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Hi horsey!Jan 22, 2007
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The left profile is brown.Jan 22, 2007
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Horse stables.Jan 22, 2007
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Staff living quartersJan 22, 2007
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Free gift given at the end of the tour: Pen, stapler, and ruler set. Very interesting tour even though you don't see any horses running on the track. (That's Wednesday's early morning tour.)Jan 22, 2007
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No need to say giddy-up.Jan 22, 2007
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Horses in stable.Jan 22, 2007
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Horse stables.Jan 22, 2007
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Unusual horse with a white face.Jan 22, 2007
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Washing a horse with warrm water.Jan 22, 2007
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This one is named Meisho Ittetsu. メイショウ イッテツJan 22, 2007
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Horse stables.Jan 22, 2007
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Horse ride with a guide guiding the horse.Jan 22, 2007
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Horse ride.Jan 22, 2007
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Nice view of uphill training course. The wood chips, which eventually wear out, are replaced once a year.Jan 22, 2007
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Hoof marks on sand.Jan 22, 2007
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The tour includes a ride on a retired race horse.Jan 22, 2007
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Uphill training course with wood chips. 坂路調教馬場Jan 22, 2007
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Starting gate on training track.Jan 22, 2007
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View of track from press room.Jan 22, 2007
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Swimming pool for horses. There is a circular pool and straight and narrow pools.Jan 22, 2007
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Jan 22, 2007
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Inside the observation building's press room.Jan 22, 2007
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Uphill training course with observation building. The wood chips are soft, making the horse less prone to injury.Jan 22, 2007
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Jan 22, 2007
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Unloaded a horse after a race. Horse trucks often arrived. One truck usually holds up to four horses.Jan 22, 2007
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Horse stables, newly constructed.Jan 22, 2007
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Horse stables.Jan 22, 2007
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Horse feed, mainly grain. No meats.Jan 22, 2007
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Horse stable modelJan 22, 2007
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The training track consists of several different tracks with grass, dirt, or wood chips.Jan 22, 2007
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What the horse sees inside the narrow starting gate.Jan 22, 2007
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Practice horse track at JRA Ritto Training Center in Ritto.Jan 22, 2007
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Starting gates. The left gate has the largest width for beginner horses until they can get used to the narrow gates on the right. Some horses refuse to leave the gate.Jan 22, 2007
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Practice trackJan 22, 2007
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Starting gate training ground.Jan 22, 2007
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24-hour strict security in place. Since 1969, the government-run Japan Racing Association (JRA) has trained jockeys and race horses in Ritto. It offers free tours of this large, impressive facility on Sunday afternoons and early Wednesday mornings.Jan 22, 2007
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Welcome to the JRA office, where the free 90 min. (1 pm - 2:30 pm) tour starts. (Reservations by phone required.)Jan 22, 2007
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Map of Ritto Training Center. Horse stables dominate the area.Jan 22, 2007
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Bridge sidewalk.Jan 22, 2007
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Entrance road to JRA (Japan Racing Association) Ritto Training Center. MAPJan 22, 2007
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Kachidoki BridgeJan 22, 2007
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Kachidoki (Victory) Bridge with race horse motif.Jan 22, 2007
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Jan 19, 2007
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Cycling road sign near bus stop.Jan 19, 2007
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Ishida Mitsunari MemorialJan 19, 2007
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PoemJan 19, 2007
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Ishida Mitsunari MemorialJan 19, 2007
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Ishida Mitsunari Memorial 石田三成供養塔Jan 19, 2007
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Ishida Jinja ShrineJan 19, 2007
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Entrance to Ishida Shrine 石田神社 供養塔Jan 19, 2007
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Nearby Hachiman Shrine.Jan 19, 2007
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Ishida ShrineJan 19, 2007
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Hachiman Shrine is next to the Ishida Mitsunari memorial.Jan 19, 2007
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Ishida Jinja ShrineJan 19, 2007
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Scenery behind the public hall.Jan 19, 2007
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Hachiman Shrine toriiJan 19, 2007
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Poem about the Battle of Sekigahara.Jan 19, 2007
