EriqX / Japan 2005 [Pictures]

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19-OCT-2005

On day one, we landed and settled into our hotel. A few of us decided the inside of a hotel, and more specifically the "American Sports Bar", would not qualify as a good first night in a foreign land. So we eventually hit the streets and found a local noodle shop.

1-mountains_russia.jpg - Flying over the mountains of Russia 2-mountains_russia2.jpg 3-flying_over_sapporo.jpg - Finally over Sapporo, the northern most island of Japan 4-vending.jpg - My first Japanese vending machine was at the airport. I bought coffee/milk 5-teabag.jpg - In the hotel room 6-scott_eriq-hotel.jpg 7-scott_eriq-elevator.jpg 8-streetscene.jpg - We ignore a buffet dinner and hit the streets 9-toyota.jpg 10-restaurant1.jpg - In the restaurant 11-restaurant2.jpg - Take 2

20-OCT-2005

Day two: we tour the Toshogu Shrine at Nikko.

1-sue-michaelm.jpg - In the lobby of the Radisson Narita 2-jamie-michaelw.jpg 3-scott-mayumi.jpg 4-buses.jpg - Getting on the buses 5-on_the_bus.jpg 6-mos_burger.jpg 7-signs.jpg - At a rest stop 8-girl_sign.jpg 9-ayumi_hamasaki-boss_ad.jpg - I notice Ayumi Hamasaki shaving on a vending machine ad 10-narita_bridge1.jpg - On the road again 11-river-powerlines.jpg 12-rooftops1.jpg 13-rooftops2.jpg 14-narita_bridge2.jpg 15-narita_bridge3.jpg 16-narita_bridge4.jpg 17-honda_step.jpg - Honda Step 18-honda-minivan.jpg - Honda Minivan 19-honda-minivan2.jpg 20-honda-odyssey.jpg - Honda Odyssey 21-toyota_crown-royal_extra.jpg - Toyota Crown 21a-sos_phone.jpg 22-nikko_bridge1.jpg - The buses arrive at Nikko 23-nikko_bridge2.jpg 24-lunch.jpg 25-lunch2.jpg 26-toshogu1.jpg - We arrive at the Toshogu Shrine 27-toshogu2.jpg 28-toshogu3.jpg 29-toshogu4.jpg 30-toshogu5.jpg 31-toshogu6.jpg 32-toshogu7.jpg 33-toshogu8.jpg 34-toshogu9.jpg 35-toshogu10.jpg 36-toshogu11.jpg 37-toshogu12.jpg 38-toshogu13.jpg 39-eriq_shrine.jpg 40-dojo_group-shrine.jpg 41-toshogu14.jpg 42-toshogu15.jpg 43-toshogu16.jpgG 44-toshogu17.jpg 45-toshogu18.jpg 46-toshogu19.jpg 47-toshogu20.jpg 48-toshogu21.jpg 49-toshogu22.jpg 50-toshogu23.jpg 51-toshogu24.jpg 52-toshogu25.jpg 53-smokig.jpg 54-toshogu26.jpg 55-toshogu27.jpg 56-toshogu28.jpg 57-toshogu29.jpg 58-toshogu30.jpg 59-toshogu31.jpg 60-scott_toshogu.jpg 61-toshogu32.jpg 62-toshogu33.jpg 63-toshogu34.jpg 64-toshogu35.jpg 65-toshogu36.jpg 66-toshogu37.jpg 67-toshogu38.jpg 68-toshogu_steps.jpg 69-toshogu39.jpg 70-toshogu40.jpg 71-master_poe.jpg - Master Poe strikes a pose 72-toshogu41.jpg 73-toshogu42.jpg 74-eriq_scott.jpg 75-toshogu43.jpg 76-japanese_school-trip.jpg - Japanese school children all wear yellow hats on field trips 77-toshogu44.jpg 78-fish.jpg 79-vw_gti.jpg - Volkswagen GTI 80-exit.jpg 81-hotel_nikko.jpg - Our second hotel of the trip

21-OCT-2005

Day three: we settle into our hotel at Nikko and get down to training. Later at night we hit the streets.

