Friday, July 11, 2008

Photos from Japan, Part 11. Random scenes.

Cheryl took most of these pictures of random things in Japan.


This is what you see from the platform at the Shin Kashiwa train station.

Every city has its own design for manhole covers. Some of them are very pretty, like this one.

Another manhole cover.

This pretty little scene is in the Gion or geisha district in Kyoto.

This is a fire hydrant. Don't ask me how it works. Cheryl thought it was very unusual, so she took this picture.

Patty, John, Cheryl and Jessica went to do our laundry one day at this coin laundry. Cheryl saw schoolkids and had to take their picture.

These are the big refrigerators. Really. It's still much smaller than the standard fridges we have here. And the one in our rented house was the size of one of the dorm fridges.

We have dollar stores, they have 100-yen stores. This one is in Kobe.

The trash gods in Chiba are very strict. The pink bag on the left is for table scraps and paper or things that can be burned. The yellow bag is for recycled items like aluminum cans, plastic bottles, glass and cans.

Unlike here in the States, where you put your trash out in front of your yard, there's a certain spot to put your trash. This was our neighborhood spot. And this is just for things that can be recycled.

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