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Bicycle the pavement for 40 km, taking about an hour.Feb 19, 2006
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Turn-around point for another lap.Feb 19, 2006
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Taking off the wet suit and getting on the bicycle.Feb 19, 2006
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Out of the water and racing to the bicycles.Feb 19, 2006
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8:10 am: And they're off, taking about 30 min. to swim 1.5 km.Feb 19, 2006
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Starting lineFeb 19, 2006
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Women at the starting line for triathlonFeb 19, 2006
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Before 8 am: Women do a warm-up lap.It wasn't exactly warm, but they had wet suits. Odaiba's water is not exactly crystal-clear clean either.Feb 19, 2006
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Ai-chan speaks.The frustrating thing about the torch relay was that they did not say which runner would be running where. A list of runners was made public, but there was no information about where they would run.Feb 19, 2006
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Ai-chan and Tokyo governor Ishihara Shintaro light the cauldron.Feb 19, 2006
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The governor speaks.Feb 19, 2006
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Stage at Tokyo City HallFeb 19, 2006
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The crowd waits to see who the final torch runner is.Feb 19, 2006
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It's Fukuhara Ai, table tennis player.Feb 19, 2006
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Miura Yukari, a high school student from Fukushima Pref.Miura Yukari, a high school student from Fukushima Pref.
福島工業高等専門学校に通い、部活動はソフトボールという三浦由香里さん。Feb 19, 2006
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Torch runner at Omotesando, for Athens 2004 Olympic Torch RelayMiura Yukari, a high school student from Fukushima Pref.
福島工業高等専門学校に通い、部活動はソフトボールという三浦由香里さん。Feb 19, 2006
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Ai-chan and Tokyo governor Ishihara Shintaro hold the torch together.Feb 19, 2006
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JacketFeb 19, 2006
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Olympic Bridge near Yoyogi, site of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.Feb 19, 2006
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Tokyo City Hall, the final destinationFeb 19, 2006
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Coming down Omotesando, first are sponsor vehiclesFeb 19, 2006
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Yoyogi GymnasiumTorch relay path is coned off.Feb 19, 2006
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Passing on the flame at AsakusaFeb 19, 2006
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Olympic ring sculpture along OmotesandoFeb 19, 2006
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Cheerleaders blocking our view of the torch runnerFeb 19, 2006
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Omotesando with path coned off for the torch runnerFeb 19, 2006
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Asakusa-style welcome for the sacred Olympic flame. (Golden Dragon Dance)Feb 19, 2006
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Fireman's acrobaticsFeb 19, 2006
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Koga takes the torch again to light the next torch.Feb 19, 2006
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Motorcycle escortFeb 19, 2006
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It's singer Hashi Yukio (wow).Feb 19, 2006
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Torch runner and famous singer Hashi Yukio passes through GinzaFeb 19, 2006
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Koga Toshihiko (gold medalist in judo) carries the torch to Asakusa, in front of Kaminarimon Gate.Feb 19, 2006
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Looking toward Matsuya Dept. Store.Feb 19, 2006
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Police escortFeb 19, 2006
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Ginza 4-chome, Mitsukoshi Dept. StoreDespite the rain, all these people showed up just to see the torch relay. No one knew who would pass through here. But since Ginza was a major area of Tokyo, we assumed that it would be someone quite famous.Feb 19, 2006
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Kazushige runs on the sidewalk in Odaiba.Feb 19, 2006
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About 11 am: Here we go folks, the first of 136 runners in Tokyo.Feb 19, 2006
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The Greek ambassador to Japan gives the torch to Kazushige.Feb 19, 2006
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An Olympic torch attendant stands by to hand over the torch. In his right hand, he holds a small lantern housing a little flame in case the main torch is snuffed out.Feb 19, 2006
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Nagashima Kazushige substitues for his father, baseball hero Nagashima Shigeo, who was hospitalized.Feb 19, 2006
