 Last additions - CHIBA 千葉県 |
Sep 21, 2009
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It's amazing that no one tripped and fell.Sep 21, 2009
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More women in fashionable clothing to pull a mikoshi.Sep 21, 2009
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They are cheering and shouting throughout.Sep 21, 2009
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Then the mikoshi sped by one after another.Sep 21, 2009
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Love these women running and pulling the mikoshi.Sep 21, 2009
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First were the horses galloping through. Each horse was guided by two men running alongside.Sep 21, 2009
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The boy looked thrilled to be riding at full speed. Very bumpy though.Sep 21, 2009
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All the mikoshi headed for the torii.Sep 21, 2009
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The next spectacle was them running through the torii on the beach.Sep 21, 2009
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The men covered their bellies, while the women covered their bellies and chests.Sep 21, 2009
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Returning to land.Sep 21, 2009
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This festival separates the amateur photographers from the pros. Amateurs wear long pants and shoes and enter the ocean to take pictures. I was of course wearing shorts and rubber slippers (but barefoot in the water).Sep 21, 2009
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Great spectacle, especially with women included. Great idea to allow women in the festival.Sep 21, 2009
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They kept waving their fans and cheering in the water.Sep 21, 2009
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You could go in front of them to shoot their faces, but the water would be deeper.Sep 21, 2009
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I kept shooting their backs. Next time, I'll try to shoot more faces.Sep 21, 2009
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Tossing the mikoshi into the air.Sep 21, 2009
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Kazusa Junisha Matsuri Festival, Ichinomiya, Chiba on Sept. 13, 2009.Sep 21, 2009
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Women standing by to pull the mikoshi.Sep 21, 2009
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Festival girls posing for me. They love the attention.Sep 21, 2009
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Back on land.Sep 21, 2009
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They tossed the mikoshi into the air a few times.Sep 21, 2009
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Everyone is yelling and cheering.Sep 21, 2009
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To the beach and water.Sep 21, 2009
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In the water, maybe ankle deep. But the waves made it knee-deep.Sep 21, 2009
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Very jovial and noisy.Sep 21, 2009
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After the ceremony, they head for the water.Sep 21, 2009
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More mikoshi arrive.Sep 21, 2009
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Shrine priest arrive on horseback. He looked very weary. It was a hot day too.Sep 21, 2009
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The mikoshi start to gather for a ceremony as they all run at full speed.Sep 21, 2009
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They prop up the mikoshi before carrying it toward the ceremony place.Sep 21, 2009
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The mikoshi start to gather for a ceremony.Sep 21, 2009
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They head for Tsurigasaki Beach, where the torii is.Sep 21, 2009
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A stampede.Sep 21, 2009
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They run on the beach while carrying the mikoshi.Sep 21, 2009
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Here they come.Sep 21, 2009
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They give a few cheers before they started running on the beach.Sep 21, 2009
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Women too, while they are careful to prevent any nip slips.Sep 21, 2009
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The mikoshi arrive on the beach.Sep 21, 2009
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One great thing about this hadaka matsuri is that there are women as well. Most hadaka matsuri have only men.Sep 21, 2009
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One child horse rider arrives.Sep 21, 2009
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Tsurigasaki Kaigan beach is where they believe the gods arrive. 釣ケ先海岸Sep 21, 2009
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On the beach. Good spot for surfing as well.Sep 21, 2009
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Tsurigasaki Kaigan is where the horses and portable shrines will start to arrive at 2:30 pm to 3 pm. This is where the crowd is. But the beach is big enough for all of us.Sep 21, 2009
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On Kujukuri Beach, there a stretch of beach called Tsurigasaki Kaigan Beach marked by a torii. This will be the Tokyo 2020 Olympic venue for surfing.Sep 21, 2009
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They then ran with the portable shrine. They will run while carrying the shrine to the beach several kilometers away.Sep 21, 2009
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The beach is too far to walk, so they provided free shuttle buses to the beach from Kazusa-Ichinomiya Station from 2 pm. It was a 10-15 min. ride to the beach.Sep 21, 2009
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A portable shrine leaves Tamasaki Shrine.Sep 21, 2009
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The portable shrines begin to leave Tamasaki Shrine.Sep 21, 2009
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Child rider leaving Tamasaki Shrine.Sep 21, 2009
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Back at Tamasaki Shrine are two other portable shrines which had arrived from Sannomiya Shrine, one of the junisha (12 shrines) in the Kazusa area.Sep 21, 2009
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Leaving Tamasaki Shrine. It was impossible to judge where I should be to take good shots. I missed quite a few opportunities. I have to see the festival again to take the shots I wanted to take this time.Sep 21, 2009
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The beginning of the procession consists of a few portable shrines pulled by children.Sep 21, 2009
