Here are some photos taken recently, most of them with my trusty Konika purchased in Akihabara, the "temple" of electronics in Tokyo. I've kept the resolution down so that they shouldn't take too long to download; please click on each picture to view it in full size.
RECENT PERSONAL PICS IN JAPAN
The "cordon bleu" at the cuisine, and yes Tagine can be prepared in as far away as Japan
At the Universal Studios Japan, during a trip to Osaka in August 2001
Though you get big titles in Japanese, foreign movies are subtitled
Sipping a morning coffee at Doutor in Asakusa, and next to my apartment with my old Nissan Silvia
PICTURES OF TYPICAL MOROCCO
Towns of Amazrou and Tamgrout in Daraa Valley, Ouarzazate
A village in Ouarzazate and a courtyard of a traditional house
Hands decorated with henna, the famous cosmetic dye; and the Guedra dance of the Sahara
A contrast view of the Atlas mountains overlooking Marrackech, and a view inside the old Portugese fortress in El Jadida
Carpets and rugs cover even the walls
Mosques of Yaqub Al Mansour, Marrackech, and Hassan II, Casablanca
PICTURES OF TYPICAL JAPAN
The Nakamise street linking the Kaminari-mon gate the Shrine (right) in Asakusa, Tokyo
A pagoda in Asakusa shrine and another one in Nikko, Tochigi
Koi fish in Asakusa shrine, and the big eel "shinkasen"
In Yokohama, the entrance to China Town, and further south the Kamakura Daibutsu
A Kendo lesson in Nikko and children in Nishinasuno during a
festival parade
Osaka Castle and a little girl in Kimono
A karaoke parlor and commercials on giant screens in front of Shibuya station
Night time agitation and neon lights in Shinjuku