1. Japan Population 127,300,00 378,000 square kilometers California Population 38,000,000 410,000 square kilometers

3. Shikoku

4. Kyushu

5. This is a picture of the Bisan-Seto Bridges, part of the Great Seto Bridge. It connects Shikoku to Honshu via a series of islands.

7. Typhoon Vipa off the coast of Japan, September 20, 2001

9. Mt. Fuji in Winter. Elevation 12,388’

11. Tsukiji Fish Market. Tokyo

12. Eels for Unagi

13. The Snow Monkeys of Nagano

15. Any surf in Japan?

16. Oh, Yeah!

17. Any Skiing?

18. Big Cities?

19. Atomic Bomb

21. STOP

22. Hokkaido in Winter

23. Hokkaido

24. Golden Pavilion, Kyoto

25. Modern Kyoto

26. Himeji Castle aka White Heron Castle for its white walls.

27. White Heron Castle

29. Osaka Castle

31. Sendai, seen from Sendai Castle

32. Sendai Castle

33. Downtown Tokyo

34. This is a picture of the Bisan-Seto Bridges, part of the Great Seto Bridge. It connects Shikoku to Honshu via a series of islands.

36. Castle, Shikoku

39. Watch tower, Takamatsu castle, Shikoku

40. Matsuyama Castle, Shikoku

41. Cherry Blossoms, Matsuyama Castle

42. Shikoku Temple

44. Hiroshima

46. Aioi Bridge and its Vicinity before the explosion of the A-bomb (around the explosion centerAioi Bridge and its Vicinity before the explosion of the A-bomb (around the explosion center)

47. the same type of the A-bomb dropped over Hiroshimathe same type of the A-bomb dropped over Hiroshima The bomb was detonated at 8:15 am on August 6, 1945.

48. A-bomb sufferers who have escaped to Miyuki Bridge (about 2km. from the explosion center)

49. the ruins of Hatchobori and its vicinity (700-800m. from the explosion center)

50. the burnt street... looking toward North West from the explosion center

51. Nagasaki Nagasaki before blast Nagasaki after blast

52. Nagasaki today A total of at least 120,000 died from the bomb dropped on Hiroshima and 90,000 died from the Nagasaki bomb.

53. Shimabara Castle, Nagasaki