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Marker and side road to Lord Gamo (Gamoh) Ujisato's gravesite. Near Aizu-Wakamatsu City Hall. Gamo Ujisato (1556-1595) was a feudal lord from Hino, Shiga Pref. He built Tsurugajo Castle and named the town Wakamatsu, after a place in his hometown.
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Senryuji Temple, Sanmon Gate, which is the front gate. Reconstructed in 1859, and renovated in 2006-2007. The temple was founded by a monk named Roben 良弁 in 765. 山門
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Seibu Ikebukuro Line train station entrance at Ikebukuro, Tokyo. It takes about 90 min. from Ikebukuro to Yokoze Station via Tokkyu express train. Cheaper trains take 2 hours.
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Horyuji Station, under construction in Mar. 2007 法隆寺駅
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Japan's most famous temple, with the world's oldest wooden buildings (over 1,300 years old), is also the country's first World Heritage Site. Also called Ikaruga-dera, the temple is the headquarters of the Shotoku-shu Buddhist Sect. Path to
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Ujisato was married to Oda Nobunaga's second daughter Fuyuhime. He died at age 40. One theory says that he was poisoned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Entrance to Lord Gamo Ujisato's gravesite within Kotokuji temple in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima..
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View after passing through the Sanmon Gate. Bell Tower ahead.
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Seibu Ikebukuro Line train with shibazakura design.
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Horyuji Station platform
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Admission charged. The 1,000 yen ticket gets you into the three major sights.
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Entrance doors to Lord Gamo Ujisato's gravesite within Kotokuji temple which is a Zen temple of the Rinzai Sect.
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Bell Tower, reconstructed in 1844. It stands between the Sanmon Gate and Hondo main hall.
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Seibu Ikebukuro Line Yokoze Station. Get off here for an easy walk to Hitsujiyama Park where the Shibazakura moss pink hill is. A tourist info office is on the left. 西武池袋線横瀬駅
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Nandaimon Gate 南大門
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Family crest on door. (Not the Gamo crest.)
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Bell Tower
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You can buy a park entry ticket (300 yen) at a booth in front of Yokoze Station. Maps also available. Underpass at Yokoze Station.
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Bus stop in front of Horyuji Station. Takes you to the temple.
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Horyuji temple, Nandaimon Gate, National Treasure 南大門(国宝)
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Grounds of Lord Gamo Ujisato's gravesite within Kotokuji temple. Since Ujisato was a Christian lord, it is ironic that he be buried in a Buddhist temple in Kyoto and Aizu-Wakamatsu.
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Hondo main hall. 本堂
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Founded in 607 by Prince Shotoku Taishi, Horyuji is one of Japan's most famous temples, with the world's oldest wooden buildings (over 1,300 years old). Japan's first World Heritage Site.
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Hondo main hall. 本堂
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Entrance to Hitsujiyama Park. Show your ticket or buy it at the booth nearby.
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Also called Ikaruga-dera, the temple is the headquarters of the Shotoku-shu Buddhist Sect founded by Shotoku Taishi.
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Poem monument reads 限りあれば吹かねど花は散るものを心短き春の山風
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Carved stone lantern in front of Hondo
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If you go early in the morning, there are fewer people.
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西院伽藍
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Path to Lord Gamo Ujisato's gravesite
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Carved stone lantern
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Quite spectacular when the flowers are in full bloom.
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Lord Gamo Ujisato's grave.
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View from Hondo hall
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These photos were taken in late April 2007. (Copyright year in the images are mistaken.)
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Map of Horyuji. Large complex of buildings. Only two precincts are open to the public.
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Lord Gamo Ujisato's grave. This is a secondary grave, where his hair is buried. His main grave is at a temple in Kyoto where he died at age 40.
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It is not yet full bloom. A few patches of green.
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Horyuji and World Heritage Site (Japan's first) marker
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Nezu Station (Chiyoda Line) platform. Just follow the sign to get out the correct exit. 根津駅
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On sunny days, great for taking pictures.
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Shakujii-Koen Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line. 石神井公園駅
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Cherry blossoms along the Shakujii River, near Shin-Itabashi Station on the Mita subway line.
