Kinkakuji--The Golden Pavilion in Kyoto, Japan

At the time of the tsunami near Sendai, Japan, we were inundated with disastrous images of Japan, so I thought it would be nice to show you what Sendai looked like before this disaster.
In the summer of 1968, my companion and I actually ran in between these beautiful fields as we went to visit an orphanage on the outskirts of Sendai. I keep praying that those children survived the tsunami last Friday.
I took this photo from the train as I approached Sendai when I was transferred there. It was fields like these or perhaps these very fields that we all saw flooded by the tsunami on March 11. Pain hits my heart every time I see the video of the flood waters washing away these tidy farms and homes with people inside.




Inside the gate to my apartment in Sendai, Japan


A tall 5 tier Pagoda at Ikegami Park in south Tokyo at cherry blossom time

The Buddist shrine that is inside of the tall pagoda which is pictured above

People eating under the cherry blossoms at Ikegami Park in Tokyo

The backyard garden of a home next to the Tokyo South Branch Chapel. It looked like theGarden of Eden, but I didn't have the right light to have you really see it in the photo.

A stone lantern at a shrine in Kyoto, Japan

An old home at the entrance of Ikegami Park in south Tokyo.

A modern mansion in Yokohama, Japan in 1967

Below is the Guard house at one corner of the Emperor's palace in Tokyo. Notice the moat that encircles the entire palace grounds.

One of the many ornate buildings at Nikko, Japan

Everything is to beautifully ornate at Nikko, I felt like I was in fairyland. They say that Nikko even makes the Gods smile. Below is the entrance gate to Nikko.
