More sights around the capital.
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| Seeing this date made me stop. Think about it, that's when Shakespeare was born, 200 years before America got going. |
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| Nihonbashi - literally "Japan Bridge" |
In its first 17th century construction, this bridge was made of wood and a subject of many
ukiyo-e (wood-block) prints. The current stone version was built in 1911.
Nihonbashi is so important to the Japanese, when they determine a place's distance from Tokyo, they measure it from this bridge.
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| Rick & Hiroko with the famous lions of Mitsukoshi department store. Thank you for a wonderful weekend! |
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| Amida Buddha in the center of Mitsukoshi. |
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| Posing at the Imperial Palace's East Gardens. Although they're called "gardens," the main area is a gravel square for people to converge on holidays. |
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