Months ago, I jumped at the chance to work with Save the Children Japan. And finally my trip rolled around. I struggled with the jet lag a bit at the beginning. But I made it to the Ido-Tokyo museum (the municipal museum).
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| Children's play |
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| more play... |
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| Men playing in the snow |
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| I was very interested to see the museum's depiction of the natural disasters over the years. |
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| Lantern to indicate where you could register your missing relatives |
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| Diaroma of a neighbourhood in ruins |
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| and then its very dense rebuild |
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| The chrysanthemum throne |
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| Traditional dinner with my colleagues |
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| The famous Harajuku neighbourhood - Tokyo's counter-culture; check it out! |
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| A Japanese and Mongolian colleague |
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| Crepe culture! |
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| Breakfast was included at my hotel but at Japanese Denny's! |
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| A more preferred meal |
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| Mount Fiji. With snow! |
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| Sulphur from the hot springs in this volcanic area |
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| The traditional house where I stayed |
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| My room - with a soft, cloud-like futon |
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| vending machines in the village |
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| Flushed after soaking in the village baths |
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| which were in this factory-like building! |
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| The amazing museum of outdoor art |
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| The museum had its own hot spring where patrons could bathe their feet |
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| so I did! |
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| Henry Moore |
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| A tower of stained glass into which you climb |
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| It was late autumn there - crisp but with some lovely remaining leaves |
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| Ever feel like this?!? |
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| pop art |
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| and what first visit to Japan is complete without a shot of their complicated / hi-tech toilets... |
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