Dad and Marlene in Japan, October 2000

Dad and Marlene came to marvel the delights of eating seaweed and standing on cramped trains every day. These are a few of our memories from their trip. We went to Hakone for a couple of days, then Hiroshima. They also went to Kyoto by themselves, for some reason they went twice...!

Tokyo

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One of the most famous temples in Tokyo is in Asakusa. In the second picture, we are cleansing ourselves with steam. The picture on the right is from a former royal garden in Tokyo.

Tokyo Disneyland

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We had a fun day at Tokyo Disneyland, including some great roller-coasters (Dad wanted to go on twice!)

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More Disney shots, and Dad and Marlene with our lovely landlady, Nozomi-san.

Soba Restaurant, Urawa

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Nozomi-san and Akira-san (landlord and lady) took us out for dinner at a nice tempura and soba (noodles) restaurant.

Hiroshima and Miyajima

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Hiroshima castle, a temple on Miyajima island, and Marlene washing her hands before entering a shrine.

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Megumi playing with deer on Miyajima, the Hiroshima Dome close to where the atomic bomb landed, and in front of the eternal torch of peace.

Miyajima

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On the boat on the way over to Miyajima island, and the magnificent gate (torii)

Hakone

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Hakone is a couple of hours from Tokyo, close to the base of Mount Fuji. There is an open air art museum there, which seemed to bring the clown out of Dad somewhat!

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The first picture is the "inn" we stayed at in Hakone, the second is Dad and Marlene frolicking in traditional Japanese inn-wear, and the third is dad enjoying the view from inside a cable car.

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