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Haneda to Tokushima
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Hi Philbert! Welcome aboard!
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Seibu Ikebukuro Line train station entrance at Ikebukuro, Tokyo. It takes about 90 min. from Ikebukuro to Yokoze Station via Tokkyu express train. Cheaper trains take 2 hours.
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Takahata Fudo Station, Keio Line 高幡不動駅
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Mt. Fuji as seen from the train on the Itsukaichi Line in Akiruno.
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Approaching Musashi-Itsukaichi Station
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Approaching Musashi-Itsukaichi Station
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JR Musashi-Itsukaichi Station on the Itsukaichi Line
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JR Musashi-Itsukaichi Station on the Itsukaichi Line
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In front of JR Musashi-Itsukaichi Station
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In front of JR Musashi-Itsukaichi Station (bus stops)
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JR Fussa Station on the Ome Line. 福生駅
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JR Kokubunji Station, South Entrance.
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Kiyose Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line. Only about 23 min. from Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo.
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Higashikurume Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line. On the far left is the Fujimi Terrace lookout deck. 東久留米駅
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Chichibu Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line 西武池袋線 秩父駅
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JR Sugamo Station on the Yamanote Line. 巣鴨駅
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Chofu Station on the Keio Line 調布駅
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JR Fussa Station connects to Seiyu
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Inside Kokubunji Station
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On the west side, Higashikurume Station has a lookout deck called Fujimi Terrace to view Mt. Fuji on clear days. 富士見テラス
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Seibu Ikebukuro Line train at Chichibu Station
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In front of JR Sugamo Station
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In front of Chofu Station
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JR Fussa Station, North side
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Inside Kokubunji Station
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Kiyose Station with overhead passge to Seiyu.
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View of Fujimi-dori road from Fujimi Terrace. Unfortunately, too hazy to see Mt. Fuji. 「まろにえ富士見通り」
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Chichibu Station platform on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line
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JR Fussa Station, North side
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Kokubunji Station, North Exit
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Higashikurume Station
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Nakamise shopping arcade at Chichibu Station 仲見世
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JR Fussa Station, South side
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Kokubunji Station, North Entrance
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Chichibu Station
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JR Fussa Station, South side
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Kokubunji Station, North side
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JR Fussa Station
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Shopping street near North side of Kokubunji Station
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JR Fussa Station platform
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JR Haijima Station being renovated in early 2007. 拝島駅
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Keio Line Mogusaen Station 百草園駅
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Walking guide to Fussa at Haijima Station.
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Mogusaen Station with plum decoration on top
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Haijima Station platform 拝島駅
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Mogusaen Station platform
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Keio Line train at Mogusaen Station
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Shakujii-Koen Station, North Entrance
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Power line tower on Mt. Anyoji
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Ishiyama Station on the Keihan Line and JR Tokaido Line.
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Keihan Ishiyama Station with a sign showing Lady Murasaki Shikubu saying "Welcome to Otsu, Lake Capital."
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My favorite train station name: Zenibako Station. Zenibako means money box.
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The former Temiya Line, Hokkaido's first rail line linking Otaru and Sapporo. It was discontinued in 1985.
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Temiya Line
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Chiyoda Line running at 3 am on New Year's morning.
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Chiyoda Line running at 3 am on New Year's morning.
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Chiyoda Line running at 3 am on New Year's morning with these ladies who gave New Year's prayers at a shrine.
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Odakyu Line Gotokuji Station 豪徳寺駅
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Odakyu Line Gotokuji Station 豪徳寺駅
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Odakyu Line Gotokuji Station platform 豪徳寺駅
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Toneri Koen Station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner 日暮里・舎人ライナー
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Nippori-Toneri Liner 日暮里・舎人ライナー
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Nippori-Toneri Liner. It is vulnerable to snow. 日暮里・舎人ライナー
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Nippori-Toneri Liner train arrives Toneri Koen Station. 日暮里・舎人ライナー
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Inside the Nippori-Toneri Liner. Nice large picture windows. 日暮里・舎人ライナー
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Nippori-Toneri Liner stops. 日暮里・舎人ライナー
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Nippori Station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner 日暮里・舎人ライナー
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Nippori Station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner 日暮里・舎人ライナー
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Nippori Station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner 日暮里・舎人ライナー
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Hakone is one of Japan's most famous and popular tourist spots. Hot spring baths, views of Mt. Fuji, and more.With the Hakone Freepass, ride the Odakyu Line from Shinjuku, Tokyo directly to Hakone-Yumoto. Take the Hakone Tozan Railway train to Gora. Ride the Hakone Tozan Cable Car up the slope to to Sounzan. Then take the Hakone Ropeway high above to Lake Ashi for a cruise on a pirate boat to Hakone-machi Port or Moto-Hakone. Dramatic views of Mt. Fuji. Photo: Odakyu Line's Romance Car at Shinjuku Station.
