A first look at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka.

The building was meant to be one of the attractions. A well in the center.

The ornate drain cover at the foot of the well.

A replica of a robot from Laputa/Castle in the Sky...

...appropriately enough, in a garden on top of the museum.

A 'memory block' from Laputa.

The museum was gorgeous inside and out.

The edge of the roof garden.

Exhausted from excitement and crowds in the gift shop.

A quick picture by a kindly stranger.

Waiting for the bus to leave. Parts of Mitaka were green.

The museum buses were quite decorated.

The woman ahead of us had put little flags in her head-cozy.

Heee!

Holiday crowds in Asakusa.

Nakamise-Dori, Asakusa.

Outside Senso-ji

A trained monkey outside the Niten-mon.

Scot could not get enough...

... of the monkey.

We don't know who thought of ice-cream in a balloon...

... but they really didn't think about what it looks like.

Dessert, or prophylactic?

Apple Store Ginza.

Again, Scott couldn't get enough.

Moony, these pictures are for you.

The unassuming entryway to one of Tokyo's Geek Heavens, Nakano Broadway

Home of Mandarake manga stores, game stores, and more.

A snazzy restaurant in Shinjuku with a 'medieval' feel that ended up being very goth.

Senso-ji at night on the way back to the ryokan.