Japan
October 27, 2026 Today is a free day for us as we arrived two days early, figured there might be some jet lag given the 13 hour time difference. The view from our hotel room. We're on the 27th floor!!! The hotel starts on the 24th floor. Ni-Tele Really Big Clock is installed on the second-story exterior of the Nittele Tower (Nippon Television headquarters). It was designed by an anime director. When you first look at this building you think there's a shadow but it was actually built to look like there is a shadow. It was cloudy when we saw it. The Zojoji Temple with the Tokyo Tower in the background. The 333m radio tower was built in 1958. The Zojoji Temple was founded in 1393 as a fundamental nenbutsu seminary of the Jodoshu School in East Japan. Zojoji later became the family temple of the Tokugawa shogunate. A better photo of the temple. While we were looking around, we noticed a monk looking like he was preparing for something. We hung around a bit longer and...
