Well it's been a little while since I last got pictures up on here. These are not quite all the remaining ones from Tokyo, but they take in a good deal of the time out there after New Year.
A real mish mash coming up - and there's quite a lot here. If you last all the way to the end, thank you!
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| This is what happens if you spin around really quickly while looking out of the window in a 32nd story Tokyo apartment. (obviously) |
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| Meant to get up for a lot of sunrise shots while I was in the T, but this is the only one I ended up getting. Still, pretty spectacular... |
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| Tokyo Tower, Senso-Ji and 10,000 clear wish-balloons ready to be released at 0000, 01/01/2012 |
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| Happy New Year! |
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| The balloons from a more Sake-induced state... |
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| Wishes flying up into the air! |
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| Prettily lit trees around the temple |
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| Not a bad place to see in the New Year... |
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| Some wishes didn't make it. That would suck. |
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Everything old gets burned, right infront of the temple
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So, what do you do immediately after New Year's? You go to see the emperor and visit a shrine!
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| Everywhere around Tokyo, temples and palaces are hard up against new skyscrapers |
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| Pine torii at Meiji-jinja |
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| Hiding between the trees |
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| Literally the most incredible shop you've ever been in - this one courtesy of Emma Hamilton |
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| Looking out over the Pacific |
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| Dragon candles in the dragon cave (Emma Hamilton) |
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| The dragon himself - must be auspicious to pop in and say hello right at the beginning of his year... |
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| The Pacific |
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| Skyscape |
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| The walkway to a shrine |
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| Don't start a cross-country hike after sundown |
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| Unless you want to see beautiful, deserted shrines (Emma Hamilton) |
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| (Emma Hamilton) |
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| The Sumo Hall |
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| A reconstruction Kabuki theatre |
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| The Edo-Tokyo Museum - When they build a museum, they really go for it. Or is it that thing from Tron? |
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| Hope none of this is rude. I love Japanese calligraphy, possibly because my writing is so terrible! |
And to finish off with, some amusements - thanks for staying the distance, there'll be more soon!
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| Original Ice-skates - cold?! |
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| Not fantastic quality, but this is a tree literally full of birds - quite scary to walk past! |
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| I want some of this - please!! |
