There are a lot
of photos and although I have tried to keep file sizes down,
there has to be a line between small fast-loading pages and being
able to see what the photograph is of. Some images, like the
map of the Togakushi area, is larger and so will take longer
to load. I have tried to keep the numbers of photos per page
down so you won't have to go out and fix dinner while you're
waiting.
. . . .Our trips were always of the non-tourist
sort. We would arrive in Tokyo, and then head off into areas
where we seldom saw any other non-Japanese touists (or any sign
written in roman letters save Coke). The areas we visited had
to do with the history of the ninja of feudal Japan, and, since
the ninja were involved with it, Tendai and Shingon (esoteric
Buddhism, called Mikkyo in Japan) temples.
. . . .We had fun, and sometimes were a tourist
attraction in our own right as we practiced ninjutsu on the grounds
outside of temples.
