Back to Tokyo
Tuesday 2nd January 2018
Said our goodbyes in Hiroshima in the morning and took the shinkansen to Tokyo where we'd be staying for our final night of this trip. Went to a Japanese culture festival in the early evening where Chie and Erika tried on kimono.
Japan Christmas and New Year 2017
John's Pictures

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Erika on the shinkansen.

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A solar farm.

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Mount Fuji very clearly visible today!

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Very pleased with that.

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Rare to get such a clear shot from the train.

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At our hotel in Kinshicho in Tokyo now.

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The view from our hotel.

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The Japanese culture festival near Tokyo station.

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Chie and Erika in their kimono. They look very regal don't you think?

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Erika being fussed over by her ladies in waiting.

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A nice set for this kind of photo.

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I think this one of the two of them came out quite well.

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I look a bit incongruous in my tweed suit but there you go.

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The conference centre thing as we were leaving.

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Went to T's Tan Tan Ramen in Tokyo station for dinner.

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Very tasty as always.

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Elsewhere in Tokyo station after dinner, the large silver bell is a traditional meeting place in the station.