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Pedal boats are very popular. This is the boat dock.May 19, 2023
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Cherry trees all finished blooming by mid-April.May 04, 2023
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Main shrine straight ahead. The outdoor sumo arena is on the right of the main shrine.May 04, 2023
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Base of the black torii. Pretty new paint job.May 04, 2023
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Main torii when entering Yasukuni Shrine.May 04, 2023
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They immediately dismantled the sumo ring's dressing.May 04, 2023
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Spectators exiting the sumo arena. Before, spectators had to bring their own picnic mats to sit on. Now they provided a mat over the entire ground May 04, 2023
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Ritual ending the day's sumo at around 3 pm.May 04, 2023
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Yokozuna Terunofuji returns to his dressing room.May 04, 2023
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Yokozuna Terunofuji wins his match.May 04, 2023
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Yokozuna Terunofuji getting ready for his match. 照ノ富士May 04, 2023
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Empty water ladle, and no spitting.May 04, 2023
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Hoshoryu 豊昇龍May 04, 2023
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Smiling Kotonowaka.May 04, 2023
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Kotonowaka vs. Daieisho 大栄翔May 04, 2023
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Kotonowaka. His father and stable master was also a sumo wrestler named Kotonowaka. 琴ノ若 傑太May 04, 2023
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Tobizaru (翔猿) means "Flying Monkey."May 04, 2023
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Daieisho 大栄翔May 04, 2023
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Mitakeumi, a former Ozeki. 御嶽海May 04, 2023
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Mitakeumi, a former Ozeki. 御嶽海May 04, 2023
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Mitakeumi, a former Ozeki. 御嶽海May 04, 2023
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Since this isn't a real sumo tournament, the wrestlers often wrestle while smiling and doing antics they don't normally do.May 04, 2023
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Endo, one of the most popular wrestlers. 遠藤May 04, 2023
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Takayasu 高安May 04, 2023
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Aoiyama 碧山May 04, 2023
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Aoiyama 碧山May 04, 2023
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Aoiyama 碧山May 04, 2023
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Aoiyama is from Bulgaria. He once reached Sekiwake. 碧山May 04, 2023
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Ura 宇良May 04, 2023
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Asanoyama. They went through the motions of receiving the water. but there was no water. Not a real tournament.May 04, 2023
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Matches between top division wrestlers started at 2 pm. All the wrestlers had one match.May 04, 2023
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Asanoyama who has been climbing back up the ranks. 朝乃山May 04, 2023
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Terunofuji has the shiranui-style yokozuna rope with double loops on the back. 不知火型May 04, 2023
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Yokozuna Terunofuji performing the dohyo-iri ring-entering ceremony. 照ノ富士May 04, 2023
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Yokozuna Terunofuji performing the shiranui-style dohyo-iri ring-entering ceremony. 照ノ富士May 04, 2023
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Yokozuna Terunofuji performing the dohyo-iri ring-entering ceremony. 照ノ富士May 04, 2023
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Yokozuna Terunofuji performing the dohyo-iri ring-entering ceremony. 照ノ富士May 04, 2023
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Good to see Terunofuji after four tournament absences. He plans to compete in the May 2023 summer tournament in Tokyo.May 04, 2023
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Yokozuna Terunofuji performing the dohyo-iri ring-entering ceremony. He was absent in the last four tournaments. Finally back in the ring.May 04, 2023
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Yokozuna Terunofuji approaching the sumo ring.May 04, 2023
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Yokozuna Terunofuji heads to the sumo ring to perform his dohyo-iri ring-entering ceremony.May 04, 2023
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Endo has a kabuki kesho mawashi ceremonial apron.May 04, 2023
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Hiradoumi has a nice kesho mawashi. 平戸海May 04, 2023
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Makunouchi Division ring-entering ceremony or dohyo-iri.May 04, 2023
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Juryo wrestler Kitanowaka facing frontward. 北の若May 04, 2023
