 Last additions - Meguro-ku 目黒区 |
Komaba-Todaimae Station is right in front of the main gate of the Komaba Campus.Jun 01, 2010
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Rugby field.Jun 01, 2010
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Tennis courts.Jun 01, 2010
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Athletic field.Jun 01, 2010
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Rugby field.Jun 01, 2010
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Directional signJun 01, 2010
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View of Shinjuku from Building 18, the tallest on campus.Jun 01, 2010
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They are also still building more buildings.Jun 01, 2010
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My lunch on campus.Jun 01, 2010
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The facility was still new, very nice. Cheap food.Jun 01, 2010
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Inside the cafeteria of University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus. We went in before the lunchtime rush at noon.Jun 01, 2010
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I decided to have lunch in the cafeteria with an American friend who is a Todai professor.Jun 01, 2010
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The very modern Komaba Communication Plaza. On the left is the coop and bookstore, and on the right is the cafeteria.Jun 01, 2010
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Jun 01, 2010
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Komaba Communication PlazaJun 01, 2010
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Panel display showing the history of the campus.Jun 01, 2010
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PondJun 01, 2010
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Sculpture for sitting.Jun 01, 2010
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The main thoroughfare lined with gingko trees which turn color in autumn.Jun 01, 2010
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Stone monument for the old agricultural university. Komaba was originally a school for agriculture.Jun 01, 2010
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Jun 01, 2010
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On the left is a statue of Jean-Baptiste Arthur Arrivet, a Frenchman who came to Japan in 1877 to teach French and Latin at the old Ichiko. On the right is Friedrich Putzier, a German teacher who came to Japan in 1884.Jun 01, 2010
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Relief of Frederick William Strange near the athletic field. He came to Japan in 1875 as an English teacher at Daiichi High School and started outdoor games which morphed into Japan's undokai sports meets.Jun 01, 2010
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Monument for the old student dormitory that was here.Jun 01, 2010
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Next to the Komaba Faculty House is this pair of statues not on any campus map. Jun 01, 2010
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Komaba Museum is open to the public. Free admission. This was the former university library.Jun 01, 2010
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About the old crest.Jun 01, 2010
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Looking very similar to the Komaba Museum on the opposite side is this former Lecture Theater.Jun 01, 2010
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Another traditional-looking building is this Building 101. Univ.of Tokyo, Komaba CampusJun 01, 2010
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Above the arch is the crest of the old university called Daiichi High School (Ichiko). 旧制第一高等学校Jun 01, 2010
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Manhole with the old Daiichi High School design. This is also behind Building 1. University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus. 旧制第一高等学校Jun 01, 2010
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Behind Building 1. I focused on the remnants of the old university and photographed the more traditional buildings on campus.Jun 01, 2010
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Main gate of University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus. I had visited Kyoto University, so I thought I'd better visit Todai too. 正門Jun 01, 2010
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Train platform at Komaba Todaimae Station on the Inokashira Line.Jun 01, 2010
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Building 1 at University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus. The most distinguished-looking building on campus. Looks like the Yasuda Auditorium on the Hongo Campus. 1号館Jun 01, 2010
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Map of the Komaba I campus. Most of the buildings are just numbered. They are not named after someone like at American universities.Jun 01, 2010
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Apr 02, 2007
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Apr 02, 2007
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No hanami picnics allowed either.Apr 02, 2007
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Apr 02, 2007
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They should close the roads to cars during the sakura season. Then more people would come.Apr 02, 2007
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"Meguro-gawa Sakura Matsuri"Apr 02, 2007
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Apr 02, 2007
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The flowers are very nice, but viewing them is annoying due to the vehicular traffic.Apr 02, 2007
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There is a road on both sides of the river along which you can see the flowers. However, both narrow roads also have cars whizzing by. Watch out or else get bumped by a car.Apr 02, 2007
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The lights are not as good covering the flowers. Pretty uneven lighting.Apr 02, 2007
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Apr 02, 2007
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"Naka-Meguro Sakura Matsuri"Apr 02, 2007
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The cherry blossoms form a roof over the river.Apr 02, 2007
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The cherries are lit up at night from April 1-9 with lanterns and floodlights.Apr 02, 2007
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Cherry blossoms line the Meguro-gawa River from Naka-Meguro Station (Hibiya Line) to Ikejiri Ohashi Station (Toyoko Den'en Toshi Line).Apr 02, 2007
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