Japan 1998

Arrival in Japan: Narita airport. For foreigners: welcome to Japan. For Japanese: welcome home.

The luggage claim area of Narita airport.

A vending machine to buy tickets. Very comfortable for Japanese, very confusing for foreigners.

One of Japan's trademarks: beverage vending machines. You can find them every five meters, no matter where you walk.

Ofcourse, also Japan has been taken over by the Coca Cola company.

In 1996, you still had a good chance of finding these MSX soundtracks in CD stores in Japan: Parodius, Salamander, Gradius and a nice green CD.

A small restaurant. You can find restaurants like these on many stations and airports.

Coin lockers.

The first steps on Japanese ground. Would all those stories about shops full of MSX goodies be true?

A Tokyo main station, in the ward Ueno. The banner shows one of Japan's very fast shinkansen trains.

Ueno station from the outside.

Near Ueno station, Tokyo.

Cars in Tokyo.

Take near a famous park in Tokyo: Ueno Kouen, or, Ueno Park.

The map of Ueno park.

These stairs lead to Ueno park.

An overview of a street in Ueno.

A statue in Ueno park.

Cats all over the place. Aren't they cute?

These are called torii. They can be found near every shinto shrine. They mark the border between 'normal' and 'holy' territory.

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