Dotombori, the gourmet district of Osaka. You can tell it's high class by the giant mechanical crab.
Dotombori, the gourmet district of Osaka. You can tell it's high class by the giant mechanical crab.
Sunrise in Beppu. This photo was taken shortly after we disembarked from the ferry.
Hot Sand Bath in Beppu. Notice the steam coming off the sand?
The Colonel and I.
Behind me is the Blood Pool Hell, so-called because of its steaming red water.
The not-so exciting ruins of the ancient city hall of Dazaifu.
The entrance to the shrine at Dazaifu where we spent our New Year.
The inside of our room at the youth hostel.
One of the many windmills at Huis Ten Bosch.
The infamous capsule hotel in Nagasaki.
(Actual size)
The Hypocentre in Nagasaki, where the bomb was dropped.
The once-largest cathedral in East Asia, destroyed by the bomb.
Me in front of another monument in the vicinity of the Hypocentre.
The ugly ugly statue in Peace Park, Nagasaki.
The One-Legged Torii, Nagasaki.
The monument of the 26 Christian Martyrs of Nagasaki.
The mountainside facing the city of Nagasaki is one big cemetary. In the distance you can seee the giant Buddhist goddess.
A model of Dejima in Nagasaki.
The famous Umeda Sky Building in Osaka. It took me half an hour to find a good angle to get a picture of this building.
One half of Maguro-tei, the largest Sushi restaurant I've ever seen. Of course, it was in Osaka.