Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Tokyo leftovers

These are some photos Will took while in Tokyo...

This is the moat that surrounds the Imperial Palace...home of the Emperor (you can't get very close to his place)


This is one of the look-out towers at a corner of the moat.


And one of the bridges over the moat...I've seen this same photo in several tourism books since I took it...must be a good place to snap a photo.


This is looking back towards part of the city from one of the entrances to the palace. You're not allowed to walk on the lawn (hence, no shade).


This is one of the guards...I zoomed in.


This is a court building? (I forget now.) It was built in the late 1800s, and the plaque said it survived the huge earthquake in 1923...but was blown up in 1945. Rebuilt in the 50s.


These are views from four sides of the Tokyo Metropolitan Building...one of the taller buildings. You can see that the city just keeps on going...

This first view is looking north.



This is the west view.


Must be south...


And the east view.


This was Shinjuku...part of Tokyo where we were staying.


And a neat sign...no Japanese fluency needed.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hello Serenity & Will! This is Celeste. Hehehe, sounds like you're having fun exploring Japan and it's mysteries (like that tuna crepe, waw. just waw.). Anyways, dad told me about this blog and i just wanted to come, see and say hello. Hello :)

Anonymous said...

Hey, thanks for commenting, Celeste! If I had your email, I could contact you..... :) Keep checking out the blog, and make requests for photos if you like! -Serenity