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Path from Omote Torii to the Honden. On the right is the Yushima Tenjin Museum. 宝物殿42 views
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Chrysanthemums displayed in the kengai-zukuri style. 懸崖作り42 views
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Rowing off Maibara in northern Shiga. The tall white tower belongs to an elevator manufacturer for testing their elevators. Maibara is best known for Mt. Ibuki and Shiga's one and only shinkansen bullet train station.42 views
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Setagawa River boat cruise modeled after the Ichiban-Maru paddlewheel steamboat which cruised on Lake Biwa in the 19th century.42 views
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Motoki Kyo, chairman of the Seta Rowing Club, is the MC.42 views
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Yakushi Ike pond42 views
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Machida City Photo Salon is a rental gallery. It used to house works by famous photographer Akiyama Shotaro whose works are now in his own museum in Aoyama, Tokyo.42 views
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A view of Tokyo Sky Tree.42 views
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Plum tree in fantastic shape.42 views
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They happened to have flowers in front of Kodaira Station when I visited in mid-May. It was for a local flower festival held at a park.42 views
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A biscuit in the shape of a round mailbox.42 views
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Inside the old post office.42 views
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door to the Reconstructed thatched-roof farmer's home dating from the early Edo Period. 開拓当初の復元住居42 views
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Inside Reconstructed thatched-roof home dating from the early Edo Period. 開拓当初の復元住居42 views
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Omi rice42 views
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At the Omiten Fair in 2012, they had an old Sagicho float decoration on display from Omi-Hachiman. All made of edible materials.42 views
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Ceiling of Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse.42 views
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Probably built in 1702, Muroyano-sono consists of several buildings clustered together. They include the main building (omoya), main storehouse (hongura), and rice storehouse (komegura).42 views
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Floor plan of Muroyano-sono.42 views
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Upstairs of main building (omoya).42 views
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Adjacent to Muroyano-sono is this distinctive building hat used to be Suo Bank built in 1907 and designed by Sato Setsuo. It is now the Tourist Information Office and local museum. 町並み資料館42 views
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A good crowd was present, including local dignitaries.42 views
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They introduced people or the descendants of people who worked to bring cherry blossoms to America and Adachi Ward. Tadao Shimizu. grandson of Kengo Shimizu who was the Kohoku Village mayor in 1886 when he proposed to line the Arakawa River with cherries.42 viewsTadao Shimizu. grandson of Kengo Shimizu who was the Kohoku Village mayor in 1886 when he proposed to line the Arakawa River with cherry blossoms. It eventually lined 6 km of over 3,000 cherry trees.
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Setsu Funatsu, wife of Kanematsu Funatsu, a sakura researcher and grandson of Seisaku Funatsu a Kohoku Village native who studied and helped to cultivate hardy cherry trees after the initial trees to Washington, DC was found to be infested with insects.42 views
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A dogwood sapling was also planted by the mayor and descendants of people who worked to replant cherry trees in Adachi.42 views
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At this Koryu-kan hall in the park, they had an exhibition and slide show lectures.42 views
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A goodwill group from Adachi Ward visited Washington, DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival celebrating the centennial.42 views
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The kamis worshipped.42 views
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Sojiji temple is a short walk from Tanashi Station. 総持寺42 views
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Outside Tanashi Station.42 views
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Rules for flower viewers. No fires and take home your trash.42 views
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Gate to Tennoji temple, the original owner of Yanaka Cemetery. 天王寺42 views
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I visited on April 8, 2012. April 8 is Hana-matsuri or Buddha's birthday at Tennoji temple in Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo.42 views
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Koshinkan's main building houses a restaurant, gallery spaces, and a small performance space on the 2nd floor for small concerts, etc. It has been beautifully renovated.42 views
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Sign and stone marker for Itabashi-shuku's Honjin.42 views
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History of Japan's car license plates.42 views
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Shiodome skyscrapers42 views
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My 2010 video of tekomai geisha performing/singing in Kiba Park. 42 views
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This clock tower is the park's focal point. Cherry blossoms are substantial and many people hold hanami flower-viewing picnics. But it's not as crowded as Ueno Park.42 views
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In Nov.-Dec., the fall leaves turn color.42 views
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The Fukuyu maru was based in Yaizu Port, Shizuoka.42 views
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People refused to buy tuna due to radiation fears.42 views
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Walking to another part of Yumenoshima.42 views
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Intricate transom in the Japanese-style room.42 views
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The 8th Tokyo Marathon was held on Feb. 23, 2014. As usual, many runners wore costumes. These photos were taken near Suitengu Station.42 views
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Sideshow of hula near Suitengu42 views
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The old waiting room and tourist info counter was here. Now a corridor between the station and Mondecool.42 views
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Mondecool 2nd floor shops include a shop selling local products.42 views
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Egg plant42 views
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This runner had leg cramps and a kind bystander gave him a massage.42 views
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Panda42 views
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Starbucks coffee42 views
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Tigers42 views
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An intersection, then more cherry trees.42 views
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Cannot reserve a picnic space in advance.42 views
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Myogadani Station on the Marunouchi Line.42 views
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The statue has been widely lauded in and outside Japan. Like the Hachiko statue at Shibuya Station, this statue is destined to be one of the most beloved in Japan.42 views
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A few cherry trees on campus.42 views
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Namiki Komagata (並木駒形)42 viewsSong about the gaudy, lively scenes along the route from Asakusa to Yoshiwara, home of the oiran courtesan. Asakusa Namiki roadside trees, Komagata, Hanakawado, Sanya-bori moat, and Dote Hatcho riverbank.
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Weeping cherry tree in fall.42 views
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Aoi Shin-ren42 views
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Also watch my YouTube video of Koganei Awa Odori.42 views
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Sakura-ren42 views
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Seibu Kodomo-kai-ren42 views
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Kurenai-ren42 views
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Koganei Awa Odori, Tokyo42 views
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The last dance in front of the station.42 views
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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.42 views
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In early 2014, Kyugetsu created and displayed special edition Japanese Hina dolls (not for sale) depicting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy.42 views
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In front of Ikegami Station on the Tokyu Ikegami Line, follow this road for a short walk to Ikegami Honmonji temple.42 views
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Tsukudajima skyline across the mouth of Sumida River. Yataibune.42 views
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Hamamatsu Castle is next to the city hall, a short bus ride from JR Hamamatsu Station (or a 20-min. walk). The main tower (seen on the left) was reconstructed in 1958. 42 viewsVery easy climb up some steps to the main tower which is a ferroconcrete building housing a museum. The top floor gives a nice panorama of the city. The castle's most famous occupant was Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late 17th century before he moved to Sumpu Castle.
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Hamamatsu Castle Park map42 views
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Inside Hamamatsu Castle's main tower, a museum with local historical artifacts. A small admission is charged.42 views
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Floor plan of the castle palace.42 views
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Samurai armor42 views
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Hamamatsu Station decorated with Ii Naotora and Ii Clan symbols.42 views
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About the birth well of Ii Tomoyasu.42 views
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Poem composed by Ii Naosuke when he visited this site in 1851.42 views
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About the Kannon statue42 views
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Ryotanji temple's garden designed by Kobori Enshu (from Shiga Prefecture).42 views
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Map of the Ii Clan graves.42 views
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Iinoya Shrine42 views
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View from Iinoya Castle site42 views
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Top of Mt. Toragozen42 views
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Toragozen-yama camp grounds.42 views
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Maruyama Tumulus 丸山古墳42 views
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Shopping for a guitar? Come to Ochanomizu.42 views
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Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nicholai-do) is also near Ochanomizu Station.42 views
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