Pictures Of My trip to Japan! (page 3)

Pictures Of My trip to Japan! (page 3) Yosuke's country house, an old town from the Meiji period and, finally, back home to the US.

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(81K) 500 x 307 Then, Yosuke (one of the Japanese friends I was staying with) Phil, and I went out to the country--Yosuke had bought an old temple and had turned it into a country house.
(142K) 1024 x 768 Yosuke's friend's pottery studio

(248K) 1018 x 678 his kiln
(210K) 747 x 943 Here's Yosuke near the kiln

(96K) 1024 x 768 A tea bowl
(124K) 768 x 1024 Later we went out to an old town that hadn't changed since the Meiji period (about 300 years ago).

(158K) 1024 x 768 Here's a drug store that was preserved from the Meiji period.
(165K) 768 x 1024 In a temple, there was a Madonna with its head chopped off as a warning to the early Christians(1600's)--the Japanese Government felt that the West (in the form of the church) was a threat to their authority.

(260K) 768 x 1024 Another shot of the temple
(134K) 768 x 1024 A strange Japanese plant that grows its berries on the leaf.

(77K) 500 x 373 A sad picture taken near the end of the War (WWII); They were donating their temple bells to the war effort (some of the bells were hundreds of years old).
(190K) 768 x 1024 And finally, the plane ride home--This is the first of the US that I saw.

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(81K) 500 x 307	Then, Yosuke (one of the Japanese friends I was staying with) Phil, and I went out to the country--Yosuke had bought an old temple and had turned it into a country house.	(142K) 1024 x 768	Yosuke's friend's pottery studio
(248K) 1018 x 678	his kiln	(210K) 747 x 943	Here's Yosuke near the kiln
(96K) 1024 x 768	A tea bowl	(124K) 768 x 1024	Later we went out to an old town that hadn't changed since the Meiji period (about 300 years ago).
(158K) 1024 x 768	Here's a drug store that was preserved from the Meiji period.	(165K) 768 x 1024	In a temple, there was a Madonna with its head chopped off as a warning to the early Christians(1600's)--the Japanese Government felt that the West (in the form of the church) was a threat to their authority.
(260K) 768 x 1024	Another shot of the temple	(134K) 768 x 1024	A strange Japanese plant that grows its berries on the leaf.
(77K) 500 x 373	A sad picture taken near the end of the War (WWII); They were donating their temple bells to the war effort (some of the bells were hundreds of years old).	(190K) 768 x 1024	And finally, the plane ride home--This is the first of the US that I saw.