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Takayasu, former Ozeki. 高安May 04, 2023
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Makunouchi Division ring-entering ceremony or dohyo-iri.May 04, 2023
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Asanoyama at the end.May 04, 2023
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The ring-entering ceremony is when you can see the designs on the wrestlers' colorful ceremonial aprons.May 04, 2023
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Enho 炎鵬May 04, 2023
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Juryo Division ring-entering ceremony or dohyo-iri.May 04, 2023
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Enho is popular. 炎鵬May 04, 2023
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Calling the wrestler.May 04, 2023
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This is shokkiri or comedic sumo. Two lower ranking wrestlers do things normally not allowed in sumo. Spitting at each other, kicking, fighting with the referee, etc. 初切りMay 04, 2023
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Sumo jinku singing. 相撲甚句May 04, 2023
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When I arrived, they were performing the sumo jinku folk singing. 相撲甚句May 04, 2023
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The hanamichi path where the sumo wrestlers go to/from the sumo ring. Fortunately, it never rained this day. The sumo matches can still be held in light rain.May 04, 2023
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It's rare to see an outdoor sumo arena in Japan. In Nov. 1918 when the Kokugikan sumo arena was destroyed by fire, the sumo tournaments were held here for two years.May 04, 2023
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Walked around the sumo ring to see where I could sit. It was quite full, but I managed to find a space to sit. If you want the best views, should get there by 10 am or so.May 04, 2023
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The sumo exhibition started at 8:30 am and ended at around 3 pm. It included demonstrations of comical sumo, sumo taiko drum beating, and ring-entering ceremonies by Juryo and Makunouchi Division wrestlers including Yokozuna Terunofuji. Free admission.May 04, 2023
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On April 17, 2023, sumo exhibition matches with professional sumo wrestlers was held for the first time since 2019 after a four-year absence due to the pandemic. Free admission.May 04, 2023
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Statue of sumo wrestlers at the entrance of Yasukuni Shrine's sumo arena. The shrine has a large outdoor sumo arena with a capacity of 6,000. May 04, 2023
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Shrine building used by the sumo wrestlers as their dressing room.May 04, 2023
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Yasukuni Shrine.May 04, 2023
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Entrance to Yasukuni Shrine's outdoor sumo arena.May 04, 2023
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Yasukuni Shrine is dedicated to Japan's war dead. Another vertical sign promoting the sumo exhibition.May 04, 2023
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At Yasukuni Shrine, sign indicating that sumo will be held on April 17, 2023. Sumo has been held at Yasukuni Shrine annually since 1869 to console the spirits at the shrine. It's part of the shrine's religious ceremonies and festival in spring. May 04, 2023
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Manhole in Akiruno, Tokyo showing river fish.Mar 29, 2023
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Manhole in Akiruno, Tokyo showing a portable shrine and mascots.Mar 29, 2023
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From 2017, they started lighting up the cherry trees when in bloom in front of JR Musashi-Masuko Station.Mar 29, 2023
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JR Musashi-Masuko Station with the third cherry tree visible.Mar 29, 2023
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JR Musashi-Masuko Station turnstile. Trains go to Tachikawa and Haijima Stations.Mar 29, 2023
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The third cherry tree is already entangled with power lines. This one has to go, sadly.Mar 29, 2023
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JR Musashi-Masuko Station with the third cherry tree visible.Mar 29, 2023
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The third cherry tree at JR Musashi-Masuko Station is right next to the train platform. Too close.Mar 29, 2023
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The third cherry tree at JR Musashi-Masuko Station.Mar 29, 2023
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The third cherry tree is the largest, seen here over the train station building.Mar 29, 2023
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We'll miss you much.Mar 29, 2023
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Leftmost Yasube'e cherry blossom tree is the smallest.Mar 29, 2023
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In front of Musashi-Masuko Station are these two Yasube'e cherry blossom trees. The third one is further toward the right.Mar 29, 2023
