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Inside Tanigumi-san Hondo main hall. People pray here for family safety, pregnancy, safe childbirth, business prosperity, transportation safety, passing an exam, recovery from illness, good relationships, and just about everything else.1 views
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This lady probably wants to cure her impaired hearing. Koke-no-mizu Jizo statue (苔の水地蔵尊)1 views
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Koyasu-do is a small altar hall to pray for safe childbirth and child raising. 子安堂1 views
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Offerings inside Koyasu-do. 子安堂1 views
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Origami cranes at Koyasu-do and Oizurudo.1 views
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33 stone steps to Mangando Hall (満願堂).1 views
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About the Mangando (満願堂).1 views
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Origami cranes at Mangando.1 views
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See no evil, speak no evil, and hear no evil by three wise tanuki. Apparently all virile males. Not monkeys, how surprising. 1 views
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Walking back to the bus stop in late afternoon light.1 views
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Tanigumi-san bus stop and shelter.1 views
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Buses go to Tanigumi-guchi Station (Tarumi Line) or Ibi Station (Ibigawa Line). Very infrequent, so check and remember the return bus schedule when you arrive here.1 views
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Bus ride to Ibi Station.1 views
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Ibi Station1 views
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End of Ibigawa Line at Ibi Station.1 views
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One-car train at Ibi Station.1 views
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Ibi Station platform.1 views
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Ibi Station1 views
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Front of YS-11A. 日本航空機製造 YS-11A-500R 中型輸送機1 views
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The YS-11A is the only plane where the public could go inside, but it was closed due to coronavirus in 2021.1 views
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US-1A 9078 rescue plane that flew from 1983 to 1995. 新明和US-1A救難飛行艇1 views
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P-2J was an anti-submarine patrol aircraft. Detects and attacks submarines. Flew from 1979 to 1994. 川崎P2-J対潜哨戒機1 views
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Rear of P-2J.1 views
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Museum's big, blue, two-story building is like an airplane hangar. The first floor has over 30 retired airplanes and replicas. The second floor has space-related exhibits. Expect to spend at least a few hours.1 views
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Entrance to the museum is here on the left side of the building. Admission charged. (Free admission on Nov. 3, Culture Day.)1 views
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Salmson 2A2 was built in Gifu under a license from France. Production started in 1922 by Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., starting Japan's aviation industry. 乙式一型偵察機（サルムソン2A2）1 views
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Front of Salmson 2A2. 乙式一型偵察機（サルムソン2A2）1 views
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Japanese aviation industry pioneers.1 views
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All the planes which first flew in Japan here in Kakamigahara.1 views
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Chronology of Japan's aviation history. The model on the right is the Type 92 Heavy Bomber that first flew in 1931.1 views
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Chronology of Japan's aviation history.1 views
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Chronology of Japan's aviation history until 1945. Models of the Zero fighter and Hien fighter displayed.1 views
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Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien fighter1 views
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Rear of Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien fighter.1 views
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About Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien fighter. 三式戦闘機二型「飛燕」（川崎キ61-II改）1 views
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Airplane design drafting table and implements.1 views
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川崎 ハ140エンジン（「飛燕」二型搭載）1 views
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About Horikoshi Jiro who designed the Zero fighter and later the YS-11.1 views
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L-R: Aircraft mechanic's uniform, fighter pilot's flight suit, and pilot's jacket. Dating from the 1930s-40s.1 views
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Kawasaki KAL-1 1 views
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UF-XS Experimental Flying Boat1 views
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Open door of UF-XS Experimental Flying Boat.1 views
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Lockheed T-33A1 views
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Lockheed T-33A cockpit.1 views
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Fuji T-1B1 views
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Mitsubishi-Lockheed F-104J Starfighter dating from 1963. Retired in 1986.1 views
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Mitsubishi-Lockheed F-104J Starfighter1 views
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Mitsubishi T-2 Blue Impulse aerobatic team jet from 1981. Retired in 1995. The Blue Impulse aerobatic team gave air shows at Gifu Airbase.1 views
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Mitsubishi T-2 T-2高等練習機1 views
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Fuji FA-200 Aero Subaru monoplane from the 1960s.1 views
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Fuji T-3 trainer plane. There was steps to see the cockpit. T-3コックピット搭乗体験1 views
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Mitsubishi T-2 Control-Configured Vehicle (CCV) Research jet. T-2CCV研究機1 views
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Research jet. T-2CCV研究機1 views
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HYPER CHick "KoToNo Limited" is a pedal-powered plane flown by a woman. It was named after the woman pilot, HORI Kotono. Set a new record in July 1992 in Shizuoka Prefecture. 1 views
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Kawasaki XOH-1 wooden mockup helicopter cockpit.1 views
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Different airplane propellers. Very detailed info about most of the museum's planes is at j-hangarspace.jp.1 views
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H-II two-stage rocket made with 100% Japanese technologies.1 views
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H3 rocket (1/20 scale model). H3ロケット（1/20模型）1 views
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NASA astronaut spacesuit and propulsion unit (actual size). 宇宙服と宇宙遊泳噴射装置（1/1模型）1 views
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Japan's Kibo experiment module (full-scale replica) for International Space Station (ISS). We can go inside. 日本実験棟「きぼう」1 views
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Inside Japan's Kibo module (replica) for International Space Station (ISS).1 views
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On the International Space Station (ISS), Japan's Kibo module is attached on the right and the Kounotori cargo vehicle is attached on the bottom.1 viewsKounotori was developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA or Japan’s NASA) and used from Sept. 2009 to Aug. 2020 as expendable cargo spacecraft for delivering supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.
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After nine launches and cargo spacecrafts, Kounotori was finally retired in Aug. 2020. Kounotori will be replaced with a new cargo spacecraft to launch in 2022. Nickname unknown as of this writing. 1 views
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Mohri Mamoru became the first Japanese astronaut to be sent by Japan's space program in Sept. 1992. The first Japanese astronaut to travel on the US Space Shuttle (Endeavour) where he worked in Spacelab-J.1 viewsThe third Japanese in space was the first Japanese and first Asian woman in space, Mukai Chiaki, a cardiovascular surgeon.
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Section S5 is about space probes to learn more about the origin of space and life.1 views
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Mars rover nicknamed "Curiosity." Landed on Mars in Aug. 2012. キュリオシティ（1/1模型）1 views
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Passenger jets that made long-distance travel practical. Thanks to the revolutionary jet engine. Upper photo is a DC-6 prop plane that first flew in 1947 and which JAL used for its first overseas flight. Lower photo is a DC-8 jet plane first flew in 1958.1 views
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Improved aircraft technologies and materials have improved the plane's range and efficiency.1 views
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Mieji Station platform on the Tarumi Line.1 views
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Check the train schedule for your train back to Ogaki (left column) from Mieji Station on the Tarumi Line.1 views
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Mieji Station platform on the Tarumi Line.1 views
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From Mieji Station, walk this way south.1 views
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Entrance to Mie Shrine and Mieji Kannon Temple at the corner of the road. 美江神社1 views
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Mie Shrine prayer hall. 美江神社1 views
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Next to Mie Shrine is Mieji Kanzeon-do Hall. 観世音堂1 views
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Replica of Mieji-juku's Kosatsu official bulletin board. 高札1 views
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Site of a local school. There's also the site of Mieji Castle nearby, but it is inaccessible (private property it seems).1 views
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Turn right here.1 views
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Kanzeon-do Hall in Mieji-juku. 美江寺宿 千手観世音堂1 views
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