Japan, December 2001

These pictures are from a 10-day trip to Japan in early December of 2001.

I was in the country on business (meetings with a variety of different companies) while Satomi and Julian spent the week visiting friends and relatives. We had two full weekends to enjoy ourselves, however. The first weekend we traveled to Tokyo (the Shibuya and Harajuku districts) and the following weekend we spent in the Yokohama area, with a nice day trip to Kamakura.

The pictures were taken with our digital camera, cropped and in some cases fixed for contrast. (Julian took quite a few of these pictures...)

Waiting to board the 777

Train platform at Narita International (Julian picture)

Lunch in Shibuya

Lupin the third (I guess you had to be there)

Tent city (homeless), Harajuku area

Street life in Harajuku (Julian picture)

More Harajuku (Julian picture)

More Harajuku (Julian picture)

Harajuku (Julian picture)

Harajuku (Julian picture)

Harajuku (Julian picture)

Harajuku (Julian picture)

Harajuku (Julian picture)

In Yoyogi Park (Julian picture)

View from our window, Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel

Temple in Motomachi

Lotus, Motomachi

Homeless man, near Motomachi, Yokohama

Joyriders in the river, Yokohama

Chinese food, Yokohama

Alisa and Julian, Yokohama Cosmoworld

Julian and Satomi

Alisa and Junko

Visiting relatives

Pan Pacific Hotel, Yokohama

Street performer, Yokohama Minato Mirai

Mikano

Julian

View from our window, Pan Pacific Hotel

Yokohama Minato Mirai (tall ship Nippon Maru)

Landmark Tower

Kamakura

Kamakura

Kamakura

Kamakura

Sweet potato truck, Kamakura

Kamakura

Kamakura

Kamakura

Kamakura

Kamakura

Kamakura

Kamakura

Kamakura

Kamakura

Kamakura

Kamakura

Yokohama Minato Mirai

Pan Pacific view (Click here for a bigger image)