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Nagahama's most famous temple belongs to the Jodo Shinshu sect, Otani school. Omotesando path to Daitsuji.
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Sai-in Garan West Precinct 西院伽藍
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The tombstone has five segments each with a kanji character. 五輪塔
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Jizo statues
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On the street, just follow the signs to Nezu Shrine. Only a few minutes walk.
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Road to Shakujii Park.
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There are cherries on both sides of the river and a walking path on both sides.
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Omotesando is lined with shops.
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三経院 National Treasure
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Explanation of the kanji characters on the tombstone. From top to bottom, the characters are for "Sky, wind, fire, water, and earth."
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Entrance to the Benzaiten Pond Greenery Preservation Area. Adjacent to Senryuji Temple, it used to be part of the temple grounds. The small loghouse is an activity space. 狛江弁財天池緑地保全地区
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Nezu Shrine torii gate 根津神社
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Eight varieties of moss pink are planted. This is Autumn Rose. オータムローズ
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One end of Shakujii Park.
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Entrance to one walking path with a poem monument.
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Red paper umbrellas decorate the path.
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Horyuji temple Five-Story Pagoda and Kondo Hall, National Treasures 五重塔 金堂
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Portrait of Lord Gamo Ujisato
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The area is well forested and maintained by volunteers. The area is open to the public only on certain days.
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Nezu Shrine torii gate 根津神社
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Autumn Rose. Moss pink flowers have five petals with notches, looking like miniature cherry blossoms. The flowers are small. オータムローズ
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Shakujii Pond 石神井池
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The Bunkyo Tsutsuji Matsuri or Azalea Festival is held from April to early May at Nezu Shrine which has a slope filled with 50 varieties of azaleas.
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Moss pink is therefore commonly called "shiba-zakura" which can be translated as "grassy cherry blossoms" or "lawn cherry blossoms."
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Swan boats on Shakujii Pond. 石神井公園
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Five-Story Pagoda and Kondo Hall, National Treasures 五重塔 金堂
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Kotokuji temple
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This greenery area features a variety of flora and fauna, insects, and birds such as the kingfisher.
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Azalea Garden and Nezu Shrine gate 楼門(国指定重文)
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Cherry tree shadow
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Sandal store
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The azaleas usually reach full bloom in late April, but there are flowers which bloom later or earlier so there's always something in bloom during the festival period.
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Little Dot. リットルドット
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Hitsujiyama Park with weeping cherry blossoms and Mt. Bukosan. 羊山公園
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River wall
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Getting closer to the Sanmon Gate
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Goju-no-To (Five-Story Pagoda), National Treasure, Horyuji. The size of the roof gets smaller toward the top of the structure. 五重塔 仏舎利
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Bamboo grove
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Little Dot are white flowers with a yellow dot at the center. リットルドット
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Hitsujiyama Park with weeping cherry blossoms
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Shakujii Pond 石神井池
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Shakujii River sprinkled with fallen petals.
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Omotesando as seen from Sanmon Gate.
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Horyuji Goju-no-To (Five-Story Pagoda) National Treasure. Houses a few bones of Shakyamuni Buddha. 五重塔
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Benzaiten Goddess
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This bridge was recently rebuilt.
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Little Dot
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Hitsujiyama Park and Mt. Bukosan.
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Pleasant walking path.
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Daitsuji temple Sanmon Gate 山門
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The Five-Story pagoda has a thick wooden pillar in the center going from the bottom to the top. Only the top part of the building is in contact with the central pillar and works to counterbalance earthquake swaying.
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The area includes two ponds. Here's one called Hyotan Pond. ひょうたん池
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The large slope of azalea bushes have walking paths where you can see and photograph the flowers up close.
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Hitsujiyama Park and Mt. Bukosan.
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2006 NHK Taiga Drama "Komyo ga Tsuji" Exhibition banner and gate entrance.
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You can enter or see inside the buildings, but no photography is allowed inside.
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The other pond is Benzaiten Pond. The natural spring feeding water to the pond once dried up. In recent years, efforts were made to supply water to the pond. A deep well was dug to feed water to the pond which has koi carp. 霊泉(弁財天池)
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Nezu Shrine, Tokyo
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McDaniel's Cushion マックダニエルクッション
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Torii
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2006 NHK Taiga Drama "Komyo ga Tsuji" Exhibition mapThe temple was one of the venues for the special exhibition held for the NHK Taiga Drama "Komyo ga Tsuji" in 2006.
