 Last additions - Hanno 飯能市 |
Hanno is in the direct flight path to Yokota Air Base in neighboring Mizuho and Fussa.Mar 04, 2013
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Old pool hall in Hanno that closed down.Mar 04, 2013
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Old Honda shop in Hanno, Saitama. I like old buildings.Mar 04, 2013
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Odori main street in Hanno, leading to JR Higashi Hanno Station.Mar 04, 2013
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About Riichi Namiki (双木 利一), a politician from Hanno.Mar 04, 2013
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Statue of Riichi Namiki (1878-1939) (双木 利一), an educator, banker, and politician from Hanno. He was elected Hanno mayor in 1926.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno's main street has a few shutter art.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno's main street has a few shutter art.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno's main street has a few shutter art.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno's main street has a few shutter art. Saitama.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno's main street has a few shutter art.Mar 04, 2013
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Map of Hanno.Mar 04, 2013
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JR Higashi Hanno Station is near Hanno Station.Mar 04, 2013
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In front of Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.Mar 04, 2013
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Seibu Ikebukuro Line train for Hanno at Ikebukuro Station. By express train, it takes less than an hour to Hanno from Ikebukuro. Train fare is 450 yen.Mar 04, 2013
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I hope the sun won't damage the dolls too much.Mar 04, 2013
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Tailor shopMar 04, 2013
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Even this bank had a hina doll display in its show window.Mar 04, 2013
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About the Hanno Silk Weaving Association office.Mar 04, 2013
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Hina dolls inside the former Hanno Silk Weaving Association office.Mar 04, 2013
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Another old building in Hanno. It used to be the Hanno Silk Weaving Association office, built in 1922. Inside the window facing the street showed hina dolls.Mar 04, 2013
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The problem with many hina doll displays was that most of them were behind glass, not good for picture-taking.Mar 04, 2013
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80 year-old hina doll.Mar 04, 2013
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The showcase displayed many hina dolls some of which were quite old.Mar 04, 2013
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Showcase with Hina dolls.Mar 04, 2013
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Acros from Kinujin is one of the few shops with a traditional design. This shop had its hina dolls displayed in the showcase on the left.Mar 04, 2013
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Odori street and Kinujin on the left.Mar 04, 2013
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Old urinal and toilet at Kinujin.Mar 04, 2013
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About Kinujin's storehouse.Mar 04, 2013
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Kinjujin's storehouse had these hina dolls.Mar 04, 2013
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Kinjujin also has this storehouse which we could not enter, but only peer inside to see hina dolls.Mar 04, 2013
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Hina dolls inside Kinujin, Hanno, Saitama.Mar 04, 2013
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Hina dolls inside Kinujin.Mar 04, 2013
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Inside Kinujin.Mar 04, 2013
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Numerous hina dolls and hanging decorations inside Kinujin.Mar 04, 2013
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Numerous hina dolls and hanging decorations inside Kinujin.Mar 04, 2013
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Numerous hina dolls and hanging decorations inside Kinujin.Mar 04, 2013
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Numerous hina dolls and hanging decorations inside Kinujin.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanging decorations outside Kinujin.Mar 04, 2013
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About Kinujin.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno's main hina doll display was in this old Japanese shop storehouse called Kinujin (絹甚). It was built in 1904 by a silk merchant.Mar 04, 2013
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Inside the Hanno Chamber of Commerce.Mar 04, 2013
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Inside the Hanno Chamber of Commerce.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno Chamber of Commerce statue.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno Chamber of Commerce also had a hina doll display.Mar 04, 2013
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This is Odori street, another main street with hina doll displays. This street goes to JR Higashi Hanno Station.Mar 04, 2013
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Hina dolls in a senbei cracker shop.Mar 04, 2013
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Hina dolls displayed inside a shop.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno Ginza street.Mar 04, 2013
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Closeup of hanging decorations made of bread. These were outside, and I guess there were enough people to keep the birds away.Mar 04, 2013
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A bakery in Hanno, Saitama displayed hina dolls flanked with hanging decorations made of bread. Mar 04, 2013
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Hina doll tapestriesMar 04, 2013
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Hina dolls and tapestry on the bottom in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture.Mar 04, 2013
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Inside the tapestry shop.Mar 04, 2013
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One shop had a large hina doll tapestry outside to catch our attention.Mar 04, 2013
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The stonemason also had a little room in the back displaying real hina dolls.Mar 04, 2013
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Hina dolls mde of stone.Mar 04, 2013
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Closeup of hina doll made of stone.Mar 04, 2013
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Hina dolls made of stone in Hanno, Saitama.Mar 04, 2013
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The stonemason displayed these hina dolls made of stone.Mar 04, 2013
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A stonemason shop in Hanno.Mar 04, 2013
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This fish monger had hina decorations made of clam shells.Mar 04, 2013
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They usually indicate how old the hina dolls are. Usually a family heirloom going back a few decades.Mar 04, 2013
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So we enter the store to look at the hina dolls.Mar 04, 2013
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Most shops had their hina dolls inside the shop. Mar 04, 2013
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This shop had its hina decorations outside which is unusual.Mar 04, 2013
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The hina doll displays are usually placed at the storefront where we can immediately see it as we pass by. Mar 04, 2013
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This is Hanno Ginza, one of Hanno's main streets where hina dolls are hanging decorations are displayed. A short walk from Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.Mar 04, 2013
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Hanno in Saitama Prefecture holds its Hina Matsuri as a citywide exhibition of hina dolls and hanging decorations centering on two main streets in central Hanno, near JR Higashi Hanno Station and Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line. Mar 04, 2013
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Many local shops display hina dolls and decorations along the Hanno Ginza road and Odori road. The festival is held from mid-Feb. to March 3. These photos were taken on March 3, 2013.Mar 04, 2013
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