1-nikko.jpg 2-nikko.jpg 3-nikko.jpg 4-nikko.jpg 5-nikko.jpg 6-training.jpg - The group walks from the hotel to the sports center 7-training.jpg 8-training.jpg 9-training.jpg 10-training.jpg 11-training.jpg 12-training.jpg 13-training.jpg 14-training.jpg 14-training.jpg 15-street.jpg 16-nikko_parkinglot.jpg 17-nikko_parkinglot2.jpg 18-rita_mayumi.jpg 19-nikko.jpg 20-nikko.jpg 21-nikko_statue.jpg 22-nikko.jpg 23-car_move.jpg 24-car_move2.jpg 25-street.jpg 26-street.jpg 27-toyota_marino-sprinter.jpg 28-nikko-hills_river.jpg 29-nikko-hills_river2.jpg 30-nikko-river.jpg 31-nikko-river2.jpg 32-devil_stairs.jpg 33-kitty_delivery.jpg 34-nikko_alley.jpg 35-vitamin10.jpg 36-drugs_liquor.jpg 37-nikko_shop.jpg 38-2.7l_whisky.jpg 39-streetsign.jpg 40-cigarette.jpg 41-statue.jpg 42-nikko_street-night.jpg 43-nikko_streetlight.jpg 44-ryuoh_taiko1.jpg - The night's entertainment was Ryuoh Taiko drummers 45-ryuoh_taiko2.jpg 46-ryuoh_taiko6.jpg 46a-ryuoh_taiko3.jpg 46b-ryuoh_taiko4.jpg 46c-ryuoh_taiko5.jpg 47-sensei-anna1.jpg - Coleman Sensei and Anna surprised Soke with a dance 48-sensei-anna2.jpg 49-sensei-anna3.jpg 50-sensei-anna4.jpg 51-sensei-anna5.jpg 52-sensei-anna6.jpg 53-sensei-anna7.jpg 54-dinner_groupshot.jpg 55-subaru_bus.jpg 56-noodle_shop.jpg - We hit a noodle shop in search of alcohol 57-sam-graham.jpg 58-chris-sam-graham.jpg

22-OCT-2005

Day four: more training, more Nikko nightlife.

1-nikko_clouds.jpg 2-nikko-clouds.jpg 3-train.jpg 4-lobby.jpg - In the lobby before training 5-love_beer.jpg - Gotta love Japanese advertising 6-odori.jpg - The night's dinner attraction was Yosakoi & Awa Odori dancing 7-odori.jpg 8-odori.jpg 9-belly.jpg - All eyes on Brighton's Belly Dancers 10-belly.jpg 11-belly.jpg 12-belly.jpg 13-belly.jpg 14-belly.jpg 15-belly_soke.jpg 16-renault_trio.jpg 17-karaoke.jpg - We hit a karaoke bar 18-karaoke.jpg 19-chris-karaoke.jpg 20-rita_mark-karaoke.jpg 21-rita_chris_scott-karaoke.jpg 22-resident_evil.jpg 23-scott-sue.jpg 24-dancing.jpg 25-dancing.jpg 26-benched.jpg 27-graham.jpg 28-scott.jpg 29-rita_dana_hugo.jpg 30-mark_aaron_chris.jpg 31-mark_graham-cowheads.jpg 32-sexy_darts.jpg - More quality advertising 33-chris_sue_aaron.jpg 34-mark.jpg

23-OCT-2005

Day five: more training, and some Irish dancing.

1-lunchtime.jpg - The restaurant where we had lunch 2-hot_tea.jpg 3-chris_sam.jpg 4-menu.jpg - Chris and Sam translated the menu 5-sam.jpg 6-sam.jpg 7-chris-stabbing_sam.jpg - Having a little fun 8-subaru.jpg - The funky Subaru R2 9-cats.jpg - These cats hung out on the street each day we walked to train 10-cats.jpg 11-training-inside.jpg 12-dragon.jpg - Dinner entertainment 13-irish_dance.jpg - Irish dancing 14-irish_dance.jpg 15-irish_dance.jpg 16-irish_dance.jpg 17-irish_dance.jpg 18-dana_graham.jpg 19-rita_michael.jpg - Chilling in the lobby 20-rita_scott.jpg 21-rita_scott.jpg 22-honda-integra.jpg

24-OCT-2005

Day six: even more training, and the streets of Nikko - including the serene night scene.

1-phonebooth.jpg 2-river.jpg 3-statue_bridge.jpg 4-river.jpg 5-river.jpg 6-statue_bridge.jpg 7-corner.jpg 8-lanterns.jpg 9-back_to_training.jpg 10-street_mountains.jpg 11-eriq_rita-bridge.jpg 12-hotels_river.jpg 13-cloudy_mountains.jpg 14-kitty.jpg 15-bench_kitty.jpg 16-dinner.jpg 17-soke-on_stage.jpg 18-dinner.jpg - Some shots from our traditional Japanese dinner 19-dinner.jpg 20-dinner.jpg 21-dinner.jpg 22-dinner.jpg 23-stage.jpg 24-indian_dance.jpg - An amazing Indian dance was the nights entertainment 25-indian_dance.jpg 26-indian_dance.jpg 27-indian_dance.jpg 28-nikko_at_night.jpg - The serene Nikko at night 29-nikko_at_night.jpg 30-store-cat.jpg 31-bridge-plaque.jpg

25-OCT-2005

Day seven: Edo Wonderland, Aizu castle, arrive at Hotel Epinard in Nasu.