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Daikodo Hall and Five-Story Pagoda, National Treasures 五重塔
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Benzaiten Shrine next to the pond.
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Some bushes are in full bloom, while others are still too early.
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McDaniel's Cushion are dark pink flowers. マックダニエルクッション
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Bokusui Falls (I think...) 牧水の滝
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What is this?
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A few bridges cross the river.
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Daitsuji temple Hondo main hall and belfry
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McDaniel's Cushion
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An egret stalking insects. It did not mind us photographers only meters away.
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Uphill climb for Shibazakura.
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Daitsuji temple Hondo main hall 大通寺本堂 MAP
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Entry to the azalea garden. 200 yen admission (actually a donation). Open 9am to 5 pm.
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The only egret which never flew away when I approached.
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Daitsuji temple Hondo main hall 大通寺本堂
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Walking path among the azaleas.
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Oakington Blue オーキントンブルー
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Notice the black legs and yellow feet.
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Haiku poems solicited from the public are also displayed along the riverside.
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Oakington Blue are bluish flowers. オーキントンブルー
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Trail to the other end of the park.
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Large Hall 大広間. This is also one location where the film Idai Naru, Shurararabon (偉大なる、しゅららぼん The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom) was filmed. The sleepover scene.
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Shrine gate and azaleas.
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Oakington Blue
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Large Hall 大広間
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Horyuji temple Kondo Main Hall, the world's oldest wooden building at 1,300 years old. National Treasure 金堂
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Stone lantern
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Komyo ga Tsuji exhibit showing Chiyo and Yamauchi Kazutoyo
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Kondo Main Hall, National Treasure and Horyuji's most important building. However, on January 26, 1949, much of the first floor was destroyed by accidental fire. 金堂
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Scarlet Flame スカーレットフレーム
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Entrance hall and palanquin 玄関
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Kondo Main Hall houses 13 Buddha statues. 金堂
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This variety of azaleas are the most common in Japan.
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Scarlet Flame are red. スカーレットフレーム
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Little park
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Corridor to main hall
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Kondo Main Hall, National Treasure. It has some Chinese design elements. 金堂
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Scarlet Flame
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Corridor to main hall
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Kondo Main Hall, National Treasure 金堂
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Petals
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Main hall roof
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Kondo Main Hall, National Treasure 金堂
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Tama-no-Nagare. Means "Flow of Tama." Tama is a river. 多摩の流れ
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Corridor to main hall
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Tama-no-Nagare have a pink stripe on each petal. 多摩の流れ
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Petals on the ground
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Sanmon Gate as seen from the Hondo main hall
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Many exotic varieties of azaleas.
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Tama-no-Nagare look light pink from afar.
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Paper lantern written with "Itabashi-ku."
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Sanmon Gate as seen from the Hondo main hall
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Mixed colors
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Petals and tree roots.
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Main hall
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To Daikōdō Hall
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Dainty ones
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The top of one slope provides a grand view of the flower carpet and Mt. Bukosan, one symbol of Chichibu. 武甲山
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The little park has a side of an old building on the ground, serving as a stage.
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Hondo main hall altar 大通寺 本堂阿弥陀堂
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Daikōdō Hall, National Treasure. Houses Buddha statues. 大講堂
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Flower crush
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Hondo main hall altar, Important Cultural Property 大通寺 本堂阿弥陀堂
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Horyuji temple, Daikōdō Hall, National Treasure 大講堂
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Great view for lunch.
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Mt. Bukosan is being slowly eaten away by cement companies. 武甲山
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Hill
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Main hall veranda
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Lantern
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Small hill
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Belfry
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Lantern relief
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武甲山
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Belfry
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Chūmon Gate, National Treasure 中門
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Belfry surrounded by a pond
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Chūmon Gate, National Treasure 中門
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Tree
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Even the corridor is a National Treasure. Has about 150 wooden pillars. 西院伽藍の廻廊
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武甲山
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Straw blind
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Chūmon Gate and Kondo Hall
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Benches offer visitors a rest.
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