• Early morning Tokyo, near Ueno Station.
  • Pretty flower.
  • Melina enjoys a cookie.
  • Bicycles are commonplace in Tokyo.
  • The markets are lively places. Get your fresh squid here.
  • Lanterns!
  • Melina hangs out with Hachiko.
  • Tokyo is a throng of people.
  • A sacred bridge.
  • More lanterns!
  • Our spacious hotel room in Kyoto, deliciously modern.
  • Service ladies wait for the arrival of the next Shinkansen.
  • This dude had a seriously fabulous kimono.
  • Pagoda!
  • Shijo Dori in Kyoto at sunset.
  • Japanese cats drink water just like American cats.
  • A few maple trees gave us a sense of what fall must be like.
  • The Golden Pavillion, Kyoto.
  • I sit on some stone steps in a rare moment of rest.
  • Bamboo.
  • Breathe.
  • The Fushimi shrine in Kyoto has lots of torii gates.
  • This kids are too cute for their own good.
  • Geisha in Gion.
  • A big bronze Buddha.