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Grand finale dance called Itomachi Ko-uta105 views
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About the castle104 views
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Resurfacing the ice during intermission104 views
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Olympics logo on official film (not FujiFilm)104 viewsKodak was the official Olympics film in a country where 70 percent of the film market belongs to Fuji Film. It must have been sweet revenge for Kodak because Fuji Film was the official film at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. Kodak has been the official film sponsor for all Olympic Games since then. It will also be the official film for the Sydney Games in the year 2000.
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Lakeside park104 views
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Bridge with a mountain design, over Tenryu River.104 views
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Onbashira Log No. 1 already erected for Harumiya Shrine on May 8, 2004.104 views
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Dressed as Sanada at Ueda Castle, Nagano Prefecture.104 views
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Inside castle tower103 views
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Bridge across Kamaguchi Floodgate103 views
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Playground103 views
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Thank goodness for telephoto lenses.103 views
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The log is tilted upward.103 views
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Shimenawa sacred rope on Kaguraden103 views
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Matsumoto Station train platform103 views
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Bridge across Kamaguchi Floodgate102 views
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Oguchi Taro monument102 views
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Lakeside park102 views
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Here is where anybody can get on the logs and play.102 views
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This is one log about to go down the slope. A total of 8 logs will go down this slope.102 views
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Takashima Castle 高島城101 views
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So after this log came out, we were allowed to proceed to the giant slope.101 views
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Finally, people pulling the log appeared.101 views
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Ropes to pull the Onbashira log from Harumiya Shrine.100 views
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This is May 9, 2004, the second day of Shimo-sha Shrine's Satobiki. Shimo-sha Shrine consists of two separate shrines called Akimiya and Harumiya.100 views
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Banners unfurled.100 views
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Statue of KATAKURA Kanetaro99 viewsHe and his company planted the azaleas in 1935.
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We weren't the only ones there.99 views
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Onbashira monument in front of Shimosuwa Station. This Onbashira log was used in the opening ceremony of the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998.99 views
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Taiko performance at Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine's Kaguraden99 views
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West Turret, Ueda Castle's only original structure.99 views
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Dinner at a restaurant near Yudanaka Station. Yasai teishoku or fried vegetables.99 views
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Path to more azaleas as far as the eye can see.98 views
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We sat there for hours.98 views
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Hole for the No. 4 Akimiya Onbashira log98 views
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The bridge is normally closed to the public. In the old days, this bridge marked Harumiya Shrine's sacred area where even warlords had to get out of their palanquin or get off their horse out of respect before proceeding further. 下馬橋98 views
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About Matsumoto Castle town98 views
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The room being renovated.98 views
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North Turret of Ueda Castle.98 views
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Polka dot bus advertising Kusama Yayoi's exhibition in a local museum. Matsumoto is her hometown.97 views
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Matsumoto Station at night.97 views
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Reconstructed South Turret of Ueda Castle is open to the public.97 views
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Parade of Nagamochi which are long chests. 長持96 views
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People everywhere.96 views
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Music Box Museum96 views
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Inside Matsumoto Castle is a Gun Museum.96 views
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Bullets96 views
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Top floor of Matsumoto Castle.96 views
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Mastumoto Castle tower visible from our hotel.96 views
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Matsumoto Station96 views
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The world-famous, hot spring-loving snow monkeys in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture must be Japan's most photographed wild animals. "The only place in the world where monkeys bathe in hot springs."96 viewsThey live in the mountains in a valley named Jigokudani (Hell Valley). A snow monkey park (Jigokudani Yaen Koen) was established for them in 1964 where the park operator feeds the monkeys and maintains a hot spring (onsen) bath for them. Although winter (with snow) is the most popular time to see the monkeys, the park is open year round (9 am–4 pm).
This is the entrance to the trail to the snow monkey park in Yamanouchi town, Nagano Prefecture. It's about 1.6 km or a 30-min. walk (longer if you stop and take pictures).
