Asia Trip 2007

Qian in front of Ken's grandparents house in Tokyo.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:21:39 -0700

Ken (puntium)
Qian in front of Ken's grandparents house in Tokyo.

Qian standing in front of a big tuna in Tsukiji, the Tokyo fish market.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:23:19 -0700

Ken (puntium)
Qian standing in front of a big tuna in Tsukiji, the Tokyo fish market.

Workers in Tsukiji, chopping away at a giant frozen section of tuna. Apparently, this is a faster way to remove the huge bones.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:25:16 -0700

Ken (puntium)
Workers in Tsukiji, chopping away at a giant frozen section of tuna. Apparently, this is a faster way to remove the huge bones.

Tomo-chan, stacking the plates at the Kaiten-sushi restaurant that Ken's relatives took us to in Miyazaki.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:26:56 -0700

Ken (puntium)
Tomo-chan, stacking the plates at the Kaiten-sushi restaurant that Ken's relatives took us to in Miyazaki.

"Oni no sentaku iwa", literally, the demon's washboard. A strange rock formation on the coast of Aoshima, a sight seeing spot near Miyazaki.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:28:39 -0700

Ken (puntium)
"Oni no sentaku iwa", literally, the demon's washboard. A strange rock formation on the coast of Aoshima, a sight seeing spot near Miyazaki.

A special dessert made by Reona to celebrate our first anniversary.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:30:02 -0700

Ken (puntium)
A special dessert made by Reona to celebrate our first anniversary.

Reona took us to a traditional style restaurant in Hirado.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:31:51 -0700

Ken (puntium)
Reona took us to a traditional style restaurant in Hirado.

This entire meal was only 600 yen (about 5.50 US). This was after a recent price raise from 500 yen. A large sign apologetically communicated the price raise in front of the store.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:33:56 -0700

Ken (puntium)
This entire meal was only 600 yen (about 5.50 US). This was after a recent price raise from 500 yen. A large sign apologetically communicated the price raise in front of the store.

A small castle in Hirado. The inside was a museum.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:35:22 -0700

Ken (puntium)
A small castle in Hirado. The inside was a museum.

A crazy, abandoned factory building we found on the side of the road as we drove around the outer edge of north west Kyushu (the southernmost of Japan's main islands.)

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:38:35 -0700

Ken (puntium)
A crazy, abandoned factory building we found on the side of the road as we drove around the outer edge of north west Kyushu (the southernmost of Japan's main islands.)

The porcelains covered bridge at the entrance of Oo-kawachi-yama.. A town deep in the mountains of Kyushu where people have been making ceramics for hundreds of years. Apparently, the origi ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:40:59 -0700

Ken (puntium)
The porcelains covered bridge at the entrance of Oo-kawachi-yama.. A town deep in the mountains of Kyushu where people have been making ceramics for hundreds of years. Apparently, the origi ...

Main gate of sensou-ji, at Asakusa in Tokyo.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:42:46 -0700

Ken (puntium)
Main gate of sensou-ji, at Asakusa in Tokyo.

The commercial alley that leads from the main gate to the main temple.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:44:57 -0700

Ken (puntium)
The commercial alley that leads from the main gate to the main temple.

"Shinobazu-no-ike", in the Ueno park in Tokyo. Not much of a lake as you can see.. it is overrun by this vegetation.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:46:57 -0700

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"Shinobazu-no-ike", in the Ueno park in Tokyo. Not much of a lake as you can see.. it is overrun by this vegetation.

Swan boats at the Ueno park.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:49:19 -0700

Ken (puntium)
Swan boats at the Ueno park.

Qian's favorite: Takoyaki. Small pieces of octopus cooked into small balls of fried batter. A round octopus pancake if you will.

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:50:38 -0700

Ken (puntium)
Qian's favorite: Takoyaki. Small pieces of octopus cooked into small balls of fried batter. A round octopus pancake if you will.

Ken (puntium)'s photo

nobody@smugmug.com (Ken (puntium)) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:10:25 -0700

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