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All shinkansen stations had platform chairs having the same color theme of blue and cream.Jun 19, 2017
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About shinkansen stations.Jun 19, 2017
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Early history of shinkansen.Jun 19, 2017
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Wash basinJun 19, 2017
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Squat toilet in the 0 Series shinkansen.Jun 19, 2017
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UrinalJun 19, 2017
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Water dispenser.Jun 19, 2017
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CorridorJun 19, 2017
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0 Series Tokaido shinkansen's windows have various pictures along the shinkansen. This is Mt. Ibuki. Railway Museum in Saitama.Jun 19, 2017
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0 Series Tokaido shinkansen's windows have various pictures along the shinkansen. This is Mt. Ibuki. Railway Museum in Saitama.Jun 19, 2017
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Very pristine. We could sit on the seats too.Jun 19, 2017
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Inside the 0 Series Tokaido shinkansen.Jun 19, 2017
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Just like new.Jun 19, 2017
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The building recreates the opening ceremony of the Tokaido shinkansen running between Tokyo and Osaka taking 4 hours.Jun 19, 2017
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The Railway Museum has a separate building just for the 0 Series, first-generation shinkansen.Jun 19, 2017
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1970s children's cards about transportation.Jun 19, 2017
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1970s children's book about traveling.Jun 19, 2017
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Tokaido shinkansen ticket issued in Sept. 1964Jun 19, 2017
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Behind the 0 Series Tokaido shinkansen cabJun 19, 2017
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This Tokaido shinkansen cab was formerly displayed at the old Transportation Museum in Tokyo's Manseibashi in Akihabara, which closed in 2006.Jun 19, 2017
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0 Series Tokaido shinkansen cab sectionJun 19, 2017
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0 Series Tokaido shinkansen Jun 19, 2017
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Scale model of JR Ueno Station, the initial terminus of the Tohoku shinkansen.Jun 19, 2017
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Inside Tohoku shinkansenJun 19, 2017
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Tohoku shinkansen's snow sweeper.Jun 19, 2017
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Inside Tohoku shinkansenJun 19, 2017
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Tohoku shinkansen driver's cabJun 19, 2017
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Tohoku shinkansen's snow sweeper.Jun 19, 2017
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Tohoku shinkansenJun 19, 2017
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Tohoku shinkansen, 200 Series ShinkansenJun 19, 2017
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Locomotive turning on a turntable inside the museum.Jun 19, 2017
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JNR Class 7100 steam locomotive – No. 7101 BenkeiJun 19, 2017
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Hokkaido's first train car.Jun 19, 2017
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About JNR Class 7100 steam locomotive – No. 7101 BenkeiJun 19, 2017
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JNR Class 7100 steam locomotive – No. 7101 BenkeiJun 19, 2017
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JNR Class 7100 steam locomotive – No. 7101 BenkeiJun 19, 2017
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The first locomotive used on Hokkaido's first railway. JNR Class 7100 steam locomotive – No. 7101 BenkeiJun 19, 2017
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Scale model of Shinbashi Station opened in 1871 displayed at the Railway Museum in Saitama.Jun 19, 2017
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Scale model of Shinbashi Station opened in 1871. Displayed at the Railway Museum in Saitama.Jun 19, 2017
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Shinbashi StationJun 19, 2017
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Japan's first train tickets.Jun 19, 2017
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Model of the train set given to Japan by Commodore Perry on his second visit to Japan in 1854.Jun 19, 2017
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Woodblock prints depicting Japan's first railroad.Jun 19, 2017
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Shinbashi Station signJun 19, 2017
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Class 150 steam locomotive – No. 1 at Shinbashi Station.Jun 19, 2017
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Mighty fine-looking third-class car.Jun 19, 2017
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Third-class car.Jun 19, 2017
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About the Class 150 steam locomotive – No. 1Jun 19, 2017
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Class 150 steam locomotive – No. 1Jun 19, 2017
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Class 150 steam locomotive – No. 1Jun 19, 2017
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Class 150 steam locomotive – No. 1Jun 19, 2017
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Railway Museum highlight: The first locomotive used on Japan's first railway between Shimbashi and Yokohama in 1872. Imported from the UK, a Class 150 steam locomotive – No. 1Jun 19, 2017
