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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description></description><title>Mike Goes To Japan</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @mikegoestojapan)</generator><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Nakamise street, Asakusa, Tokyo.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmsiouoI1r4zctmo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmsiouoI1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmsiouoI1r4zctmo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmsiouoI1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmsiouoI1r4zctmo9_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmsiouoI1r4zctmo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmsiouoI1r4zctmo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmsiouoI1r4zctmo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmsiouoI1r4zctmo8_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmsiouoI1r4zctmo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nakamise street, Asakusa, Tokyo.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13675124449</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13675124449</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:05:52 +0900</pubDate><category>Asakusa</category><category>Tokyo</category></item><item><title>Sensō-ji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo.
View Asakusa in a larger map</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmh8trRN1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmh8trRN1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmh8trRN1r4zctmo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmh8trRN1r4zctmo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmh8trRN1r4zctmo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmh8trRN1r4zctmo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmh8trRN1r4zctmo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmh8trRN1r4zctmo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmh8trRN1r4zctmo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmmh8trRN1r4zctmo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sensō-ji temple in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asakusa" title="Asakusa - Wikipedia" target="_blank"&gt;Asakusa&lt;/a&gt;, Tokyo.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="400" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=216528200011726842917.0004b3425b1ff912fa594&amp;gl=jp&amp;brcurrent=3,0x60188ec46520e941:0xbe1af867bcaa2e5e,0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;ll=35.713242,139.796884&amp;spn=0.003485,0.005354&amp;z=17&amp;output=embed" width="500"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;small&gt;View &lt;a href="http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=216528200011726842917.0004b3425b1ff912fa594&amp;gl=jp&amp;brcurrent=3,0x60188ec46520e941:0xbe1af867bcaa2e5e,0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;ll=35.713242,139.796884&amp;spn=0.003485,0.005354&amp;z=17&amp;source=embed" target="_blank"&gt;Asakusa&lt;/a&gt; in a larger map&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13675087196</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13675087196</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:03:00 +0900</pubDate><category>Asakusa</category><category>Tokyo</category></item><item><title>Shibamata Taishakuten temple garden.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmm34iFeq1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmm34iFeq1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmm34iFeq1r4zctmo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmm34iFeq1r4zctmo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmm34iFeq1r4zctmo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmm34iFeq1r4zctmo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmm34iFeq1r4zctmo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmm34iFeq1r4zctmo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmm34iFeq1r4zctmo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmm34iFeq1r4zctmo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shibamata Taishakuten temple garden.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13674828228</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13674828228</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:47:00 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Shibamata Taishakuten temple in Katsushika, Tokyo.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmluzg1H31r4zctmo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmluzg1H31r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmluzg1H31r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmluzg1H31r4zctmo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmluzg1H31r4zctmo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmluzg1H31r4zctmo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmluzg1H31r4zctmo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmluzg1H31r4zctmo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmluzg1H31r4zctmo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmluzg1H31r4zctmo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibamata_Taishakuten" title="Shibamata Taishakuten - Wikipedia" target="_blank"&gt;Shibamata Taishakuten&lt;/a&gt; temple in Katsushika, Tokyo.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13674747389</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13674747389</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:42:00 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>The main street of Shibamata, in the Katsushika ward of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmlkrBEwg1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmlkrBEwg1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmlkrBEwg1r4zctmo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmlkrBEwg1r4zctmo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmlkrBEwg1r4zctmo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmlkrBEwg1r4zctmo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmlkrBEwg1r4zctmo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmlkrBEwg1r4zctmo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The main street of Shibamata, in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsushika,_Tokyo" title="Katsushika - Wikipedia" target="_blank"&gt;Katsushika&lt;/a&gt; ward of Tokyo.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="400" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=216528200011726842917.0004b3424d50305ef058a&amp;gl=jp&amp;brcurrent=3,0x601885bccca9a1b1:0xecedfd3b80f04639,0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;ll=35.758406,139.87793&amp;spn=0.003483,0.005354&amp;z=17&amp;output=embed" width="500"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;small&gt;View &lt;a href="http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=216528200011726842917.0004b3424d50305ef058a&amp;gl=jp&amp;brcurrent=3,0x601885bccca9a1b1:0xecedfd3b80f04639,0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;ll=35.758406,139.87793&amp;spn=0.003483,0.005354&amp;z=17&amp;source=embed" target="_blank"&gt;Shibamata, Tokyo, Japan&lt;/a&gt; in a larger map&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13674647037</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13674647037</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:36:00 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>A Pikachu on the Tokyo Tower.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmla6ZkFO1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Pikachu on the Tokyo Tower.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13674874113</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13674874113</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:50:00 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Tokyo Tower, from the Special Observatory.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkxvfGFT1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkxvfGFT1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkxvfGFT1r4zctmo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkxvfGFT1r4zctmo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkxvfGFT1r4zctmo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkxvfGFT1r4zctmo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkxvfGFT1r4zctmo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkxvfGFT1r4zctmo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkxvfGFT1r4zctmo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkxvfGFT1r4zctmo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tokyo Tower, from the Special Observatory.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13674845066</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13674845066</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:49:00 +0900</pubDate><category>Tokyo</category></item><item><title>The famous Tokyo Tower, and panoramic views of Tokyo.
