Tokyo Snap Shots

Taken by Himiko Rose Komatsu Shapiro     Gunma Prefecture One of only eight landlocked prefectures in Japan, it is the northwestern-most prefecture of the Kanto plain. Mt. Haruna A dormant stratovolcano in Gunma. The mountain is made famous in the manga series “Initial D”. Taken by Koichiro Aono     Yamanashi Prefecture A landlocked prefecture, featuring a fertile central valley, the Kofu Basin, surrounded by many of the highest mountains in Japan including the highest, Mt. Fuji located on the southern border with Shizuoka. Tsuru Located in southeastern Yamanashi Prefecture, in the foothills of Mount Fuji. Taken by Sarah

Fukaya, Saitama Pref Taken by Ayumi Hirokawa   Roppongi Hills, Tokyo Taken by Mayu Takeda   Chidorigafuchi, Chiyoda-ku Taken by Kaori Ochiai Taken by Kumiko Fukazawa Taken by Masanori Tsuchibuchi Taken by Chigusa Shimada   Kawagoe, Saitama Pref Taken by Houda Sellami   Imperial Palace, Chiyoda-ku Taken by Masanori Tsuchibuchi   Kasukabe, Saitama Pref Taken by Masanori Tsuchibuchi Taken by Kazuhiro Hayakawa   Shibuya Station Taken by Miwa Mitani Taken by Tadamasa Sawayama   Ueno Park, Taito-ku Taken by Sarah Nishina Taken by Hideki Ohara Taken by Tomoki Iio Taken by Sarah Nishina   Chofu, Tokyo Taken by Deborah Ann

  Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building – Starting Point Taken by Naoko Okada   Taken by Shingo Yoshida     Near Shiba Koen Park, Minato-ku Taken by Mekdachi Khalil     Asakusa, Taito-ku Taken by Hiromi Suzuki     Higashi-nihombashi, Chuo-ku Taken by Hiroyuki Atsumi     Nihombashi, Chuo-ku Taken by Chieko Tanaka   Tsukiji, Chuo-ku Taken by Sakurako Sato ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ GOAL: TOKYO BIG SIGHT  

Taken by Takahiro Suzuki   Mt. Fuji (富士山) It is considered to be particularly good luck to dream of Mt. Fuji, a hawk, and an eggplant in the new year. This belief has been in place since the early Edo period. Taken from Lake Ashi (Hakone, Kanagawa Pref) by Yayoi Minowa Taken from Katsuragiyama (Izunokuni, Shizuoka Pref) by Yuko Murayama Taken from Yokohama by Haruko Nishimura   The first sunrise (初日の出, Hatsuhinode) One of many “firsts” that the Japanese take note of during the celebration of the new year. This tradition has been practiced since ancient times – originally performed

Tokyo Skytree, Sumida-ku A 634-meter television broadcasting tower. Taken by Sarah Nishina Taken by Hiromi Suzuki Taken by Mai Kaneko   Ambassade de France à Tokyo (Embassy of France in Tokyo) Taken by Mike Staffa (Pirates of Tokyo Bay) Taken by Kenzo Tamukai   Hachiko Square, Shibuya-ku One of the busiest and best-known meeting places in Tokyo. Taken by Kenny Hi Taken by Isao Tokuhashi  

This expo is one of the largest travel events in the world, which presents Japan as a tourism nation to the world, further developing outbound, inbound and domestic travel. It was held on September 26 and 27 at Tokyo Big Sight. *Asia Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11165 *Japan Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11202 *North/South America Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11230 *Europe Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11248 *Middle East/Africa/Oceania Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11282   Narita Airport The predominant international airport, handling around 50% of Japan’s international passenger traffic and 60% of its international air cargo traffic. As of 2013, Narita was the second-busiest passenger airport in Japan (after Haneda Airport in Tokyo), and was the

This expo is one of the largest travel events in the world, which presents Japan as a tourism nation to the world, further developing outbound, inbound and domestic travel. It was held on September 26 and 27 at Tokyo Big Sight. *Asia Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11165 *Japan Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11202 *North/South America Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11230 *Europe Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11248 *Airports & Airlines Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11304   Middle East Palestine Jordan   Africa South Africa   Oceania New Zealand Australia introducing its wine products  

This expo is one of the largest travel events in the world, which presents Japan as a tourism nation to the world, further developing outbound, inbound and domestic travel. It was held on September 26 and 27 at Tokyo Big Sight. *Asia Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11165 *Japan Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11202 *North/South America Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11230 *Middle East/Africa/Oceania Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11282 *Airports & Airlines Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11304   Iceland Mascot character of Iceland Turkey  

This expo is one of the largest travel events in the world, which presents Japan as a tourism nation to the world, further developing outbound, inbound and domestic travel. It was held on September 26 and 27 at Tokyo Big Sight. *Asia Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11165 *Japan Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11202 *Europe Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11248 *Middle East/Africa/Oceania Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11282 *Airports & Airlines Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11304   Peru Colombia He’s making a presentation of California cheeses. Japan’s recent most popular anime called “Yokai Watch” is being exposed in Hawaii to promote tourism in Japan.  

This expo is one of the largest travel events in the world, which presents Japan as a tourism nation to the world, further developing outbound, inbound and domestic travel. It was held on September 26 and 27 at Tokyo Big Sight. *Asia Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11165 *North/South America Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11230 *Europe Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11248 *Middle East/Africa/Oceania Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11282 *Airports & Airlines Section: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/11304   Kochi Prefecture, located on the south coast of Shikoku Chiba Prefecture, located in the Greater Tokyo Area Shiga Prefecture, which forms part of the Kansai region in the western part of Honshu island. It encircles Lake Biwa, the largest