This page presents a selection of some of the best pictures SJA's members brought back from Japan. We hope you'll enjoy it ! == PLACES == == PEOPLE == Night picture of Myajima's famous gate in the water A maiko A mini "column" Japanese version in the Kenrokuen garden of Kanazawa Japanese High-school girls (all clothed in their uniform) at Himeji castle. Automn colours at Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto Harajuku (Tokyo), people on the street on Sunday afternoon, sometimes ! An island in the Towada lake == ANIMALS == Detail at one of the many temples in Kyoto Big crabs at the Osaka aquarium. They are so big that a cat could pass through the legs (a cat that can swim and dive, that is). The new Shinkansen 500 Carps, carps, very big carps. Japanese love them. It's a lucky fish according to Buddhist mythology.   Thanks to David JUNCKER and Didier HAMM for the photos displayed here ! [ home page SJA ] [ e-mail ] [ give feedback! ] Last update: 24th November 2002