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The sacred horse and child riders soon join the procession as they leave Tamasaki Shrine.Sep 21, 2009
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A procession departs Tamasaki Shrine at 1 pm, led by Sarutahiko.Sep 21, 2009
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Child horse rider sits on a bunch of soft cushions on the horse.Sep 21, 2009
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One of the child horse riders.Sep 21, 2009
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Sacred horseSep 21, 2009
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Girls were originally not allowed to participate in the festival, but now they do even though it is a hadaka (nude) festival. Of course, no one is really naked.Sep 21, 2009
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Two portable shrines in front of the Kaguraden stage. Kazusa is the name of the former province in central Chiba Prefecture. Junisha means twelve shrines.Sep 21, 2009
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The girls had their hair airbrushed with colorful designs. I've noticed that women and girls participating in matsuri have become quite fashionable, chic, or hip.Sep 21, 2009
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Sacred dance at the Kaguraden by Sarutahiko.Sep 21, 2009
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Tamasaki Shrine toriiSep 21, 2009
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The day starts with a Shinto ceremony at 10 am at Tamasaki Shrine, near Kazusa-Ichinomiya Station on the JR Sotobo Line. 玉前神社Sep 21, 2009
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Tamasaki Shrine is crowded with people as a ceremony still goes on. The Kazusa Junisha Matsuri started in 807. It is designated as Chiba Prefecture's Intangible Cultural Property.Sep 21, 2009
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Being next to the Pacific Ocean, Chiba has quite a few festivals held on the beach. The Kazusa Junisha Matsuri is one of the larger ones. Sept. 13, 2009 (Sun.) was the main festival day when they went in the water at the beach. Sep 21, 2009
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Another room in the museum describes how the Spanish galleon "San Francisco" was shipwrecked on Onjuku Beach in 1609. Over 300 of the crew were rescued by local residents.Feb 21, 2009
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Model of the shipwrecked Spanish galleon. The ama women divers even used their bodies to warm the bodies of the weak Spanish crewmen. This has led to friendly relations between Onjuku and Spain.Feb 21, 2009
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Some photos taken by Iwase. There are still ama divers in Onjuku, but they now wear wetsuits. No topless women.Feb 21, 2009
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Poster for a local festival.Feb 21, 2009
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Negatives of photos taken by Iwase who was a sake brewer in Onjuku. He was an avid amateur shutterbug who tended to ignore his sake-brewing duties and went after the ama divers instead. (Can't blame him.)Feb 21, 2009
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Iwase took many precious photos of these young and old hardworking women. He put them in a book called Groups of Women Ama Divers. They were topless because it felt more comfortable.Feb 21, 2009
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Picture of Iwase Yoshiyuki (1904-2001) who photographed many topless ama women divers in Onjuku during the 1930s to 1960s. He even organized photo shoots featuring the divers.Feb 21, 2009
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Inside Onjuku Museum of History and Folklore. This room shows noted people of Onjuku.Feb 21, 2009
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A bridge leads to the Desert of the Moon Museum that shows works by songwriter and artist Kato Masao. Admission charged. Open 9 am to 5 pm. Closed Wed. Feb 21, 2009
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Onjuku BeachFeb 21, 2009
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A prince and princess on camels. This monument was built in 1969. 月の沙漠Feb 21, 2009
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Onjuku Museum of History and Folklore. Free admission. Open 9 am to 5 pm. Closed Mon. 御宿歴史民俗資料館Feb 21, 2009
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Princess on camelFeb 21, 2009
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Monument for "Desert of the Moon," a famous children's song created on Onjuku Beach in 1923 by Kato Masao (加藤まさを). (Tsuki no Sabaku) 月の沙漠Feb 21, 2009
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Looks like a sand dune, but it's solid concrete looking like sand.Feb 21, 2009
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The beach sand is very fine.Feb 21, 2009
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Windsurfing at OnjukuFeb 21, 2009
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A few hotels overlook the beach.Feb 21, 2009
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Onjuku BeachFeb 21, 2009
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Beach volleyball courts. Should come back in summer.Feb 21, 2009
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When it's windy, the sand flies.Feb 21, 2009
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Entrance to Onjuku Beach. Onjuku has various Spanish touches.Feb 21, 2009
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Onjuku Beach is a wide, expansive beach. 御宿海岸Feb 21, 2009
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JR Onjuku Station on the Sotobo Line. From Tokyo Station, catch the Yokosuka or Sobu Line to Chiba Station, then switch to the Sotobo Line. Takes about 2 hours by local train. Faster by express train. There are no coin-operated lockers.Feb 21, 2009
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The road in front of Onjuku Station goes toward the beach. Follow the palm trees. A short walk to the beach.Feb 21, 2009
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This was Feb. and cherry blossoms appeared.Feb 21, 2009
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Next to Onjuku Station is this tourist information office.Feb 21, 2009
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Statue of an ama woman diver sitting on a rock on the Onjuku Station train platform. These women dived deep in the ocean (without scuba gear) from small boats to harvest shellfish and other seafood.Feb 21, 2009
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Inside Onjuku Station.Feb 21, 2009
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Also at night.Sep 08, 2006
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Exhibition spaceSep 08, 2006
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Festival poster for Sept. 23-24, 2004.Sep 08, 2006
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Taking a break.Sep 08, 2006