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On June 6, 2004, the Athens Olympic Torch Relay came through Tokyo as it has been doing at all cities in the world which had held a Summer Olympics. Starting point: Tokyo Big SightI chased the flame for Athens at several points in Tokyo.Feb 19, 2006
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Dignitaries at the torch relay starting ceremony.Feb 19, 2006
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Hand towel which fell onto my chest while I was not watching.Feb 19, 2006
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Bagged a bag of beans, to ward off bad luck and welcome good luck this year.Feb 19, 2006
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My mochi catch: For good fortune this year.Feb 19, 2006
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Elevator hall to go up the towerThe stairway is also available up to the main observatory.Feb 19, 2006
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View from Roppongi Hills.Feb 19, 2006
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View down from a glass floor on main observatoryFeb 19, 2006
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Special observatory (250 m high). When the wind blows, it sways.Feb 19, 2006
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Too hazy to see Mt. FujiFeb 19, 2006
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Roppongi Hills at centerFeb 19, 2006
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View of Hamamatsu-choFeb 19, 2006
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Memorial to the dogs who served in Antartica.Feb 19, 2006
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Somon Gate 惣門Feb 19, 2006
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Kyozo 経蔵Storehouse for sutra texts. Originally built in 1613 with the financial aid of Tokugawa Ieyasu and renovated and relocated here in 1800. It has an octagonal-shaped with revolving bookshelves in the center.Feb 19, 2006
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Mausoleum of Tokugawa Shoguns 徳川将軍家墓所After Tokugawa Ieyasu started to rule the Kanto region, he designated Zojoji as the family temple of the Tokugawa clan. The Mausoleum has the tombs of six Tokugawa Shoguns (the 2nd shogun Hidetada, 6th shogun Ienobu, 7th shogun Ietsugu, 9th shogun Ieshige, 12th shogun Ieyoshi, and 14th shogun Iemochi), Imperial Princess Kazunomiya (wife of Shogun Iemochi), and wives and children of shoguns. A total of 38 people are buried here.Feb 19, 2006
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Entrance to Jizo statuesFeb 19, 2006
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Tomb in the Mausoleum of Tokugawa Shoguns before it was open for public viewing.Feb 19, 2006
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Inside the old Ankokuden 安国殿Feb 19, 2006
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Inside old Ankokuden. A picture of Yokozuna Taiho from the 1960s. I wonder why they had it there. 安国殿Feb 19, 2006
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Inside the old Ankokuden 安国殿Feb 19, 2006
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Security detail. There was a good number of policemen and security people, mainly to discourage pickpockets. Feb 19, 2006
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The old Ankokuden 安国殿Feb 19, 2006
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Should I pick it up from the ground?Feb 19, 2006
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Missed bean bags on groundFeb 19, 2006
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Priest and Fukuhara Ai (table tennis player)Feb 19, 2006
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Tamao-chan, Ai-chan, and TochiazumaNakamura Tamao (actress), Fukuhara Ai (table tennis player) and Ozeki Tochiazuma (sumo wrestler)Feb 19, 2006
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People pushing and shoving. Pretty dangerous...Feb 19, 2006
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Tamao-chan, Ai-chan, and TochiazumaFeb 19, 2006
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Actress Nakamura Tamao ("Tamao-chan") and TV personality Françoise Moréchand.Here's a Japanese list of the celebrities who threw beans this day:
フランソワ･モレシャン（タレント）、中島 ゆたか（タレント）、川原 多美子（モデル）、秋本 裕希（モデル）、山内 麻美（モデル）、玉川 スミ（落語家）、池田 綾子（歌手）、三笑亭 可楽（落語家）、春風亭 小柳枝（落語家）、三笑亭 夢太朗（落語家）、桂 米助（落語家）、柳亭 楽輔（落語家）、春風亭 鯉昇（落語家）、翁屋 喜楽（落語家）、鏡味 健二郎（太神楽）、神田 ひまわり（講談）、金原亭 伯楽（落語家）、吉原 朝馬（落語家）、金原亭 馬生（落語家）、金原亭 世之介（落語家）、初音家 左橋（落語家）、金原亭 小駒（落語家）、市山 松扇（歌舞伎舞踊）、市山 松翁（歌舞伎舞踊）、市山 松之助（歌舞伎舞踊）、市山 扇之助（歌舞伎舞踊）、市山 竹紫郎（歌舞伎舞踊）、市山 竹松（歌舞伎舞踊）、市山 翔（歌舞伎舞踊）Feb 19, 2006
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Setsubun bean throwing at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo with Tamao-chan, Ai-chan, and TochiazumaAi-chan was really cute and seemed to be having a great time throwing the beans. Nakamura Tamao (actress), Fukuhara Ai (table tennis player) and Ozeki Tochiazuma (sumo wrestler)Feb 19, 2006
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12:30 pm: Celebrity bean throwers 豆まきHeaded by Nakamura Tamao (actress), Fukuhara Ai (table tennis player) and Ozeki Tochiazuma (sumo wrestler), a large number of famous people did the honors.
