Great looking pagoda and temple, eh?  

This is me in Asakusa. We got here a little too late, and most of the shops were closing up. We'll never know the sorts of weird shopping experiences I missed out on.

Standing in front of Meiji Jingu (shrine) with Yoshi-kun. Japan can never be accused of having a lack of temples, shrines, or towers. I forgot vending machines... they're also everywhere. I'm not complaining though. 

Odaiba at night. Ahhh. What? Looking for an actual comment? Screw you... I'm tired. 

Damn copycats. What's with Tokyo's kid's meal sized Statue of Liberty? Where's the liberty and freedom that this statue is supposed to represent? Where?! 

Fuji TV's main headquarters in Odaiba.  

Ginza by day. This is pretty much Tokyo's 5th Avenue, and it's no less glamorous.

Yeah.. this car rocks! 

Chilling in the brand new NIssan Z in the Nissan showroom in Ginza.  

Yoshi-kun and I near one of the entrances to the Imperial Palace. 

The area surrounding the Imperial Palace is unbelievably gorgeous. No surprises here. It's amazing how much space the Imerial Palace occupies. It's as if Central Park in Manhattan was closed off and occupied by one family. Yeah, insane. 

Yuhei suddenly disappeared from NYC 2 years ago, but after many years of searching, I've finally found him spinning at Club X-Cross in Roppongi, Tokyo.  

It's Yuhei! No, dude, seriously. It's Yuhei! 

Another view... 

Another view from the Observatory of Ropppngi Hills. 

It's Asimo! His lazy programmer was too busy playing Solitaire to turn him on and give us a show though. 

Yoshinori and I at the observation deck of Roppongi Hills. Yoshi-kun gave me a ride around Tokyo in his motorcycle, and it was amazing. It really made me want to buy one as soon as I get back to the states. There really is nothing like riding around a big city in a motorcyle... Ahh. 

Yeah... another tower. This is as close as I got to the tower, and as close as I wanted to be. I've seen enough towers since coming to Japan, and not one has impressed me thus far. Besides, the view on the top of Roppongi Hills is much better than it would be atop the Tokyo tower. Well.. I took a snapshot of it, so there it is, tower lovers. 

Akihabara is a section of Tokyo that's notorious for the amount of geeks, dweebs, and freaks which roam the neighborhood. If you love anime, 12 year old girls dressed up as maids, or anything else equally freaky, then this place is for you. 

I'm standing in front of a Japanese zero fighter in the main hall of the Yasukuni museum. The mood at the museum was a little too gloomy, so I tried to lighten things up by reminding everyone that we won the war. I didn't get very many positive reactions, but it was fun. 

Yasukuni Shrine. Yep.. there it is. 

Standing in front of the Torii at the entrance to Yasukuni shrine in central Tokyo. This shrine has been pretty controversial because a few Class A war criminals are enshrined here, and also because of the museum, which is said to glorify Japan's wartime past. I won't say it doesn't glorify its milititaristic past, but what's wrong with a little patriotism? Lighten up, Asia. 

Ahhh... it's nice to know they have places in Tokyo built especially for the New Yorkers.  

Another view of Shibuya. 

A view of that very same corner without me. Yeah I know.. the other picture's better.