View 東京タワー...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkquxv9C1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkquxv9C1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkquxv9C1r4zctmo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkquxv9C1r4zctmo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkquxv9C1r4zctmo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkquxv9C1r4zctmo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkquxv9C1r4zctmo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkquxv9C1r4zctmo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkquxv9C1r4zctmo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmkquxv9C1r4zctmo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The famous &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower" title="Tokyo Tower - Wikipedia" target="_blank"&gt;Tokyo Tower&lt;/a&gt;, and panoramic views of Tokyo.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="400" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=216528200011726842917.0004b3423aa4619d4820c&amp;gl=jp&amp;brcurrent=3,0x60188bbd9a93fb75:0x34e0de0018b3269,0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;vpsrc=0&amp;ll=35.658613,139.74545&amp;spn=0.003487,0.005354&amp;z=17&amp;output=embed" width="500"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;small&gt;View &lt;a href="http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=216528200011726842917.0004b3423aa4619d4820c&amp;gl=jp&amp;brcurrent=3,0x60188bbd9a93fb75:0x34e0de0018b3269,0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;vpsrc=0&amp;ll=35.658613,139.74545&amp;spn=0.003487,0.005354&amp;z=17&amp;source=embed" target="_blank"&gt;東京タワー (Tokyo Tower)&lt;/a&gt; in a larger map&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13674839959</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/13674839959</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:48:00 +0900</pubDate><category>Tokyo</category></item><item><title>Hana no Mai, an “izakaya” restaurant in Totsuka. ...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu8a0p7VH91r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu8a0p7VH91r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu8a0p7VH91r4zctmo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu8a0p7VH91r4zctmo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu8a0p7VH91r4zctmo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hana no Mai, an “&lt;a title="Izakaya - Wikipedia" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izakaya"&gt;&lt;em&gt;izakaya&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;” restaurant in Totsuka.  Izakaya is the Japanese version of a tavern, where a party orders drinks and rounds of appetizers to share, including a variety of meats, sushi, sashimi, rice dishes, and other traditional Japanese “chopstick-foods.”  The last picture is a &lt;a title="Baniku - Wikipedia" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat#Japan"&gt;&lt;em&gt;baniku sashimi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, or thinly-sliced, raw horse meat.  Surprisingly delicious!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12441654544</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12441654544</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:12:05 +0900</pubDate><category>food</category></item><item><title>Some pictures of where I am staying in Totsuka, Yokohama,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu69vy1iFG1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu69vy1iFG1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu69vy1iFG1r4zctmo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu69vy1iFG1r4zctmo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu69vy1iFG1r4zctmo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu69vy1iFG1r4zctmo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu69vy1iFG1r4zctmo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu69vy1iFG1r4zctmo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu69vy1iFG1r4zctmo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu69vy1iFG1r4zctmo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some pictures of where I am staying in Totsuka, Yokohama, Japan.  Old buildings stand next to new structures, just as modern culture blends with tradition.  On one end of my street, a quiet-looking village; and on the other, a busy highway.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Below is a map of my immediate surroundings, with the pedestrian bridge being the nearest landmark.  Pan east to find the 7-Eleven store, and pan west to find a McDonald’s restaurant.  Click “View Larger Map” to enable street view.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?vpsrc=6&amp;ctz=-540&amp;brcurrent=3,0x6018501566ee8001:0x1fcaddb7baf7c7cc,0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=216528200011726842917.0004b0f5d449a632eaa49&amp;t=h&amp;ll=35.379035,139.508976&amp;spn=0.00175,0.002677&amp;z=18&amp;output=embed" frameborder="0" height="400" scrolling="no" width="500"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;small&gt;View &lt;a href="http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?vpsrc=6&amp;ctz=-540&amp;brcurrent=3,0x6018501566ee8001:0x1fcaddb7baf7c7cc,0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=216528200011726842917.0004b0f5d449a632eaa49&amp;t=h&amp;ll=35.379035,139.508976&amp;spn=0.00175,0.002677&amp;z=18&amp;source=embed" target="_blank"&gt;Totsuka, Yokohama, Japan&lt;/a&gt; in a larger map&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12359116980</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12359116980</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:28:00 +0900</pubDate><category>Totsuka</category><category>whereami?</category></item><item><title>There is a 7-Eleven convenience store nearby.  I got an 8 oz....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu697wr0dj1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu697wr0dj1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a 7-Eleven convenience store nearby.  I got an 8 oz. can of Boss coffee, BLACK flavor.  It tastes how a ￥120 (~$1.50) canned coffee should taste: stale, but completely satisfying.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12358710961</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12358710961</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:14:19 +0900</pubDate></item><item><title>Japanese breakfast is the best kind of breakfast.  It’s...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5wdlLpup1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Japanese breakfast is the best kind of breakfast.  It’s more like first lunch; and at lunchtime, you get to eat second lunch!  This is a Pizza-La teriyaki chicken pizza pocket I had for breakfast this morning.