Random Images

Some images don't fit in categories, but they caught my attention.

A crossing guard in front of The Diet (legislative meeting building).

Hello Kitty Bus!  Hello Kitty is huge in Japan.

Work trucks are much smaller.

Garbage truck.

Delivery.

Denny's outside of the Sensojii Shrine.

Tokyo Tower from the bus tour.

Raven(?) in a tree.  I recorded it singing.  They are very loud and I found then all over the city.

Pokemon plane.

I saw these sumo wrestlers at the domestic airport when we were flying to Fukutsu.  They agreed to pose with me, but as you can see I warned them to give me plenty of space!  They didn't want to mess with em - I'm so intimidating!  (Just kidding!)

Gary and Lynne all worn out.  We had such busy days!

Lounging in our yukata (hotel issued outfits) in the lobby.

Here is some yen.  Coins can be worth quite a bit and larger bills are larger in size.  This is equivalent to about $67 U.S. dollars.  Cash is used more than in the U.S.  Many places do not accept credit cards.

The back of the yen.

This toy store was mostly Hello Kitty.  This homemade golden temple caught my attention.

An example of one of the many tables of Hello Kitty goods.

Funny name at our "pit stop" on the way to the airport.

This is the first ambulance I saw.

Japan is very clean but you never see trash cans.  We often commented on it because if you had something to throw away you would have to carry it around all day.  Lynne and I saw these cans on our last morning in Ueno Koen.  I had to get a shot to prove to all of our fellow JFMFers that their really was a public trash can in Tokyo.  I still don't know where all the trash was, maybe everyone is bringing it to the park!  ;)