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Tree trunk has this sign explaining its background about who planted it and when.Mar 29, 2023
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Sorry to see you go...Mar 29, 2023
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Closeup of cherry blossoms in front of JR Musashi-Masuko Station.Mar 29, 2023
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This sakura tree bloomed for the last time in March 2023 when these pictures were taken. Mar 29, 2023
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Yasube'e used his own money to plant the cherry trees. Sadly, the cherry trees in front of JR Musashi-Masuko Station are slated to be cut down because they have been infested with longhorn beetles and can fall over on the train station. Mar 29, 2023
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This is how it looks when you get out of the station.Mar 29, 2023
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Musashi-Masuko Station has three Yasube'e cherry trees. This is the main one. They were planted in 1925 by local resident and landscape gardener Sakamoto Yasube'e who planted cherry blossoms at all the train stations along the Itsukaichi Line toMar 29, 2023
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Yasube'e cherry blossoms have been welcoming local residents returning home by train for almost 100 years at JR Musashi-Masuko Station.Mar 29, 2023
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Yasube'e Sakura cherry blossom tree in front of JR Musashi-Masuko Station. The station building was rebuilt in March 2011.Mar 29, 2023
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JR Musashi-Masuko StationMar 29, 2023
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JR Musashi-Masuko Station platform. From central Tokyo, the train ride took about 1 hr. 20 min. JR武蔵増戸駅Mar 29, 2023
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"America" Somei-Yoshino cherry trees from America at the park when in bloom. This was in late March.Mar 25, 2023
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ID tag for "America" Somei-Yoshino cherry tree from America at the park. It now has a QR code linking to a Japanese webpage explaining the species.Mar 25, 2023
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"America" Somei-Yoshino cherry trees from America at the park when in bloom. They are planted for a few hundred meters along Shin-Shibakawa River behind the Visitors Center. This was in late March.Mar 25, 2023
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"America" Somei-Yoshino cherry trees from America at the park when in bloom. This was in late March.Mar 25, 2023
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About Adachi Ward's Japan-US Cherry Blossom connection and centennial in 2012.Mar 24, 2023
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The park also has this Reagan Sakura cherry tree planted here in April 2012 to mark the centennial of Tokyo gifting cherry trees from Adachi Ward to the US in 1912.This tree came from the original "Reagan Sakura" cherry tree planted in Nov. 1982 from a sapling given to Japan by Nancy Reagan in 1981. The sapling came from the original cherry tree planted in Washington, DC's Tidal Basin by Mrs. Helen Taft, the wife of President Willian Taft, in 1912.Mar 24, 2023
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This is the end of the "America" Somei-Yoshino cherry blossoms.Mar 24, 2023
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A long cycling path goes along Shin-Shibakawa River and the America cherry blossoms.Mar 24, 2023
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Hanami picnic under the America cherry blossoms. Feeling the Spirit of America.Mar 24, 2023
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These were still one or two days before peak bloom.Mar 24, 2023
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"America" cherry blossoms in full bloom.Mar 24, 2023
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"America" Somei-Yoshino cherry blossoms decorated the Shin-Shibakawa riverbank from here. They were in parallel with a riverside walking/cycling path on the left.Mar 24, 2023
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"America" cherry trees in Adachi, Tokyo.Mar 24, 2023
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This was one in full bloom.Mar 24, 2023
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I visited one or two days before peak bloom, so they don't look as fluffy or full. The weather forecast was for cloudy or rainy skies after this day.Mar 24, 2023
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"America" cherry blossom tree ID tag on a sakura tree.Mar 24, 2023
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These Somei-Yoshino "America" cherry blossoms are right behind the park's Visitors' Center. The America trees stretch along Shin-Shibakawa River for a few hundred meters, one of the park's major cherry blossom clusters.Mar 24, 2023
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The most prominent cherry blossoms from Washington, DC are the Somei-Yoshino cherry blossoms named "America." They bloom in late March along Shin-Shibakawa River.Mar 24, 2023
