Saturday in Tokyo 12 June 2004

 
  Denny's for breakfast! Not the usual Dennys' menu HP in the middle From my hotel room window, the Hachioji skyline with HP in the middle  
 
  Denny's for breakfast! Not the usual Dennys' menu HP in the middle From my hotel room window, the Hachioji skyline with HP in the middle

 
  outer Meiji Shrine entrance in Tokyo Grant and Kevin Schoolgirls - on a Saturday morning! not a clue inner entrance to the Meiji Shrine  
 
  outer Meiji Shrine entrance in Tokyo Grant and Kevin Schoolgirls - on a Saturday morning! not a clue inner entrance to the Meiji Shrine

 
  Japanese tour group? mmmmm mawari-zushi - sushi on a conveyer belt! Tokyo Tower, better than the Eiffel tower :-) From the lower 150m observation deck, plane out of Narita skyline of Tokyo  
 
  Japanese tour group? mmmmm mawari-zushi - sushi on a conveyer belt! Tokyo Tower, better than the Eiffel tower :-) From the lower 150m observation deck, plane out of Narita skyline of Tokyo

 
  in the middle to right rises mountains - if the sky were clearer we'd see Mt Fuji distant skyscrapers are city of Shinjuku soccer? clouds gathering  
 
  in the middle to right rises mountains - if the sky were clearer we'd see Mt Fuji distant skyscrapers are city of Shinjuku soccer? clouds gathering

 
  Shinjuku from the upper observation deck There were many groups of those 3 soccer/??/?? fields busy roads Bridge in the middle - that's where our boat tour later started from  
 
  Shinjuku from the upper observation deck There were many groups of those 3 soccer/??/?? fields busy roads Bridge in the middle - that's where our boat tour later started from

 
  ?? triangle - a cemetary? city as far as the eye can see Looking straight down 150m, kids were jumping up and down on it Sue dares to put a foot on the glass Kevin rides a panda!  
 
  ?? triangle - a cemetary? city as far as the eye can see Looking straight down 150m, kids were jumping up and down on it Sue dares to put a foot on the glass Kevin rides a panda!

 
  bumper cars for kids! Sign is on a level section between a couple flights of stairs performer and his monkey outside Tokyo Tower  
 
  bumper cars for kids! Sign is on a level section between a couple flights of stairs "Pocari Sweat" mmmm tasty performer and his monkey outside Tokyo Tower

 
  We haven't seen Bud beer yet in a restaurant...?? Yahoo (and excite) had billboards The ship mast in the distance... is really just a wooden mast in the middle of a pier area - not part of a ship :-)  
 
  We haven't seen Bud beer yet in a restaurant...?? Yahoo (and excite) had billboards The ship mast in the distance... is really just a wooden mast in the middle of a pier area - not part of a ship :-)

 
  big ship! closeup tour boat like the one we took up a river to see Tokyo from the waterfront Shinjuku at night - WOW  
 
  big ship! closeup tour boat like the one we took up a river to see Tokyo from the waterfront Shinjuku at night - WOW

 
   
 
 

 
  Cross between Vegas and Time Square! Shinjuku station - 2 million people a day Map of the JR train system, one of the many train systems  
 
  Cross between Vegas and Time Square! Shinjuku station - 2 million people a day Map of the JR train system, one of the many train systems

 
  Which of the bajillion signs will get you to your train?  
 
  Which of the bajillion signs will get you to your train?

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