPWGeUgyOZ4/s1600-h/DSCN0291.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370384092496270658" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzfYiKcOIjc5JKT4aJpoaYsIeNS3eNZoP7PBLIklh04YhAKHUclFeAsKiGycdRVPKsUTArCX-c89EpNVMFnjb9r35IMvHTonuyEVVSUDeJh9TcqnD8l7L3W_znjBwOUQrhPWGeUgyOZ4/s320/DSCN0291.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-21212652582160748472009-08-08T10:16:00.005+09:002009-08-08T10:29:33.072+09:00Lunch Time Get Away<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdV5I4OMxt61giVK9QRlL82tZkiyA0a7fLQDKfq_DagxkWV8iptKVw65ZaAqNT_HkB7WUnRfPY18GzcqNPSg6hlbidwCGCfXpi_Iw5X9HR4eWlZ32a1St3dQm-yKmBVLz94rGA9MjESo/s1600-h/DSCN0248.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367396424153982770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdV5I4OMxt61giVK9QRlL82tZkiyA0a7fLQDKfq_DagxkWV8iptKVw65ZaAqNT_HkB7WUnRfPY18GzcqNPSg6hlbidwCGCfXpi_Iw5X9HR4eWlZ32a1St3dQm-yKmBVLz94rGA9MjESo/s400/DSCN0248.JPG" border="0" /></a> My other lunch time get away place is the observatory deck on the top of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bunkyo</span> Civic Center. From the observatory deck, you can see Tokyo Dome and the giant roller coaster that goes over the Dome.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaS6ih0ZvjYgKGD5aVQDp6-37Eyfs1_pw5RT680eNWCld9Jx9xTnutOLysS2DL0UMKmhS9HpaFxUGNMlGTppuhEr6YZiPYSBk8ez3JIG0CbnpDeCV09dZWUdZotN_I3eeO6bXo1sOTlhQ/s1600-h/DSCN0255.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367396250041657682" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaS6ih0ZvjYgKGD5aVQDp6-37Eyfs1_pw5RT680eNWCld9Jx9xTnutOLysS2DL0UMKmhS9HpaFxUGNMlGTppuhEr6YZiPYSBk8ez3JIG0CbnpDeCV09dZWUdZotN_I3eeO6bXo1sOTlhQ/s320/DSCN0255.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>This green building in the center is where my office is. Yes, we are working and living in the building jungle of Tokyo.</div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-49320280614313094382009-07-26T21:39:00.014+09:002009-07-26T23:00:31.389+09:00Away from Tokyo -- Not on My Bike<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2R7f8KpdtXcdyDOz41MclpJ0eHt6WcwzQVw68AP3YijfnwpK_bgqROIEOKFrILzQ8Kd-9CndkkTqLMuykhRAvVZuBr3-eu_YqDPkNxr5nJLK7jx9AzbAfoKKC5q3yqt9FSO-OntRokA/s1600-h/DSCN0173.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362754562134252002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2R7f8KpdtXcdyDOz41MclpJ0eHt6WcwzQVw68AP3YijfnwpK_bgqROIEOKFrILzQ8Kd-9CndkkTqLMuykhRAvVZuBr3-eu_YqDPkNxr5nJLK7jx9AzbAfoKKC5q3yqt9FSO-OntRokA/s400/DSCN0173.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I took a break from riding a bike, and got away from the city. This is the world famous Mt. Fuji. When I took this picture, it was over casted and snow on the top of the mountain was almost gone because it's summer.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzzV1zlkWH64v0xLS311krW3cESrcYJg5Pp2aOAfjsd1faZ8OaEiB0afD40mlL0fQJGpSLlmcDMfQktr3_g3pjWq4QqslRwFuoaJJ2XXzcJicitMyxx7HXno-8tFT0hDUTR5tdNF3OqI/s1600-h/DSCN0154.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362753296988227266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzzV1zlkWH64v0xLS311krW3cESrcYJg5Pp2aOAfjsd1faZ8OaEiB0afD40mlL0fQJGpSLlmcDMfQktr3_g3pjWq4QqslRwFuoaJJ2XXzcJicitMyxx7HXno-8tFT0hDUTR5tdNF3OqI/s320/DSCN0154.