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Totoro at the Museo d’Arte Ghibli, Tokyo
Leaving Meiji Shrine, sunset
Tokyu Plaza in Harajuku, heart of cool Japan
Mt. Fuji from the Shinkansen
Sugimoto Hiroshi’s glass teahouse, Naoshima
Kusama Yayoi’s Naoshima welcome pumpkin
Concrete architecture, Ando Museum, Naoshima
Naoshima sunrise
Naoshima scenery
Narcissus Garden by Kusama Yayoi in an Ando pavilion, Naoshima
A dip in the Pacific, Naoshima
Ritsurin Koen garden, Takamatsu
Torii leading to Kompira-san, Shikoku
Kompira-san shrine complex
Some of the 1,368 stairs at Kompira-san
View of Shikoku from Kompira-san
Oku-sha, the highest Kompra-san “power-spot”
Kompira-san scenery
Takamatsu castle
Kyoto! Nanzenji, one of the city’s greatest Zen temples
Victorian era aqueduct at Nanzenji
Another water feature, Nanzenji
Stone and gravel garden, Nanzenji
More of Nanzenji’s gardens
Nanzenji from above
View of Kyoto from the gate at Nanzenji
Moon viewing at Yasaka Jinja, Gion, Kyoto
Moon viewing, Gion
Kamo river by moonlight
Arashiyama, west of Kyoto
Okochi Sanso garden view, Arashiyama
Okochi Sanso garden, Arashiyama
Joe in the garden
Another Okochi Sanso garden view, Arashiyama
Bamboo grove at Arashiyama
Togetsukyo bridge, Arashiyama
The philosopher’s path, Kyoto
The philosopher’s path, Kyoto
Ginkakuji, the silver pavilion, Kyoto
The Kamo River, Kyoto
Garden at Heian Jingu shrine
Macha and cake in the garden
Covered shopping, Kyoto-style
Kani Doraku, my fave giant robot crab
Its-a me, Joe-io
Old neighborhood, Kyoto
Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto
Tokyo Skytree
Sensoji, Tokyo, night
Another view of Sensoji, Tokyo
Aoyama cemetery, Roppingi
Tokyo Station
Intermediateque, super-fun museum, Tokyo
Shibuya, Tokyo, night
Tokyo Teien Museum – art deco mansion turned museum
Art deco interior, Tokyo
Art deco interior, Tokyo
Sumida River, Tokyo
Joe at the Skytree, Tokyo
Tokyo at night from 35 stories up
Imperial Palace gardens, Tokyo
Ginkgo trees in Marunouchi, Tokyo