Here's a Japanese list of the celebrities who threw beans this day:
栃東 関（角界）、福原 愛（女子卓球）、渡部 絵美（元フィギュアスケート選手）、大塚 文雄（民謡歌手）、川野 太郎（俳優）、大谷 晋二郎（プロレスラー）、佐藤 耕平（プロレスラー）、日高 郁人（プロレスラー）、藤田 ミノル（プロレスラー）、大至 伸行（歌手）、水谷 八重子（女優）、川田 公子（みやらび太鼓）、すずき 円香（歌手）、桂 小金治（落語家）、パンツェッタ･ジローラモ（タレント）、武田 幸三（キックボクサー）、わたせ せいぞう（漫画家）、山野愛子ジェーン（山野学苑校長）、中村 玉緒（女優）、岡田 茉莉子（女優）、松旭斉 八重子（マジシャン）、中野 俊彦（松旭斉さん共演）、Feb 19, 2006
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12:15 am: Devil out! Fortune come in! Kindergarten kids throw beans at an orge to drive out evil and bring in good fortune. 鬼問答Feb 19, 2006
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People on the left wait for the main event...Feb 19, 2006
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Bean throwing 節分追儺式First they had people born in the year of the dog throwing small bags of soybeans. They also had one person in a candybox outfit to advertise one of the sponsors who supplied some of the treats they threw to us. Zojoji threw not only beans, but all kinds of little things like tissue paper, towels, toys, potato chips, and candy.Feb 19, 2006
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11:45 am: Mochi pounding 餅つきFeb 19, 2006
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Children from the neighboring kindergarten.Feb 19, 2006
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People born in the year of the dog.Feb 19, 2006
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Children from the neighboring kindergarten.Feb 19, 2006
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Lastly is the ryuteki flute-like gagaku instrument. It makes a long, whining sound. 龍笛Feb 19, 2006
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Closeup of the gagaku instrument "sho." 笙Gagaku music is commonly associated with the Shinto religion. However, this Buddhist temple has been playing gagaku since long ago. The sho is a wind instrument making that long, drawling, ghostly haunting sound.Feb 19, 2006
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Two men playing a gagaku instrument called "sho." 笙Gagaku music is commonly associated with the Shinto religion. However, this Buddhist temple has been playing gagaku since long ago.Feb 19, 2006
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Next is the hichiriki, another gagaku instrument. The hichiriki makes a prolonged duck-call sound. 篳篥Feb 19, 2006
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On Feb. 3, 2006, went to see Setsubun bean throwing at Zojoji. Daiden (Hondo) main hall as we wait for the beansI was at the front and center. A good place to catch beans, but not very good for picture taking.
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Ever since 1958 when Tokyo Tower was built, you could not photograph Zojoji without the tower.Feb 19, 2006
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11:45 am: Procession お練りA long procession of priests, children, and people born in the year of the dog (2006 was the year of the dog) were in the parade.
お練り 午前11時45分〜 開山堂〜三門〜安国殿
餅つき 午後11時55分〜 於：特設舞台
祈 願 午後12時05分〜 於：安国殿
鬼問答 午後12時15分〜 於：特設舞台
豆まき 午後12時30分〜 於：特設舞台
大〆め 午後12時50分〜 於：特設舞台Feb 19, 2006
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Procession of priests.Feb 19, 2006
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Zojoji, Daiden (Hondo) main hall with bean-throwing stage for Setsubun on Feb. 3. 大殿Daiden (Hondo) is the temple's main worship hall. It was rebuilt in 1974. Enshrined inside is a large main image (honzon) of Amida Buddha (made during the Muromachi Period), with an image of Great Teacher Shan-tao (who perfected China's Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism) on the right and an image of Honen Shonin (founder of Jodo-shu sect in Japan) on the left. On Feb. 3, the bean-throwing stage was set up in front.Feb 19, 2006
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Koshoden 光摂殿Koshoden is a lecture hall and seminary for “cleansing soul and fostering the vigor to live” as we face the 21st century. The coffered ceiling of the large hall has beautiful paintings of flowering plants, donated by 120 pious Japanese artists.Feb 19, 2006
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Daibonsho temple gongFeb 19, 2006
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Main hall in the distance with Tokyo Tower in the background. If you visit Zojoji, you might as well visit Tokyo Tower as well. Just a short walk from the temple.Feb 19, 2006
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Daibonsho temple gong 鐘楼堂Giant bell with a diameter of 1.76 meters, height of 3.33 meters and a weight of 15 tons. Known as one of the Big Three Bells of the Edo Period. The bell is rung twice a day, in the early morning and in the evening. 鐘楼堂Feb 19, 2006
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After passing through Sangedatsu-mon Gate. Various memorials and monuments are all over the temple grounds.Feb 19, 2006
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Zojoji Temple is the head temple of the Jodo-shu Buddhist sect and best known as the temple of the Tokugawa shoguns. 大門After Tokugawa Ieyasu started to rule the Kanto region, he designated Zojoji as the family temple of the Tokugawa clan. The temple was expanded during the same time Edo Castle was being built.