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We stayed at a traditional Japanese Inn, and enjoyed healthy food. Presentation is very important for Japanese food, and usually dishes are very beautiful. The picture here is our appetizer.<br /><br />We relaxed in cotton robe after soaking ourselves in hot mineral bath. I loved this red robe, but I wasn't allowed to take it home.<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fAsekmdtAFzGeGGtk5o9FP3L-JUdDKtn2v5XdRZQPgS0qFv0BQHHVu7v9KHqL4XwNfnrtdlppCj4J5pM53MOfnKDeo68Sq7BEF29kQHonD1sklyZ_O8zmJkZ4VHdyIaRz-HIzM6ehRo/s1600-h/DSCN0203.JPG"><span style="color:#0066cc;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362753457052508818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fAsekmdtAFzGeGGtk5o9FP3L-JUdDKtn2v5XdRZQPgS0qFv0BQHHVu7v9KHqL4XwNfnrtdlppCj4J5pM53MOfnKDeo68Sq7BEF29kQHonD1sklyZ_O8zmJkZ4VHdyIaRz-HIzM6ehRo/s320/DSCN0203.JPG" border="0" /></a>We hiked around water falls, and took pictures of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Izu</span> dancer and her boyfriend statues. They are in the famous novel called "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Izu</span> Dancer" by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Yasunari</span> Kawabata.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1hIWxbueVDYE6pjKCbLXp7JKEx-2vBYjcP-Zz0CoCKAEBeXiy7AelWs_P8S7RkQ4H2up7FGH3zTIAnDmX6kAkQAwd5H0cb1W-ARiT0ySDJm2CadTPftUKRYW_eYrMo1coB3JKr9hZJQ/s1600-h/DSCN0181.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362753045957269650" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1hIWxbueVDYE6pjKCbLXp7JKEx-2vBYjcP-Zz0CoCKAEBeXiy7AelWs_P8S7RkQ4H2up7FGH3zTIAnDmX6kAkQAwd5H0cb1W-ARiT0ySDJm2CadTPftUKRYW_eYrMo1coB3JKr9hZJQ/s320/DSCN0181.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkqfukMPcKGTpkLKXOmn34xwCCAo-oFEn06noElgaK1g9L0P-sS__3FSSOSk6cThZU7q_r7SzHOgpMQ0PToanAG-UXi2iTRj0ROcKgon_VmQ7UwPBexGPD-sZ_CHhxGTp8w9aC5Fu5DM/s1600-h/DSCN0192.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362752776811479698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkqfukMPcKGTpkLKXOmn34xwCCAo-oFEn06noElgaK1g9L0P-sS__3FSSOSk6cThZU7q_r7SzHOgpMQ0PToanAG-UXi2iTRj0ROcKgon_VmQ7UwPBexGPD-sZ_CHhxGTp8w9aC5Fu5DM/s320/DSCN0192.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-42782423786589183992009-07-12T17:02:00.022+09:002009-07-26T23:04:40.019+09:00Imperial Palace<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TBRf8Kr21jPWlEwJnU6A5aHxAtKrL_zqOR_AVxsfJZwNniORuD3X5vDdzjE5DXqWVBg8P1ELcoINoRQJVt10YeOv6NEjuhuxCvH5ozDNO_zkQ_Oa6MTDeU3lwYYd_IslbO4pJGbmsMM/s1600-h/DSCN0121.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357497205096012098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TBRf8Kr21jPWlEwJnU6A5aHxAtKrL_zqOR_AVxsfJZwNniORuD3X5vDdzjE5DXqWVBg8P1ELcoINoRQJVt10YeOv6NEjuhuxCvH5ozDNO_zkQ_Oa6MTDeU3lwYYd_IslbO4pJGbmsMM/s400/DSCN0121.