California Golden Poppy and visitor.

Jodi-

A bee hiding in the wisteria yesterday:

{{!gwi}}

Jodi, feel free to post another picture of Tokyo here.
You aren't restricted to one photo per day you know! :D

I was hoping someone who coax me into posting more. I could post several photos a day until 2020 and still not run out. :-)

This is a lovely shrine near my friend's home in Setagaya-ku, a suburb of Tokyo.

Jodi-

jodi......that's beautiful!!!!

a repost...

Post away Jodi, I love your pictures . They're always interesting and so colorful. I look fwd to this thread every day.

Agree with Mare, post away Jodi.

Jodi, my friend just woke up(Japan time).....she sent me an email of a famous place....but I don't understand the writing....please explain...

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9B%B7%E9%96%80

I don't either Nicole but I recognize the photo. I believe it's Asakusa, one of the more popular shrines in Tokyo. I've been there twice.

Jodi-

Here is a link that might be useful: Asakusa in Tokyo

Here's a picture I took at Asakusa a couple years ago. This is just the entrance to a long walk lined with vendor shops. The shrine itself is at the far end.

Jodi-

Yes....that's what she was talking about....but.....do I need a software interpreter to see the writing in Japanese?

Also she said,when telling me about herself, I quote, "A mother is akita." What does that reference?

Hmmm, Akita is a beautiful Japanese spitz-like dog and it's the name of a city in Japan. Not sure how she's using the word.

There are all kinds of Japanese to English translation sites. Babel is pretty well known. Many take romanji (such as the words arigatou gozaimasu) and translate it to English (thank you very much) some will accept the kanji version of arigatou gozaimasu (ãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂã¨ãÂÂ�"ãÂÂãÂÂã¾ãÂÂãÂÂ) and will translate those to English as well.

I don't have any special plug in for Firefox and have no trouble seeing kanji characters.

Now if you want to be fluent in the written and spoken language, you should have started classes about 30 years ago. :-)

Jodi-

Ooooooooooh.......a city in Japan! :0) Light bulb moment....that's what she meant....thanks! (that's where her mother lives)

She says she understands my English, so I'm OK on the 30 year thing. :0) wink

I love Akitas and ShibaInus!!!! I'd absolutely love a Shiba!

I'd love to have a foxy little Shiba Inu too but they are a bit more spirited then I can handle.

By the way, "inu" is the Japanese word for dog. "neko" is cat. I have a friend who took Japanese lessons with me that named his cat Neko. Maybe I'll name my next dog Neko and cat, Inu. :-)

Jodi-