Tokyo International Forum - exhibition hall

Tokyo Imperial palace - Meganebashi Bridge

Spotted on the way back from Imperial palace to Tokyo station

The poop by Philippe Starck aka the Asahi headquarters building in Asakusa, Tokyo

Tokyo waterfront

Tokyo gate in Asakusa - on the way to Sensoji

Tokyo Sensoji -the cauldron

Tokyo Sensoji - painted ceiling

Tokyo - Pagode near Sensoji (Asakusa Kannon Temple)

Ring erected on the pathway leading to a shrine. Worshipers pass through the ring as an act of purification.

Pachinko - oho

Tokyo Shibuya - crowded streets

Tokyo Shinjuku - big city lights

Kamakura: Daibutsu - the Great Buddha

Concert in Tokyo - East palace gardens

Our ryokan in Hakone

Who's that guy? Yet, too slim to be a sumo wrestler

Mount Fuji

Lake Ashi - o fuji-san and a floating Tori gate - the entrance of a shrine's inner grounds

A stone garden par excellence - well maintained. Seen at Ginkaku-ji temple in Kyoto

Kyoto - lush temple garden at Ginkaku-ji

Samples of perfect moss at Ginkaku-ji temple garden

A little gem, dressed stones, spotted at Philosopher's walk (Tetsugakuno-michi) in Kyoto.

Kyoto Nanzen-ji Zen Temple

Kyoto aqueduct close to Nanzen-ji Zen Temple

Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion temple in Kyoto

Another Kyoto temple by night

Pontocho Waterfront along the Kamogawa River Kyoto

The narrow laneways of Pontocho offer many bars and riverside dining in the summer. A traditional nightlife district of Kyoto

A Japanese penguin :-) spotted in Osaka aquarium

An alien Japanese giant spider crab, spotted in Osaka aquarium

Amazing jelly fish spotted in Osaka aquarium