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"Official No. 1 Pin Club" Shop108 viewsShop selling Olympic pins. Prices ranged from 500 yen to 4,000 yen.
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Sculpture in lakeside park108 views
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Grand finale dance called Itomachi Ko-uta108 views
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Now we walked back together with hundreds of thousands of people...108 views
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Lakeside park107 views
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Bridge with a mountain design, over Tenryu River.107 views
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The log is tilted upward.107 views
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This is May 9, 2004, the second day of Shimo-sha Shrine's Satobiki. Shimo-sha Shrine consists of two separate shrines called Akimiya and Harumiya.107 views
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Inside castle tower106 views
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Garden106 views
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This birch tree is a Natural Monument106 views
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Olympics logo on official film (not FujiFilm)106 viewsKodak was the official Olympics film in a country where 70 percent of the film market belongs to Fuji Film. It must have been sweet revenge for Kodak because Fuji Film was the official film at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. Kodak has been the official film sponsor for all Olympic Games since then. It will also be the official film for the Sydney Games in the year 2000.
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Bridge across Kamaguchi Floodgate106 views
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Thank goodness for telephoto lenses.106 views
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This is one log about to go down the slope. A total of 8 logs will go down this slope.106 views
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Hole for the No. 4 Akimiya Onbashira log106 views
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Ropes to pull the Onbashira log from Harumiya Shrine.106 views
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Matsumoto Station train platform106 views
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The world-famous, hot spring-loving snow monkeys in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture must be Japan's most photographed wild animals. "The only place in the world where monkeys bathe in hot springs."106 viewsThey live in the mountains in a valley named Jigokudani (Hell Valley). A snow monkey park (Jigokudani Yaen Koen) was established for them in 1964 where the park operator feeds the monkeys and maintains a hot spring (onsen) bath for them. Although winter (with snow) is the most popular time to see the monkeys, the park is open year round (9 am–4 pm).
This is the entrance to the trail to the snow monkey park in Yamanouchi town, Nagano Prefecture. It's about 1.6 km or a 30-min. walk (longer if you stop and take pictures).
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Dressed as Sanada at Ueda Castle, Nagano Prefecture.106 views
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Oguchi Taro monument105 views
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The bridge is normally closed to the public. In the old days, this bridge marked Harumiya Shrine's sacred area where even warlords had to get out of their palanquin or get off their horse out of respect before proceeding further. 下馬橋105 views
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About the castle104 views
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Resurfacing the ice during intermission104 views
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Lakeside park104 views
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Playground104 views
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Here is where anybody can get on the logs and play.104 views
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So after this log came out, we were allowed to proceed to the giant slope.104 views
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Parade of Nagamochi which are long chests. 長持104 views
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People everywhere.104 views
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Onbashira Log No. 3 for Harumiya Shrine.104 views
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Music Box Museum104 views
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Takashima Castle 高島城103 views
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Bridge across Kamaguchi Floodgate103 views
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Nagamochi chest decorations103 views
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Small support poles.103 views
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Harumiya Shrine ahead.103 views
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Harumiya has a little slope where the logs are slid down.103 views
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The room being renovated.103 views
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Path to more azaleas as far as the eye can see.102 views
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Finally, people pulling the log appeared.102 views
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In front of Shimosuwa Station.102 views
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Umbrella dance102 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine 秋宮 幣拝殿102 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine. That's a support pole for erecting the No. 1 Akimiya Onbashira log. 秋宮102 views
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Sake is given for free.102 views
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The base of the Onbashira log is reinforced by these smaller logs.102 views
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About Matsumoto Castle town102 views
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North Turret of Ueda Castle.102 views
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West Turret, Ueda Castle's only original structure.102 views
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Matsumoto Castle is one of Japan's five castles with the main tenshu tower designated as a National Treasure. Near JR Matsumoto Station.101 views
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Inside Matsumoto Castle is a Gun Museum.101 views
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Matsumoto Station at night.101 views
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Statue of KATAKURA Kanetaro100 viewsHe and his company planted the azaleas in 1935.
