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Aug 6 - Tokyo Tour
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High-tech bus loading, directly outside arrivals terminal Four checked bags, three carry-ons, and a large purse Our guide and bus for tour of Tokyo Checking out the Braille description of the view at Tokyo Tower Checking out the view straight down
Tower view looking toward the Imperial Palace (it's now behind a building) Gazebo overlooking pond at Happo-en garden, Tokyo The garden has a small collection of Bonsai Tasting a sweet at start of tea ceremony Lunch at Chinzan-so
The sacred rope marks a place where a Shinto god lives Hotei, one of the seven lucky gods of Shinto There was a
Warrior in Imperial Palace public park A corporate pressence we saw cruising Sumida River, Tokyo Apartment buildings dome in all sizes Cranes are everywhere; a crane grants longevity (but only if it's a bird) Tourists coming and going
Marginal residents inhabit river tents The Golden Turnip (my name) marks a brewery The shopping arcade from river to Asakusa temples Decorations for sale Modern women near the temples
Old male statues near the temples Interior of one of the temples at Asakusa To cure a body part, put it in the smoke; to get rich, waft smoke into your pocket An old temple given the Cristo treatment as it is renovated Small pagoda outside the temple for praying for grandchildren
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