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Patriotic Maiko. Card designed to encourage soldiers on the front line. Notice that her sleeves are so long that you can see her right sleeve touch the ground. That's the kimono of a maiko. This is a modern postcard reproduction.
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Two Patriotic Maiko. To cheer up the soldiers on the front line, pretty and smiling maiko (apprentice geisha) often appeared on postcards for military mail. This card was postmarked Aug. 1940 from Shizuoka city. It was not addressed to a soldier though.Both women are maiko and not full-fledged geisha yet. The sleeves of a maiko's kimono reaches toward the ground as you can see here. (The sleeves of a geisha is shorter.) The kimono design is also more colorful and gaudy. Maiko also wear clogs called pokkuri. They are wedged at the front, so if you are not careful, you can trip forward. Geisha do not wear pokkuri.
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Japanese flag and Fujimi Turret
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Fujimi Turret, Edo Castle 富士見櫓
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Swan boat and a real swan.
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Welcome sign in front of JR Toya Station, the closest train station to Lake Toya.
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Ticket office inside JR Toya Station. Notice the G8 Summit flags.
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Ticket office inside JR Toya Station with G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit flags.
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Personal computers for public use inside Toya Mizunoeki in northern Lake Toya. Notice the G8 Summit flags.
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Ticket office inside JR Toya Station. Notice the G8 Summit flags.
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Ticket office inside JR Toya Station with G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit flags.
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Toyako Town Hall, front side, festooned with G8 Summit flags.
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Aft with the Rising Sun flag.
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