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Lobby of Railway Museum has large picture windows where you can watch real trains go by.Jun 19, 2017
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Lobby of Railway Museum.Jun 19, 2017
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Path to the Railway Museum has a train schedule on the floor.Jun 19, 2017
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Train display on the way to the museum from Tetsudo-Hakubutsukan Station. 167 series train for school excursions.Jun 19, 2017
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Train display on the way to the museum from Tetsudo-Hakubutsukan Station.Jun 19, 2017
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Opened in October 2007, the Railway Museum in Saitama is one of Japan's largest train museums. The highlight exhibits include the first locomotive that was used for Japan's first train line between Shimbashi and Yokohama, the 0 Series first-generation Tokaido shinkansen, the 0 Series first-generation Tohoku shinkansen, and sleeper trains.Jun 19, 2017
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Train wheels displayed on the way to the museum from Tetsudo-Hakubutsukan Station.Jun 19, 2017
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The Railway Museum is near Tetsudo-Hakubutsukan Station on the New Shuttle line.Jun 19, 2017
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Omiya is a hardcore railway town with all six northern shinkansen lines (Tohoku, Joetsu, Hokuriku, Yamagata, Akita, and Hokkaido Shinkansen) and local train lines passing through. A train maintenance facility is also near Omiya Station. To get to the Railway Museum, from Omiya Station, ride the New Shuttle line.Jun 19, 2017
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About the well.Jun 18, 2017
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A well remaining at Toba Castle.Jun 18, 2017
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About Toba Castle's main tenshu tower.Jun 18, 2017
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Site of Toba Castle's main tower.Jun 18, 2017
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About Toba Castle.Jun 18, 2017
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About the castle wall.Jun 18, 2017
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The only castle wall remaining at Toba Castle.Jun 18, 2017
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Toba CastleJun 18, 2017
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Way to the Honmaru.Jun 18, 2017
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About Shiroyama Park at Toba Castle.Jun 18, 2017
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Shiroyama Park at Toba Castle.Jun 18, 2017
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Shiroyama Park at Toba Castle.Jun 18, 2017
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Shiroyama Park at Toba Castle.Jun 18, 2017
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Toba Castle site is on a small hilltop overlooking Mikimoto Pearl Island.Jun 18, 2017
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Part of the castle site is Shiroyama Park with nice views of the pearl island. Jun 18, 2017
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Only a few stone walls and a well remain. No buildings. It was once the administrative center for the Toba Domain. The last occupants was the Inagaki Clan.Jun 18, 2017
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Go up these stairs for Toba Castle.Jun 18, 2017
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Toba StationJun 18, 2017
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Toba Castle is a short walk from Toba Station.Jun 18, 2017
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Scenic views on the way to Toba.Jun 18, 2017
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Toba StationJun 18, 2017
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Toba StationJun 18, 2017
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JR Toba StationJun 18, 2017
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Gift shop at Toba Station.Jun 18, 2017
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Boat for Dolphin Island.Jun 18, 2017
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Ticket booth for boat rides to nearby Dolphin Island.Jun 18, 2017
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Rock garden outside Mikimoto Kokichi Memorial HallJun 18, 2017
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Mikimoto Kokichi Memorial HallJun 18, 2017
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About Mikimoto Kokichi Memorial HallJun 18, 2017
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Mikimoto Kokichi Jun 18, 2017
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Mikimoto Kokichi Memorial HallJun 18, 2017
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Mikimoto Kokichi Memorial HallJun 18, 2017
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Walking path around the island.Jun 18, 2017
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The same lapel pin worn by the leaders was on sale for ¥24,300.Jun 18, 2017
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At the G7 Summit in 2016, the world leaders wore a lapel pins made of pearls.Jun 18, 2017
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Portrait of G7 summit leaders at ise-Shima.Jun 18, 2017
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G7 Summit was held in Mie (Ise-Shima) in 2016.Jun 18, 2017
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Mikimoto Pearl IslandJun 18, 2017
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Fujita Masayo who pioneered freshwater pearl cultivation at Lake Biwa.Jun 18, 2017
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Fujita Sukeyo, Fujita Masayo, and Mikimoto Kokichi.Jun 18, 2017
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Pioneers of pearl cultivation.Jun 18, 2017
