On a day like today...

Origami in Tokyo.

Note: I’ve missed almost an entire week because I was sick and then just busy with work and life. It’s making me wonder about the 365 challenge and if it’s for me as I feel pressure to just select a photo, any photo, to share. And that makes it less fun for me. So I’m going to try for one more week and if it isn’t feeling good, I’ll turn it into a whenever-i-feel-like-it-travel-photo-blog.

In Japan, they have these areas outside building entrances where you can check your wet umbrella. Lock it up, avoid dripping water inside the building, and you know it will be waiting for you when you are ready to leave.

Tokyo, Japan.

There are people sitting at the bottom of this pool.

The Swimming Pool at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan.

The “floating” torii (gate) at the Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima, Japan.

Crossing the street in Kyoto, Japan.

Spring 2007.

Leading the way to a temple or shrine (I can’t remember which) on Mt. Takao, Japan.

The A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan.

Our room at the Shojoshin-in ryokan on Mount Koya (Koyasan), Japan.

Tokyo Disney shuttle bus.

Tokyo Disney Resort, Japan

Breakfast is served at the Matsui Honkan ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) in Kyoto, Japan.