We started this weblog on June 1st and we've already made 200 posts! That's more than one entry per day! I thought this would be an appropriate time to finally get around to posting the remaining pictures from our trip to Japan. Here are some of our favorites for the last half of our trip:
Kintai-kyo ('kyo' means bridge) in Iwakuni. Iwakuni Castle on the mountain to the right.
![Kintai-kyo](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uJxm33ldF9P7uUJDHL_8qjkYL7URymG7wejQTcuK-Agz3Ol5RIR5yr5-JBRNzItvJOw-XXBEBE5cOIiSXtD3aVX_9W6T_2SvcOuTlPi2pSJbqmve2_KA=s0-d)
View of the torii gateway in Miyajima from the Itsukushima Shrine.
![View from the Itsukushima Shrine](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uyIhnH3HaCr3N218rsf7W6JNBSbf4VgnNOBYPLTwJCpRAq6GoSV3XVSztBKk_IyV7PZsEeyQwl-C7jDYk7TIJFUFadaKGL5OvSaahO_5GrSk_MhjrvYQ=s0-d)
Peace Memorial in Hiroshima with view of the A-Bomb Dome in the background.
![Peace Memorial in Hiroshima](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vhiuR3_FxkEd7FrwogN1u_KQCgt3w2ZtJe-CCqCgSXdI73D4bZSTYTONNw1AzyIUpSMTAFL4YDRunnF0_acefKUtkvjCRTKQLfIa-MiIZXd4q9TEVh=s0-d)
Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) in Kyoto.
![Kinkakuji - Golden Pavilion](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vj_cgwFG5dWQFVjDWNj6c6-OE_jVLWMuB3ojlKAVTz252385bGN5uhQSYI5FdOXFq1NH_82cgIjb_PjuV6b08s4IOthPEzwmTmbuoWORKwMucK2nVAeQ=s0-d)
Ninomaru Palace in Nijo Castle.
![Nijo-jo](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uuv_3a2MhJFGv-if_mD692i4DkNcSXhRYxopGdm9UPLclrUPWMRnignKxpH_Fe0pzUTKMzjRdKGW7pAX-7HofE9lGewEreHWU3mPMDD0ohXaiEP37tPA=s0-d)
Octopus waiting to be purchased at Ichiba Fish Market.
![Octopus](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u_joXtDWimmeL4t0Kiy9oYn1SaiMG-SqDb2wDS2TwQwpDbPBCGUR03sbn9hxzEeEQyfndUo6-YvBAIm4PavoVQdwgbHsOL10Rb0s32zpCw35-R1fJLLw=s0-d)
Mt. Fuji over Motosuko ('ko' means lake)
![Mt. Fuji over Motosuko](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uDYue9LjnQ6KePqjz_imV7u4ULNtpc-3RqK39s6zNPGdZ2gZ2KdeWvTu7zA07LDhFOOiwfdaUIFe-TPGjCMm5vZ49qQe7nhxLhqRsCd5txvw49fps8-g=s0-d)
Shiraito-no-taki (White thread waterfalls) in Yamanishi.
![Thousand waterfalls.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sRJlROI9OhZeYtOmKU7rahuBSP-HGxICsaw1yQ7ZLxFCVXREwZUPQdLwGBmQyjKijJXueXKlqHEwCFDfilR5j0sURGjXvy7StHzmqIu06jPLkbFLWqEg=s0-d)
Gyuusashi (made from the finest Kobe beef). Yum.
![Raw meat sushi](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u0WM1xdYpOnqafv3iVloJP3nQNDBhm7MCgPlEG4Snqt40LGJnTx3VVq-623qvhHZd8eE8FrqVH9aoOAo85QHJIpBdmKPkMZ6NHMZNXOZ_70wq08Ob2Nw=s0-d)
Joanne tying her not-so-good luck fortune. Sad.
![Joanne got not-so-good luck.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uVSRcahCt9TMegMyxj-Iy0i2LXfYqD0TZDjAm2V9lq7WBOws71EbcfxKW9sZTohDbS7hpNnLR0QfNzyP_thlkAXUFPjxGzgldy4EHHY0oxLo-55OjpEQ=s0-d)
Friendly little bug at the train station.
![Bug's belly](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uiL3ZabB49EYV83eUJmwhKqQbckzgPzUQqX7DkPU4wpRvuq6uJZeQP71tJOSHhvtM0imItUIonRlosq1XTGCM1QlAl28z6sbRxk78bgNw0JcM0rxFODw=s0-d)
Riding the fire engine at Tokyo Disney Sea at about 1 mph.
![Our fire engine ride at 1 mph.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tnIPpCg9wi2qB8alibIH5l95WcZoV3uPZguZJkigvxdiq7HIIj9wnoPmGEJrVeurm3VS5cVjVHAXQTrHlT8TiX1hZSvBlDt249h7T9sjsg-eVdXcbXUQ=s0-d)
On the Tokyo Bay Cruise to Odaiba.
![Russell and Joanne](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vPBKn7C6BWlzaLlifqoUm9kyWLhch-2f8nqmaeA8WD8ZrsV-aeJ4m3Wmzg5fLZjZNZdkgAOiX9TbDllJf_iLqJ0fYkPmzjD-6RB8rbw7NukwS8bu-R2Q=s0-d)
We had a great trip. If you want to plow through the full set of 213 pictures, have at it. Hey, it used to be 1400 of 'em!