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Sold by the Odakyu Line, the Hakone Freepass is a great deal for people coming from Tokyo on the Odakyu Line.I got the two-day pass (¥5,140) which covers roundtrip express train (Romance Car) fare from Tokyo to Hakone and covers the trains, buses, and ropeway in the Hakone area. Hakone is a great getaway for Tokyoites. It's possible to see most everything on a day trip to Hakone, but an overnight stay gives you more time to see more.
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Limited Express tickets are sold on the train platform if you haven't bought it yet. Making advance reservations is recommended though.
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Inside the Odakyu Romance Car train.
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Seibu Ikebukuro Line train for Hanno at Ikebukuro Station. By express train, it takes less than an hour to Hanno from Ikebukuro. Train fare is 450 yen.
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Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.
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Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.
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Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.
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In front of Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.
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Higashi-Yamato Minami Park is a large park with greenery and sports facilities. One interesting edifice is the former Hitachi Aircraft Transformer Substation pockmarked with bullet holes from World War II. The park was formerly the US Air Force's Yamato Air Station. Before that from 1938 and during World War II, it was the site of a military aircraft engine factory. Near Tamagawa Josui Station on the Seibu Haijima Line.
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Tamagawa Josui Station
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On Nov. 19, 2013, I took a friend around Tokyo and when we headed for the Imperial Palace, we saw this large crowd on the streets. Most were middle-aged and older people. The palace was closed off to tourists as well. Couldn’t see the famous Nijubashi Bridge.
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I asked a bystander what was going on. She said they were waiting for “Caroline.” No mention of the last name. “Caroline” in Japan automatically means “Kennedy.”Although I always think of Neil Diamond’s song which coincidentally is about the Caroline they were waiting to see.
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So I stuck around for about 15 min. and sure enough, at around 4 pm, her horse-drawn carriage appeared after she had shown her credentials to the emperor. I whipped out my camcorder and still camera and started shooting.
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There were two horse-drawn carriages and I correctly assumed she was riding in the first one. No one waved Japanese and American flags though.
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Fortunately, she was sitting on the right side of the carriage facing my side of the street. You can see her in this photo. Wish she waved to us. As soon as she passed, the crowd dissipated.We haven’t had such a star ambassador to Japan in a long time, not perhaps since Edwin Reischauer in 1960s or the beloved Mike Mansfield in the 1980s. Welcome to Japan, Sweet Caroline!
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JAL's first cabin attendant uniform appeared in Aug. 1951.
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TDA's (Toa Domestic Airways) cabin attendant uniform (left) and JAS (Japan Air System) cabin attendant uniform. Bot TDA and JAS merged with JAL.
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JAL's cabin attendant uniform worn in the 1970s (left) and 1980s (right).
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History of JAL planes.
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Historical model planes in JAL's Sky Museum. The museum is quite big, and we didn't have time to see everything.
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Model of JAL Boeing 747.
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The same type of happi coat the Beatles wore when they got off the JAL DC-8 ("Matsushima") at Haneda for their Budokan concerts in 1966.The back has the kanji for kotobuki (寿) meaning "celebration." Famous story behind how a JAL stewardess got John to wear the happi coat. "Wearing a happi coat when you land in Japan would make the fans really happy!" "Good idea!," said John who then wore it. The other Beatles followed and wore one too. A major, historic PR coup for JAL.
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Vintage JAL luggage tags.
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JAL's tour also started with a 30-min. talk and slide show in Japanese.
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Wore hard hats and toured JAL's maintenance hangar for about 40 min. JAL's airplane maintenance hangar at Haneda Airport. Huge facility.
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JAL Boeing 787.
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Photography was permitted, but no videos. You can post photos online, but cannot show personnel (I assume faces) and the other tour participants. Also cannot show any plane from another airline which might be taxiing or flying outside in the background.
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The lucky treat of the JAL tour was seeing Japan's Air Force One (actually, Air Force Two). The Japanese government plane that carries the prime minister or emperor.They are normally parked at Chitose Airport in Hokkaido. Flown by the Air Defense Force, but maintained by JAL. Japan's Air Force One/Two will be retired in 2019, to be replaced by Boeing 777. The new Boeing 777 will be maintained by ANA. Photos were allowed, but not allowed to be posted online.
