This is part 2 of a five part series of commented photos from my recent Japan trip. The photos are totally badass and my commentary is icing on the cake. How much better could it get?
Today's installment of photos has a loose Yokohama theme. Yokohama means roughly "city by the seashore". You can get a large, high-resolution version of any photo by clicking on it.
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It's interesting that as distinctive as everything else is in Japan, their old ships are pretty close in appearance to those of the West. We arrive at Yokohama aboard this old beauty. (Well, not really. We arrive by train. I'm not sure what the story is behind this ship, but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't use it for routine trips from Tokyo.) In the background you can see the Cosmo Clock, the world's largest ferris wheel.
The tallest building in all of Japan: the Landmark Tower. Of course, while I was there, I was the tallest man in all of Japan, so it's only natural they reserved the tower for me.
And the giant "valley" at the base of the Landmark Tower. This is where the Japanese perform their virgin sacrifices.
A mysterious arc. Actually, I'm not entirely certain where this was, but I'm gonna pretend it was Yokohama because I'm suddenly realizing how few usable photos I have from Yokohama. The photo is blurry because at the time I was running away from some pissed off yakuza thugs.
Speaking of thugs, this is what a real thug looks like.
Some cool sculptural art in front of the Yokohama Museum of Art. They should sooo make a roller coaster out of this design!
Here's a view from several stories up in the Landmark Tower. The virgin sacrifice pit can be seen, and in the distance, the gigantic ferris wheel Cosmo Clock. This area is called Minatomirai 21, which seems to mean something like "Everyone's Future". The 21 is for 21st century.
Yokohama has a bit of a snake problem...
The Japanese people love to build long escalators. As a mental exercise, try to identify which of these shots is going up and which is going down.
A little shrine thingy in Shinagawa. Ring the bell and you get good luck, or something. I think I'm the only foreigner to ever step foot in Shinagawa, so the monks were pretty surprised to see a white man at their establishment.
A really cool garden in Shinagawa. Keep in mind, all this plush greenery is smack in the middle of a bustling Asian metropolis. If you're not careful, the path of small gray rocks almost looks like water at first.
A little mini-temple in Shinagawa. Those white paper things on the torii gate are supposed to keep away demonic spirits. Guess they're not doing a good job ;)
This is a part of a verrrry long tunnel between one part of a subway station and another. I theorize that eventually Japan is gonna build a major city which is just one huge subway station. It'll have little mini subway stations to take you from one part to another in the main station.
The Beatles are very big in Japan. So am I.
This lady, who I met on a train, took me to the building pictured, a branch of the Fujitaisekiji church/cult. Fujitaisekiji roughly means "Temple of the Big Rock of Mt. Fuji". A very interesting experience, one which isn't available to most tourists because speaking Japanese is absolutely required. That'll be a whole other article on its own.
Here's a cute statue by the Shibuya Station.
Four pictures from my ride on the Cosmo Clock. See if you can make out who was riding with me in the reflections on the glass. :)
A mysterious golden building, as seen from inside a car in the Cosmo Clock. What could it be???
That's all for Yokohama. We'll take the same ship back to Tokyo. It's been a long day, but now we can see the Cosmo Clock glowing romantically in the night sky. Beams of light glance off the ribs of the Yokohama Ship, beckoning...
Today's installment of photos has a loose Yokohama theme. Yokohama means roughly "city by the seashore". You can get a large, high-resolution version of any photo by clicking on it.
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It's interesting that as distinctive as everything else is in Japan, their old ships are pretty close in appearance to those of the West. We arrive at Yokohama aboard this old beauty. (Well, not really. We arrive by train. I'm not sure what the story is behind this ship, but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't use it for routine trips from Tokyo.) In the background you can see the Cosmo Clock, the world's largest ferris wheel.
The tallest building in all of Japan: the Landmark Tower. Of course, while I was there, I was the tallest man in all of Japan, so it's only natural they reserved the tower for me.
And the giant "valley" at the base of the Landmark Tower. This is where the Japanese perform their virgin sacrifices.
A mysterious arc. Actually, I'm not entirely certain where this was, but I'm gonna pretend it was Yokohama because I'm suddenly realizing how few usable photos I have from Yokohama. The photo is blurry because at the time I was running away from some pissed off yakuza thugs.
Speaking of thugs, this is what a real thug looks like.
Some cool sculptural art in front of the Yokohama Museum of Art. They should sooo make a roller coaster out of this design!
Here's a view from several stories up in the Landmark Tower. The virgin sacrifice pit can be seen, and in the distance, the gigantic ferris wheel Cosmo Clock. This area is called Minatomirai 21, which seems to mean something like "Everyone's Future". The 21 is for 21st century.
Yokohama has a bit of a snake problem...
The Japanese people love to build long escalators. As a mental exercise, try to identify which of these shots is going up and which is going down.
A little shrine thingy in Shinagawa. Ring the bell and you get good luck, or something. I think I'm the only foreigner to ever step foot in Shinagawa, so the monks were pretty surprised to see a white man at their establishment.
A really cool garden in Shinagawa. Keep in mind, all this plush greenery is smack in the middle of a bustling Asian metropolis. If you're not careful, the path of small gray rocks almost looks like water at first.
A little mini-temple in Shinagawa. Those white paper things on the torii gate are supposed to keep away demonic spirits. Guess they're not doing a good job ;)
This is a part of a verrrry long tunnel between one part of a subway station and another. I theorize that eventually Japan is gonna build a major city which is just one huge subway station. It'll have little mini subway stations to take you from one part to another in the main station.
The Beatles are very big in Japan. So am I.
This lady, who I met on a train, took me to the building pictured, a branch of the Fujitaisekiji church/cult. Fujitaisekiji roughly means "Temple of the Big Rock of Mt. Fuji". A very interesting experience, one which isn't available to most tourists because speaking Japanese is absolutely required. That'll be a whole other article on its own.
Here's a cute statue by the Shibuya Station.
Four pictures from my ride on the Cosmo Clock. See if you can make out who was riding with me in the reflections on the glass. :)
A mysterious golden building, as seen from inside a car in the Cosmo Clock. What could it be???
That's all for Yokohama. We'll take the same ship back to Tokyo. It's been a long day, but now we can see the Cosmo Clock glowing romantically in the night sky. Beams of light glance off the ribs of the Yokohama Ship, beckoning...---------------------------------------------
Grab some climbing gear, we're heading to Mt. Fuji next!! Bring lots of water, and bring some warm clothes, it gets cold at the top!
This article is part 2 of a 5-part series. Here's the entire series:
Pictures From Japan - Part 1
Pictures From Japan - Part 2
Pictures From Japan - Part 3
Pictures From Japan - Part 4
Pictures From Japan - Part 5
Grab some climbing gear, we're heading to Mt. Fuji next!! Bring lots of water, and bring some warm clothes, it gets cold at the top!
This article is part 2 of a 5-part series. Here's the entire series:
Pictures From Japan - Part 1
Pictures From Japan - Part 2
Pictures From Japan - Part 3
Pictures From Japan - Part 4
Pictures From Japan - Part 5
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