8r4d As promised in a previous post, some nicer pics from our tour of Hamarikyu Gardens this afternoon in Tokyo #japan [read more...]

8r4d A weird and wonderful (even if it left me wondering about how the fish like it?!) collection of art aquariums. #japan [read more...]

8r4d Checked out some kubuki theatre this afternoon. Didn’t understand a word, sadly, but it was beautiful. #japan [read more...]

8r4d Both my SLR and sketchbook got a workout at Hamarikyu Gardens …so if you’re tracking this feed live you’ll need to wait until later when I download the best shots. We’re hanging out here at Monday lunchtime in #japan (Sunday evening back home) in a queue for kubuki theatre performance in about half an hour. Definitely no photos of that, tho! [read more...]

8r4dsfeets Ornamental grates are #grate in #japan. [read more...]

8r4dsfeets Technically #sushi but plastic ones amid more fish than I’ve seen in my life. #japan food adventure continues… [read more...]

squwetchy #sketching in #japan in the park [read more...]

castironguy #sushi sashimi, eel and octopus was a tasty morning in the fish market in tokyo #japan [read more...]

8r4dsfeets Games and arcade machines weren’t certainly no museum. [read more...]

8r4dsfeets Just outside the moat. [read more...]

castironguy Stopped for dinner at a place we keep walking by everyday between our hotel and the train station. We could see through the windows and wanted to try. I’ve never even heard of monjayaki until tonight, but we got a full lesson and a delicious meal. [read more...]

pixelazy I did bring my SLR to take glamour shots of #japan and it certainly paid off on our visit to the imperial palace. [read more...]

castironguy It was a pokemon kinda morning here in #japan and karin caught an extra rare one… [read more...]

castironguy We checked out one of those pop culture cafes and since i have dabbled in playing final fantasy for years, we ate some chocobo brains and had a very strange lunch. #japan [read more...]

8r4dsfeets Feeling koi? #japan imperial palace [read more...]

8r4d Our third day in Tokyo was definitely tough on my poor feet, but we did get a lot of opportunity to practice some basic politeness using today’s #japan word of the day:

ありがとうございます

or arigatoo gozaimasu (the u on the end is silent) which means a kind of polite and formal thank you, and a phrase that you often hear and say when interacting with services and vendors. A sincere nod of the head or light bow has been getting us lots of smiles, too.

8r4dsfeets Mirror mirror on the floor… [read more...]

8r4d We got tickets to a big digital art installation called Team Borderless which delights and awes and left us feeling more than a bit spinny from all the moving lights and mirrors. [read more...]

8r4d We made some serious progress on foot through the streets of Tokyo today. #japan is gonna owe me some new shoes and some fresh knees when we’re done here. [read more...]

castironguy Real tea, digital flowers. [read more...]