Thursday, January 18, 2007

winter vacation photos

as promised, here are photos from my recent vacation with my parents:


mom and dad at itsukushima shrine (miyajima island) in front of the famous "floating" o-torii:

mom and dad


a station attendant at one of the many subway/train stations we passed through:

take his picture


the a-bomb dome in hiroshima:

genpaku dome


monkeys huddled in the snow at mount misen on the island of miyajima:

samu saru


the temple of the golden pavilion (kinkaku-ji) in kyoto:




mochi outside a shop in kyoto on new year's eve eve:

mochi


fushimi inari shrine in kyoto:






a temple through one of the telescopes at the kyoto tower observatory:

i spy


waving goodybe to 2006 in a fun house mirror:

bye, oh six


new year's eve fireworks:

squig


sake barrels at meiji jingu on new year's day:

meiji sake

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