Jon Tindale :: Japan

Santa with chopsticks: in a Tokyo ryokan at xmas

Hiroshima peace park, the World Friendship Centre and a hibakusha

Kyoto - visiting Nygo- Jyo, the samurai home

Koya San - staying at a Buddhist temple

Traditional Tokyo - visiting Nezu, Tsukji fish market

Japan

A world of endless mysteries and paradoxes. Includes my own It's a Wonderful Life Christmas moment - Santa with chopsticks.

Santa with chopsticks: in a Tokyo ryokan at xmas
It's the day before Christmas Eve and a sushi restuarant in Tokyo can't find their Father Christmas. I step into Santa's shoes...Hiroshima peace park, the World Friendship Centre and a hibakusha
Meeting a hibakusha - survivor of the A - bomb and finding the Beatle's Yellow Submarine up Mount Aso � a volcanic caldera.Kyoto - visiting Nygo- Jyo, the samurai home
Why Buddhism is big bucks in Japan...a geisha photo shoot...and discovering the secrets of a samurai's home.Koya San - staying at a Buddhist temple
Staying at a Buddhist temple and watching Saddam being captured live on Japanese TV.Traditional Tokyo - visiting Nezu, Tsukji fish market
Wooden flip - flops in downtown Tokyo, Tsukji fish market, and yakitori alley in Shinjuku.

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