Veiws from Tokyo

Our friend from Albuquerque, Lisa Dunlop, came for a visit last month. These photos are from our touring around Tokyo. We showed Lisa the best of what Tokyo could offer: Plastic display food, Lolicom Highschool girls dressed as freaks and Bow Peeps, Shrines, Japanese drummers, and the early morning fish market. Here are the highlights.

Even old drag queens partake in the fashion. Complete with inward pointing (childlike) toes. 

who could be emailing her? Edward Scissorhands? 

Little Bow Peep and her bunny 

Food display at a resturant...notice the giant 'party' gyoza. 

Always check with your friend before getting dressed in the morning...you never know when you might wind up wearing the same Little Red Riding Hood cape with furry heart pockets. 

the dark twins 

Hanging out on the street. 

Straw covered tree in a Japanese Garden. 

Monkey street performance in Asakusa neighborhood. 

Details in a Japanese Garden. 

With Lisa at a cozy bar. 

Ginza neighborhood at night...picking up Leta from work. 

Shinto priest. 

Christine and our Brit. friend, Thanh. 

A run in with a Sumo wrestler in Tokyo Train Station. 

Colorful strings under the red umbrella. 

sake barrels...my favorite sight.  

Wedding party taking a lap around Meiji Shrine lead by Shinto Priests and followed by family. 

A Taiko Drum performance at Meiji Shrine, Tokyo. 

Prayer plaques at Meiji Shrine 

Temple guardian with monsterous nipples that look like flowers. 

Shamisen, three stringed Japanese guitar. 

Bride and Groom 

grand finale 

Lion giving a child a goodluck nibble on the head.