One thing that is hard to miss upon arriving in Tokyo is how amazingly quiet it is for such a huge city. There is virtually no honking of horns, and no one yells. (These two things are especially noticeable if you've traveled for 10 weeks throughout other parts of Asia!!!)It's difficult to prove that with photos (and I wasn't willing to video a major intersection), but I've tried to show the exteremely quiet side of Tokyo. The first three are of Meiji Shrine (the Meiji period is a significant one of modernization in Japanese history when Japan rose to world power status). The temple is relatively indicative of others in the city, and was a real treat to see (unfortunately no weddings like the one we saw today at Heian shrine in Kyoto). The other two are simply two more from Shinjuku Imperial Gardens in which we both happened to like how we looked! (You'll notice a young model budding with the cherry blossoms behind me - that photo shoot was fun to watch on its own!)
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