 Last additions - Edogawa-ku 江戸川区 |
Subway train diorama showing Akasaka Mitsuke Station.Jun 17, 2017
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Subway train dioramaJun 17, 2017
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Subway train dioramaJun 17, 2017
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Emergency lightJun 17, 2017
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Marunouchi Line subway car driver's cab.Jun 17, 2017
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Inside the Marunouchi Line subway car.Jun 17, 2017
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Go inside the Marunouchi Line subway car.Jun 17, 2017
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Marunouchi Line subway carJun 17, 2017
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Marunouchi Line subway carJun 17, 2017
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Marunouchi Line subway carJun 17, 2017
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Marunouchi Line car from the mid-1950s.Jun 17, 2017
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Door latchJun 17, 2017
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Emergency lightJun 17, 2017
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Subway rules for passengers: No smoking, no spitting, and don't stick out your face or hands outside the window.Jun 17, 2017
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Subway driver's cab.Jun 17, 2017
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College studentJun 17, 2017
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Judging from theor clothing, they look to be a well-to-do family.Jun 17, 2017
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Mannequins inside Tokyo's first subway car. Jun 17, 2017
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Inside Tokyo's first subway car. Refurbished.Jun 17, 2017
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We can go inside the first subway car.Jun 17, 2017
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Sumo advertising at recreated Ueno Station subway platform.Jun 17, 2017
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Advertising at recreated Ueno Station subway platform.Jun 17, 2017
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Recreated Ueno Station subway platform.Jun 17, 2017
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Recreated Ueno Station platform.Jun 17, 2017
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Automatic turnstileJun 17, 2017
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It was a fat fare, and passengers put in actual coins to go through the turnstile.Jun 17, 2017
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Automatic turnstile at Ueno Station in 1927Jun 17, 2017
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Japan's first subway station: Ueno StationJun 17, 2017
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Driver's seat in the first subway car.Jun 17, 2017
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About the first subway car.Jun 17, 2017
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The exterior livery of the newest Ginza Line subway cars is based on this first subway car. Jun 17, 2017
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Japan's first subway car used between Ueno and Asakusa. The forerunner of the Ginza Line.Jun 17, 2017
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Japan's first subway opened in Tokyo in Dec. 1927 between Ueno and Asakusa.Jun 17, 2017
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Enter the museum through this subway turnstile.See Japan's first subway cars from 1927, tunnel boring machines, subway history exhibits, and simulators. Jun 17, 2017
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Entrance to the Tokyo subway museum named Tokyo Metro Museum. It's under the elevated Tozai Line tracks. Near Kasai Station on the Tozai subway line.Official website: http://www.chikahaku.jp/en/Jun 17, 2017
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Koinobori carp streamers.Mar 04, 2015
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Koinobori carp streamers.Mar 04, 2015
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Still a little early for these ones.Mar 04, 2015
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Revisited the garden to see the azalea.Mar 04, 2015
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In the following year, I revisited the garden to see the azalea in late April.Mar 04, 2015
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Gyosen Park officeJun 14, 2013
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Petting zooJun 14, 2013
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PenguinsJun 14, 2013
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Sea lionsJun 14, 2013
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Sea lionsJun 14, 2013
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Spider monkeyJun 14, 2013
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Wallaby from AustraliaJun 14, 2013
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Wallaby from AustraliaJun 14, 2013
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Prairie dogsJun 14, 2013
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Prairie dogsJun 14, 2013
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TurtleJun 14, 2013
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Ant eaterJun 14, 2013
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IbisJun 14, 2013
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StorkJun 14, 2013
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Map of Gyosen park zoo. Free admission.Jun 14, 2013
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Gyosen Park also has a small zoo. Open 10 am - 4:30 pm (Open 9:30 am on weekends and national holidays, closed at 4 pm from Nov. to Feb.). Closed on Mon. (open if a national holiday).Jun 14, 2013
