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Tokyo Dome on March 3, 2006, the first day of the WBC's Asian Round.

Tokyo Dome

Front entrance to Tokyo Dome. Japan plays its first WBC game and the opponent is China.

Chinese team is introduced.

Japan's National Anthem is played.

Tommy Lasorda after throwing the flubbed first pitch.He just threw the ball right on the ground like he wanted to throw it away. It wasn't a pitch at all. What was his problem?

Crowd behind homeplate. 16,000 yen seats.

China at bat.

Pitcher Koji Uehara, originally from the Yomiuri Giants.Unfortunately, Daisuke Matsusaka did not pitch this night.

Ichiro in right field.

Ichiro at bat

Right to left: Ichiro hits and reaches 1st base.

Ichiro at 1st base.

Thanks to a homer by a teammate, Ichiro trots past 3rd base.

Ichiro and another go round 3rd base as China looks on helplessly.

Ichiro reaches home as the umpire makes sure Ichiro steps on homeplate.

Head coach Sadaharu Oh (extreme right).Also on the left, see Ichiro in the dugout.

China's pitcher and catcher in a conference.

Tokyo Dome

Ichiro at bat. Japan wins 18-2.

First you see Otodome Falls, big and impressive.

Otodome Falls in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka

Street car stop nearest to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Hiroden Genbaku Dome-mae Station. Hiroshima is one of the few Japanese cities which still has street cars.

Right near the streetcar stop is the Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome (原爆ドーム). I visited in fall 2012.

Built in 1915, it was the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall.

The atomic bomb fell almost directly above this building on Aug. 6, 1941 at 8:15 am.

The Atomic Bomb Done was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

I think all Americans visiting or living in Japan should visit Hiroshima. It's not about who's to blame for what happened here in Aug. 1945. It's about a major event in human history and a reminder of man's fatal flaws.

Notice the steel braces to reinforce the building.

We can get quite close to the building, but it is fenced off so we cannot enter it.

Hiroshima Atom Bomb Dome

Monuments abound in the Peace Park. In the background is Aioi Bridge, the original target of the atomic bomb.

View from Aioi Bridge.

Atomic Bomb Dome

Peace Clock Tower

Peace Bell. Peace Bell. Anyone can ring it for free.

About the Peace Bell

Hiroshima Peace Bell

Hiroshima Peace Bell with atom symbol on the sweet spot.

Donated benches.

Donors of benches.

The Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival 2010 was held during Feb. 13-21, 2010 at Tokyo Dome. I attended this show for the first time on Feb. 20, 2010. Regular admission was 2,000 yen.

It was the show's 20th anniversary. The first show was held in 1991. Tokyo Dome's entire field was covered with orchids, orchid flower arrangements, orchid artwork, and stalls selling orchids.

There are six major categories including fragrance, flower displays, flower designs (Japanese and western arrangements), artwork (photos, paintings, etc.), and individual flowers. Huge crowds on weekends.

Main entrance to the floor exhibits.

The entrance leads to "Orchid Road."

Orchid Road

The best time to photograph the flowers is 10 min. before closing time (5:30 pm) when there are few people around.

Years Plates to mark the show's 20th anniversary. Each plate has 1,500 to 30,000 flowers.

The chairman of the show's organizing committee is Fukuhara Yoshiharu who is also the director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and honorary chairman of Shiseido Cosmetics.

This year's Japan Grand Prix winner.

Besides the Grand Prix winner, there are many other awards, ribbons, and medals given to the best orchids.

Trophy Awards

Blue Ribbons for overseas winners.

There is an incredible vareity of orchids. Very exotic looking ones too.

Never seen orchids like these.

One of the grand prizes is this Mercedes-Benz.

Check out this orchid windmill, one of the showpiece exhibits.

The windmill rotated.

Orchids galore

All these flowers were a good way to see how well my new Canon EOS 7D camera could render the colors accurately. All these subtle colors can be difficult to reproduce.

Niagara Falls. No doubt this design idea came from fireworks.

During the show, they also held various stage programs such as lectures and panel discussions.

On Feb. 20, Sat., I decided to see a kimono show put on by Mimatsu, a kimono maker.

They showed beautiful kimono by models dressed to reflect the past.

The kimono had flowery designs, but not sure if they were orchids.

They also gave a geisha-like dance performance.

In an instant, her wardrobe changes.

The kimono models also walked through the audience seats.

Card player?

Photo for my next Valentine's card.

Large heartful installation.

Another photo for my Valentine's card.

All kinds of orchid installations....

Treasure Box full of orchids...

This one caught everyone's eye.

These orchids are shaped like how chrysanthemums are displayed in autumn.

"Home Run" is the title of this display. Obvious reference to Tokyo Dome's baseball diamond and to the word "ran" which means orchid.

Squirrel made of old man's beard lichen.

Mikoshi portable shrines serve as this design's motif.

Simple, but beautiful. A crowd favorite.

These flowers amazed everyone with man-made patterns painted or stamped on the petals. I overheard someone comment that they looked too "unnatural."

Sakura design on orchids.

Snowflakes

Fireworks. (In Japanese, fireworks are literally called "fire flowers" or hanabi.

Thailand

Rotating display in the middle.

Lights

Look like jellyfish

Enclosed by a water tank

Individual flower exhibits

These people work hard to have the flowers bloom at their peak for the show.

I'm not an orchid expert so I can't tell you what their names are.

Plushenko

Golden Gate

Overseas Table Display had small flower displays created by overseas people.

USA

Vietnam/Indonesia

Taiwan

New Zealand

Ecuador

USA

Taiwan

Venezuala

Italy

Show's orchid queen was Yonekura Kyoko, an actress.

Picture-taking corner

Japanese orchid display

Orchids for sale at numerous flower booths. I was looking for a booth from Hawaii, but couldn't find the word "Hawaii." They always say that they are only from "USA." Next time, include "Hawaii" please.

Artwork category

Kimono with orchid design

Surprised to see this fragrance category. I tried to smell them, but could hardly make out the fragrance. Thanks to Lucia for inviting me to this show.

The Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival 2012 was held during Feb. 18–26, 2012. The world's largest orchid show at Tokyo Dome shows not only flowers, but orchid-related artwork, fragrances, and orchid shops. Total of 130 booths.