Today, the Japanese retrospective continues. I continue to be deeply saddened by the horrors the people there have experienced. It is impossible to imagine the collective agony of all the people washed away or crushed.
There’s so little we can do so far away, so I’ll continue my impressions of the beauty and wonder of Japan.
Tokyo is a big town! About 35 million people call this home and it was named most livable megapolis in the world. Here’s a view of Mount Fuji in the distance from out my hotel window.
There’s more green space than you might imagine – sometimes in unusual places – like this rooftop garden visible from the hotel.
And some of the side streets in the city are very beautiful.
This is the Ginza District, known as one of the highest-end shopping districts in the world.
The moat around the Imperial Palace. It is the home of the Emperor and is generally off-limits to the public. During the height of the Japanese housing bubble in the 1980’s the UK Telegraph reported that the grounds and property were worth more than all the property in California.
This is the entrance to the Senso-ji Shrine.
I love that beauty is so highly valued in the Japanese culture. That rooftop garden is a magical oasis in the city.