Turning Japanese Again

I’d originally planned to go to somewhere like Australia this year. But when Chris told me that he was going to get married, the last thing I could do was miss the blessed event (see Chris and Kaz’s Wedding). When the plan had come up, my cousin Jen had (more or less) begged to come along. I figured: “What the hey? It’ll be fun.” It most certainly was.

The trip ran from 25 March 2004 (departure from Canada) to 10 April 2004. This is a selection of images with captions — the rest of the photos that I’ve posted appear in the journal entries for those dates.

Poor doggieToyohashi, JapanExpress train in Kamakuradsc02221dsc02097dsc02098dsc02217Great Buddha of KamakuraMomijiso dinnerdsc02214JR Toyohashi stationdsc02207dsc02225Japanese bedTempozan Ferris wheel in Osaka187-8758_img188-8897_imgGreat Buddha of Kamakuradsc02160186-8637_imgdsc02164189-8905_img191-9176_imgOtsu from the top of Mt. Hieidsc02139187-8739_img187-8735_img187-8734_imgMiyajima ToriMonkey Boy and ChrisTony, the Monkey BoyJen and her new Japanese plush toyBrothers185-8564_img186-8617_img191-9175_img186-8613_img187-8748_img187-8730_img185-8580_imgdsc02144dsc02163187-8721_imgdsc02121185-8559_img185-8578_img186-8679_img191-9189_img185-8565_img185-8568_imgdsc02131Kaz and her father enter the chapelChris gettin' hitched186-8622_imgdsc02129Heian Shrine187-8731_img185-8567_img185-8594_img185-8561_imgdsc02123185-8581_img186-8607_img186-8626_imgdsc02125185-8586_img185-8588_img185-8592_imgIn an izikaya in Toyohashi185-8597_img186-8694_imgAltar at the Irako View Hotel wedding chapeldsc02130dsc02138Family picturesIn the izikayadsc02148185-8571_img185-8584_img187-8725_imgdsc02119186-8615_img187-8760_img185-8572_img186-8606_img185-8569_img186-8620_img186-8677_img185-8575_imgHeian Shrine in Kyoto186-8675_img185-8573_img185-8582_img186-8612_img185-8566_imgChris and his mom enter the chapel185-8570_imgdsc02145185-8591_img186-8624_img

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