The last photo of this year

                   Frame shop, Tokyo

                   Shiba Park, Tokyo

 

                   THE SINGERS UNLIMITED  "Oh Come All Ye Faithful"

      Happy Holidays!

                   But it's not a holiday today in Japan.

                   Reindeer...

                   
                      HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

                      TOKYO STATION 100 YEARS  1914-2014

                                  Metropolitan Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo

                   Nogizaka Tunnel, Tokyo

                   Aoyama, Tokyo

                   Foreign section of Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo

   Laid to rest here are men and women who contributed greatly to modernization of Japan.

 

                  Guiomar Novaes  "Mélodie from Orfeo ed Euridice" (Gluck, arr. Sgambati)

                   Tate River under the Metropolitan Expressway, Tokyo

                   I'm going to go to the Olympus Plaza today.

                                  Shiba Park, Tokyo

                   Tokyo Tower

                   Coffee shop, Tokyo

                   The Old Ministry of Justice Building, Tokyo

                   Snack kiosk in Hibiya Park, Tokyo

                   Hibiya Park is the first western-style park opened in 1903.

 

                   Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra  "Kimi to Boku" (You and Me)

                                  Otemachi (Ōtemachi), Tokyo

                   Otemachi (Ōtemachi), Tokyo

   I think I have seen this bus somewhere.
   Ōtemachi, Maru-no-uchi (south of Ōtemachi) and Nihon-bashi (east of Ōtemachi) are the business center of Tokyo.

                                  Shiba Park, Tokyo

                   Shiba Park, Tokyo

                                  Nihon-bashi Bridge

                                  Nihon = Japan
                                  bashi (= hashi) = bridge

                   The Imperial Palace, Tokyo

                   Sophie Zelmani  "All About You"

                   Secondhand book fair

                   Roppongi, Tokyo

                   Secondhand book fair

                   Shiba Park, Tokyo

                                  Ginza, Tokyo

                   Sunday afternoon

 

                   The Innocence Mission  "500 miles"

                   Kanda River, Tokyo

                   Sumida River, Tokyo

                                  Roppongi, Tokyo

                                  Nippon Ginko (Bank of Japan)

                                  It is the central bank of Japan.
                                     Nippon, Nihon = Japan
                                     ginko = bank

                   Nippon Ginko (Bank of Japan)

                   It is the central bank of Japan.
                      Nippon, Nihon = Japan
                      ginko = bank

                                  The Imperial Palace, Tokyo

 

                  THE RED GARLAND TRIO  "September In The Rain"

                                  German beer festival in Japan

                   German beer festival in Japan

                   Mt. Ontake erupted.

                                  Deutsch bierfest (German beer festival in Japan)

                   German beer festival in Japan

                   Deutsch bierfest (German beer festival in Japan)

                   THE CAST  "Auld Lang Syne"

                                  Ginza, Tokyo

                   Kitchen

                   Shinjuku, Tokyo

                                    Guitar shop

                                  Ginza, Tokyo

                   NIKON PLAZA in Ginza,Tokyo

                   Leica Store Kyoto, Japan

                   Rice fields

                   Pub in Ginza, Tokyo

                   Rice field

                   Supreme Court of Japan