Joe's Picture Page:

Japan Pics:  (more pics to be coming soon, when I get my slides scanned)
 
 

	This is the view as the group walked out of the hotel in Osaka.
	Moro, Patty, and ASB pres.
	Domesitic and trained deer in the park surrounding the giant golden budha in Kyoto.
	Joe san , get thee to a  nunery. unloading the cars at the monestary in nara .
	Moro modeling for me in front of a beatifull fountain in kyoto.
	Another pic of downtown osaka.
	Rock path leading up to the tomb of the emperor of Japan.
	The main gate to the tomb.
	The view of the tomb over the gate.
	Dr. Valeau (pres of college) a little buzzed during first party between host students and us.
	Keiko, Maza with mothers respectively.
	Vicki, Moro, Patti, ??, Ceicly, Kinta.
	Keiko's mom.
	Dr. Valeau, me and David devouring a delicious fish delacasy.
	Dr. Valeau a little tipsy from ber. (beer)
	Keiko with a platter of the cypress tree in pacific grove.
	Another beatifull view of downtown osaka.
	Vicki being cased by the cops. (heheheh)
	Dr. Valeau and Kinta.
	mmm.. cake.
	Moro was just too humble sometimes.
	Ran didn't have that problem... he was a ham for the camera.
	Kinta with another cool plate.
	Ran and Ceicily.
	Again... while they ham it up for the cameras.
	Keiko with mom and ceicily.
	Lucky charms.
	Ok guys ham up a pose or two...
	Vicki oversees the unwrapping of her gift to moro.
	Talk about using all space... this is a shopping mall under nara-sin or new nara. I didnt get a pic of the family farms in the turnouts of freeways, but they did use all land they could find.
	In front of a temple.
	The great light work of the fujita nara hotel.
	David, still on his mission to find pepsi.
	A seriously needed rest break, while the guys look up how to say that we're lost, and me checking out the japaneese verions of austin powers in the background.
	Our guide telling us not to get eatin by the doemestic deer in the giant golden budha temple and parklands.
	Another beatiful view of the fujita nara hotel.
	With da flash in a shop.
	With out da flash same shop..
	Hotel fujita nara again.
	And the front of this beatiful hotel, which i never got to stay in... we were put in the motel 6 (japan version) in the city...
	Moro modeling the fountain.
	Gift shops gift shops gift shops. (lobby of fujita hotel) (without flash)
	Making Mochi
	It's hard work... and i got to do it later in visit.
	I bought half of my families gifts right in this shop... it was beatiful with arts, crafts and great service personel..
	In front of the emperor's tomb with a man that spoke as  good or better english then i did at the time... he was from all places little rock AK. and was home visiting family for cultural heritage week.
	Great skyline over the emperor's tomb.
	Another view of the gate for the tomb.
	Moro thought the comment i made about the guy behind him was hilarous.
	The opening walkway to the palace of the giant golden budha.
	Those doors which are about two stories tall each, are opened up during festivals and you can see the giant golden budha's face through them.
	"Gaigin" certainly don't stand out in a crowd of highschool students do they? This is the opening to the temple.
	Us waiting for permission to enter the temple with our own personal guide... i liked going ahead with david, without guides.. :)
	Light a prayer insence for a lost friend or loved one.
	Ceicily getting caught up of the wonderfull smells and sounds in front of the temple.
	This is the alter 20 feet below the golden budha's feet.
	One of the many prayer stations on the way into the temple.
	Kids gather round to try to fit through the golden budhas nostril. The  hole in the post is the same size as the hole of the nostril for the golden budha, so to expirence the breath of budha, and to have fun they slink there way through the hole. I was the first outsider (gaigin) to make it through the hole that day.
	Nice group shot in front of the temple.
	Koi  the size of volkwagens were swimming around in this lake... it's about half as deep as it is wide.
	Ah the leecherous deer, watch any apendage when they are around, they will eat anything like goats!
	A deer stalking a woman park goer.
	This is when david loses part of his camera bag to the deer, the signs dont say "feed one, you have a herd following you for the rest of the day".
	Beatiful lake view.
	Outer entrance wall to the golden budha temple.
	Our group getting itself together to go into the temple.
	Ran spending what he did most of the trip, advising how to trade stock options... reminded me of home.
	OK the tour guide is lost too... it's nice to know im not the only one.
	Walk up view of temple.
	A sorry attempt to picture the 12 story statue in low light.
	Same alter, differt angle.
	One of the 3 story guards to the temple.
	A beautiful museam in Kyoto.
	Me talking a picture of patti taking a picture of me....
	Yes I am a star. This is Kinta's friend who came over to hang out with us.
	The second of the guarding statues of the temple.
	And the third statue.
	I loved the ancient gutter system they had here in Kyoto.
	A view set back from the second guarding statue.
	A picture taken of Yamagata from one of the thousand temples in the thousand temple moutain park.
	5th temple up mountain with host family in tow.
	Another view of Yamagata.
	Majestic view of a temple.
	We are all watching a soap box preacher in front of a temple... fascinating.
	Majestic walkways up the mountain... it is worth the 5000 foot hike up the hill.
	Before and after. the monks used the caves that naturally occured here, built more, then built the woden temples all sceen here. the caves are 4000? years old, the buildings are 1000 years old reconditioned from the originals.
	Inside one of the mini temples on the way up the mountain.
	A glance at a bell ringing ceremony to keep good spirits near the ringer.
	My host family who is really sick of climbing up this hill with me.
	Outside the second temple.
	Fellow hikers and site seerers on the trail.
	A prayer alter, drop coins in the box, clap your hands three times, feel good.
	Outside view of one of the small temples.
	My host dad taking a stroll.
	Another gorgeous view of Yamagata.
	Incense alter and budha behind it.
	A river runs through it... beautiful scene of yamagata.

