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Here at last, some pictures from my trip! This is just the first day. I will try to finish more as I have time.




Ame-Yoko in Ueno at night



Frog fountain in Ueno park


White wireframe sculptures of animals, including three monkeys, one climbing a tree. On the right side of the image is a large white heart made of wire and decorated with colored baubles.
Animal wireframe sculptures in Ueno Park


A stone basin about 2 feet high, flanked by a sculpture of a dragon. In the background are small plaques where wishes can be written.
Handwashing basin at the Kiyomizu Kannondou temple in Ueno


A sculpture of a dragon, beside three tin cups on handles used for handwashing.
Closeup on the dragon at the handwashing basin



Cherry tree in bloom



Outside the Senju Kannon temple in Ueno



Toki wasureji no tou, which commemorates the 1945 firebombing of Tokyo.


chains of folded origami cranes.
Closeup on the chains of origami cranes beside the monument.


Stone sculpture of a fox.
Fox with a bib at the Hanazono Inari Jinja


A cardboard cutout of a short figure with a blue uniform and the numbers 999 on his armband in front of a train platform
The station where I caught the train to Tomioka had a Galaxy Express train and this little conductor guy. SO CUTE.


A cartoon picture of a young woman wearing traditional Japanese dress and sandals. Below her is an arrow and the text, To Tomioka Filature: Pedestrians.
A signpost for directions to the filature.

I took a bunch of pictures inside the filature, but mostly for my own reference and they don't really want you to post them without permission.

A restaurant decorated with leather furniture, art on the walls, bookshelves, and a mural of apes evolving into men.
The restaurant in Takasaki where I had lunch.



The lunch I had. Spaghetti with spinach and mushrooms.


Stone sculptures of frogs
Frogs outside the Maebashi-Ooshima train station.

 

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26/7/10 02:06 (UTC)
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Who doesn't love the conbini, seriously?

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