August 25 Hirosaki, Hirosaki Castle
August 25 Hirosaki, Nebuta craft Center, finding red dots
August 24 Aomori, Showa Diabutsu, Japans Largest Outdoor Buddha
August 24 Aomori, Pinwheels for children left by parents at Showa Diabutsu
August 24 Aomori, Showa Diabutsu, Japans Largest Outdoor Buddha
August 24 Aomori, Lanterns at Showa Diabutsu
August 24 Aomori, Nebuta-no-Sato Museum. Giant illuminated floats for festival that takes place annually in August
August 23 Oma, Honshus Northernmost Point, next island is Hokkaido
August 23 Oma, exploring Oma while waiting for ferry to Hokkaido
August 23 Oma, sea shanty
August 23 Oma, exploring gravity
August 23 Oma
August 23 Oma, fishermens shrine
August 23 Oma, fishermens shrine
August 23 Oma, ferry port
August 23 somewhere on the Pacific Ocean, a little soft shoe en route to Hokkaido
August 23 Hakodate, Hokkaido - we made it to the northernmost Island
August 23 Hakodate, Hokkaido - squid fishing boat preparing to go out
August 23 Mutsu, eeriest bus stop
August 22 Mutsu, Osore-zan, one of Japans most sacred and eeriest spots. People come here to commune with the dead, especially parents who have lost children and place pinwheels in rock formations
August 22 Mutsu, Osore-zan, statue
August 22 Mutsu, Osore-zan
August 22 Mutsu, Osore-zan, Pinwheels are left behind by parents
August 22 Mutsu, Osore-zan
August 22 Mutsu, Osore-zan
August 22 Mutsu, Osore-zan
August 22 Mutsu, Osore-zan
August 21 Aomori, Sannai-Maruyama Ruins
August 21 Aomori, Sannai-Maruyama Ruins
August 21 Aomori, Apple Hill, " borrowing" a green aaple
August 21 Aomori, Jogakura Bridge
August 21 Aomori,Tsugaru Craft Village - Soaking feet in natural hot spring
August 21 somewhere in Aomori
August 21 Aomori, city view
August 19 Tokyo, Tokyo shoot - Ninja Restaurant
August 19 Tokyo, hanging in Ginza with concierge Hissaki
August 19 Tokyo, Tokyo Shoot - Filming folk dancers
August 19 Tokyo, blister walk
August 19 Tokyo, Tokyo Shoot - Nostalgia street
August 17 Tokyo, Tokyo Shoot - Horse Racing, placing bets
August 17 Tokyo, Tokyo Shoot - watching the pinies
August 17 Tokyo, Tokyo Shoot - Horse Racing, placing bets
August 17 Tokyo, Tokyo Shoot - Horse Racing
August 17 Tokyo, Tokyo Shoot - House boat Dinner Cruise
August 17 Tokyo, Tokyo Shoot - Aqua Park
August 16 Kyoto, putting Obon lanterns into boats
August 16 Kyoto, Obon lanterns illuminating the waters
August 16 Kyoto, Obon lanterns illuminating the waters
August 16 Kyoto, walking through Rice Fileds to Obon Celebration
August 16 Inari, hard at work
August 16 Inari, 1000's of Torri Gates
August 16 Inari, New filming technique
August 16 Kyoto, Ryoajin Rock Garden
August 16 Kyoto, my favorite temple - Ryoajin Rock Garden
August 16 Kyoto, big heads
August 15 Kyoto, dangerous darts
August 15 Kyoto, stormtrooper darts in kyoto
August 15 Kyoto, stormtrooper AND Darth Vader darts in kyoto
August 15 Kyoto, find the head
August 15 Kyoto, flinestones flashback
August 15 Kyoto, moss garden
August 15 Kyoto, witch slippers are mine?
August 15 Kyoto, making wishes
August 15 Kyoto, chanting for happiness and peace
August 15 Kyoto, finding red dots
August 13 Kure, laundromat confusion
August 6 Hiroshima, Peace Lanterns near A-Dome. Once a year peace messages are written on lanterns and floated down the river as part of the A-Bomb dropping memorial.
August 6 Hiroshima, Peace Lanterns close up.
August 6 Hiroshima, lantern view
August 6 Hiroshima, lantern view
August 6 Hiroshima, Atomic Bomb dropping anniversary - memorial in Peace Park
August 6 Hiroshima, spacial relations - Part II
August 4 Hiroshima, getting geared up for summer vacation
August 4 Hiroshima, getting geared up for summer vacation
August 4 Hiroshima, with the director
August 4 Hiroshima, awesome concert
August 1 Hiro, my student chasing my taxi on her bike.
