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This flying fish has an amazing wing-span (fin-span). I had no idea they could propel themselves with their tail fin, while holding their wings aloft and continuing to soar.

Quoted: An NHK camera crew has captured a flying fish traveling through the air for 45 seconds, in what could be a new world record.The footage was taken on Monday, ...

We had a little excitement on our train trip to Narita airport yesterday. I've not seen details in the news, but we heard at the time that there was an injury accident or suicide which blocked the line leading to our Tokyo station.

So, rather than take the JR Narita Express from Shinagawa, we had to transfer to the Nippori station on the Yamanote line, and then take the Keisei Railways train to Narita.

It was a little nerve wracking - but thankfully we had our guide, Miwako with us, who was able to quickly get us from one station to the next. We made it to our gate about 1/2 hour before we boarded the plane for Los Angeles!

We heard other people on our plane also say they had to do the same thing to make the flight - so it was a big mess.

Today is the (3rd) anniversary of one of the worst railway crashes in Japan's history. The Osaka area train was traveling too fast (in order to make up time from a previous delay) around a curve and derailed. 106 passengers were killed and 555 were injured.

One of the Seven Gods of Fortune.

The final set of our Japan trip photographs - we spent the full day visiting Kyoto shrines and temples (and didn't even scratch the surface!)

Jam-packed day of sightseeing around Kyoto today. Japan 2008 map updated.

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Video from our visit to Todai-Ji temple (and deer park) today. Note how the deer are trained to bow politely to ask for more crackers.

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Our hotel in Kyoto. Just on the edge of town and perched high on a hill, we have great views of the city and temples below.