Air Canada AC 5 YUL to NRT
Only another 13 hours to go!
Air Canada AC 5 YUL to NRT
In flight entertainment has come a long way
Air Canada AC 5 YUL to NRT
Taking off over Pointe-Claire
Shinjuku
Press the button for service
At the Shinjuku Airbnb
Carefull with the TP
Buddhist cemetary
Right in the middle of downtown, attached to a temple.
Tokyo metro
Keep left
Sticker on sidewalk
Tokyo is crowded but very clean
Electric toilet
Toto ウォシュレット Woshuretto
Shinjuku Airbnb
Mind your head please (Alex is 6ft tall).
Vending machine
These are literally everywhere. Sometimes one on every street corner.
Jizo statues
Protectors of unborn babies which did not have the chance to build karma.
Emperor's Palace, Tokyo
The Buckingham Palace of Japan
Maid Cafe
So weird, even the Japanese think this is weird.
Supper
DIY BBQ
Sea snails
The after party
In many restaurants you need to read or speak Japanese to order food
Bento box
ありがとう小西律子
Narita airport
Almost missed our flight to Okinawa
Caulerpa lentillifera クビレズタ
Tastes weirder than it looks
At the 大き restaurant
Yomitan Son, Nakagami District, Okinawa
At the 大き restaurant
Exploring gusuku of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Okinawa
Exploring gusuku of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Okinawa
Nephila pilipes
Orb weaver spider
Exploring gusuku of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Okinawa
Exploring gusuku of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Okinawa
Exploring gusuku of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Okinawa
Exploring gusuku of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Okinawa
Exploring gusuku of the Ryukyu Kingdom
crazy big hermit crab up on a mountain
Exploring gusuku of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Okinawa
Shurijo Castle
Okinawa
Cladosiphon okamuranus aka モズク or mozuku
They say it's good for you!
Ta-taki Falls
Ta-taki Falls
Ta-taki Falls
Ta-taki Falls
Rental car
it was huge by local standards
Waste not want not!
Okanawa to Kyoto train
Didn't reserve a seat
Drying boots after waterfall hike
View from the Airbnb
Fushimi Inari-taisha
Wild bamboo
Fushimi Inari-taisha
Zen gardens of Kyoto
Nanzen-ji temple
Lantern
Zen gardens of Nanzen-ji temple
Zen gardens of Kyoto
Nanzen-ji temple
Zen gardens of Kyoto
In the 1800s they pushed this aquaduct right through the temple grounds. It's still in use.
Zen gardens of Kyoto
Nanzen-ji temple
Zen gardens of Kyoto
Nanzen-ji temple
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Kyoto Airbnb
Semi-western style breakfast
A geiko in Kyoto
Apprentice geisha
Kyoto Airbnb
Kyoto Airbnb
Yokohama grave of Alex's great-grandfather who died while workin
Thanks to Ritsuko and and Tatsuo for the flowers and the incense.
Shopping in Yokohama
回転寿司
Conveyor belt sushi restaurant
よつば
Just a few mangas for the flight back.
Not my real wagon
My step wagon
Illuminated autumn colour
Kusatsu Machi
GPS is not a luxury
You need to know some Japanese to navigate indepently
Gunma Prefecture
Mountains of Gunma Prefecture
Mountains of Gunma Prefecture
Mountains of Gunma Prefecture
Mountains of Gunma Prefecture
Mountains of Gunma Prefecture
Hiking
Mountains of Gunma Prefecture
Closed due to volcanic eruption
Mountains of Gunma Prefecture
Switchback
Mountains of Gunma Prefecture
Airbnb in Kyoto
Autumn colours, mostly tamarack
Kusatsu Machi
Chatsubomi Moss park
尻焼温泉
Open air mixed onsen in the Gunma mountains; the spring is in the middle of a river.
尻焼温泉
Open air mixed onsen in the Gunma mountains; the spring is in the middle of a river.
尻焼温泉
Open air mixed onsen in the Gunma mountains; the spring is in the middle of a river.
旬彩茶屋 夢花
Last proper restaurant meal in Japan
Rental car
Daihatsu Thor aka Toyota Tank
Engrish
A THOUSAND FLAVOR THAT BLOW
Silky Love
At the airport hotel
Residential parking
Three cars in one spot