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On the way to Harumiya Shrine, you see this bridge. It is a rest stop for the Akimiya Onbashira log procession. 下馬橋100 views
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Harumiya Shrine torii 春宮100 views
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The men now descend from the log.100 views
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They waved their pom-poms and cheered all the while.100 views
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Top floor of Matsumoto Castle.100 views
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Mastumoto Castle tower visible from our hotel.100 views
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Polka dot bus advertising Kusama Yayoi's exhibition in a local museum. Matsumoto is her hometown.100 views
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Matsumoto Station100 views
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Dinner at a restaurant near Yudanaka Station. Yasai teishoku or fried vegetables.100 views
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We weren't the only ones there.99 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log99 views
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Parade99 views
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Gate to enter the main castle compound.99 views
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Matsumoto Castle99 views
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Samurai armor99 views
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Ceiling on top floor.99 views
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Matsumoto Station99 views
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Matsumoto Station99 views
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Reconstructed South Turret of Ueda Castle is open to the public.99 views
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After walking for 30 min., we reached this place called Shimekake, a resting place for the logs which had been hauled from the mountains. This is Log No. 2 for Akinomiya Shrine. 注連掛98 views
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The hauling of the logs from the forest to a resting place near the shrine is called Yamadashi. The hauling route and schedule for the Kami-sha and Shimo-sha Shrines are different.98 views
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People along the small slope.98 views
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The banner reads, "Thank you everyone for your cooperation."98 views
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When the log is erected, a banner is unrolled.98 views
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One Onbashira log at a rest stop.98 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.98 views
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Now it's May 10, 2004, the last day of the Shimo-sha Satobiki. All four logs will erected at Akimiya Shrine on this day.98 views
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To drop stones.98 views
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View from cycling road97 views
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Hot spring foot bath97 views
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The Ki-otoshi slope, and one of the icons of the festival. This is the larger slope for Ki-otoshi compared to the one for the Kami-sha Shrine in Chino. 木落とし坂97 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine torii97 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log97 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log97 views
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Harumiya torii 春宮大門97 views
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Kappabashi Bridge97 views
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The castle is surrounded by a moat in a park-like area.97 views
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Samurai greets visitors to Matsumoto Castle.97 views
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Inside Matsumoto Castle.97 views
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One of the steep stairs in Matsumoto Castle. Tight skirts and miniskirts not recommended.97 views
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View from top of Matsumoto Castle.97 views
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Nakamura Naoko singing "Lake Biwa Rowing Song" up to verse 3. 中村直子さんが三番まで歌われた。96 views
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The logs will rest here for about a month until early May when they will be hauled to the shrines for the Satobiki erection.96 views
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We waited for the log scheduled to come down at 3 pm, but it was delayed by 2 hours...96 views
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Another obstacle along the route to the Kami-sha Shrine is this river.96 views
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Crowded street96 views
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Onbashira Grand Park96 views
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This looks like Log No. 2 for Akimiya Shrine.96 views
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View from castle tower95 views
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Reception counter with programs and newsletters in different languages.95 views
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Entertainment stage in front of Shimosuwa Station.95 views
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Ax man95 views
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Parade continues even in the rain.95 views
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They threw out free streamers and I caught one. "Yoisa! Yoisa!"95 views
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One room was being renovated in Oct. 2015.95 views
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Canora Boys and Girls Chorus94 views
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The crowd extended all the way to the rear. All to see the 3pm Ki-otoshi log drop.94 views
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This log drop is one of the highlights of the festival.94 views
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Ki-otoshi or Log Drop, Onbashira-sai Festival.94 views
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These photos show the slope for the Ki-otoshi (Log Drop) along the log-hauling route to Kami-sha Shrine in Chino and Suwa.93 views
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The log is dragged to the edge of the top of the slope.92 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine priests 秋宮92 views
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Ropes at rest92 views
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Kappabashi Bridge is the focal point of Kamikochi.92 views
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Stairs to castle tower91 views
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Another log comes to the slope.91 views
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The logs are pulled by people from various districts or parishes in the Suwa region including Chino, Shimosuwa, Okaya, and Suwa.91 views
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All the Onbashira logs are hauled manually by human hands from when it is cut in the mountain forest. No motor vehicles of any kind is used to haul the logs.91 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.91 views
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Inside castle tower90 views
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View from castle tower90 views
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Along Tenryu River in winter.90 views
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Brazilian Dance by Ashinaga Gakuen Brazilian School90 views
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Nakamura Naoko singing "Lake Biwa Rowing Song." The first Japanese person to sing the song in public. 「琵琶湖周航の歌」の英語版も歌われた。90 views
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Store your luggage here. Not enough lockers at the train station so they provide this service. 400 yen/day.90 views
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The slope is near the train tracks.90 views
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The log can move quite fast, even with all those people riding it.90 views
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