Castle Kitty!

Another picture from last winter, taken in the park around Osaka Castle.

I'm back!

It's late, so I'll make this quick. Here are pictures from my trip! I'll post five - one for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and today; and one extra! :)



This is Mount Fuji, as seen from the window of the shinkansen (aka the bullet train)...along with a nice selection of industrial buildings.






Yokohama is home to the largest Chinatown in Japan. I went there on Monday night.










Also in Chinatown - kitties! I think I took almost as many pictures of cats as I did of Chinatown.








This is the famous Yokohama waterfront area. The building on the left is actually a hotel attached to the conference center where the seminars I was attending was held.
(Added bonus: though you can't see it, the clock on the ferris wheel says 9:21 - translated to months and days, that's my birthday! ...I stood in the cold for several minutes to get that...)



The plum trees are blooming! I took this picture on the way home from school today.





That's all for now!

Start!

So I've been thinking for a while about starting a photo blog of Japan - posting one picture a day, every day, until I leave. Here goes!


My first picture is from the Clever Cafe (though I think they might have meant "clover," judging from the store logo) in the underground of Umeda in Osaka. Their mugs all have cute kitty pictures! You can also see the shoppers walking by in the background.