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Stone lantern donated by Shogun Tokugawa IemitsuJun 14, 2013
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Stone lantern donated by Shogun Tokugawa IemitsuJun 14, 2013
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Cone-shaped Hydrangea at Gyosen Park Heisei Garden, Edogawa, TokyoJun 14, 2013
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Cone-shaped HydrangeaJun 14, 2013
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HydrangeaJun 14, 2013
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Irises in full bloom in early June.Jun 14, 2013
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Pine tree planted to mark the 20th anniversary of the Heisei Era.Jun 14, 2013
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Azalea bushes before they bloomed.Jun 14, 2013
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Small waterfallsJun 14, 2013
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Large stepping stones.Jun 14, 2013
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Large koi carp in the pond.Jun 14, 2013
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Pond at Heisei Garden. Genshinan (源心庵) Tea ceremony room on the left. Edogawa, TokyoJun 14, 2013
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Marker next to the weeping cherry tree planted to mark the 1st anniversary of Edogawa's sister city relationship with Gosford, Australia.Jun 14, 2013
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Pond at Heisei Garden. Tea ceremony room on the left.Jun 14, 2013
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Weeping cherry tree planted to mark the 1st anniversary of Edogawa's sister city relationship with Gosford, Australia.Jun 14, 2013
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Little too early for lotus in June.Jun 14, 2013
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Gyosen Park was donated to Tokyo in 1933 by a local politician whose had a business named "Gyosen." In 1950, Edogawa Ward took over the park's management. In 1983, a small zoo opened.Jun 14, 2013
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Edogawa Heisei Garden was built in 1989, the first year of the Heisei Period. It occupies the northern part of Gyosen Park.Jun 14, 2013
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Map of Heisei Garden. There's the man pond in the middle, fronted by the Genshinan tea ceremony room and event space.Jun 14, 2013
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Gyosen Park consists of the Heisei Garden and Shizen Zoo. Nice pocket of greenery and cute animals including a petting zoo. Free admission, near Kasai Station on the Tozai subway line. Park entrance.Jun 14, 2013
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I shuddered to think how crowded the station would become in about 30-40 min.Aug 14, 2009
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I'm definitely not a good fireworks photographer. To avoid the crowds, I left the scene about 30 min. before the fireworks ended.Aug 14, 2009
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Back at Shinozaki Station, it was quite quick to get on a train. "Keep walking slowly and do not stop."Aug 14, 2009
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Mt. FujiAug 14, 2009
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The fireworks started exactly at 7:15 pm.Aug 14, 2009
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The Edogawa Ward Fireworks display is one of Tokyo's largest with a massive attendance of 900,000 people in both Edogawa Ward and neighboring Ichikawa city in Chiba. .Aug 14, 2009
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People are spread out along the riverbank of Edogawa River. Held on the first Sat. of Aug. at 7:15 pm to 8:25 pm. If weather is bad, it is held on the next dayAug 14, 2009
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And you think your largest soccer stadium can hold a lotta people. Come see here.Aug 14, 2009
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It was a lot more crowded than the last time I saw these fireworks years ago.Aug 14, 2009
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Some 900,000 of humanity gathered here for the Edogawa-ku Fireworks in Aug.Aug 14, 2009
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Getting to the steps up the riverbank.Aug 14, 2009
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After getting to the top of the riverbank, this is the spectacle I came to see and photograph. Aug 14, 2009
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Needless to say, the subway/trains stations were jammed with people by 5 pm. This is when I got off the train at Shinozaki Station on the Toei Shinjuku subway line on Aug.1, 2009.Aug 14, 2009
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Now walking to the Edogawa riverbank.Aug 14, 2009
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Still in Shinozaki Station heading for the exit. Koiwa Station on the JR Sobu Line must also have been crowded.Aug 14, 2009
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JR Koiwa Station has this statue of Yokozuna Tochinishiki, a famous sumo wrestler who was from Koiwa.Jun 22, 2009
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Showa-dori shopping street near Koiwa Station.Jun 22, 2009
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Statue of Yokozuna Tochinishiki inside JR Koiwa Station. He was the 44th yokozuna and head of the Japan Sumo Association during 1974-1988. The new and current Kokugikan was built under his watch.Jun 22, 2009
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Shopping street near Koiwa Station.Jun 22, 2009
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Back view. Jun 22, 2009
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Very well done, and wise to put it inside the station where birds cannot sully it.Jun 22, 2009