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Behind the public hall.Jan 19, 2007
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Guide map to places in the area related to Ishida Mitsunari.Jan 19, 2007
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Jan 19, 2007
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Poem about Ishida MitsunariJan 19, 2007
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Monuments on the propertyJan 19, 2007
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Statue of Ishida Mitsunari at his former residence in Nagahama.Jan 19, 2007
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Statue of Ishida MitsunariJan 19, 2007
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Stone monument for Ishida Mitsunari Birthplace 石田三成公出生地Jan 19, 2007
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Inside public hallJan 19, 2007
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Monument marking Ishida Mitsunari's former residence.Jan 19, 2007
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Public hallJan 19, 2007
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Monument marking Ishida Mitsunari's former residence.Jan 19, 2007
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The property is now occupied by the Ishida Kaikan public hall and monuments. 石田三成屋敷跡 石田会館Jan 19, 2007
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Marker of Ishida Mitsunari's estateJan 19, 2007
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Site of Ishida Mitsunari's former residence. 石田三成屋敷跡Jan 19, 2007
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Road to Kan'onji temple and marker of Ishida Mitsunari's estateJan 19, 2007
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Road on left goes to Ishida's former residence.Jan 19, 2007
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Steel sculpture depicting Ishida Mitsunari giving tea to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The road on the left goes to the site of his former residence.Jan 19, 2007
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Monument and bus stopJan 19, 2007
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Steel sculpture depicting Ishida Mitsunari giving tea to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Ishida-cho, Nagahama, Shiga Pref.Jan 19, 2007
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Lord Ishida Mitsunari was born in 1560 in Ishida village in Nagahama, Shiga Pref. You can see the site of his birthplace by bus from Nagahama Station. Get off at the Ishida bus stop. MAPHis birthplace and former residence have monuments dedicated to this fallen but revered leader of the Western Forces which lost to Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. He was a protégé and main samurai retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.Jan 19, 2007
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Little stone marker and shrine next to the bus stop.Jan 19, 2007
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Ishida Mitsunari is most famous for the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 when he unsuccessfully led his Western Forces against Tokugawa Ieyasu's Eastern ForcesJan 19, 2007
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Jizo paintings 地蔵尊縁起絵Jan 19, 2007
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2nd lookout point 第二展望台Jan 18, 2007
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Temple walls as seen from the Hokkoku Kaido road.Jan 18, 2007
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Ura-Jizo (Rear Jizo) at the back of the Hondo, now open to the public from Jan. 2007. 裏地蔵尊Jan 18, 2007
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Palanquins in the shoinJan 18, 2007
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Emperor Meiji's room. Notice the elevated tatami mat and footwear.Jan 18, 2007
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Famous garden outside the shoin 文部省指定の名勝庭園Jan 18, 2007
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Perfumed water?Jan 18, 2007
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Corridor to the back of the Hondo main hall. 地蔵尊縁起絵Jan 18, 2007
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Emperor Meiji's room in the shoin when he visited Kinomoto.Jan 18, 2007
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Shoin and gardenJan 18, 2007
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Inside shoin 書院Jan 18, 2007
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Inside Amida-do hallJan 18, 2007
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Shoin altarJan 18, 2007
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ShoinJan 18, 2007
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Shoin entrance and where Emperor Meiji rested. 書院Jan 18, 2007
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Shoin 書院Jan 18, 2007
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ShrineJan 18, 2007
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阿弥陀堂Jan 18, 2007
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書院Jan 18, 2007
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Inside Amida-do altarJan 18, 2007
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Altar in Amida-do hall, Jizo-in, Kinomoto, Shiga 阿弥陀堂Jan 18, 2007
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ToriiJan 18, 2007
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Small Jizo statues out frontJan 18, 2007
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Small Jizo statuesJan 18, 2007
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Entrance to Amida-do temple which is next to the Jizo temple 阿弥陀堂Jan 18, 2007
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Amida-do hall 阿弥陀堂Jan 18, 2007
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Side of Hondo main hall and entrance to the basement corridor. 御戒壇巡りJan 18, 2007
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Small Jizo statuesJan 18, 2007
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Stone monumentJan 18, 2007
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Basement corridor of Hondo. 御戒壇巡りJan 18, 2007
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Inside temple hondo main hallJan 18, 2007
