This is like the China thread.

Here's a map in case you're not sure where some of the places are.



Now....pretty places in Japan!!

Aomori, Tohoku
Hirosaki Castle


Kyoto, Kinki
(Heian jingu)


Kyoto, Kinki
(Kinkakuji)


Nara, Kinki
(Sarusawa)


Nara, Kinki
(Todai shrine)


Yokohama, Kanto
(Sankeien)


Tokyo, Kanto
2 Tokyo has a Statue of Liberty


Tokyo, Kanto
...They have an Eiffel Tower too....just called "Tokyo Tower"


Yokohama, Kanto
(Chinatown)

cute!

Yokohama Chinatown has the best food

They have a statue of liberty? Is that one from France too?

damn this makes me want to go to japan.. the scenery looks beautiful

Fantastic pics FrenchVanillaNYC , esp the lovely rural scenes

I want to go too.


They copied both of them.
I think it's cute, you can go to a city with the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty together.

That bridge behind the "Statue of Liberty" is the Rainbow Bridge, it changes colors...it reminded me of San Francisco in more than one ways.

More TOKYO



Rainbow bridge


Imperial palace


Asakusa Shrine


Shinjuku


Street musicians in Ginza


Shibuya Ganguro


Interesting people in Harajuku

Japan has a lot of nice buildings, old and new. Must visit one day.

everytime i think of Japan, i feel claustrophobic.

the only place i feel like going in japan is kyoto.

I really want to visit Japan... Tokyo is very interesting, full ofthe latest gadgets. Kyoto is the old city, where my family is from. I also want to visit the less known cities and learn local customs.

Beautiful pictures FrenchVanilla =)

however the japanese got sorta owned because the statue of liberty that was given to them was pretty tiny compared to the original.

if that statue was in korea, i dont think anyone would want it there.

Why would they place a Statue of Liberty in Asia for? Especially in Japan.

supposedly the french gave it to them?

TOKYO (Reuters) -- The scale model used by French sculptor Frederic Bartholdi as a blueprint for the Statue of Liberty has been shipped to Tokyo to take part in Japan's yearlong festival of French culture. The 14-ton statue was divided into six pieces for its month-long journey from Paris, where it is normally on display near a bridge on the Seine River. It will be reassembled at Daiba Beach Park in Tokyo in April. The model's full-sized version, of course, was a gift from the French people in 1884, and stands at the entrance to New York Harbor.

Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.

source

and from what i seen in japan theyre pretty accepting of the americans. so they cool with that.

So is it sort of like a celebration in Japan also?

i've always been a tokyo boy -.-"

only cuz my dad lives there when he works -.-"

harajuku girls some of them are nice and some are just plain scary

Chii?

The cosplaying always looks interesting.

yeah....i think japan is a leading country in cosplay, even their aniome annual event,
lotsa ppl will wear cosplay ranging from dirrefent anime...