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrPC1HGTXKXQUfhJEMLe7NXXgw6eKgryAZCzSGTwb71w2vGpfR4YID_8KbXn-ZhmXmYK0m6nDkHUPo9-8qy4ZSalRUPiWd29uE7bQaN8Fu52KvtkY8pYSru3Xqvaw0OtST5_TZU05sPo/s1600-h/DSCN0117.JPG"></a>Before the WW II, Japanese emperor was so unreachable, and we could not imagine to visit his home. Now one-half of his Palace is open to the public for free of charge. As you can see from this map, Imperial Palace is surrounded by the water for security.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBAPi2KDspCsp78JmtibC7zYy_SrV595zpyO-8TJb_7joNUjGJ94EZ5K1eyH4l1c3-Ee7MtjzdbokIAg65Mkfb7ZMxjp1fhsCXsw82EQF81oeP9XnftNp3omoWJ1JURedaUlhupON83o/s1600-h/DSCN0105.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357481207789404802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBAPi2KDspCsp78JmtibC7zYy_SrV595zpyO-8TJb_7joNUjGJ94EZ5K1eyH4l1c3-Ee7MtjzdbokIAg65Mkfb7ZMxjp1fhsCXsw82EQF81oeP9XnftNp3omoWJ1JURedaUlhupON83o/s320/DSCN0105.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tokyo Castle used to be on the top of the stone platform structure here.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuNRYcxiaQVEk5iyyJ5IMMjDeNvyKac2QBXlNThBsWfyYVjgV6fZdWizJCflHpfEVDRQtFQ9yzeH9Dvu1CBn44MuVGw3G63kXFf6MJ-tM46LnVybmYAMS9Axrt-pxbNHuLvqaLgFHQpY/s1600-h/DSCN0096.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357486357105659202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuNRYcxiaQVEk5iyyJ5IMMjDeNvyKac2QBXlNThBsWfyYVjgV6fZdWizJCflHpfEVDRQtFQ9yzeH9Dvu1CBn44MuVGw3G63kXFf6MJ-tM46LnVybmYAMS9Axrt-pxbNHuLvqaLgFHQpY/s320/DSCN0096.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I love Hydrangeas. I think Hydrangeas season is almost over, but there will be some other pretty flowers to enjoy during the summer.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357483139342142050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HfbYvQJWi1U7SaC4gl3R-a1FstPRIzA5i1G2NhCaytL1V59zH_SgoGQ8EMsFxqvlFAnr-Y2KeAoFl51L-G8SKfqBzxVirrtY2PPz-JPYQLpIg-411bu39tUSpkc-tFq-W1_NguBhDME/s320/DSCN0100.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfM2xpYBKLkF5U2AY-GhoTKwwocCUfyKUtY7i8XtDeoOZM3GkPyO0JZ5GGQ3HwyWqZowWHsoJKuPNBifHPgcSyTJl10qqyIycIKrtTcL0IJx3LCAvutcgORQJUK9_qqxK0f419mqSGq4c/s1600-h/DSCN0108.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357483503316146226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfM2xpYBKLkF5U2AY-GhoTKwwocCUfyKUtY7i8XtDeoOZM3GkPyO0JZ5GGQ3HwyWqZowWHsoJKuPNBifHPgcSyTJl10qqyIycIKrtTcL0IJx3LCAvutcgORQJUK9_qqxK0f419mqSGq4c/s320/DSCN0108.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Now I am leaving the Palace - goodbye to the Imperial family.</div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-76834990222104091772009-07-12T16:01:00.022+09:002009-07-12T18:11:08.367+09:00Joggers and Cyclers at the Imperial Palace<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6RHI-z_GZ1qRR2mFMSa0GwjIPX4HeMB4UCvrwOczqwBYA-8VQbAUmFnlvh_qMHgC8Rh18C26Br1WBhg7UqEb5Or8VDioHZVp09pPQRW83MiEFAgOXKGmushzUQXmq9v-7Aex0MD6LFWo/s1600-h/DSCN0089.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357497695373997266" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6RHI-z_GZ1qRR2mFMSa0GwjIPX4HeMB4UCvrwOczqwBYA-8VQbAUmFnlvh_qMHgC8Rh18C26Br1WBhg7UqEb5Or8VDioHZVp09pPQRW83MiEFAgOXKGmushzUQXmq9v-7Aex0MD6LFWo/s400/DSCN0089.JPG" border="0" /></a> It is jogger's dream to jog around the Imperial Palace <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">tha</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2if-B-zsCZpt_6ZkKnLvlmmltNzOroR1Omt4sRNYXgBnGMIP2-uqP4vA7pjGqqI1dIddenPe6S2Rb_b4edGgEhbshLEKupq6mwwGho-4Mx1zdiFOvlyBNCPR4QmReHFlK8D9gxCd_ZQs/s1600-h/DSCN0075.