Perhaps one can still find nature's serenity amid the urban clutter of the Washington, DC, area.

Instead, like Tokyo itself, it was one part urban clutter, one part Western glitter and one part mystical tradition.

OAHU The Halekulani (808-923-2311) now reigns as the top luxury-class hotel on Waikiki Beach, albeit adjacent to the urban clutter and automobile fumes of the commercial district.

Between him and them loomed a blackness that hid twenty miles of urban clutter, parklands, and ditches.

Even in the crowded modern streets of Tokyo, Vincent was thinking, amid the urban clutter, the European business suits, one would abruptly come up an ancient Shinto shrine tucked away somewhere between two buildings.

In the same interview, co-writer Magne Furuholmen said his contribution to the song, the verses, were about "urban clutter."

Surrounded by art and design, he developed a voracious, magpie attraction to minutiae, urban clutter, signs and streets and building detail.

He painted still-lifes and city scenes, with an inclination toward urban clutter, jauntily drawn.

Thirty minutes into the journey, the last of the urban clutter was discarded behind them.

On days when the lake is calm, you can cruise out of sight of this urban clutter, although the best fishing may still be in or near the harbor.