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From the beach, the portable shrines are paraded in town.Sep 08, 2006
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Gas stationSep 08, 2006
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Ohara Hadaka FestivalSep 08, 2006
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This photographer forgot his shorts.Sep 08, 2006
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Many more portable shrines follow.Sep 08, 2006
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Ohara Hadaka MatsuriSep 08, 2006
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At 3 pm, the first portable shrine is carried into the ocean. 汐ふみ（大原海水浴場）Sep 08, 2006
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The crowd at the beach.Sep 08, 2006
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They are soon followed by many more photographers.Sep 08, 2006
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Ohara beachSep 08, 2006
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Portable shrines from 18 shrines in the area join in the festival.Sep 08, 2006
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A few photographers come early to secure the best positions.Sep 08, 2006
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Ohara beach where the portable shrines will be carried into the ocean. 大原海水浴場Sep 08, 2006
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This is where they offload fish.Sep 08, 2006
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Tossing a portable shrine, a common sight during the festival.Sep 08, 2006
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One thing unusual about this festival is that they carry the mikoshi with their hands and arms only, and not on their shoulders.Sep 08, 2006
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Nice mikoshi.Sep 08, 2006
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A man who got bumped and fell is quickly brought to his feet by other people.Sep 08, 2006
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They keep going round and round. Quite rowdy.Sep 08, 2006
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At 2 pm, the 18 portable shrines gather at the Ohara Fishing Port. 大原漁港に参集Sep 08, 2006
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They run around while carrying a portable shrine.Sep 08, 2006
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Chiba Prefectural CapitalApr 15, 2006
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Shopping area near Chiba StationApr 15, 2006
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Vending machinesApr 15, 2006
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Chiba Station as seen from the monorailApr 15, 2006
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Chiba Station as seen from the monorailApr 15, 2006
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View from monorailApr 15, 2006
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Chiba Station as seen from the monorailApr 15, 2006
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JR Chiba StationApr 15, 2006
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Inside monorailApr 15, 2006
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Chiba Station and monorailApr 15, 2006
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View from monorailApr 15, 2006
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Outside JR Chiba StationApr 15, 2006
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Entrance to Chiba Monorail StationApr 15, 2006
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Outside JR Chiba StationApr 15, 2006
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Chiba Monorail StationApr 15, 2006
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JR Chiba Station platformApr 15, 2006
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JR Chiba StationApr 15, 2006
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JR Chiba Station and Yokosuka LineApr 15, 2006
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JR Chiba StationApr 15, 2006
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綿打池Apr 14, 2006
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Chiba Koen Station monorail platform 千葉公園駅Apr 14, 2006
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Chiba Koen Station monorailApr 14, 2006
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Pond pathApr 14, 2006
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Chiba Koen Station 千葉公園駅Apr 14, 2006
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Lotus Pavilion, the Ohga Lotus blooms around this pavilion during June and July. 蓮華亭Apr 14, 2006
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"Shidare" actually means "drooping."Apr 14, 2006
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綿打池Apr 14, 2006
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Inside Lotus Pavilion, pictures of the Ohga Lotus is displayed. 蓮華亭Apr 14, 2006
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Arakiyama hill 荒木山Apr 14, 2006
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Monument for the Ohga Lotus, a 2,000-year-old lotus flower species discovered in Chiba by the late Dr. Ohga in 1951. 大賀ハスApr 14, 2006
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Weeping cherry tree is "shidare-zakura" in Japanese.Apr 14, 2006
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Photogenic weeping cherry シダレザクラApr 14, 2006
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Arakiyama hill 荒木山A low hill is next to the pond. Some cherry trees are also on this hill.Apr 14, 2006
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Monorail trackApr 14, 2006
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Chiba ParkApr 14, 2006
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Boats for rentApr 14, 2006
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Chiba Park weeping cherriesApr 14, 2006
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Most of the weeping cherries are planted along the pond's edge.Apr 14, 2006
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Chiba ParkApr 14, 2006
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White and pink weeping cherry blossomsApr 14, 2006
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About 30 weeping cherry trees ring the pond's perimeter.Apr 14, 2006
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White weeping cherry blossomsApr 14, 2006
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White weeping cherry blossomsApr 14, 2006
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Pink weeping cherry blossomsApr 14, 2006
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Monorail to Chiba Koen Station 千葉公園駅Apr 14, 2006
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View of Chiba Park from monorail. 綿打池Apr 14, 2006
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Chiba Park approachApr 14, 2006
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Path to park exitApr 14, 2006
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