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357472099538488658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2if-B-zsCZpt_6ZkKnLvlmmltNzOroR1Omt4sRNYXgBnGMIP2-uqP4vA7pjGqqI1dIddenPe6S2Rb_b4edGgEhbshLEKupq6mwwGho-4Mx1zdiFOvlyBNCPR4QmReHFlK8D9gxCd_ZQs/s320/DSCN0075.JPG" border="0" /></a>t is about 5 km.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />They also block one long street <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Uchibori</span></span> Dori by the Imperial Palace for cycling on Sunday. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357477892859843906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1qRpn0MEbMGqSqA72NOCMWlhyBNK0xKnnmF9FB1VHIx-3ZgVlKQL0iPHZhdQQTcCSNS5swhZfaqn94Lgt0v7ZA3fNoIO37hM_zJqhWg_hLD0ewBDi9YZ7j-HdQIdKkM7LT1HjZkpFh8/s320/DSCN0134.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><div><div><div>Tokyo Tower is not too far from the Imperial Palace. You can see the red and write eyeful-tower like Tokyo Tower in this picture.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf8omHU-H8pu38CWMcocN3xgjDqJXAhRMxSASnnI2pi-R7esTdUtxshoxjvFfT2MD0SNFSZeMwcAXJodmJWD6Gf3Os8AMfWlf1Xh9rV33z2XIYOf2JSEK60FgAuNU5qXK2d7BtNfFiFo/s1600-h/DSCN0139.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357468869828335250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf8omHU-H8pu38CWMcocN3xgjDqJXAhRMxSASnnI2pi-R7esTdUtxshoxjvFfT2MD0SNFSZeMwcAXJodmJWD6Gf3Os8AMfWlf1Xh9rV33z2XIYOf2JSEK60FgAuNU5qXK2d7BtNfFiFo/s320/DSCN0139.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>You run into so many police and guards around the Palace. These white boxes in this picture are a couple of police boxes by the gate, and the guards are so serious and they don't move. They r<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">eminded</span></span> me the Buckingham Palace guards in England.</div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357497940407105522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCquAkf4fin_ov9LD9xfl8a2P_yLk6lNg8G58baUyIoNzaeI521H8WcpKoi04KkVpXi0ql_Lg23YLFw9F6jsWiyBV2CAOx3dq9yiMKCylj61ufevtzM_S83BYQMEOMt-5RBokz2UIDP8g/s400/DSCN0126.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><div>Here is another police box. I am now going inside of the Palace through the gate to the right.<br /><br /></div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5DZtCxadxxFM-a_f0NZgigrZfMLLGkRietiJO-O_owI4NzzlabnwljTrMkxqtRgDsEVCpXIJmCEiwZMQhqTiz8s66exwie3ZuXbfhiPUOMEdXiiYDR8FxBpsS6aPCBhGCRcNKbMCsB0/s1600-h/DSCN0117.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357470347892234978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5DZtCxadxxFM-a_f0NZgigrZfMLLGkRietiJO-O_owI4NzzlabnwljTrMkxqtRgDsEVCpXIJmCEiwZMQhqTiz8s66exwie3ZuXbfhiPUOMEdXiiYDR8FxBpsS6aPCBhGCRcNKbMCsB0/s320/DSCN0117.