JAPAN 00:04:36 Tokyo - Imperial Palace, with bridge, above treetops 00:05:00 Cherry blossoms and plum blossoms, flowers 00:05:18 Tokyo - Ginza district, crowds on street, Four Corners area, signs, Japanese crowds, on crosswalk, pedestrians (many good) 00:05:54 Asakusa Kannon Buddhist Temple, with crowds, large Japanese lantern, pedestrians, lanterns, temple with much incense rising (good) 00:06:43 Japanese electric train passing 00:07:04 Kamakura Shinto and Buddhist temple, Shinto shrine and Zen center, tying good luck tassel on trellis, offering made by man, Buddhist monks walking on grounds of temple, formally dressed Japanese men and women walking at temple, women in kimonos, man ringing temple bell or gong, monks walking with umbrellas in religious procession 00:09:05 The Great Buddha, pan up, Buddhism, giant sitting Buddha, focus through cherry blossoms (good), with tourists 00:10:05 Traditional Japanese musicians and musical instruments, Kagoshima (Kushu) Spring Festival, Japanese dancers (good) telephoto 00:11:15 Sakurajima Volcano, active volcano erupting (good), dried lava, haze or mist, ferry boat with erupting volcano in b.g. 00:12:28 Traditional Japanese tea ceremony, women in kimonos, details, various, kimono clad women serve tourists bowls of tea 00:14:10 Satsuma Pottery Factory, pottery wheel and worker, potter, pouring mould, kiln, baking pottery, painting bowls and vases, Chinese or Japanese painting 00:16:05 Tokyo at night, Ginza, neon signs, Nikon, crowds, video arcade, disco restaurant, Japanese characters, potato chips, pedestrians, traffic, subway sign 00:17:38 Tokyo subway, turnstile, subway train arriving, train leaving station, passengers 00:18:55 Pachinko Parlors, Japanese game arcades, pachinko machines, balls, gambling, cashier