02Day18.jpg=Tokyo Station - window cleaners on a building, Yaesu side
03Day228.jpg=Back toward our hotel for a rest - tiring day
02Dmobile3.jpg=Kyōbashi neighbourhood east of Tokyo Station
05Day43.jpg=Ueno Park entrance
04Day331.jpg=Tsujiki - Hongwan-ji Temple
02Day1Pan04.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens
02Day1Pan12.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Sakuradamon Gate)Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Sei Gate and Nijubashi Bridge)
04Day315.jpg=Tsujiki Fish Market
04Day37.jpg=Our visit to the interesting, but very very crowded Tsujiki Fish Market
05 (2).jpg=Asakusa district
05 (13).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine complex
04Day39.jpg=Tsujiki Fish Market
02Dmobile.jpg=Tokyo, our hotel for the next 12 days - Sotetsu Fresa Inn Tokyo Kyobashi
04Day313.jpg=Tsujiki Fish Market
05Day417.jpg=Back to Ueno and a nice restaurant lunch
03Day24.jpg=Tokyo, next day (Sunday) we used a Hop-on Hop-off bus tour to see the city
05 (14).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine complex
03Day211.jpg=Across the harbour, Odaiba district
02Joy3.jpg=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Sei Gate and Nijubashi Bridge)
02Day116.jpg=Tokyo, back at Marunouchi, Tokyo Station
04Day323.jpg=Namiyoke Inari Shrine
05 (1).jpg=Subway to Asakusa
02Day1Pan02.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens
05 (12).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine complex
02Joy1.jpg=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Sei Gate and Nijubashi Bridge)
04Day333.jpg=Tsujiki
03Day26.jpg=Tokyo, next day (Sunday) we used a Hop-on Hop-off bus tour to see the city ladies in traditional dress
03Day226.jpg=Sunday night must be special for the rich and famous.
05 (15).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine complex
02Jmobile1.jpg=3/6/2016, leaving Brisbane with a direct flight to Tokyo - Brisbane river winding around the CBD
03Day2Pan03.JPG=After Ariake, we continued on toward Tokyo Skytree
05Day410.jpg=Red bibs, robes, scarfs, and caps are related to certain deities. It can denote Fertility, Harvest, Child-giving, Illness Protection etc
02Day1Pan08.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Kikyu-mon Gate)
04Day317.jpg=Tsujiki Fish Market
05Day45.jpg=Ueno Park
05Day412.jpg=Torii at Gojo Shrine Ueno Park
02Day1Pan14.JPG=National Diet (Parliament building) - a Nuclear protest rally
04Day32.jpg=Marunouchi subway advertising
04Day321.jpg=Tsujiki (wholesale) Fish Market
05 (3).jpg=Asakusa district
03Day213.jpg=After Ariake, we continued on toward Tokyo Skytree
05Day419.jpg=Back at Ueno
05Day4Pan10.JPG=Sensoji-ji Shrine
02Day11.jpg=Kyōbash - Mikoshi, or portable shrine. This one will be used in the Sanno Festival grand parade (festival starting next week)
03Day28.jpg=Hop-on Hop-off bus Tokyo tour - Metro freeway to cross the harbour via the Rainbow Bridge
04Day319.jpg=Tsujiki (wholesale) Fish Market
03Day223.jpg=Tokyo Skytree
04Day33.jpg=We again took the Hop-on/Hop-off bus - Tokyo Tower
20160603_200111.jpg=After approximately 7 hours we arrive at Narita airport, Tokyo
03Day215.jpg=Marunouchi, Tokyo Station views and high speed trains entering and leaving the Shinkansen station - views from the KITTE building (6th floor)
04Day336.jpg=Internet pics of the Rainbow Bridge
05Day414.jpg=Ueno Park
05 (16).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine
02Day1Pan17.JPG=Marunouchi side,Tokyo Station  is a railway station in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the Ginza commercial district.
