Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Yokohama

About a month ago we went to Yokohama. It's a port city about an hour from our apartment. This is the view from the Landmark Tower, the tallest building in Japan.
The wedge-shaped building is a hotel. This year is the 150th anniversary of the opening of Yokohama port.

They had a little mini-aquarium set up in the tower. It was called Mermaid City.
I have a bit of the wonky eye in this picture. They had a photo booth where you can choose a digital background to pose with, so we were total cheesy tourists and got a picture. The background we picked is basically this one, but also with Mt. Fuji in the background.

Looking out toward Tokyo. In theory, you can see Mt. Fuji on a clear day. It was sunny this day, but I guess too smoggy. Gen kept saying he saw Fuji, but I think he was just trying to make me jealous.

1 comment:

  1. I have been so busy geting a garden going that I was way behind on visiting your blog. I hadn't visited since mid April. It is almost too much to take in allat once. Gorgeous scenery, food (some of which I wouldn't touch with the proverbial ten foot pole), people, etc. The video worked great. Really loud occasion, right?
    Keep up good work.
    Jeri

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