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Mikimoto's Five-Storied Pagoda (御木本五重塔). Exhibited at Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1926. It has 12,760 pearls.Jun 18, 2017
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Mikimoto's Five-Storied Pagoda (御木本五重塔). Exhibited at Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1926. It has 12,760 pearls.Jun 18, 2017
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Yume-dono Pavilion based on the building at Horyuji temple in Nara. Jun 18, 2017
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Liberty Bell, exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Has 12,250 pearls and 366 diamonds. The crack is reproduced with blue pearls. Mikimoto Pearl MuseumJun 18, 2017
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Liberty Bell, exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Has 12,250 pearls and 366 diamonds.Jun 18, 2017
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Room exhibiting jewelry made of cultured pearls.Jun 18, 2017
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Ama divers at Mikimoto Pearl Museum.Jun 18, 2017
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Room exhibiting jewelry made of natural pearls.Jun 18, 2017
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View from the museum's 2nd floor.Jun 18, 2017
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Mikimoto Pearl CrownJun 18, 2017
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Miss International pearl crownJun 18, 2017
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Special Exhibition Room displaying pearl crowns in Jan. 2017.Jun 18, 2017
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To drill holes into the pearl.Jun 18, 2017
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To weigh the pearlJun 18, 2017
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To measure the pearl's size.Jun 18, 2017
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Only a small percentage of harvested pearls are perfect.Jun 18, 2017
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The removed pearls are washed.Jun 18, 2017
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The pearls are removed from the innards with this machine.Jun 18, 2017
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The oysters' innards embedded with pearls are taken out of the shell and dropped through a hole into a bucket below. Jun 18, 2017
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HarvestingJun 18, 2017
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Instruments for embedding the nucleus into the oyster. Like a dentist.Jun 18, 2017
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Embedding the nucleus into the oyster.Jun 18, 2017
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Embedding the nucleus into the oyster.Jun 18, 2017
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Embedding the nucleus into the oyster.Jun 18, 2017
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Lake Biwa pearl mussel (Hyriopsis schlegelii イケチョウガイ) endemic to Lake Biwa.Jun 18, 2017
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Making the nucleus to be inserted into the oyster.Jun 18, 2017
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Making the nucleus to be inserted into the oyster.Jun 18, 2017
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Making the nucleus to be inserted into the oyster.Jun 18, 2017
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Formation of natural pearls.Jun 18, 2017
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Hyriopsis cumingiJun 18, 2017
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Lake Biwa pearl mussel (Hyriopsis schlegelii イケチョウガイ) endemic to Lake Biwa.Jun 18, 2017
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Freshwater pearl cultivationJun 18, 2017
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Buttons from oyster shells.Jun 18, 2017
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Akoya oystersJun 18, 2017
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Ama diver sculpture in Pearl Museum, Mikimoto Pearl Island.Jun 18, 2017
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Floor plan of Pearl Museum.Jun 18, 2017
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Pearl Museum is a comprehensive museum about pearl cultivation mainly in Japan.Jun 18, 2017
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A narrator explains what the divers are doing and what they caught.Jun 18, 2017
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Diving for shellfish.Jun 18, 2017
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They are actually shellfish divers. They don't dive for pearls.Jun 18, 2017
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They drop into the ocean one by one with their floating buckets.Jun 18, 2017
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The pearl divers are very friendly. They wave to you.Jun 18, 2017
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Ama divers at Mikimoto Pearl IslandJun 18, 2017
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The pearl divers arrive on a small boat.Jun 18, 2017
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Air and water temperatures in Jan.Jun 18, 2017
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I went in Jan. so almost no one was here.Jun 18, 2017
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Spectator stand for pearl diver demonstrations.Jun 18, 2017
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Statue of Mikimoto Kokichi.Jun 18, 2017
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Statue of Mikimoto Kokichi.Jun 18, 2017
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Mikimoto Pearl Island is full of monuments.Jun 18, 2017
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Entrance to Mikimoto Pearl Island.Jun 18, 2017
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Bridge to Mikimoto Pearl Island.Jun 18, 2017
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