Day 1-2:  Matt & Laura's, and a day in Yokosuka and Tokyo

Matt & Laura at their home
The entrance to the naval base in Yokosuka
Matt's ship

Japan has vending machines for everything, including beer and whisky...

A stroll around the Ginza (shopping district): a building with a map of the Ginza; a Sapporo beer sign, day and night

An evening of Kabuki at the Kabuki-Za theater

Day 3: Hiking in and around (and above) the seaside town of Kamakura

The entrance to the Hase-Dera, a collection of shrines, with its pond full of carp
The shrine of Jizo, where people leave statues representing children who have died: 1  2

Me and the Nio, guardians of the Daibutsu  (Great Buddha)
Me and the Daibutsu, with its lotus blossoms in view

Laura and me at the entrance to the Zeniarai Benten shrine, in which there is a spring that is supposed to cause the multiplication of any money that is washed in its water

Kuzuharagaoka Shrine, where Toshimoto Hino, a noble who assisted Emperor Godaigo in an attempt to overthrow the Kamakura Shogunate, was executed by decapitation

Views of Kamakura from the mountains surrounding it: 1 2 3

The tomb of Yoritomo Minamoto, founder of the first Shogunate in Kamakura

An unidentified roadside shrine we encountered on our way back down from the mountains

A Torii gate leading to a path down the middle of the main drag in Kamakura

The main hall of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, dedicated to Hachiman, Minamoto clan deity, a God of War

Day 5: A rainy day and evening in Yokohama

A funky fake tree not far from Yokohama Station

Views from the top of the Landmark Tower, the tallest building in Japan: 1 2 3

A man and his monkey performing at the top of the tower: 1 2 3 4

Some views of the Landmark Tower (and Matt) from a cab in the Cosmo Clock,
a ferris wheel nearby: 1 2

The Spinning Coaster, a wild ride that Matt and I took a spin on

Matt playing this cool drum-set video game in an arcade (no pix of the two of us jamming
on the guitar game, though, unfortunately...)

A funky roller-coaster sculpture in one of the mall courtyards

A view of the Maritime Tower on the other side of the harbor

A gate into Chinatown, where we sought dinner

Another view of Chinatown near where we ate (a restaurant run by someone who has
competed on The Iron Chef!)