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12347801885</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12347801885</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:39:09 +0900</pubDate><category>food</category></item><item><title>Hanbāgu (Japanese Hamburg steak) for dinner, paired with a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5w7iOrfS1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_steak#Salisbury_steak_around_the_world" target="_blank" href="http://Hanb%C4%81gu%20-%20Wikipedia"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hanbāgu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Japanese Hamburg steak) for dinner, paired with a light, refreshing &lt;a title="Sapporo USA" target="_blank" href="http://www.sapporousa.com/"&gt;Sapporo&lt;/a&gt; Mugi to Hoppu beer. Oishikatta!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12347799144</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12347799144</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:39:05 +0900</pubDate><category>food</category></item><item><title>Walking home from the bus stop, I studied another of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5vplKxsX1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5vplKxsX1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Walking home from the bus stop, I studied another of Japan’s ubiquitous “&lt;a title="jidō-hanbaiki - Wikipedia" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jido_hanbaiki#Japan"&gt;&lt;em&gt;jidō-hanbaiki&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,” or vending machines.  After seeing literally hundreds of vending machines in the four days I have been in Japan, this one was special:  This one had Mountain Dew!  Same great taste, fewer English words!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(And, yes, you are correct, that is American actor Tommy Lee Jones.)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12347795476</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12347795476</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:39:00 +0900</pubDate><category>food</category><category>vendingmachines</category><category>weirdjapan</category></item><item><title>Nishi-Ku Ward, Yokohama, Japan.  (KFC Japan website here.)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5slwZyaU1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5slwZyaU1r4zctmo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5slwZyaU1r4zctmo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5slwZyaU1r4zctmo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5slwZyaU1r4zctmo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5slwZyaU1r4zctmo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5slwZyaU1r4zctmo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5slwZyaU1r4zctmo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5slwZyaU1r4zctmo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; DDR XG2 Machine in Yokohama Game Center&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5slwZyaU1r4zctmo11_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nishi-Ku Ward, Yokohama, Japan.  (KFC Japan website &lt;a title="KFC Japan" target="_blank" href="http://www.kfc.co.jp/top.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12347789744</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12347789744</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:38:00 +0900</pubDate><category>Yokohama</category></item><item><title>Gyūdon (beef bowl) for lunch in Yokohama.  A filling bowl of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5up8bXIQ1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Gyūdon - Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C5%ABdon" target="_blank"&gt;Gyūdon&lt;/a&gt; (beef bowl) for lunch in Yokohama.  A filling bowl of delicious beef and rice for only 380 yen!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12347792608</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12347792608</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:38:00 +0900</pubDate><category>food</category></item><item><title>Denny’s restaurant, Yokohama.  (Denny’s Japan...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu32x7yUII1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu32x7yUII1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Denny’s restaurant, Yokohama.  (Denny’s Japan website &lt;a title="Denny's Japan" href="http://www.dennys.jp/dny/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12281585888</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12281585888</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:10:09 +0900</pubDate><category>weirdjapan</category></item><item><title>Vending machines. (The last picture is a convenience store...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu32tgNWZr1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu32tgNWZr1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu32tgNWZr1r4zctmo3_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu32tgNWZr1r4zctmo4_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vending machines. (The last picture is a convenience store beverage shelf with hot canned coffee and tea.)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12281584464</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12281584464</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:10:05 +0900</pubDate><category>vendingmachines</category></item><item><title>Pizza-La pizza for dinner, complete with a tall Kirin Lager. ...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu32ntq6f31r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu32ntq6f31r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pizza-La pizza for dinner, complete with a tall &lt;a title="Kirin Brewery - Wikipedia" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirin_Brewery_Company"&gt;Kirin&lt;/a&gt; Lager.  (Kirin Brewery Company website &lt;a title="Kirin Brewery Home" target="_blank" href="http://www.kirin.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12281583717</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12281583717</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:10:02 +0900</pubDate><category>food</category></item><item><title>Mount Fuji, or for the Japanese-speaking: Fuji-san. (Literally,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu320u5HzG1r4zctmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu320u5HzG1r4zctmo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu320u5HzG1r4zctmo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu320u5HzG1r4zctmo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu320u5HzG1r4zctmo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu320u5HzG1r4zctmo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu320u5HzG1r4zctmo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mount Fuji, or for the Japanese-speaking: Fuji-san. (Literally, “Mister Fuji”)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12281583052</link><guid>http://mikegoestojapan.tumblr.com/post/12281583052</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:09:59 +0900</pubDate><category>MountFuji</category></item></channel></rss>