1-pile_up.jpg 2-stephanie_josh_scott.jpg 3-hot_springs.jpg 4-hot_springs.jpg 5-hot_springs.jpg 6-graham_mario_dan.jpg 7-graham_mario_dan.jpg 8-hot_springs.jpg 9-chris-boxing.jpg 10-scott_rita-bus.jpg 11-forest.jpg 12-edo.jpg 13-edo.jpg 14-edo.jpg 15-edo.jpg 16-edo-freaky_cat.jpg 17-edo.jpg 18-edo.jpg 19-rita-edo.jpg 20-ninja_show.jpg 21-ninja_show.jpg 22-eriq-bow_arrow.jpg 23-potty.jpg 24-edo.jpg 25-edo-roof_ninja.jpg 26-edo-roof_ninja.jpg 27-edo-roof_ninja.jpg 28-mantis.jpg 29-mantis.jpg 30-edo-puppy.jpg 31-mantis.jpg 32-mantis.jpg 33-mantis.jpg 34-edo-women.jpg 35-edo-women.jpg 36-edo-japanese.jpg 37-fish_people.jpg 38-fish_people.jpg 39-edo-flowers.jpg 40-edo.jpg 41-edo.jpg 42-guard_tower.jpg 43-edo.jpg 44-edo-bridge.jpg 45-edo.jpg 46-edo_wonderland.jpg 47-mark_mario_jamie.jpg 48-sue_eriq.jpg 49-eriq_mark.jpg 50-nikko.jpg 51-nikko.jpg 52-nikko-river.jpg 53-nikko-river.jpg 54-nikko_hills.jpg 55-nikko-bridge.jpg 56-nikko-sign.jpg 57-nikko-hills.jpg 58-nikko-hills-river.jpg 59-scott_rita-sleep.jpg 60-nikko-hills-river.jpg 61-nikko-valley.jpg 62-mother_child.jpg 63-nikko-mountains.jpg 64-nikko-mountains.jpg 65-river_castle.jpg 66-aizu_castle.jpg 67-eriq_sword-dancer.jpg 68-sword-dancer.jpg 69-sword-dancer.jpg 70-sword-dancer.jpg 71-skyline.jpg 72-skyline.jpg 73-skyline.jpg 74-skyline.jpg 75-skyline.jpg 76-skyline.jpg 77-aizu_castle.jpg 78-eriq-castle.jpg 79-michaelw-castle.jpg 80-group-castle.jpg 81-sarah_neil-castle.jpg 82-vinnie-ninja_moves.jpg 83-glowing_plate.jpg 84-fast_food-vending.jpg 85-sam-vending_score.jpg 86-hotel_epinard-nasu.jpg 87-scott-hotel.jpg 88-internet.jpg 89-kitsuregawa_taiko.jpg 90-kitsuregawa_taiko.jpg

26-OCT-2005

Day eight: A farm, the dojo, dinner in Tokyo, a late walk, and Denny's.

1-fish.jpg 2-big_fish.jpg 3-farm_shop.jpg 4-girl_stuffed-animals.jpg 5-bunny.jpg 6-scott-bunny.jpg 7-eriq-bunny.jpg 8-goose.jpg 9-goose.jpg 10-ninja_action.jpg 11-tables.jpg 12-stone.jpg 13-cookies.jpg 14-scott-ultra_man.jpg 15-ultra-man.jpg 16-beer-display.jpg 17-pinky.jpg 18-pinky.jpg 19-mario_chris.jpg 20-bikes.jpg 21-dojo.jpg 22-dojo.jpg 23-dojo_weapons.jpg 24-dojo_pictures.jpg 25-dojo_kamidana.jpg 26-dojo_weapons.jpg 27-rita_michael-rain.jpg 28-dance.jpg 29-dance.jpg 30-crazy_bus_ninjas.jpg 31-ferris_wheel.jpg 32-ferris_wheel.jpg 33-tokyo_building.jpg 34-tokyo_building.jpg 35-sega_joypolis.jpg 36-tokyo_bridge.jpg 37-tokyo_skyline.jpg 38-eriq-tokyo_skyline.jpg 39-graham-tokyo_skyline.jpg 40-tokyo_bridge.jpg 41-tokyo_bridge.jpg 42-eriq-tokyo_bridge.jpg 43-graham-tokyo_bridge.jpg 44-tokyo-ferris_wheel.jpg 45-tokyo-street_night.jpg 46-sign.jpg 47-tuned_previa.jpg 48-honda_accord.jpg 49-toyota-will_vs.jpg 50-toyota-will_vs.jpg 51-toyota-will_vs.jpg 52-toyota_cavalier.jpg 53-toyota_cavalier.jpg 54-lindsay_sam.jpg 55-no_cellphones.jpg 56-kiwi.jpg 57-french_toast-kiwi.jpg 58-lindsay-sundae.jpg 59-scott-sundae.jpg 60-kiss_mint.jpg 61-accord_wagon.jpg 62-group-walk.jpg 63-rx7s.jpg 64-rx7.jpg 65-rx7s.jpg 66-shop.jpg 67-shop.jpg 68-sign.jpg 69-tony-magazine.jpg 70-toyota_corolla.jpg 71-toyota_noah.jpg 72-toyota_models.jpg