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The outdoor architectural museum is within Koganei Park in Koganei, Tokyo. This is the Visitors Center.
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Going to visitors center
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Visitors Center entrance courtyard
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Jisho-in Mausoleum
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Mansion of Mitsui Hachiroemon, one of the museum's must-see buildingsFounder of the Mitsui zaibatsu.
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Inside Mitsui Hachiroemon mansion
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Tokiwadai Photo Studio, 1937Unfortunately, it was closed for renovations. It has a large frosted glass which brought in daylight for studio lighting.
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Farmer's house
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Farmer's house
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Inside farmer's house
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Inside farmer's house
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Another farmer's house
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Inside another farmer's house
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Yamanote-dori Road
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Takahashi Korekiyo mansion
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Orge's shack
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Road to the Fukagawa-Edo Museum, near Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station.
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Shitamachi main street
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Fukagawa-Edo Museum
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Takei Sanshodo stationary shop
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After you enter the exhibition area, first you see drawings of famous people from Fukagawa.
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Takei Sanshodo stationary shop
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Then you see a dramatic bird's eye view of the recreated neighborhood of Sagacho, Fukagawa. The entire neighborhood is indoors.
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The lighting inside the museum also changes to reflect the time of day. This is night time.
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On the left is a soy sauce and miso shop. On the right is a public bath.
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Day time
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Soy sauce shop
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Rice storehouse
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Soy sauce shop
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Cat on the roof. Meow is what you first hear in the museum. Its name is "Mamesuke." Actually a robot cat whose head can move up and down.
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Tavern
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Main street with shops.
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Sento public bath with a temple architectureNamed Kodara-yu.
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Vegetable seller. 八百屋の八百新
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Entrance to sento public bath. Men on left and women on right.
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfront
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Back room of the vegetable seller.
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Fee collector booth at entrance.
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfront
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Changing room
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfront
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Rice vendor. A small, wooden square box was used to measure the volume of rice to sell to a customer. 舂米屋職人
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Bath entrance
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Bales of rice inside the rice storehouse.
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfront
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Bathing area
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Machikido town gate made of wood. This gate marked the boundary between towns. It could also be closed. 町木戸
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Bridge to swimming beaches at Kasai Kaihin Park.
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It says, "Don't open the faucet. Water might flow."
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River boat taxi
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfront. 葛西臨海公園
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Bath tub
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River boat taxi
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Kasai Kaihin Park beach. It's not Hawaii, but better than nothing. 葛西海浜公園
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Fire watchtower on the left, and boat operator's house on the right. 船宿升田屋と相模屋
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Baby stingray (dead) beached.
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Boat operator's house 船宿升田屋と相模屋
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Men's bath
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Swimmers in summer at Kasai Kaihin Park, one of the few places in Tokyo where you can enjoy an ocean beach.
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Cross section of a typical Nagaya longhouse apartment.
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Buckets
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Kasai Kaihin Park beach
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Nagaya longhouse
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Cross section of a typical Nagaya longhouse apartment. It was a single room whose size was about 6 tatami mats.
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No swimming sign
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Kami-shibai (Storytelling with large paper cards)Popular before the days of television.
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Kasai Kaihin Park beach. In the distance are Tokyo Disneyland hotels.
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Cross section of a typical Nagaya longhouse apartment. The saw on the wall indicates that the resident was a log cutter. The area was close to Kiba where they processed logs.
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Kami-shibaiSlot to change the story cards.
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In the murky waters.
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Clothes line for laundry.
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Old streetcar
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Communal toilet
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Inside streetcar
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In front of the fire watchtower is this open area designed as a fire break to prevent any fires from spreading further. It is also a gathering place with food stalls.
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Old bus
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Fireman's watch tower
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Video theater
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Police box at Manseibashi in Tokyo
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Exhibition room
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Nishikawa Villa
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The Three Treasures (in the 1960s): 1. Washing machine with manual wringer
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2. Refrigerator
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3. TV set
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Edogawa River. Visiting Shibamata will enable you to appreciate and understand the local settings used to film the Tora-san series.
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Many movie scenes were filmed along this riverbank.
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To Yagiri no Watashi
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The boats operate on weekends. Fare is 100 yen one way.
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Yagiri no Watashi boat dock
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This form of public transportation dates back to the Edo Period when there were 14 locations in Tokyo where such boats operated. Only this one now remains. Boarding the Yagiri Watashi boat. 矢切の渡し
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Yagiri no Watashi boat crossing. After the two-minute river crossing, you will be in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture. You can then tour various temples and parks in Matsudo and neighboring Ichikawa on foot. There are signs along the way to guide you.
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Edogawa River mouth next to Kasai Rinkai Park
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Edogawa River mouth next to Kasai Rinkai Park
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Kasai Rinkai Park ferris wheel
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Kasai Rinkai Park ferris wheel. Distorted by wide-angle lens. (It does not lean like that.)
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View of Kasai Rinkai Park from ferris wheel.
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View of Kasai Rinkai Park from ferris wheel.
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View of Kasai Rinkai Park from ferris wheel.
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View of Kasai Rinkai Park from ferris wheel.
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Don't ride the ferris wheel if you're afraid of heights. It is very high and the wind blows through.
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View of Kasai Rinkai Park from ferris wheel. Disneyland in the distance.