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-88629756312000178052009-06-29T20:47:00.023+09:002009-07-01T08:36:18.171+09:00My Bike is not Mini<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK6VeNUnxcDA60LSjccsiFYXq2AcrPYJlbkJ3YztMKHlAq7t5ROQmuPG0-_657hHHkyeiHVZkEj9TYP4YoVG1CLNM_4pUkJUP8yTrIfCy3L7hAs1-9xg1bR3wKJEBnrip2TQtJiHVFKM/s1600-h/DSCN0050.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352715430735985906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK6VeNUnxcDA60LSjccsiFYXq2AcrPYJlbkJ3YztMKHlAq7t5ROQmuPG0-_657hHHkyeiHVZkEj9TYP4YoVG1CLNM_4pUkJUP8yTrIfCy3L7hAs1-9xg1bR3wKJEBnrip2TQtJiHVFKM/s400/DSCN0050.JPG" border="0" /></a> My bike is actually not small or mini. It has 26-inch wheels, basket and heavy duty frame with a battery. However, my bike ride around Tokyo is mini or short distance. I used to ride a century ride (100 miles) so riding round Yamanote Circle is really "mini ride". The red gate here is called Akamon and the entrance way to University of Tokyo. These school girls were taking pictures of each other, and I took a picture them with my bike.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352722346440529298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnTUAHmxBsgWJKNNKoKrveO6eTIlwY6xg6ypG9GAGr_gSp6iZqvrl_6k1z0b82BySQz8G6lxayCdE1F-EAl0HBUfWcUciVwjPwhmL8But7y58B11Jn-9v9iIgh2VDDJdowWDpDylK4AA/s400/DSCN0059.JPG" border="0" /><br />My usually ride is to Ueno Park. You wouldn't believe that there are so many trees, animals, birds, and people in this park. They got Ueno Zoo, outdoor concert place, and several museums in the Park. I like this pond because it's got beautiful Water Lilly, but now is not a season for the flower.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6-TIHKyXl9l-HqenMANc4yCreWO3ZSZhN53yzWxSWb1YZSsrS5lcnfTl0k4tmao-5-bb1NHKrpzNLCFiSgh0CyBmcQAm3cpSkHguWH9774_I_6yAg_b4b7P53ECugPQ09BCEmBrcZao/s1600-h/DSCN0061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352731695763990450" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6-TIHKyXl9l-HqenMANc4yCreWO3ZSZhN53yzWxSWb1YZSsrS5lcnfTl0k4tmao-5-bb1NHKrpzNLCFiSgh0CyBmcQAm3cpSkHguWH9774_I_6yAg_b4b7P53ECugPQ09BCEmBrcZao/s400/DSCN0061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I found this little shrine in Ueno Park. This shrine has the matchmaking god. I should probably pray for the god, but it's getting dark and I am heading home.cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-27086227126275020842009-06-27T06:44:00.009+09:002009-07-01T08:38:07.868+09:00Lunch Outdoor in Rainly Season<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi317X9Xwxi25bR3wVRbck106W2HXBzZ49SuIWY3OTHrKbcY-1VGTSJ2xnV7cNlRCKLPCCj1C5y34H8d2aubnd39P4SvXz_BwxzS32DDOyHPjxcnbPyFJvg3egtC6S-dLZXNCVr-_KoCiI/s1600-h/DSCN0031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351756100699860242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi317X9Xwxi25bR3wVRbck106W2HXBzZ49SuIWY3OTHrKbcY-1VGTSJ2xnV7cNlRCKLPCCj1C5y34H8d2aubnd39P4SvXz_BwxzS32DDOyHPjxcnbPyFJvg3egtC6S-dLZXNCVr-_KoCiI/s400/DSCN0031.