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After walking for 30 min., we reached this place called Shimekake, a resting place for the logs which had been hauled from the mountains. This is Log No. 2 for Akinomiya Shrine. 注連掛95 views
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The Ki-otoshi slope, and one of the icons of the festival. This is the larger slope for Ki-otoshi compared to the one for the Kami-sha Shrine in Chino. 木落とし坂95 views
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The hauling of the logs from the forest to a resting place near the shrine is called Yamadashi. The hauling route and schedule for the Kami-sha and Shimo-sha Shrines are different.95 views
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Matsumoto Castle is one of Japan's five castles with the main tenshu tower designated as a National Treasure. Near JR Matsumoto Station.95 views
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Ceiling on top floor.95 views
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Matsumoto Station95 views
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Matsumoto Station95 views
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View from cycling road94 views
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Hot spring foot bath94 views
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Nakamura Naoko singing "Lake Biwa Rowing Song" up to verse 3. 中村直子さんが三番まで歌われた。94 views
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The logs will rest here for about a month until early May when they will be hauled to the shrines for the Satobiki erection.94 views
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We waited for the log scheduled to come down at 3 pm, but it was delayed by 2 hours...94 views
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In front of Shimosuwa Station.94 views
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Umbrella dance94 views
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Small support poles.94 views
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On the way to Harumiya Shrine, you see this bridge. It is a rest stop for the Akimiya Onbashira log procession. 下馬橋94 views
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Harumiya has a little slope where the logs are slid down.94 views
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Onbashira Log No. 3 for Harumiya Shrine.94 views
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The base of the Onbashira log is reinforced by these smaller logs.94 views
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Gate to enter the main castle compound.94 views
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Samurai greets visitors to Matsumoto Castle.94 views
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Samurai armor94 views
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View from top of Matsumoto Castle.94 views
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View from castle tower93 views
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Reception counter with programs and newsletters in different languages.93 views
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The crowd extended all the way to the rear. All to see the 3pm Ki-otoshi log drop.93 views
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Nagamochi chest decorations93 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine 秋宮 幣拝殿93 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine. That's a support pole for erecting the No. 1 Akimiya Onbashira log. 秋宮93 views
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They waved their pom-poms and cheered all the while.93 views
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The castle is surrounded by a moat in a park-like area.93 views
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Matsumoto Castle93 views
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To drop stones.93 views
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One of the steep stairs in Matsumoto Castle. Tight skirts and miniskirts not recommended.93 views
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Canora Boys and Girls Chorus92 views
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People along the small slope.92 views
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When the log is erected, a banner is unrolled.92 views
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Sake is given for free.92 views
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Inside Matsumoto Castle.92 views
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The log is dragged to the edge of the top of the slope.91 views
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Another obstacle along the route to the Kami-sha Shrine is this river.91 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine torii91 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log91 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log91 views
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Harumiya Shrine ahead.91 views
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Harumiya Shrine torii 春宮91 views
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Parade91 views
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Now it's May 10, 2004, the last day of the Shimo-sha Satobiki. All four logs will erected at Akimiya Shrine on this day.91 views
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One room was being renovated in Oct. 2015.91 views
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These photos show the slope for the Ki-otoshi (Log Drop) along the log-hauling route to Kami-sha Shrine in Chino and Suwa.90 views
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This log drop is one of the highlights of the festival.90 views
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Ki-otoshi or Log Drop, Onbashira-sai Festival.90 views
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Onbashira Grand Park90 views
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The men now descend from the log.90 views
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One Onbashira log at a rest stop.90 views
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Inside castle tower89 views
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Stairs to castle tower89 views
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Along Tenryu River in winter.89 views
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Nakamura Naoko singing "Lake Biwa Rowing Song." The first Japanese person to sing the song in public. 「琵琶湖周航の歌」の英語版も歌われた。89 views
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Another log comes to the slope.89 views
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Entertainment stage in front of Shimosuwa Station.89 views
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Crowded street89 views
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Harumiya torii 春宮大門89 views
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The banner reads, "Thank you everyone for your cooperation."89 views
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Kappabashi Bridge89 views
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Store your luggage here. Not enough lockers at the train station so they provide this service. 400 yen/day.88 views
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They threw out free streamers and I caught one. "Yoisa! Yoisa!"88 views
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View from castle tower87 views
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Ramu-ramu Coffee Shop in Ilf Doga Museum 喫茶ラムラム87 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine priests 秋宮87 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log87 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.87 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Takasaki (30th post town on the Nakasendo) from his Kisokaido series. 87 views
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Koishiya is a retro kind of ryokan with a lot of great artwork from the early Showa Period. A wood carving of a Hokusai-type wave next to the door of my room in Koishiya.87 viewsShibu Onsen hot spring in Nagano Prefecture.
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My room at Koishiya. It also has a tokonoma (alcove) on the right, but instead of a picture scroll, it has small western paintings which didn't match the room.87 viewsI can understand that any hanging scroll could be expensive or stolen. And it was a budget ryokan.
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Brazilian Dance by Ashinaga Gakuen Brazilian School86 views
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Parade continues even in the rain.86 views
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Kappabashi Bridge is the focal point of Kamikochi.86 views
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Yorozuya has a huge hot spring bathing facility with one large indoor bath and one outside. This place also had a classic design, taking you back in time to the 1930s.86 viewsThis is the men's changing room. It's huge and looks more like a temple with woodcarved transoms high above. Maybe it was a temple before. The door on the right is the entrance to the indoor bath.
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African dance, a real crowd pleaser.85 views
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Log No. 4 for Shimo-sha Shrine's Akinomiya Shrine which already went down the big slope for Ki-otoshi (Log Drop) comes out at 1:30 pm. 秋宮四之柱85 views
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The slope is near the train tracks.85 views
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The rope snaps and the log slides down the slope.85 views
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Ropes at rest85 views
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All the Onbashira logs are hauled manually by human hands from when it is cut in the mountain forest. No motor vehicles of any kind is used to haul the logs.85 views
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