A Brief Hello, from Japan

Photo by myself, in Tokyo, in Shibuya.

There are machines for canned and bottled drinks, and cigarettes everywhere in Japan.

Even on residential streets, you will come across a machine once in a while. Bottled water, sodas and iced coffee are available for around 100-150 yen, which is about $1.50-$2.00 US.

Tokyo is a very large city, broken up into various neighborhoods. The above photo was taken in Shibuya, where we stayed our first night. Shibuya is sort of like Times Square in that there are tons of people and giant billboards.

I've taken far fewer photos during our first days in Tokyo and Fukuoka for a couple reasons. One is that it is insanely hot. The other is that I was wearing the wrong footwear and was in a grumpy mood.

I don't recommend visiting Japan in August. The weather here is extremely humid. There are monsoon-like thunderstorms every afternoon.
    A young waitress sat outside a restaurant in the early morning. The wall is covered in graffiti-inspired stickers.


My fiance took this photo of some graffiti art.

For whatever reason, I've noticed a lot more graffiti on this trip. Stickers are everywhere, and some stickers are the product of graffiti artists in the US.

I'll be in Japan until the end of August. Photos will continue on this blog, in the meantime.

Related posts: Highlights from Japan, Part One, Highlights from Japan, Part Two, and Greetings, from Tokyo.