TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM Hall A

                   Thelonious Monk  "Solitude"

                   A small park, Tokyo

                   The Imperial Palace, Tokyo

                   "Key Line" Art Filter in Olympus camera

                                  Panasonic Showroom, Tokyo

                   Port of Tokyo

                                  First snow of the season, January 18

                   Narita-san Shinsho-ji (Shinshō-ji) Temple, Chiba Prefecture

                   Narita = Narita City
                   san = mountain, hill
                   ji = temple

                   It was founded in the year 940.

 

                   David Bowie  "Rebel Rebel"

 

                   Requiescat in Pace

                   The approach to Narita-san Shinsho-ji (Shinshō-ji) Temple, Chiba Prefecture

                   The wooden building is a "sake" shop.
                   Sake (sάːki) is a Japanese rice wine.

                   The approach to Narita-san Shinsho-ji Temple, Chiba Prefecture
                   ( "Key Line" Art Filter in Olympus camera)

                   The wooden building on the right side is an inn.
                   Today is a holiday "Coming-of-Age Day" in Japan.

                   Makuhari rest area on Keiyo Road, Chiba Prefecture

                   It's a toll road.

                   Edo Gawa

                   Edo, also romanized as Yedo, is the former name of Tokyo.
                   gawa (= kawa) = river

                   Left side is Tokyo. Right side is Chiba Prefecture.

                   Metropolitan Expressway, Nihon-bashi hama-cho, Tokyo

                   "Watercolor" Art Filter in Olympus camera

                   Tokyo Bay

                   Stacey Kent  "What a Wonderful World"

 

   Happy New Year

   Wishing you good health, happiness, and peace always.