Seisho-ji Temple, Tokyo

                   ji = temple

                                  Embassy of Italy in Tokyo, Japan

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Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) 1701-1702

 ASANO Naganori, the lord of Ako Domain, was publicly humiliated by KIRA Yoshihisa.
 So he drew his short sword against KIRA at Edo Castle (today's Imperial Palace).
 The Shogunate Government immediately ordered him to commit Seppuku (suicide by disembowelment) and confiscated his domain.
 In the following year, his 47 vassals avenged his death by executing KIRA.
 They then gave themselves up to the authorities and were sentenced to commit Seppuku.

 10 of 47 samurai committed Seppuku here at today's Italian Embassy.

                   Chūshingura

                   Australian Embassy Japan

                   Axel Winter  "Down Under" (Men at Work Cover)
 

                   Melbourne, Australia
 

                   "Land Down Under" (Men at Work Cover)
 

                   Manmoyi, Australia

                   AUSTRALIA NOW

                   Shelly Manne and His Friends  "I Could Have Danced All Night"

                                  Tokyo Tower

                   Tokyo Tower (Day vs. Night)

                                  Tokyo Tower

                   smart forfour

                   "smart" is a combination of "Swatch", "Mercedes" and "art".

   

                   Mercedes Benz (Janis Joplin Cover)

                 
                   Bruna Michelin, vocals
                   Bruno Hrabovsky, piano

                   SUBARU Head Office, Tokyo

                   SUBARU BRZ (SUBARU Global Site)

 

                   Do you know "SUBARU"?

                                  A promenade through a residential area

                                  I was here in Meguro Ward.

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              Tokyo Metropolis
                       23  wards (former Tokyo City), 26 cities, 5 towns and 8 villages

                   YOSHIKO KISHINO TRIO  "Waltz for Debby"

 

                   Originally by Bill Evans

                               A famous Soba restaurant, Tokyo

 

 

                   A Soba restaurant in the U.S.A.

                   Vending machines

 

                   ￥100 (100 yen) = one dollar

                   Men's room
 

                   Higashi-Kanto Expressway

                   The Last Internationale  "Think" (Aretha Franklin Cover)