arigato gozimaus, part 2

Due to time constraints - China in two days, I have to prepare for that, then there's this whole school thing - this post will be centred around photos. They are worth a thousand words, after all.

A drawing of me done by a local artist we meet in the Hideaway Cafe in Harajuku. Also, where we learned and became disciples of the philosophy known as "treedom".

The closest I got to kabuki theatre- the crazy posters.

Dawn and Michael attempting and failing to lift the massive metal spear at Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto. "It's the Japanese version of the sword-in-stone," Michael explained.

Senso-ji Shrine in Tokyo.

The picturesque garden we enjoyed when we stopped for green tea in Kyoto. Also the day we lived on street food and free samples.

English was frequent and hilarious, but we appreciated the effort.