Photos:
- Top left: though the Imperial Palace in Tokyo is only open to the public on two days each year, we could still see a little bit from across the moat.
- Top right: the next day, my sister and I went to Nikko (my first trip out of the city!). This is a picture of rice fields as viewed from the train on the way there.
- Middle left: this is a picture you'll be hard pressed to find elsewhere. I took it in the "No photos" area of a temple when we we the only people around...I just couldn't resist. But I also forgot to turn off the flash on my camera, so when the flash reflected off all that gold, let's just say we made a quick exit.
- Middle right: at the entrance to Nikko's Toshogu Shrine. If you want to see more of Nikko, use this link--they've published the whole guidebook online.
- Bottom left: the world famous "Hear no evil, Speak no evil, See no evil" monkeys actually come from this carving on the Imperial Stable at Toshogu Shrine.
- Bottom right: the sunset over the mountains, as seen from the train on the way home.
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