Ditch's trip to Japan, in pictures

Please excuse the randomness.

Osaka-Jo (Osaka Castle):
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Sweet, sweet engrish:
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View at a temple in Kyoto:
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Hey, since you're riding the train, why not tie one on? You go to the Ryogoku train station in the 'center' of this building.
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Right next to the train station in Ryogoku is the Kokugikan (Sumo Hall) and the Edo Museum (Tokyo history).
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Sumo Hall, with me for size reference:
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New Japan tour bus:
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Chono shortly after winning the G-1. Sadly, lighting sucked for pictures in the Kokugikan other than this.
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One of the neat parts of Tokyo is Harajuku, near one of the main shrines. There you can see people dressed up in cool/weird outfits. Keep in mind that when I took these photos it was noon and at least 90 degrees out.
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The view from my 29th floor hotel. On the right is the Park Hyatt, where much of Lost in Translation took place.
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The Tokyo city government building, aka. the 100 billion yen 'tax tower'. Tallest building in Tokyo, though it wouldn't even be close to the tallest in most big cities. They're limited in height by earthquakes, otherwise Tokyo would be like Manhattan^2.
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View from the top of the 'tax tower' at night.
Park Hyatt- img244.imageshack.us/img244/1783/tokyonight12id.jpg
It goes on forever- img244.imageshack.us/img244/9186/tokyonight60kx.jpg
Lightning illuminates the city, 1- img244.imageshack.us/img244/7323/lightning18pw.jpg
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There are countless pachinko parlors in Japan. This is my favorite for sentimental reasons. OH~!
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Odaiba is a little-known (to gaijin tourists) artificial island with lots of nifty sights.
Fuji TV- img392.imageshack.us/img392/1835/odaiba11bi.jpg
Several buildings. Red thing on the right is the tent where Dragon Gate's "Every Day Pro Wrestling" occurs.
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This building > you. img392.imageshack.us/img392/9109/building31pk.jpg
Dragon Gate tour bus, which oddly enough passed me on the street a day later. img392.imageshack.us/img392/6968/dgbus22jk.jpg

Stalker Ichikawa taunts young Nakajima. Check out Nakajima's BOSS ring jacket. img392.imageshack.us/img392/4305/nakajimastalker8xi.jpg

Sasaki stands alone after nobody wants to fight him. img392.imageshack.us/img392/2272/sasaki7jx.jpg

Armwringers for all! img107.imageshack.us/img107/4808/armwringers22zz.jpg

Chicken fight! Note Sasaki's hat. Fantastic. img107.imageshack.us/img107/4443/chickenfight26gi.jpg

After the match, everyone salutes the greatest nation on earth. img107.imageshack.us/img107/8751/anthem0ot.jpg

Post-show, Stalker bids everyone farewell. img107.imageshack.us/img107/2320/stalker9oh.jpg

Odaiba at night.
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Rainbow Bridge and the harbor area buildings- img107.imageshack.us/img107/3039/odaibanight12jm.jpg


New Japan at an outdoor venue near the Tokyo Dome. Note the thing to the left, a play stage where they entered from. Note also the vending machines. img107.imageshack.us/img107/4327/newjapan29ws.jpg

Tokyo Dome! Somehow it doesn't look much taller than Sumo Hall, but it's a hell of a walk to get around. img107.imageshack.us/img107/937/dome20td.jpg

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View from the 'tax tower' during the day.
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3 (Great contrast between the few huge buildings and the endless, sprawling small ones)- img107.imageshack.us/img107/2830/tokyoday99vw.jpg
4 (ENDLESS, and it was like this in all directions, 360 degrees)- img107.imageshack.us/img107/5374/tokyoday119rd.jpg
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Bulletin board inside Korakuen. Just look at all those shows. img107.imageshack.us/img107/2748/korakuenboard1rb.jpg

Unzoomed shot while in Korakuen. img107.imageshack.us/img107/9000/unzoomed6lt.jpg

Double Iron Claw! img107.imageshack.us/img107/3926/doubleclaw2xo.jpg

Kentaro Shiga! img107.imageshack.us/img107/7213/shiga9ro.jpg

Taue/Sano vs Misawa/Shiozaki img107.imageshack.us/img107/6555/tauesanomisawago8jj.jpg

Rikio img107.imageshack.us/img107/1372/rikio6qr.jpg

LOOK AT THAT HAIR img107.imageshack.us/img107/2986/yone6aq.jpg

Minoru Suzuki after (I assume) taking candy from a baby. W/ KENTA's ass img107.imageshack.us/img107/8041/suzuki5us.jpg

Before the main event, which ruled img107.imageshack.us/img107/8157/premain9ma.jpg

Streamers! img107.imageshack.us/img107/6040/streamers3ox.jpg

Neither the first nor the last chop Kanemaru would take on the evening. img107.imageshack.us/img107/7738/kobashichop2cg.jpg

The stairs down from Korakuen, where all the graffiti of Japan is stored img107.imageshack.us/img107/4641/korakuenstairs9pt.jpg

And one's trip to Japan just isn't complete without seeing...
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