Today's video: Pint-size tour guide

Today we visited the Yasukuni Shrine and then went to a place called the Railway Museum. Video and photos are going up to Flikr right now, but I posted this particular video to YouTube already for your viewing pleasure.

The Yasukuni Shrine is controversial because it commemorates Japan's war dead, including some convicted war criminals. Whenever a high-level Japanese politician visits to pay respects, it really upsets neighboring countries who were victims of Japanese aggression during World War II. I found the place to be quite peaceful and pretty, and if you didn't know about the meaning behind the place and the controversy that sometimes bubbles up about it, you'd probably think it was a nice place, too. I felt like I needed to have a look at the place myself, and now you can have a look, too. Just head on over to Flikr and check out the photos.

Then we changes pace a bit and went to the Railway Museum. This place was a blast, although a little far away (over an hour on the train to get there). As one would expect, John really enjoyed it. The pics and video tell the story, I think - go check 'em out. We probably could have spent the entire day there, quite frankly (at least according to John we could have).

GJS