Japan in Pictures

On my first night in Naha, Okinawa I went out with the house host for a meal of Sushi. We had reservations for 5:00 and arrived at 4:55, still closed. At 4:59 they opened the door, we order and by 5:04 the small place with about 10-stools at a counter was already full of strangers. The house host was listening to the conversations and said he heard something like: "We arrive as strangers and leave as friends." Everyone was in fact conversing like long lost friends.

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Arashyama & Utano

In the mountains north of Kyoto: Stop 2

My second Japan stay was in a traditional Japanese Ryokan (Inn) Tatami-matted room was another interesting experience. An aging facility with a lot of character. The owner was the keeper, the main chef, the knower of all if you knew what questions to ask.

Lot of beauty in nature here, aside from the one Big Boy, there are Castles, Temples, Gardens, and Nature in the surrounding hills and countryside.

Not a Vip's but still a "Big Boy"

Garden at the Ryokan

Water, Clouds, and Beauty

Temples - Shrines - Gardens

Temples - Shrines - Gardens

Gateway or not

Kamigamo-jinja

Temples - Shrines - Gardens

Bamboo Forest

Bamboo Forest

Bamboo Forest

Bamboo Forest

Arashiyama - Katsua River

Arashiyama - Katsua River

Arashiyama - Katsua River

Arashiyama - Katsua River

Arashiyama - Katsua River

Arashiyama - Katsua River

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