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Statue of Yokozuna Tochinishiki (1925-1990) inside JR Koiwa Station. The statue is now a popular meeting place inside the station.Jun 22, 2009
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It's a very good likeness, and almost life-size. After retiring as an active wrestler, he became Kasugano oyakata.Jun 22, 2009
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JR Koiwa Station, south sideJun 22, 2009
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JR Koiwa Station, south exitJun 22, 2009
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JR Koiwa Station, north exitJun 22, 2009
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JR Koiwa Station, north exit sculptureJun 22, 2009
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The iris garden also has some hydrangea, but they were withered by the time I visited the garden in mid-June.Jun 21, 2009
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Steepled Ripples from the USA.Jun 21, 2009
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Poster for Koiwa Iris Garden Festival.Jun 21, 2009
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The Keisei train line straddles the garden.Jun 21, 2009
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Enter here.Jun 21, 2009
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Kanji characters read "Koiwa Shobu-en."Jun 21, 2009
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The garden has walking paths and a few rest houses. Wheelchair-friendly as well.Jun 21, 2009
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Shobu (Irises)Jun 21, 2009
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Pink Frost from the USA.Jun 21, 2009
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One large patch has nameplates for various irises.Jun 21, 2009
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Gate to the Koiwa Iris Garden. Free admission. Open Jun 21, 2009
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The Koiwa Iris Garden is a large patch along the Edogawa River. With about 50,000 iris plants, the garden comes alive with purple, white, and pink irises in late May and June.With irises mainly donated by residents, the garden opened in June 1982. A 5-min. walk from Edogawa Station on the Keisei Line or 25 min. walk from Koiwa Station on the JR Sobu Line. Free admission. I walked from Koiwa Station and saw this sign for the Koiwa Iris Garden (Koiwa Shobu-en).Jun 21, 2009
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Walk further along the Edogawa River and you see this. The iris garden occupies a good-sized area along the river.Jun 21, 2009
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The irises are in full bloom during mid-June.Jun 21, 2009
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Tokyo Sea Life Park's main attraction: Tuna aquariumMar 30, 2007
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Tokyo Sea Life ParkMar 30, 2007
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Tokyo Sea Life ParkMar 30, 2007
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Tokyo Sea Life Park aquariumMar 30, 2007
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View of Kasai Kaihin ParkMar 30, 2007
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The spacious park is an oasis. Lots of greenery, a beach, bicycling roads, birdwatching stations, and an aquarium.Mar 30, 2007
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View of Kasai Rinkai Park from ferris wheel. Disneyland in the distance.Mar 30, 2007
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View of Kasai Rinkai Park from ferris wheel.Mar 30, 2007
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Don't ride the ferris wheel if you're afraid of heights. It is very high and the wind blows through.Mar 30, 2007
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View of Kasai Rinkai Park from ferris wheel.Mar 30, 2007
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View of Kasai Rinkai Park from ferris wheel.Mar 30, 2007
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Kasai Rinkai Park ferris wheel. Distorted by wide-angle lens. (It does not lean like that.)Mar 30, 2007
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View of Kasai Rinkai Park from ferris wheel.Mar 30, 2007
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Kasai Rinkai Park ferris wheelMar 30, 2007
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In the murky waters.Mar 30, 2007
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Edogawa River mouth next to Kasai Rinkai ParkMar 30, 2007
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Edogawa River mouth next to Kasai Rinkai ParkMar 30, 2007
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Kasai Kaihin Park beach. In the distance are Tokyo Disneyland hotels.Mar 30, 2007
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Baby stingray (dead) beached.Mar 30, 2007
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Swimmers in summer at Kasai Kaihin Park, one of the few places in Tokyo where you can enjoy an ocean beach.Mar 30, 2007
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No swimming signMar 30, 2007
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Kasai Kaihin Park beachMar 30, 2007
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Kasai Kaihin Park beach. It's not Hawaii, but better than nothing. 葛西海浜公園Mar 30, 2007
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Bridge to swimming beaches at Kasai Kaihin Park.Mar 30, 2007
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfront. 葛西臨海公園Mar 30, 2007
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfrontMar 30, 2007
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfrontMar 30, 2007
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfrontMar 30, 2007
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Kasai Rinkai Park waterfrontMar 30, 2007
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