Zojoji then came to be known as one of Japan's principal Buddhist temples. The temple grounds have many buildings, monuments, and the tombs of six Tokugawa Shoguns, Imperial Princess Kazunomiya (wife of Shogun Iemochi), and wives and children of shoguns.
Zojoji Temple is a short walk from Onarimon Station on the Mita subway line, Daimon Station on the Toei Oedo and Asakusa subway lines, and JR Hamamatsu-cho Station. This photo shows Daimon Gate on the road to the temple.Feb 19, 2006
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Sangedatsu-mon Gate with notices saying that table tennis player Fukuhara Ai and Ozeki Tochiazuma will be bean throwers for Setsubun.This is Feb. 3, 2006. 三門Feb 19, 2006
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Sangedatsu-mon Gate (Sanmon) which is the temple's front gate. 三解脱門（三門）The main gate to enter the temple fronts a busy road. Important Cultural Property. "Sangedatsu" means to be released from the three earthly states of mind: greed, anger and stupidity. Walk through this gate and maybe this might happen to you.Feb 19, 2006
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Priests splash cold water over themselves at the Nose Myokenzan Betsuin in Sumida-ku, TokyoFeb 17, 2006
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The congregation gather on the steps and beat fan-shaped drums.Feb 17, 2006
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Barrels of cold waterFeb 17, 2006
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Nose Myokenzan Betsuin at a street corner. In Feb., priests at this small temple splash cold water on themselves for 30 min. Near Honjo-Azumabashi Station on the Toei Asakusa Line or JR Kinshicho Station on the Sobu Line.Feb 17, 2006
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Barrels of cold water in front of shrineFeb 17, 2006
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Inscription in EnglishJan 30, 2006
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Names of the nine Japanese who diedJan 30, 2006
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I hope the former submarine commander Scott Waddle comes here on each anniversary of the accident and pray for their souls.Jan 30, 2006
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Inscription in JapaneseJan 30, 2006
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The memorial was unveiled on Feb. 9, 2002, a year after the accident.Jan 30, 2006
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Ehime Maru Memorial in Kakaako Waterfront Park, Honolulu えひめ丸慰霊之碑The memorial is on a slope with a good view of the ocean. It was indeed a suitable place for such a memorial. Jan 30, 2006
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On Feb. 9, 2001, a small Japanese fisheries training boat from Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture was struck by the USS Greeneville submarine as it bolted to the surface off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii. Nine Japanese high school students, teachers, and crewmen died aboard the Ehime Maru. A year later, a waterfront memorial was built in Honolulu.Jan 30, 2006
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Symbol of Nagoya, golden shachihoko. Killer whale or fish with a tiger's head.First believed to protect the building from disasters, but later served as the symbol of the castle lord's authority. The original pair was destroyed along with the castle tower during WWII, but they were remade in 1959 along with the castle tower. Later, they were recoated with gold. They gleam very well on sunny days. The male fish is on the right (north), and female (south) on the left.Jan 27, 2006
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Snowy path. I was the only fool walking here, I saw no one else. But the scenery was great.Jan 27, 2006
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Yogoko-so Kokuminshuku lodge at the southern tip of the lake. It affords a scenic view of the lake. This is a national pension so prices are affordable. 国民宿舎 余呉湖荘Sadly, after 40 years in business, this pension closed in Sept. 2013 due to aging facilities that were too expensive to repair.Jan 27, 2006
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Where the water meets the ice. About one-fourth of the lake was iced over.Jan 27, 2006
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Looking toward Yogo Station.Jan 27, 2006
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During winter in Jan. 2006, when it snowed a lot, I walked around the lake starting from Yogo Station.Jan 27, 2006
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Lake Yogo map. At the top is Yogo Station. There is a road going around the entire lake. It is easily walkable or great for bicycling (rentable at the train station). Jan 27, 2006
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