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The spacious park is an oasis. Lots of greenery, a beach, bicycling roads, birdwatching stations, and an aquarium.
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View of Kasai Kaihin Park
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Tokyo Sea Life Park
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In the museum lobby is a special exhibition about Yokozuna Taiho, one of the greatest yokozuna in history. His sumo stable (Taiho Beya) was in Koto.
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Tokyo Sea Life Park
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Yokozuna Taiho exhibition corner.
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Tokyo Sea Life Park aquarium
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Yokozuna Taiho's awards.
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Tokyo Sea Life Park's main attraction: Tuna aquarium
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Yokozuna Taiho's topknot.
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Portrait of Yokozuna Taiho and his handprint.
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Yokozuna Taiho's tournament victories.
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Gyosen Park consists of the Heisei Garden and Shizen Zoo. Nice pocket of greenery and cute animals including a petting zoo. Free admission, near Kasai Station on the Tozai subway line. Park entrance.
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Map of Heisei Garden. There's the man pond in the middle, fronted by the Genshinan tea ceremony room and event space.
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Edogawa Heisei Garden was built in 1989, the first year of the Heisei Period. It occupies the northern part of Gyosen Park.
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Gyosen Park was donated to Tokyo in 1933 by a local politician whose had a business named "Gyosen." In 1950, Edogawa Ward took over the park's management. In 1983, a small zoo opened.
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Little too early for lotus in June.
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In late March or early April, the park has some cherry blossoms.
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The park's main cherry tree is this weeping cherry blossom tree. Very nice.
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The weeping cherry tree looks totally different from different angles.
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The weeping cherry tree planted to mark the 1st anniversary of Edogawa's sister city relationship with Gosford, Australia.
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Weeping cherry tree at Edogawa Heisei Garden, Tokyo.
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Still the same weeping cherry tree.
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Shower me with your weeping cherries.
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A few cherry blossoms near the pond.
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Cherry tree at Edogawa Heisei Garden pond, Tokyo.
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Cherry blossoms at Edogawa Heisei Garden pond, Tokyo.
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Weeping cherry tree planted to mark the 1st anniversary of Edogawa's sister city relationship with Gosford, Australia.
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Marker next to the weeping cherry tree planted to mark the 1st anniversary of Edogawa's sister city relationship with Gosford, Australia.
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Pond at Heisei Garden. Tea ceremony room on the left.
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Pond at Heisei Garden. Genshinan (源心庵) Tea ceremony room on the left. Edogawa, Tokyo
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Large koi carp in the pond.
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Large stepping stones.
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Small waterfalls
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Azalea bushes before they bloomed.
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In the following year, I revisited the garden to see the azalea in late April.
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Revisited the garden to see the azalea.
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Still a little early for these ones.
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Pine tree planted to mark the 20th anniversary of the Heisei Era.
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Irises in full bloom in early June.
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Hydrangea
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Cone-shaped Hydrangea
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Cone-shaped Hydrangea at Gyosen Park Heisei Garden, Edogawa, Tokyo
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Stone lantern donated by Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
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Stone lantern donated by Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
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Koinobori carp streamers.
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Koinobori carp streamers.
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Gyosen Park also has a small zoo. Open 10 am - 4:30 pm (Open 9:30 am on weekends and national holidays, closed at 4 pm from Nov. to Feb.). Closed on Mon. (open if a national holiday).
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Map of Gyosen park zoo. Free admission.
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Stork
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Ibis
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Ant eater
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Turtle
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Prairie dogs
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Prairie dogs
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Wallaby from Australia
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Wallaby from Australia
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Spider monkey
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Sea lions
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Sea lions
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Penguins
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Petting zoo
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Gyosen Park office
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Cherry blossoms on the edge of the park.
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Adjacent to Gyosen Park is Ukita Park.
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Map of the neighborhood around Ukita Park.
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Way to Ukita Park.
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Cherry blossoms at Ukita Park, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. 宇喜田公園
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Cherry blossoms at Ukita Park, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. 宇喜田公園
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Cherry blossoms at Ukita Park, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. 宇喜田公園
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Cherry blossoms at Ukita Park, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. 宇喜田公園
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Cherry blossoms at Ukita Park, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. 宇喜田公園
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Playground equipment at Ukita Park.
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What's left of this cherry tree. Too bad I missed it.
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Needless to say, the subway/trains stations were jammed with people by 5 pm. This is when I got off the train at Shinozaki Station on the Toei Shinjuku subway line on Aug.1, 2009.
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Still in Shinozaki Station heading for the exit. Koiwa Station on the JR Sobu Line must also have been crowded.
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Now walking to the Edogawa riverbank.
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Getting to the steps up the riverbank.
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After getting to the top of the riverbank, this is the spectacle I came to see and photograph.
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Some 900,000 of humanity gathered here for the Edogawa-ku Fireworks in Aug.
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And you think your largest soccer stadium can hold a lotta people. Come see here.
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It was a lot more crowded than the last time I saw these fireworks years ago.
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The Edogawa Ward Fireworks display is one of Tokyo's largest with a massive attendance of 900,000 people in both Edogawa Ward and neighboring Ichikawa city in Chiba. .
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People are spread out along the riverbank of Edogawa River. Held on the first Sat. of Aug. at 7:15 pm to 8:25 pm. If weather is bad, it is held on the next day
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