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One corner of the hangar preserved the cockpit/lounge section of the JAL "Fuji" DC-8. This was Japan's first passenger jet put into service in 1960, replacing prop planes. This plane had 104 seats, 36 first class and 68 tourist class.
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About the JAL "Fuji" DC-8.
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First class section of JAL's "Fuji" DC-8.
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Tail of the JAL "Fuji" DC-8. Looks like they are restoring the plane.
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JAL plane parked outside the maintenance hangar.JAL sent out an online questionaire afterward for feedback about the tour. I told them that many foreigners were also interested in the tours so they should provide foreign language info too. I'm told that there are no tours like this in the States.
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Arrival at JR Torahime Station on the JR Hokuriku Main Line.
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Torahime Station platform and sign
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The new Torahime Station on JR Hokuriku Main Line
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Built in a loghouse-style. All wood.
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Torahime Station
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Tiger Princess Shrine at Torahime Station. (Torahime literally means "Tiger Princess.")
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In Oct. 2005, some people came here to pray for Osaka's Hanshin Tigers baseball team to win the Japan Series against the Chiba Lotte Marines who later won the series in a four-game sweep. The Tigers never won a game in the series.
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Be photographed as a Tiger Princess
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Inside the Italian restaurant at Torahime Station.
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Bicycle parking at Torahime Station
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"Torahime Tiger Princess, the Goddess of Victory"
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New event space called "Coco," opened in March 2008, across from Torahime Station
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Tiger Princess statue outside the Torahime Station
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Tiger Princess statue
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Tourist map of Torahime
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Tourist map of Torahime
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JR Kodaira Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.
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JR Kodaira Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.
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They happened to have flowers in front of Kodaira Station when I visited in mid-May. It was for a local flower festival held at a park.
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Flower beds in front of Kodaira Station.
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Flower beds in front of Kodaira Station.
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Flower beds in front of Kodaira Station.
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Flower beds in front of Kodaira Station.
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Kodaira is spelled out in hiragana in the flowers.
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Inokashira Line entrance. Kichijoji is also accessible from Shibuya Station.
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Maibara Station is a major transfer point for the Tokaido Line, Hokuriku Line, and shinkansen bullet train. From this station, you can go on to Kyoto (or Tokyo in the east) in the west or to Fukui, Kanazawa, and Toyama up north.
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Bus and taxi stops at Maibara Station's west exit. On this side of the station, you'll find Heiwado department store and the Maibara City Hall. MAP
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On the west side of Maibara Station is this long escalator to go down. The up escalator is inside the station building.
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Azai Sisters Expo poster.
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Maibara Station is Shiga's sole shinkansen bullet train station and transfer station for the Hokuriku region.
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Corridor going to the west side. Maibara Station was renovated during 2007-2009. Most parts of Maibara Station are new, and others are old. This is an old corridor.
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Maibara Station as seen from a train platform. The station's focal point is the huge window wall at the center.
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Window wall from the outside.
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Maibara Station's window wall, right outside the turnstile. This is the first thing you see when you give your ticket to go out.
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The interior is basically white.
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Lately, they have been using this window wall to show artwork. In spring 2013, a calligraphy club from a high school in Ibuki exhibited their work.
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This says "Tadaima" or "I'm home."
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This says, "Okaeri" or "Welcome home!" Perfect artwork for people returning to their hometown from the cities for spring vacation.
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Corridor toward the east exit. White walls galore. There were plans for Hiro Yamagata, a famous artist from Maibara, to paint the walls here, but they never materialized due to the cost.
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Escalators going to the east exit of Maibara Station.
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THe east exit has a nice, wooden, relief sculpture of Maibara's major sights. Made by woodcarvers in Kami-nyu in Samegai.
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Mt. Ibuki at the top.
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Maibara PR posters.
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Maibara Station's east exit has also been completely renovated.
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Maibara Station's east exit has a bus stop.
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Inside Maibara Station's east exit, just a large empty space.
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Next to Maibara Station's east exit is the Ohmi Railways Station. Otherwise, there's nothing much on the east side. For a shinkansen station, Maibara is pretty lonely.
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The new Ohmi Railways Maibara Station. This station is now closer to the JR Maibara Station, but still not integrated in Maibara Station. I thought it was a temporary structure.
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The old Ohmi Railways Maibara Station. Torn down in 2007. It was slightly apart from the old Maibara Station. Now it's closer to Maibara Station.
