Cleaning

Just a few random shots I wanted to put up before I put them away forever on CD.

Japanese wedding ceremony at the Meiji Shrine, Tokyo. They guy on the left is the groom and the girl next to him is the bride.

Izu Peninsula Lighthouse

Beach BBQ, Japanese style, Yoshida Port

Build a charcoal fire on the ground, set some bricks next to it, put a grill over the top, and you are ready to cook! It was boiling hot that day, and these poor girls (who are student teachers at the neighboring high school, if you can believe it) got stuck with all the cooking in the sun while the boys drank beer.

"Schoolgirl," Akihabara, Tokyo

She probably is not really a schoolgirl, but she gets paid to dress like one and hand out flyers while posing for pictures. Akihabara is the techo-center of Tokyo, mecca for anime nerds and manga geeks. Home of the infamous Maid Cafes, and THE place in Tokyo to buy anything electronic. Outside the subway, girls in skimpy outfits or school-girl uniforms distract the men on their way to do their shopping. It is rather weird actually.