Japan Vacation 2004
The following are select photos from my Japan '04 vacation.
Enjoy!
Tsukiji. Japan's largest open fish market.
Big building
fish
very big building
fish
bandsaw and left over fish bones
yellowfin tunas
tuna slicing
shellfishorama
pike (sanma) and squid
shrim frozen into perfect box sized shapes
tuna spine and the 6 foot blade that was used on
the tuna. hand made damask steel, well loved, chunks missing from blade
more fish, some sea bass to the right
more fish
fish
yellowtail (hamachi)
more fish
scaling a fish
frozen fish
flounder (hirame)
flounder
shrimp of various sizes
more tuna, probably 25 bucks a pound
tuna processing
removing all pieces of cartillage before saving
the bones
sea urchins (uni)
mink whale (scientific whaling, hah!)
more scientific whale research
lots of small fish
Super American Sunday at the Motegi Twin Ring race track in
Tochigi-ken August 29th, rain...
1970 Challenger R/T
1970 Challenger R/T
AAR Cuda
Large something or other
Road Runner
Road Runner
Road Runner
Super Bee
1969 Mustang Mach I 351
1969 Mustang Mach I 351
another Mach I
another Mach I
another Mach I
Thunderbird
1996 ImpalaSS DCM (my favorite at the show)
Honda Pace cars
Honda Pace cars
Onda-san's 1966 Mustang
A cool temple (will get the name soon)
main temple building
offering place with incense holder
entrance structure (all fitted wood, no nails)
this place had impressive hand carvings all over
another view of the entrance structure
statue
pine trees
more architecture
side of the main building
roofline
wood carvings of buddhist stories
all hand carved
all from single pieces of wood
big pieces are 3 by 6 feet in size
dragons carved into the corner layers
more carvings
more carvings
more carvings
queue the smurfs
(ooh... aahh...)
more carvings
did I mention the really cool carvings?
more carvings
note the level of detail up close
one of the corner dragons
corner dragon
the garden next to the monastery
the monastery bulding was similar to an abbey in
Europe, to the side of the main temple
garden
walkway along the garden
water drips down the chain as it is attached to
a gutter
garden
pine tree
another chain for water to fall down
pond
carp in the pond
turtle in the pond
pond
Ebi washing his hands
the offering plate near the purification area
roof of the covered walkway
another place of offering
ferns
some sort of small vine growin on the tree
grass growing on the tree
grass growing on the tree
another side view of the temple building
a carved peacock in a truss
cast brass bell
A tea house near the temple Yamamoto
irises painted on a room divider
western tea room
western tea room
garden at tea room
pond
garden
garden
side of the tea house
garden from the railing
side of the building
me
more of the garden
history of the tea house
Ebi and Kayo
garden view if you were sitting down at the
table
pond
more garden
me again
Onda-san and his wife Fumi
Hiroshima
a walkway to Itsukushima shrine
mmmmm deer sausage
this place is built right on the bay
reversed shot of one of the 3 great views of
Japan
deer hassling visitors for crackers
multilayered sprice wood roof
moss grows on the roof in a wet summer
carved lamp
shrine on the water
walkway inside the shrine
ceiling of the shrine
inside the shrine
shrine renovation
pagoda in background
more of the shrine grounds
the building behind the shrine is an incomplete
temple ordered built by Hideyoshi before he died
itakura-san talking to family at one of the
front most buildings
the torii arch in the water and tourists on the
left getting their picture taken in front of it.
torii arch and the city in the background
main building
Noh play stage
Noh play stage
Noh stage and adjoining band stage
more of the main building
more of the stage
more of the building
a fugu swimming in the water
another fugu swimming in the water
yet another fugu swimming in the water
more of the building
more of the stage
more of the building
a bridge
tide let out
a crab and various snails
the treasure hall behind the shrine complex
the streets of miyajima
pine trees next to the treasure hall
the pagoda on the hill
the pagoda
pagoda again
and again
roofline of the incomplete temple adjacent to
the pagoda
the temple
fukuyama castle (a small one)
main gate
castle
whole castle
whole castle
a building on the castle grounds
castle grounds
wisteria over a park bench
castle lit up at dusk
castle lit up at dusk
castle lit up at dusk
a church across from the castle
Nonbiri beauty salon Fukuyama, East of Hiroshima
From left to right: Monden-san's older sisters,
Monden Tomoko, and Itakura-san.
salon shrine
salon stuff
award section and flower section
waiting area
more salon stuff
sign on front door
anime weekend atlanta 2004
anime weekend atlanta 2004