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Inside the old Ohmi Railway Maibara Station. I liked this old building with remnants of the train line's golden age.
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Old Ohmi Railway Maibara Station.
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Shinkansen train. It takes about 2.5 hours from Tokyo to Maibara.
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1. Joining train cars on the Tokaido Line, Maibara Station.
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2. Joining train cars on the Tokaido Line, Maibara Station.
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3. Joining train cars on the Tokaido Line, Maibara Station.
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JR Biwako Line to Nagahama
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Inside Biwako Line train to Nagahama
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Changing the ads inside the train.
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Joining train cars on the Shirasagi express train, Maibara Station.
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Oyako (Parent-child) photo exhibition by Bruce Osborn held at Maibara Station's corridor from July 2011 to March 2012. The large window wall is now covered with his portraits.
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The city of Maibara has pursued a slogan of stressing "Kizuna" or human bonds. Bruce's longtime oyako project fits in well and he was invited to exhibit his parent-child photos in Maibara Station.
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About the exhibition. Architecturally, Maibara Station has nothing to boast about. But at least it now has something pretty.
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Bruce is a pro photographer based in Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He has been taking celebrity parent-child portraits and publishing them in Mainichi Shimbun.
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Maibara Station's large window wall with Bruce Osborn's Oyako portraits.
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The Oyako photos are exhibited along most of the corridor space, mainly toward the east side.
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Besides celebrity parent-child portraits, there are four, large photo panels showing parent-child portraits taken in Maibara, seen on the left here.
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More Oyako photos in the corridor toward the east side. Maibara Station finally looks better with these photos.
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The Maibara oyako portraits are in four panels, one for each season.
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About the Maibara oyako portraits.
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The first Maibara oyako portrait panel is about spring. Photos of ordinary people in Maibara looking special.
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Spring in Maibara.
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The second Maibara oyako portrait panel is about summer. Photos of ordinary people in Maibara looking special.
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Summer in Maibara.
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JR Takatsuki Station on the Hokuriku Line. West side. This new station building was built in Oct. 2005. 高月駅
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JR Takatsuki Station on the West side. 高月駅
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JR Takatsuki Station corridor. Impressive new train station.
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JR Takatsuki Station stairway on the east side.
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JR Takatsuki Station on the east side.
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Tourist info and resthouse at JR Takatsuki Station on the east side. You can also rent bicycles here.
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Inside tourist info office which is also a souvenir shop.
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Chrysanthymum display
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Have a Nice Day wooden bench at the train station.
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Local community bus/van at Takatsuki Station.
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Train tracks to Takatsuki Station
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The old and small Takatsuki Station in 2004. Actually, I like this station better. It makes it more rural.
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First, the wheelchair race started at 9:05 am.
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Music entertainment also provided by high school bands.
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Road to finish line
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Goal in sight. Runners had to cross the finish line by 4:10 pm. The vast majority did so.
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The finish line. Unlike last year, we could not approach the finish line and see the runners crossing it up close. Also see my video at YouTube.
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Way to Tokyo Big Sight. It was a warm, sunny day on Feb. 27, 2011 in Tokyo. Unlike the year before when it was cold and rainy.
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Entertainment stage near Tokyo Big Sight.
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Tokyo Big Sight directions to spectator stands near the finish line.
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Tokyo Big Sight exit.
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Soejima Masazumi is the 1st place winner of the wheelchair race which started at 9:05 am in Shinjuku.
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Various muscical entertainment was held at two areas near the finish line. This was the largest entertainment area. A high school band kicked off the entertainment here.
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Finish line entertainment at Tokyo Big Sight started with a marching band from a local junior high and high school. かえつ有明中・高等学校 マーチングバンドESTEAM
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The 2011 Tokyo Marathon winner, MEKONNEN Hailu from Ethiopia wins the marathon with a time of 2:07:35.
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2nd place is BIWOTT Paul from Kenya.
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Thw 2011 Tokyo Marathon's 3rd place winner is KAWAUCHI Yuki from Saitama. He's also the top Japanese winner.
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KAWAUCHI Yuki collapsed after crossing the finish line. But he went back to work at his school the next day.
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Finish line.
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LIMO Felix from Kenya is 6th place.
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7th place is KODA Takaaki and the 2nd place Japanese.
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Finally the women's 1st place winner in ARYASOVA Tatiana from Russia.
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ARYASOVA Tatiana
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2nd place women's winner HIGUCHI Noriko.
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Hot dog stick, complete with ketchup and mustard.
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Donald Duck
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Cow
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