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Ema votive tablets with Year of the BoarJan 18, 2007
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Basement corridor of Hondo. Totally dark. Admission 300 yen. 御戒壇巡りJan 18, 2007
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Red rope for ringing a bell.Jan 18, 2007
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Profile viewJan 18, 2007
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Altar straight ahead.Jan 18, 2007
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Hondo stepsJan 18, 2007
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Back view of Jizo statueJan 18, 2007
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Up viewJan 18, 2007
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Base of giant Jizo statue covered with frogs which help people receive divine blessings from the Jizo. 身代わり蛙Jan 18, 2007
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One eye is closed. For people with eye or vision/health problems, the frogs are trying to take their place and bear the problem while the Jizo is to give blessings to the person. 身代わり蛙Jan 18, 2007
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Base of giant Jizo statue and frogs. Buy a frog for 1,000 yen and write your name and age on it and place it here. 身代わり蛙Jan 18, 2007
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Base of giant Jizo statueJan 18, 2007
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Built in 1894 (Meiji 27), the Jizo statue is Japan's largest Jizo statue. 地蔵大銅像Jan 18, 2007
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Giant Jizo statue. (Cannot go inside the statue.) 地蔵大銅像Jan 18, 2007
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Giant Jizo statue stands 6 meters tall.Jan 18, 2007
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Giant Jizo statue and incense burner, Kinomoto Jizo-in, Shiga 木之本地蔵院Jan 18, 2007
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Temple bellJan 18, 2007
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Jizo statue and temple bellJan 18, 2007
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Omikuji fortune paper tied to strings.Jan 18, 2007
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Kawara roof tile donations. 奉納瓦Jan 18, 2007
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Kawara roof tile donations, 2000 yen per tile. You get to write on it too. 奉納瓦Jan 18, 2007
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Flags and temple roof.Jan 18, 2007
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Frog fountainJan 18, 2007
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Hondo 地蔵堂Jan 18, 2007
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Stone lantern, giant Jizo, and temple bellJan 18, 2007
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Kinomoto Jizo-in Hondo temple hall on the left and giant Jizo statue on the right. 木之本地蔵院Jan 18, 2007
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Hondo 本堂 地蔵堂Jan 18, 2007
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Jizo-in entrance along the Hokkoku Kaido road. This is how it looks on normal days. These photos were taken in Jan.Jan 18, 2007
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Entrance to Jizo-in or Joshinji temple. This is how the temple looks on less crowded days. 木之本地蔵院Jan 18, 2007
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Monumental tree next to Hachiman ShrineJan 17, 2007
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Hachiman ShrineJan 17, 2007
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Monumental treeJan 17, 2007
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Fuwa-no-seki Museum's model of an ancient warriorJan 17, 2007
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Site of Fuwa-no-seki Gate 不破関Jan 17, 2007
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Fuwa-no-seki Museum 不破関資料館Jan 17, 2007
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Inside Fuwa-no-seki Museum 不破関資料館Jan 17, 2007
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JR Sekigahara Station on the Tokaido Line 東海道線 関ヶ原駅Jan 17, 2007
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Site of Fuwa-no-seki Gate 不破関Jan 17, 2007
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Site of Fuwa-no-seki Gate (no entry) 不破関Jan 17, 2007
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Central Sekigahara townJan 17, 2007
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Shimazu YoshihiroJan 16, 2007
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Art park to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the battle in the year 2000. Near the Shimazu position.Jan 16, 2007
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Path to/from Shimazu Yoshihiro's monument.Jan 16, 2007
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Shimazu YoshihiroJan 16, 2007
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Hill where Shimazu was.Jan 16, 2007
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Fukushima Masanori's position and shrine.Jan 16, 2007
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Monument for Shimazu Yoshihiro's position.Jan 16, 2007
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Site where the battle started as seen from Shimazu Yoshihiro's position.Jan 16, 2007
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Monument marking the site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.Jan 16, 2007
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Path to Shimazu Yoshihiro's position.Jan 16, 2007
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Monument for Shimazu Yoshihiro from Satsuma (Kagoshima). Ishida asked for his assistance at 10 am, but was refused.Jan 16, 2007
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Signs show the way and distance to the various monuments.Jan 16, 2007
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Site of Fukushima Masanori's position. 福島正則陣跡Jan 16, 2007
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Shimazu Yoshihiro's position.Jan 16, 2007
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Banners mark the site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.Jan 16, 2007
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Monument at West Burial Site, Nishi KubizukaJan 16, 2007
