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Information Center きよせカタクリまつり
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A short walk from the Information Center is Area C (C-chiku), a flat area of woods with katakuri flowers in bloom. C地区
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They even provide a small deck for you to stand on to see the flowers. C地区
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Among the trees and grass, you can see the small purple flowers. C地区
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It is getting rarer to see these flowers in Tokyo. Kiyose has an active movement to help preserve and nuture these flowers every year.
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Memorial for military dogs which died.
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Japanese dog's tooth violet (katakuri or Erythronium japonicum)
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfront
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Japanese dog's tooth violet (katakuri or Erythronium japonicum)
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfront
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Shibuya Station, Hachiko Square
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The flower is a member of the lily family, not really a violet.
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfront
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A short walk away is Area B which is a wooded slope with the flowers growing wild. B地区
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Tiny purple flowers on the slope
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfront
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Bridge to swimming beaches at Kasai Kaihin Park.
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfront. 葛西臨海公園
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Dog's tooth violet on a slope
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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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Top view of Japanese dog's tooth violet (katakuri or Erythronium japonicum). The petals are flared back (or upward).
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Baby stingray (dead) beached.
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Japanese dog's tooth violet (katakuri or Erythronium japonicum), Kiyose, Tokyo カタクリ
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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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Japanese dog's tooth violet on a slope.
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Kasai Kaihin Park beach
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Front (or bottom) view of the flower. Japanese dog's tooth violet (katakuri or Erythronium japonicum)
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Japanese dog's tooth violet (katakuri or Erythronium japonicum)
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No swimming sign
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Kasai Kaihin Park beach. In the distance are Tokyo Disneyland hotels.
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Japanese dog's tooth violet (katakuri or Erythronium japonicum)
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In the murky waters.
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Poster for the Katakuri Festival
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Area A next to the river. A地区
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Area A next to the river.
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Jodogahama sign. Part of the Rikuchu-Kaigan National Park.Rikuchu-Kaigan National Park, Iwate Pref.
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Jodogahama literally means Paradise Beach.Rikuchu-Kaigan National Park, Iwate Pref.
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Dramatic rock formations.Rikuchu-Kaigan National Park, Iwate Pref.
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Jodogahama, Iwate Pref.Rikuchu-Kaigan National Park, Iwate Pref.
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Not a sandy beach, but still popular in summer.
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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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Shibuya Station, Hachiko statue
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Shibuya Station, Hachiko statue
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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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To Dogenzaka and Center-gai arcade
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Tokyo Sea Life Park
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Center-gai arcade
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Tokyo Sea Life Park
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Tokyo Sea Life Park aquarium
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Center-gai arcade
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Tokyo Sea Life Park's main attraction: Tuna aquarium
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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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The fireworks started exactly at 7:15 pm.
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Mt. Fuji
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I'm definitely not a good fireworks photographer. To avoid the crowds, I left the scene about 30 min. before the fireworks ended.
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Back at Shinozaki Station, it was quite quick to get on a train. "Keep walking slowly and do not stop."
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I shuddered to think how crowded the station would become in about 30-40 min.
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Right in front of Funabori Station on the Toei Shinjuku subway line is this tall tower with a view. It's part of the Tower Hall Funabori building. It's a banquet hall and convention center. タワーホール船堀
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Funabori Tower is 103 meters high and has free admission. The lookout deck has picture windows on all four sides. Take the elevator, open 9 amto 9:30 pm. May be closed in case of high winds.
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Top view of Funabori Station on the Toei Shinjuku subway line.
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The straight road is Funabori Green Road that goes to Shinkawa River.
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Funabori Tower has great views of Arakawa River. This is looking west.
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Looking toward Tokyo Skytree.
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The straight road is Funabori Green Road that goes to Shinkawa River.
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Looking north.
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Funabori Station 船堀駅
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In front of Funabori Station. 船堀駅
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Exhibition space inside Tower Hall Funabori.
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Funabori Station
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From Satomi Park, the remaining walk went along Edogawa River to the train station.
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Edogawa River has a nice riverside walking/cycling path on both sides of the river.
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This is part of the riverside walking path. On the left is a forest on a hill. The forest is also being protected.
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江戸川沿い
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Edogawa River
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Edogawa River
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Bicycle art on Edogawa River.
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Straight ahead is the bridge for the Keisei Line. 江戸川沿い
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Edogawa River
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Edogawa River has a nice walking/cycling path.
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Instead of going to Konodai Station on the Keisei Line, we walked further south along the Edogawa River. Keisei Line's bridge can be seen behind us.
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This was where people crossed the river by boat and it was a busy/important artery. The Ichikawa Sekisho Checkpoint was at the border between Shimosa (Chiba) and Musashino (Tokyo) Provinces. So the Sekisho was the border control. 市川関所跡
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Ichikawa Sekisho marker near Yamazaki Baking.
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Route 14 bridge over Edogawa River. Bridges were not built over Edogawa River until after the Edo Period ended. Until then, shuttle boats were used to shuttle travelers across the river.
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