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />June is a rainy reason in Japan, and I haven't done much bike riding lately. It's June 26<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span>, Friday and NOT raining. I decided to walk to my favorite lunch spot La Qua for outside lunch. They have a water fountain show with music from 1:30 pm. I like to eat my lunch at the picnic table by the Water Symphony Show. Unfortunately, by the time I finished my hamburger, the water show was over. Next time, I will take my pictures first and then eat lunch.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUQxEA0RAv7-9_Xz9NZNpLV07a5CabZOWAWqFvawhNtcqqOQ26fmcMrxcvavC3IglzTomCqTs1bGrieo1R0PCms6dVIyR3L313W14CDSp3XFQq4BEKIZEQVsfi1FRWOCR6wwgtq76Pyc/s1600-h/DSCN0037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351762430498852050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUQxEA0RAv7-9_Xz9NZNpLV07a5CabZOWAWqFvawhNtcqqOQ26fmcMrxcvavC3IglzTomCqTs1bGrieo1R0PCms6dVIyR3L313W14CDSp3XFQq4BEKIZEQVsfi1FRWOCR6wwgtq76Pyc/s400/DSCN0037.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />La Qua is a small shopping mall with an amusement park. It is similar to the Downtown Disney in Anaheim with rides. I have ridden the roller coaster here, and it's lot of fun. However, I don't recommend riding it right after your lunch!cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834631132349150813.post-22809832528477436652009-06-07T20:18:00.009+09:002009-07-01T08:39:16.782+09:00Hydrangeas and Jazz Concert<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrK8Vzo4AxmLUFMV-u6wGIVxkzBAJhfq_xWI4sU_vx63SlkdhAM93xEX4Xh71Toseu7W1iIuxp2pzTTmv2kTpvcPV1DRVPBAZzjNYlXExNGs-tNLHYZ43GHERaeVo2tjO74pZ24hZyUeM/s1600-h/DSCN0015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344549330406860178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrK8Vzo4AxmLUFMV-u6wGIVxkzBAJhfq_xWI4sU_vx63SlkdhAM93xEX4Xh71Toseu7W1iIuxp2pzTTmv2kTpvcPV1DRVPBAZzjNYlXExNGs-tNLHYZ43GHERaeVo2tjO74pZ24hZyUeM/s400/DSCN0015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-Y6GMGiYRkKN0QQUvpQEZCEAxvS-06b2PskS8T55TNGAxDtUaBOVyehdZ1gXYF7U0Ra7Eihea7DDzQ7yaNsn88tY4U6z9gDcbBCSt_H7qNFRMxcinRVIXTqc4K61trYxNCR201FiNsg/s1600-h/DSCN0008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344546807504759570" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-Y6GMGiYRkKN0QQUvpQEZCEAxvS-06b2PskS8T55TNGAxDtUaBOVyehdZ1gXYF7U0Ra7Eihea7DDzQ7yaNsn88tY4U6z9gDcbBCSt_H7qNFRMxcinRVIXTqc4K61trYxNCR201FiNsg/s400/DSCN0008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I love Hydrangeas. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Especially</span> they look beautiful in the rain. But I was very happy that it wasn't raining today so I could ride my bike. I decided to go to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Hakusan</span> Shrine to see Hydrangeas. There are more than 3,000 Hydrangeas in this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">small</span> Shrine.</div><br /><br /><div>It was so crowded, but I was glad that I went. They also had free jazz concert at the Shrine. The band even played a couple of Glenn Miller songs. I wish I was able to records the concert and share the music with you. At least I can share my photos of Hydrangeas with you.</div><div> </div></div>cycletokyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01551955690201863732noreply@blogger.com0