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Monument marking Fukushima Masanori's position.Jan 16, 2007
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Rear view of monument marking the site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.Jan 16, 2007
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Site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.Jan 16, 2007
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West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚Jan 16, 2007
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Banners with Kyogoku Takatomo's crest.Jan 16, 2007
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Memorial shrineJan 16, 2007
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West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚Jan 16, 2007
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Site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position now within the grounds of junior high school. 藤堂高虎・京極高知陣跡Jan 16, 2007
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Site of Todo Takatora and Kyogoku Takatomo's position.Jan 16, 2007
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East Burial Site, where the decapitated heads of the Western force leaders were buried. 東首塚Jan 16, 2007
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Monument at West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚Jan 16, 2007
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West Burial Site, Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚Jan 16, 2007
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West Burial Site for the corposes of West Forces leaders. Nishi Kubizuka 西首塚Jan 16, 2007
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Monument marking Ii Naomasa and Matsudaira Tadayoshi's position. 井伊直政・松平忠吉 陣跡Jan 16, 2007
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Monument marking Ii Naomasa and Matsudaira Tadayoshi's position. 井伊直政・松平忠吉 陣跡Jan 16, 2007
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Well where the decapitated heads of Western Force leaders were washed.Jan 16, 2007
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Site where the battle started and Mt. Matsuo in the background.Jan 16, 2007
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East Burial Site, where the decapitated heads of the Western force leaders were buried. 東首塚Jan 16, 2007
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Memorial treeJan 16, 2007
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Monument for Konishi Yukinaga's station. 小西 行長陣跡Jan 16, 2007
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Area around Konishi Yukinaga's position.Jan 16, 2007
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Monument marking the site where the Sekigahara battle started. 開戦地Jan 16, 2007
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Path to Konishi Yukinaga's station, near where the battle started.Jan 16, 2007
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Panoramic view of where the Battle of Sekigahara started. Most battle monuments are within walking distance from the train station, but they are numerous and spread over a wide area.The battle started at the foot of the hill on the left of the road. The small hill on the right was where Shimazu Yoshihiro was stationed. Mt. Ibuki is in the background in the middle.Jan 16, 2007
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Monument marking Ii Naomasa and Matsudaira Tadayoshi's position.Jan 16, 2007
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Ii Naomasa and Matsudaira Tadayoshi's position, near Sekigahara Station. And also next to Higashi Kubizuka.Jan 16, 2007
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Monument for Konishi Yukinaga's station. 小西 行長陣跡Jan 16, 2007
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Monument for Konishi Yukinaga's station. 小西 行長陣跡Jan 16, 2007
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Banners mark the site where the battle started.Jan 16, 2007
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Banner with Ukita Hideie's crest.Jan 16, 2007
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Monument marking the site where the Sekigahara battle started at 8 am on Sept. 15, 1600 (Oct. 21 Western calendar) with Ii Naomasa firing upon Ukita Hideie.Jan 16, 2007
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Path to the Kaisenchi or site where the battle started, at the foot of the hill straight ahead. 開戦地Jan 16, 2007
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The battle started at the foot of the hill on the left of the road. The small hill on the right was where Shimazu Yoshihiro was stationed. Mt. Ibuki is in the background in the middle.Jan 16, 2007
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People patting a lucky mirror?Jan 16, 2007
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The shrine is surrounded by Ebisu street stalls.Jan 16, 2007
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Never-ending sales pitch on Toka Ebisu Day. All these good-looking girls make you wanna buy something.Jan 16, 2007
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Another Shinsaibashi Top LadyJan 16, 2007
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Shinsaibashi Top LadyJan 16, 2007
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Miss Ebisu-bashiJan 16, 2007
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Cart for Miss Ebisu-bashiJan 16, 2007
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Miss Ebisu-bashi, Toka Ebisu, Imamiya Ebisu Jinja, OsakaJan 16, 2007
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Shinsaibashi Top Lady cartJan 16, 2007
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Cart for the Lucky MaidenJan 16, 2007
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Slim-looking EbisuJan 16, 2007
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Fuku-musume Lucky MaidenJan 16, 2007
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Geisha on a palanquinJan 16, 2007
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Geisha on a palanquin, Toka Ebisu, Imamiya Ebisu Shrine, OsakaJan 16, 2007
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Shinsaibashi Top LadyJan 16, 2007
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