	Statues and alters in rememberacne. For small children that die very young, theses alters are placed in rememberacne, and passerby's stack small stones on them to help the children build their "stairway to heaven".
	Another look from inside the temple... hrmm i might be japaneese, i have the same motiff in my own room.
	Shops shops shops
	Host mother looking for somethign sweet to eat.
	Yes there are even more temples. I stopped looking at everyone after about the first 200. :)
	Yes we're tired put the camera away.
	Nice palmtop.. the thing that struck me, no heavy railing to keep people from falling and sui-ing, hrmmm... cause they would be dead from this altitude. :)
	More of joe's motiff in the second temple.
	Another beatiful view.
	A postcard of the great budha.
	A postcard of the deer in nara park.
	A postcard of the the giant budha temple with the doors open to see the statue's face.
	A postcard of ancient dancers.
	A postcard of the 5 story pagota in kyoto.
	Another postcard of the giant budha temple.
	Postcard of the same temple from a distance.
	Another postcard of 5 story pagota in winter.
	A postcard of Yamato plain with a sunset.
	Postcard of 5 story pagota scene through persimon tree.
	Postcard of Sagi-ike pond in winter.
	Postcard of Horyuji temple.
	Postcard of Nara park deer.
	Another postcard of nara deer.
	Another postcard of great budha temple.
	A postcard of Kasuga shrine.
	Postcard of twin pagotas in Yakushiji temple.
	Mansize budha at 1000 budha temple, the longest wodden structure in the world.
	More ripening persimons with 5 story pagota in background.
	Cherry blosoms with 5 story pagota.
	Museam budha.
	Wild deer in kyoto.
	Night time traffic near pagota.
	Horyuji temple.
	Longest wooden building.
	Horyuji temple again.
	Great budha temple.
	Nara deer.
	Temple in kyoto.
	Smokey moutains around nara with deer.
	Sunset in nara.
	Kabuki theater in nara.
	Twin pagotas in Yakushiji temple.
	Overhead view of kyoto.
	Torches set ablaze.
	Horyuji temple.
	Same scene with anual grass lands set ablaze.
	Dawn scene in horyuji temple.
	Reversed view.
	Another dawn view.
	Dawn view of Great budha temple.
	Rock formation in nara.

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