02Day14.jpg=From the Marunouchi side of Tokyo station we walked around the Royal Palace area
05Day47.jpg=Ueno Park - Kiyomizu Kannon Temple
05 (5).jpg=Asakusa district
DSC_0384.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Sei Gate and Nijubashi Bridge)
05Day4Pan12.JPG=Asakusa district - entry gate (closed for repairs) to the Sensoji-ji Shrine
DSC_0467.JPG=Sensoji-ji Shrine complex
DSC_0424.JPG=The Asahi ‘Flame’ building on the Asakusa banks of the Sumida river is infamous in Tokyo for its eponymous ‘flame’, a huge golden piece of art juxtaposed atop the obelisk-like black building; intended to represent the freedom and grace of a good head of foam on a glass of Asahi beer. It has however been dubbed by many the ‘flying golden turd’ or ‘golden tadpole’; another sad instance of too much art-like sensibility and not enough common sense.
05Day49.jpg=Ueno Park - Kiyomizu Kannon Temple
05 (10).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine complex
04Day3Pan10.JPG=Tsujiki (wholesale) Fish Market waterfront terminal
03Day232.jpg=Tokyo Skytree - fountain on the ground level where we thought we might have seen Herman Munster's love child. But then again what do I know about fashion
02Day111.jpg=Tokyo approach to The National Diet Building where both houses of the National Diet (Parliament) of Japan meet.
04Day310.jpg=Tsujiki Fish Market
05Day4.jpg=Nice dinner for Joy at the (hotel) Bistro Katsuki - after dinner drinks for Dave
04Day327.jpg=Tsujiki
02Day113.jpg=Tokyo - old Ministry of Justice (c1895)
04Day325.jpg=Namiyoke Inari Shrine
05Day416.jpg=Ueno Park
03Day21.jpg=Tokyo, back at Marunouchi, Tokyo Station
03Day221.jpg=Tokyo Skytree
02Day16.jpg=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace black pine trees
DSC_0337.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens
02Day1Pan10.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace
04Day35.jpg=After crossing the harbour, Fuji building Odaiba
02Day1Pan06.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens
20160606_134142.jpg=Tsujiki - Hongwan-ji Temple
05Day42.jpg=Ueno Park entrance
02Dmobile2.jpg=Tokyo, drink and cigarette vending machines near our hotel.
05Day420.jpg=Back at Ueno
04Day312.jpg=Tsujiki Fish Market
03Day217.jpg=After Ariake, we continued on toward Tokyo Skytree
04Day38.jpg=Tsujiki Fish Market
03Day23.jpg=Tokyo, next day (Sunday) we used a Hop-on Hop-off bus tour to see the city
04Day314.jpg=Tsujiki Fish Market
Rainbow_.jpg=Internet pic of the Rainbow Bridge
05Day418.jpg=Back to Ueno and a nice restaurant lunch
02Day1Pan13.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Sakuradamon Gate)
02Day115.jpg=Tokyo, back at Marunouchi, Tokyo Station
04Day322.jpg=Tsujiki (wholesale) Fish Market - Namiyoke Inari Shrine
03Day210.jpg=Hop-on Hop-off bus Tokyo tour - Metro freeway to cross the harbour
Tokyo_International_Exhibition_Center_Big_Sight_Odaiba_Tokyo_Japan.jpg=Across the harbour, Conference Tower of Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center), Ariake, Tokyo Bay
05 (8).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine complex
05 (19).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine - complex
04Day330.jpg=Windy on the Hop-on/Hop-off bus
02Joy4.jpg=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Sakuradamon Gate)
04Day332.jpg=Tsujiki - Hongwan-ji Temple
05 (21).jpg=Shops and the antique fairground behind the Sensoji-ji Shrine - complex
05 (7).jpg=Asakusa district
02Day1Pan03.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens
02Day17.jpg=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace
03Day227.jpg=Tokyo Skytree area
02Day1Pan11.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Sei Gate and Nijubashi Bridge)
05 (22).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine - complex
05Day44.jpg=Ueno Park entrance
03Day219.jpg=After Ariake, we continued on toward Tokyo Skytree
04Day320.jpg=Tsujiki (wholesale) Fish Market
05Day411.jpg=Ueno Park entrance
02Day1Pan07.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace
05 (18).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine - complex
