| Here're a few pictures my fiend (yes, he is a fiend) and I took when we recently went to Japan on vacation. Pictures posted were mostly taken on his Canon S60 digital camera. A few were taken using a Fuji Finepix, and a couple were taken using my newly bought (in Japan) Sanyo DMX-C1. |
| First thing we did after finishing customs and immigration and renting a cell phone is to go downstairs to the train station under the airport to get our Japan Rail Passes. These train passes are available only to people on tourist visas and must be bought before going to Japan. Basically they issue a voucher then you go to the Japan Rail office and exchange it. It's definitely worth it. |
| Jack's Trip: Japan 2004 (Page 1) |
| Next to the Harajuku Station is the Meiji-jingu Shrine. There a long path way that leads into the shrine compound. It was dark and rainy when we got there. It's a popular place for people to visit and leave prayers on wood placards. |
| It's the famous Tokyo University! Yes, we managed to make it there. Yeah, "Love Hina" influenced. To get to to Tokyo University, we caught the JR Yamanote Line to Komagome and switch to the Namboku Subway line and get off at the Todaimae Station. Anyways, we ended up walking around Komagome since we got lost and exited at the wrong end of the station, thus couldn't find the subway entrance. While walking around Komagome we saw this sign at a park there. The warning on the lower left corner cracked us up. What is the warning about: hitting someone on the head with a baseball or lighting up fireworks? I can't read Japanese! |
| Harajuku Station is in Tokyo. On Sunday, young people get dressed up in their latest fashions (as of now the Lolita Goths seems to be popular) and just hang out near the entrance on the Train station and the Meiji Shrine. |
| Harajuku (Tokyo Area) |
| Narita Airport Train Station |
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| Meiji-Jingu Shrine (Tokyo Area) |
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| Tokyo University & Komagome |
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| Akihabara (Tokyo Area) |
| Akihabara, also known as Electric Town. All the electronic good you can dream off and some of them are "Duty Free." The prices are comparable to the U.S. but sometime you see things really cheaper, you just have to know how much regular prices are and compare. |
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| Shibuya! The most crowded street crossing in the world, I think. Lots of shops, restaurants and other places to hang out like Tower Records. In front of the Shibuya Station is the famous Hachiko Statue where people meet. Hachiko the Dog has a moving story. Hachiko continued to wait for his owner Prof. Ueno. at the station everyday long after the Prof.'s death. Oh, there was a "Brazilian Carnivale" sposored by a Pachinko parlor that evening. Woot! |
| Shibuya (Tokyo Area) |