Tokyo

Japan 2009
IMG_2524 Nakamura Theater, a replica, inside Edo-Tokyo Museum
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IMG_2525 Miniature architectural model, inside Edo-Tokyo Museum
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IMG_2527 Miniature architectural model, inside Edo-Tokyo Museum
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IMG_2529 A royal/noble carriage
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IMG_2534 Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543 – 1616) founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan
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IMG_2547 Left - Stone marker at Ikkokubashi for lost children, Right - Bell for marking the hours (Edo Houkokucho)
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IMG_2566 Mikoshi (portable shrine), of the kind used in the Edo Sanja Festival
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IMG_2569 Geisha and theater
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IMG_2573 A view of Theater and geisha
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IMG_2579 A typical Japanese set lunch during our tour
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IMG_2581 Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate), the outer gate to Asakusa Kannon Temple, via Nakamise street
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IMG_2583 Nakamise, a shopping street over 200 meters, between outside and inside gates of Asakusa Kannon Temple
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IMG_2584 A food stall on Nakamise street
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IMG_2585 Local Japanese food
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IMG_2586 A decorative piece on canopy of a store
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IMG_2589 Hozomon, the second gate to Asakusa Kannon Temple
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IMG_2592 A five stories pagoda, Asakusa Kannon Temple
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IMG_2597 Asakusa Kannon Temple
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IMG_2599 Asakusa Kannon Temple
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IMG_2603 On the inside wall of the second gate, Hozomon - Asakusa Kannon Temple
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