Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Pics from Across the World

Sakura!

Enjoy Happy- Even Coke embraces the Engrish


Age is no reason not to embrace technology. Japanese people from 2-80 took pics of sakura with phones and digi cameras in parks across Tokyo

Engrish baby shower swag

One of the many people wearing masks in Japan. While it seems very uncomfortable, I wonder if Singapore would be less of a world flu hub if this practice was common here

Mt. Fuji from the hotel window in Tokyo - a luckily clear day

Pranksters (hazing or just fun?) entertain the masses during the pedestrian crossing section of a busy intersection in Shinjuku

Ladies in traditional kimonos send text messages under sakura trees

Typical downtown Tokyo intersection- looking at this pic, I can't even remember which intersection it is- Shibuya, Shinjuku, Akihabra, Ginza? So many lights across the city!

Typical Saturday in Ueno. First afternoon in Japan- welcome to the throngs!

Kamakura

Sakura wedding in Kamakura. The wedding party is enjoying a rickshaw ride. The contrast between tradition and modernity in Japan is one of the many fascinating juxtapositions that makes it so colorful.

Lanterns in sakura trees

First day of spring in the Luxembourg gardens in Paris

Friday Mass at Notre Dame de Paris

Sacre Coeur

A Gypsy begs on the steps of Sacre Coeur - some things don't change century after century

Sacre Jaguar
When in Paris, do as the Parisians do...eat, drink, and wear berets (perhaps it would have been more accurate to wear crazy trainers and skinny jeans...)

Couldn't resist just one pic of the classic

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