Japan travel

Japan: Chiba / Shinjuku / Shibuya

Rice Fields as seen from the highway.

The streets of Kashiwa. They all look the same

I wanted to take more photos of the Japanese cemetaries. Just never got to it.

Near where I stayed. All of the roads are very narrow. This is by far not the worst

This is where I stayed. The houses are WAY to close together.

The people I stayed with lived on a dead end street.

Private Property / No Parking

(I think this is what it says)

Views from the backside of the "Dead End" lot.

It was nice to see a real bamboo forest.

Even though the houses are painfully close, the open areas had wonderful flowers and gardens.

Even those who had very little space grew beautifully tended flowers and trees.

Traditional Japanese style. Just down the road from where I stayed

I thought these mini neighborhood fire stations were neat. Run by volunteers

An interesting contrast of old Japanese style and new.

Step out of Shinjuku Station and these are the sights that greet you.

I wandered a lot.

I was suprised to see so many 7-elevens

Seiji Togo Museum of Art

View from the Seiji Togo Museum of Art.

The museum is in the 42nd of 43 floors

There is a lot of parking like this in Tokyo. Much of it is inside the buildings. It has got to be hard to steal these cars.

If my son goes to Tokyo, this is the first place he wants to go.

One of the many large parks in Tokyo

I happened to come across a small street market in fornt of a shrine. I wondered if the turtles were being sold as pets. The food vendors had a some interesting food for sale - fish on a stick, octopus, large fried squid, and other unknown items. I didn't sample anything.

The architecture every where was interesting along with the various statues and other art-ifacts

The train (metro) system is something to be experienced. I got REALLY lost only once

Not sure what the tower with the clock is but I used it as a central landmark while constantly getting lost. The Meiji shrine / Gardens were a very peaceful place.