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moon
Moon over Yarakucho station

street
Street scene outside of Yarakucho station

view
View from the hotel window, morning

view
View from the hotel window, morning

toilet
Fancy toilet seat in our hotel room

tsukiji
Tsukiji fish market

tsukiji
Book seller and veggie stall in Tsukiji fish market

tsukiji
One of the zippy little carts in Tsukiji, with Cris (we had to dodge these and bikes the whole time we were walking around)

tsukiji
Frozen tuna, steaming in the morning air

bikes
Most of the bikes we saw looked like this, with generator lamps, mud flaps, and bells

bikes
A lot of the bikes had metal racks and we saw impressive piles of boxes being carried on their backs

tsukiji
Another view of the market

tsukiji
Another view of the market

coffee
Blue Mountain Coffee Product of Jamaica W.I, sold in a stall in Tsukiji market

loading
Loading up frozen fish in air cargo containers, just outside the market

pallets
Plastic flats chained up outside the market

horse
A horsewoman taking a picture while a tourist takes a picture of her, taken from a ped overpass just outside Tsukiji market

blocks
Sample of Tokyo architecture, just outside Tsukiji market, facing the other way from the previous photo

street
Tokyo street scene

alley
Man walking down an alley, one street over from the subway line we passed under to get to our hotel

clean
Smokin' Clean, a cigarette machine in our hotel lobby

view
View from the hotel window, daytime

view
View down from our hotel room

sign
Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, 1,100m

road
Walking toward the Ghibli Museum

ghibli
Exterior of the Ghibli Museum (it used to be much brighter... no pix were allowed inside)

totoro
Ticket window :)

entry
Totoro sized entrance :)

ghibli
Exterior of the Ghibli Museum

cris
Cris outside the Ghibli Museum

ghibli
Exterior of the Ghibli Museum

ghibli
Exterior of the Ghibli Museum, steps leading up to the roof an dthe giant robot from Laputa

giant
The giant robot from Laputa

me
Me with the giant Laputa robot

detail
Detail on the giant Laputa robot

side
Side view of the Laputa robot

back
Back view of the Laputa robot

screen
Screened view of the Laputa robot

balcony
Looking down from the roof, the fish like thing the child is sitting on had a handle that he could turn, and the metal would make a rattling noise

ghibli
Exterior of the Ghibli Museum

roof
Heading back into the city, we passed this building

building
A neat looking building

birds
Metal birds and pigeons

birds
Metal birds on a barrier

bird
A real bird, with a building under construction across the river

bird
Metal bird on a barrier

birds
Seagulls lined up along the river

birds
Seagulls lined up along the river

river
From a bridge, Tsukiji market to the right

river
From a bridge, interesting building

river
Tsukiji market

view
City view from across the river, in the background, you can just see a bridge like the Zakim in Boston

river
View from across the river

river
View from across the river

garage
Bike garage, conveyer belt to help the bikes up to ground level

garage
Bike garage

room
A shot of our room in the Imperial Hotel, the console between beds controls the lights and the drapes, radio, alarm and AC

train
The train taking us on our first stage toward Yakushima, Tokyo Train Station

Album created by album from Marginal Hacks by D. Madison on Sat Nov 11 20:41:20 2006