Most of these pics I took myself, using a tiny tripod I bought in Tokyo...
Thus in some I look larger-than-life. Or maybe I AM larger-than-life...

Capsule 3029 at the Capsule Hotel (Shinjuku)

Karaoke Room with Beth and Christine (Tokyo)

Starting Up Mt Fuji-san

4:15 AM, Mt Fuji-san Summit

Fuji-san Crater (people almost too small to see in upper right corner)

Posing Japanese in Tokyo Tower

And At Imperial Palace (British Tourists say, "No Smiling!")

The Massive and Mysterious Sanyo Solar Ark (on the Shinkansen to Kyoto)

Pathway of Lanterns (Grand Shrine, Nara)

Five- Tiered Pagoda (Nara)

All of Kyoto on Bicycle (among the sea of bikes)

Shrine of Two Lucky Mice (Philosopher's Path, Kyoto)

Alone in the Zen Garden (After the Tea Ceremony) (Kyoto)

Prayers

Self Portrait in Fushimi Shrine (Kyoto)

Please Don't Laugh at my Pants (Fushimi Shrine, Kyoto)

Very Photogenic Place (Fushimi Shrine, Kyoto)

Mini Torii Gates Waiting (Fushimi Shrine, Kyoto)

My Path Ahead (Fushimi Shrine, Kyoto)

Summit of Fushimi Shrine, Kyoto Below

Light & Dark at Fushimi Shrine

Good Luck Dolls (and Christine) (Takasaki)

Beautiful Lipped Shrine (and Hangover) (Takasaki)