DSC_0370.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Sei Gate and Nijubashi Bridge)
03Day212.jpg=Ariake, Tokyo Bay
02Day1Pan15.JPG=National Diet (Parliament building) - a Nuclear protest rally
03Day25.jpg=Tokyo, next day (Sunday) we used a Hop-on Hop-off bus tour to see the city
03Day225.jpg=Tokyo Skytree
04Day31.jpg=Toyota Crown, old and new shapes
02Joy2.jpg=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens
02Day12.jpg=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens
DSC_0376.JPG=Tsujiki (wholesale) Fish Market
DSC_0382.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Sei Gate and Nijubashi Bridge)
04Day334.jpg=Tsujiki
02Day19.jpg=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Sei Gate and Nijubashi Bridge)
DSC_0427.JPG=Tsujiki - Hongwan-ji Temple
04Day3.jpg=Monday 6/6/2016 - out of the hotel window at the antennae and lightning arrestors. Hard to see them getting good terrestrial TV
05 (20).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine - complex
05 (9).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine complex
04Day329.jpg=Tsujiki - Hongwan-ji Temple
05Day46.jpg=Ueno Park - Kiyomizu Kannon Temple
05 (6).jpg=Asakusa district
02Day1Pan09.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace
03Day230.jpg=Marunouchi, Tokyo Station views and high speed trains entering and leaving the Shinkansen station - views from the KITTE building (6th floor)
04Day316.jpg=Tsujiki Fish Market
05Day48.jpg=Ueno Park - Kiyomizu Kannon Temple
02Day13.jpg=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens
Tokyo_Tower_and_Tokyo_Sky_Tree_2011_January.jpg=Tokyo Skytree
04Day3Pan11.JPG=Tsujiki (wholesale) Fish Market waterfront terminal
02Day110.jpg=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace (Sakuradamon Gate)
DSC_0393.JPG=Tsujiki Fish Market
04Day328.jpg=Tsujiki - Hongwan-ji Temple
03Day214.jpg=Lunch at one of the restaurants in Tokyo Station
05Day421.jpg=Back at Ueno
03Day231.jpg=Tokyo Skytree
04Day326.jpg=Namiyoke Inari Shrine
03Day224.jpg=Tokyo Skytree
04Day34.jpg=Tokyo Tower
02Day112.jpg=National Diet (Parliament building) - a Nuclear protest rally
03Day27.jpg=Hop-on Hop-off bus Tokyo tour
02Day1Pan16.JPG=Tokyo - back to the Kokyo Gaien National Gardens
05 (11).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine complex
04Day335.jpg=Tsujiki
02Day1.jpg=Kyōbashi neighbourhood east of Tokyo Station
04Day318.jpg=Tsujiki Fish Market
04Day3Pan02.JPG=Tsujiki - Hongwan-ji Temple
05Day413.jpg=Gojo Shrine Ueno Park
05 (17).jpg=Sensoji-ji Shrine
02Joy.jpg=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens
02Dmobile1.jpg=Early morning from our hotel -Kyōbashi neighbourhood east of Tokyo Station
03Day2.jpg=Tokyo, back at Marunouchi, Tokyo Station - Toyota Crown taxi
03Day220.jpg=Tokyo Skytree
04Day311.jpg=Tsujiki Fish Market
05Day41.jpg=Next day, Tuesday we caught the subway train to Ueno first, the again to Asakusa (Sensoji Shrine)
03Day218.jpg=After Ariake, we continued on toward Tokyo Skytree
03Day216.jpg=Marunouchi, Tokyo Station views and high speed trains entering and leaving the Shinkansen station - views from the KITTE building (6th floor)
DSC_0420cr.jpg=Tsujiki - Hongwan-ji Temple
03Day22.jpg=Lunch at one of the restaurants in Tokyo Station
03Day222.jpg=Tokyo Skytree
Saw.jpg=Across the harbour, Conference Tower of Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center), Ariake, Tokyo Bay
03Day29.jpg=Hop-on Hop-off bus Tokyo tour - Metro freeway to cross the harbour
03Day229.jpg=Zipper/Elevator carpark
04Day324.jpg=Namiyoke Inari Shrine
02Day114.jpg=Kusunoki Masashige (1294 – July 4, 1336) was a 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in the Genko War
02Day15.jpg=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens and Royal Palace
04Day36.jpg=Kindy kids
02Day1Pan05.JPG=Marunouchi region - Kokyo Gaien National Gardens
05Day415.jpg=Ueno Park - Great Buddha and Pagoda. Only the Buddha face remains after the Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
02Jmobile.jpg=3/6/2016, leaving Brisbane with a direct flight to Tokyo