Meiji Style Tokyo

One of my personal favorite periods of Japanese history is the Meiji period.  Tokyo really came into it's own during the Meiji period, and thanks to a thirst for modernizing combined with some horrific fires, much of modern Tokyo was rebuilt then.  Here are some examples of Meiji style buildings I came across this trip.

Tokyo Station

Emperor's Palace

National Museum

The End of the World

I went to Shizuoka to see a friend.  Shizuoka is the town right at the base of Mt. Fuji.  The order of the day was catching up, but we went to Tanuki lake which is supposed to reflect the image of Mt. Fuji.  This is what we saw instead.  It makes me think of what the world would look like if it was flat and you really could fall off of it.

Kaifeng Revisited

For two weeks this last summer I went back to Kaifeng.  It still has a certain chaos to it that Shenzhen has been orderly removing from itself.

Note the monkey