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Kichijoji's Inokashira Park sakura artist

Sakura artist in (Tokyo) Kichijoji’s Inokashira Park (井の頭恩賜公園)

As today’s blog entry posts, I should be in the air between Medford and Los Angeles. From there I catch a plane to Tokyo. And at Narita I will be transferring on to Fukuoka. This will be a very long day, but I’m excited to soon be back in Japan.

Life-size Blue Whale roaming the streets of Tokyo

Sho River

ryan ellie Shō River 庄川 Shō-gawa

Ryan & Ellie crossing the Shō River (庄川 or Shō-gawa)

You would think that the river running alongside Shirakawago would be called the Shirakawa (白川). However, it isn’t. Instead it is called the Sho River, and if the place wasn’t amazing enough without a river running through it… well, let’s just say a more beautiful place couldn’t be created in fantasies.

Shinjuku (and Mt. Fuji)

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Tokyo, Japan

I have shown this scene (the Mt. Fuji piece anyway) zoomed in a couple times before. Today’s pic is a much more general overview of the bulk of Shinjuku Ku with the main Shinjuku skyscraper buildings in the distant center, a bit of Nakano Ku in the distance to the right and a bit of Shibuya Ku in the distance to the left.

Ducks (and a swan boat) on the (Shinobazu) pond

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Shinobazu Pond (不忍池) Ueno, Tokyo, Japan

pink sakura

pink sakura cherry blossoms

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