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"Official No. 1 Pin Club" Shop114 viewsShop selling Olympic pins. Prices ranged from 500 yen to 4,000 yen.
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Bridge across Kamaguchi Floodgate114 views
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Sculpture in lakeside park114 views
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The log is tilted upward.114 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 1998.114 views
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Ropes to pull the Onbashira log from Harumiya Shrine.114 views
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Matsumoto Station train platform114 views
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Dressed as Sanada at Ueda Castle, Nagano Prefecture.114 views
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Hot spring foot bath113 views
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5-0 on scoreboard during 1st period.113 viewsIn the 1st period, the scoreboard shows 5-0 in favor of the US.
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Bridge with a mountain design, over Tenryu River.113 views
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Now we walked back together with hundreds of thousands of people...113 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.113 views
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This birch tree is a Natural Monument112 views
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Playground112 views
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Hole for the No. 4 Akimiya Onbashira log112 views
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West Turret, Ueda Castle's only original structure.112 views
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Inside castle tower111 views
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Lakeside park111 views
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Parade of Nagamochi which are long chests. 長持111 views
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Music Box Museum111 views
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Inside Matsumoto Castle is a Gun Museum.111 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."111 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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Path to more azaleas as far as the eye can see.110 views
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Olympics logo on official film (not FujiFilm)110 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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This is one log about to go down the slope. A total of 8 logs will go down this slope.110 views
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Umbrella dance110 views
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Harumiya has a little slope where the logs are slid down.110 views
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People everywhere.110 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.110 views
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About Matsumoto Castle town110 views
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The room being renovated.110 views
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About the castle109 views
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Resurfacing the ice during intermission109 views
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Oguchi Taro monument109 views
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Here is where anybody can get on the logs and play.109 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109 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109 views
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Statue of KATAKURA Kanetaro108 viewsHe and his company planted the azaleas in 1935.
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Finally, people pulling the log appeared.108 views
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Nagamochi chest decorations108 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine 秋宮 幣拝殿108 views
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People along the small slope.108 views
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Onbashira Log No. 3 for Harumiya Shrine.108 views
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Parade108 views
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The base of the Onbashira log is reinforced by these smaller logs.108 views
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Matsumoto Station at night.108 views
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Matsumoto Station108 views
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North Turret of Ueda Castle.108 views
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Takashima Castle 高島城107 views
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Garden107 views
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Bridge across Kamaguchi Floodgate107 views
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In front of Shimosuwa Station.107 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine. That's a support pole for erecting the No. 1 Akimiya Onbashira log. 秋宮107 views
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Harumiya Shrine ahead.107 views
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Matsumoto Castle107 views
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Top floor of Matsumoto Castle.107 views
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Mastumoto Castle tower visible from our hotel.107 views
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Polka dot bus advertising Kusama Yayoi's exhibition in a local museum. Matsumoto is her hometown.107 views
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View of moat from castle tower106 views
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So after this log came out, we were allowed to proceed to the giant slope.106 views
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We weren't the only ones there.106 views
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Entertainment stage in front of Shimosuwa Station.106 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log106 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log106 views
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Sake is given for free.106 views
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They waved their pom-poms and cheered all the while.106 views
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Bullets106 views
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View from top of Matsumoto Castle.106 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。105 views
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We sat there for hours.105 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.105 views
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Crowded street105 views
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Harumiya Shrine torii 春宮105 views
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When the log is erected, a banner is unrolled.105 views
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The men now descend from the log.105 views
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Kappabashi Bridge105 views
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The castle is surrounded by a moat in a park-like area.105 views
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Gate to enter the main castle compound.105 views
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Samurai greets visitors to Matsumoto Castle.105 views
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Samurai armor105 views
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Ceiling on top floor.105 views
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Matsumoto Station105 views
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Reconstructed South Turret of Ueda Castle is open to the public.105 views
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Dinner at a restaurant near Yudanaka Station. Yasai teishoku or fried vegetables.105 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine torii104 views
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One Onbashira log at a rest stop.104 views
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This looks like Log No. 2 for Akimiya Shrine.104 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.104 views
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To drop stones.104 views
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One of the steep stairs in Matsumoto Castle. Tight skirts and miniskirts not recommended.104 views
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Matsumoto Station104 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log103 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.103 views
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One room was being renovated in Oct. 2015.103 views
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Inside Matsumoto Castle.103 views
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View from cycling road102 views
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Hot spring foot bath102 views
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Canora Boys and Girls Chorus102 views
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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102 views
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This log drop is one of the highlights of the festival.102 views
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Onbashira Grand Park102 views
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Harumiya torii 春宮大門102 views
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Another obstacle along the route to the Kami-sha Shrine is this river.101 views
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The banner reads, "Thank you everyone for your cooperation."101 views
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Ropes at rest101 views
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View from castle tower100 views
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Along Tenryu River in winter.100 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.100 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100 views
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We waited for the log scheduled to come down at 3 pm, but it was delayed by 2 hours...100 views
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Ki-otoshi or Log Drop, Onbashira-sai Festival.100 views
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The log is dragged to the edge of the top of the slope.100 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.100 views
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Parade continues even in the rain.100 views
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They threw out free streamers and I caught one. "Yoisa! Yoisa!"100 views
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Reception counter with programs and newsletters in different languages.99 views
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Kappabashi Bridge is the focal point of Kamikochi.99 views
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Ramu-ramu Coffee Shop in Ilf Doga Museum 喫茶ラムラム98 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.98 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine priests 秋宮98 views
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Finally, something to photograph.98 views
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We waited in the rain for Onbashira Log No. 1 to be erected first at Akimiya Shrine at 10:00 am. However, we had to wait, standing up in the rain and in the crowd, for 2.5 hours before they finally started to raise the log.98 views
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Lots of forest.98 views
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Brazilian Dance by Ashinaga Gakuen Brazilian School97 views
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The crowd extended all the way to the rear. All to see the 3pm Ki-otoshi log drop.97 views
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Another log comes to the slope.97 views
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Another Onbashira log makes its way through.97 views
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The log can move quite fast, even with all those people riding it.97 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.97 views
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Inside castle tower96 views
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Stairs to castle tower96 views
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African dance, a real crowd pleaser.96 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。96 views
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Store your luggage here. Not enough lockers at the train station so they provide this service. 400 yen/day.96 views
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