Sanjusangendo and Chishaku-In Gardens

Kyoto Gardens

The Gardens at Sanjusangendo and Chishaku-In in Kyoto

Yum Yum

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Local Street food market in Incheon, ROK.  The food looked delicious and there was so much of it!  Probably a dozen little huts set up all selling fruits, vegetables, and potatoes is varying kinds 🙂

Pearl Button Capital

Pearl Button Capital

My best picture of the pearl diver statue in Muscatine Iowa. For those who don’t know, Muscatine was the Pearl Button capital of the world. You may actually still have pearl buttons on some blouses, they are the whitish buttons with rainbow pastel colors. Usually very thin. This is where they gathered the pearls and made the buttons.

Korean War Memorial

Korean War Memorial

The Monument at the War Memorial of Korean. Funny thing, I thought it was supposed to be the Korean War Museum (i.e. just that war), but it is actually dedicated to all the wars they’ve fought in. So it included stuff clear back to the ancient days. This monument though was their big dedication to the Korean War.

Rushing Water

Rushing Water

Small waterfall amidst the big ones at Panther Falls in Virginia

Seoul

Seoul

I like this picture of Seoul; it almost looks like something out of the really old-fashioned cameras. 🙂

Prayer Notes

Prayer Notes

You can see these scattered across the streets of Japan and Korea; I found them kind of comforting 🙂

Lucky Cat

Lucky Cat

Lucky Cat! The kids love these 🙂 I have to admit, they are pretty precious.

Hydrangea Bushes

Hydrangea Bushes

I think the visitors at some of the Japanese Shrines were more interested in the flowers than in the shrines themselves. There were tons of huge SERIOUS cameras and tripods out and about being used to catch this particular bush. My little camera can hardly do justice to their beauty. 🙂