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Adachi City Urban Agricultural Park is a riverside park at the corner of Arakawa River and Shin-Shibakawa River growing many varieties of cherry blossoms including those from Washington, DC planted here in 1981-82.Mar 24, 2023
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Entrance to Adachi City Urban Agricultural Park (Toshi Nogyo Koen Park).Mar 24, 2023
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Tobu Kameido Line starts at Kameido Station.Mar 14, 2023
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Omurai Station on the Tobu Kameido Line. Mar 14, 2023
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Omurai Katori Shrine is near Omurai Station on the Tobu Kameido Line. Mar 14, 2023
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Large weeping plum tree in Kobaien garden.Mar 14, 2023
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This garden is cramped, but stuffed with plum blossoms.Mar 14, 2023
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Entrance to the small plum blossom garden named Kobaien. 香梅園Mar 14, 2023
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Plum blossoms weeping over you at Omurai Katori Shrine in Sumida-ku, Tokyo.Mar 14, 2023
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Under a tall, weeping plum blossom tree.Mar 14, 2023
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Take a plum blossom shower under this weeping plum tree.Mar 14, 2023
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Catch the weeping plum blossoms.Mar 14, 2023
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Weeping plum blossoms dripping down at Omurai Katori Shrine in Sumida-ku, Tokyo.Mar 14, 2023
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Weeping plum blossoms dripping down at Omurai Katori Shrine in Sumida-ku, Tokyo.Mar 14, 2023
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Pink weeping plum blossoms. Very tall tree.Mar 14, 2023
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Entrance to the plum garden on the right side of the shrine. Mar 14, 2023
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About Omurai Katori Shrine.Mar 14, 2023
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Plum blossoms on the right side of the shrine.Mar 14, 2023
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Omurai Katori Shrine's Sacred Dance stage.Mar 14, 2023
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View from Omurai Katori Shrine's main worship hall.Mar 14, 2023
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Omurai Katori Shrine's main worship hall.Mar 14, 2023
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Omurai Katori Shrine's second torii and main worship hall.Mar 14, 2023
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Red plum blossoms.Mar 14, 2023
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White and pink plum blossoms on the same plum tree.Mar 14, 2023
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Tree with both white and pink weeping plum blossoms.Mar 14, 2023
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Pink weeping plum blossoms.Mar 14, 2023
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Pink weeping plum blossoms.Mar 14, 2023
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White weeping plum blossoms.Mar 14, 2023
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View of Tokyo Sky Tree through the plum blossoms.Mar 14, 2023
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Plum trees on left side are tall trees, with the one in the middle being weeping plum blossom tree at Omurai Katori Shrine in Sumida, Tokyo.Mar 14, 2023
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Plum trees on left side of the shrine.Mar 14, 2023
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Plum Blossom Festival (Ume Matsuri) sign.Mar 14, 2023
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When you enter the shrine grounds, you see impressive plum trees on both sides.Mar 14, 2023
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Main entrance to Omurai Katori Shrine with a torii.Mar 14, 2023
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The plum blossoms bursting at the seams at this small shrine called Omurai Katori Shrine in Sumida Ward, TokyoMar 14, 2023
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Omurai Katori Jinja Shrine is a small neighborhood Shinto shrine with one of Tokyo's best plum blossoms. There are 120 plum trees in 85 colorful varieties. Mar 14, 2023
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The shrine was historically famous for plum trees where even Hiroshige created a woodblock print. However, in 1910, a great flood ruined the garden. The current garden was built in 1994. Free admission. Mar 14, 2023
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Sumida River as seen from Shirahige Bridge.Mar 04, 2023
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Shirahige BridgeMar 04, 2023
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Shirahige Bridge over Sumida River. The original wooden bridge survived the 1923 Kanto earthquake, but Tokyo government bought the bridge in 1925 and rebuilt it in 1931.Mar 04, 2023
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Shirahige Bridge looks the same since 1931.Mar 04, 2023
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Emperor Meiji visited here too.Mar 04, 2023
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