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Where the water meets the ice. About one-fourth of the lake was iced over.86 views
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The memorial was unveiled on Feb. 9, 2002, a year after the accident.86 views
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Coming down Omotesando, first are sponsor vehicles86 views
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Reserved flower-viewing space86 viewsPeople come early in the morning and stake out a prime picnicking space for their company or group to gather later in the day or in the evening.
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Reaching low86 views
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50th anniversary park86 views
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Barrels of Hino merchant sake86 views
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Path to the Yushukan war museum.86 views
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Start of Kusatsu Jidai Gyoretsu Procession 草津時代行列86 views
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Professional actor from the Toei Eiga-mura movie village.86 views東映太秦映画村の役者
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River mouth86 views
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Nohime, wife of Oda Nobunaga. 農姫86 views
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Fire finally dies down.86 views
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Hibarino park. Map86 views
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City Museum 市立博物館86 views
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Ohmi Railways Toriimoto Station platform86 views
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Chojitsudo Hondo main hall 朝日堂86 views
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Seta Karahashi Bridge from east end86 views
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Misty Okinoshima86 views
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Mizugahama lakeside coffee shop 水ケ浜86 views
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Workers restore unearthed artifacts.86 views
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Souvenir shop inside Iki-ikikan, run by local farmers who sell their goods here. The senbei crackers and cookies are delicious.86 views
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Kitchen86 views
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Honmachi Shopping Arcade, now almost devoid of people.86 views
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Kite sculpture86 views
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Hama Chirimen 浜ちりめん86 views
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Hinohara Village Tourist Info Office86 views
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Benten-do 弁天堂86 views
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Bean throwers make speeches.86 views
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Cheering section86 views
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One more kilometer folks!86 views
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Grandstands (wet) near the finish line86 views
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Runners after crossing the finish line.86 views
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The old Sugatani Spa in mid-2004 before the new building was completed.86 views
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Waterwheel 水車86 views
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Verse 1 photos (Otsu)86 views
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Lute Plaza, which includes Biwa Library in Nagahama, Shiga. 20-min. bus ride from Nagahama Station.86 views
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Biwa Library びわ図書館86 views
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Kyozo houses Buddhist scriptures. 経蔵86 views
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Hoto tower 宝塔86 views
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White elephant is usually present during Hanamatsuri. On the day before the Buddha's mother Queen Maya gave birth, she dreamed that a white elephant entered her womb.86 views
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Bridge to Bentenjima.86 views
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Sumo monument in Eko-in temple. Sumo was first held here in 1768. 力塚86 views
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Gate to Eko-in temple where early sumo tournaments were held. The temple was originally built in 1657 for the repose of over 100,000 people who died in the Great Fire of Meireki (Furisode Fire). 回向院86 views
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Next to a portrait studio is a small garage with sumo photos on the walls.86 views
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Behind Ontake Shrine's main hall is a wall of sculpture.86 views
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Tenso Shrine 天祖神社86 views
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In one swing, he cuts the rope.86 views
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A total of 8 logs are slid down this slope.86 views
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People linger in the shrine after all the mikoshi had arrived.86 views
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As I predicted again, they started disassembling the kite so they could roll (crumple) it up and carry it out. The kite was not flown again for this festival. It was to be its final flight since it will be replaced next year.86 views
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Awards ceremony86 views
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Tying the bamboo frame is considered to be one of the more tedious tasks, so we were rewarded with a pair of gloves with the kite design. These gloves will also give us higher priority to pull the kite during the kite festival.86 views
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Heading toward Sugaura, Nishi-Azai in northern Lake Biwa.86 views
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Whooping swans mix with the ducks.86 views
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Shopping street near Takaoka Station86 views
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View of Imazu from Imazu Sun Bridge Hotel, Imazu's highest building.86 views
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Water mill86 views
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Path to shrine with stone lanterns, and cars.86 views
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Stone lanterns86 views
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The smoke was all over the platform.86 views
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Cartoon characters such as Anpan Man86 views
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Memorial for the war dead86 views
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Steps86 views
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Roots86 views
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The sign is almost totally unreadable.86 views
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Looking toward Ritto86 views
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Mt. Mikami and slide86 views
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Marker indicating that St. Shinran, founder of the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Sect, once stayed at this temple.86 views
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Inside Homanji Hondo main hall in Echigawa-juku, Shiga Prefecture86 views
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Hakone bonkei. The elliptical plates are about 50 cm in diameter.86 views
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Rice paddy and reed bed. Special thanks to Makino Atsushi (Lake Biwa Museum) and Kurahashi Yoshihiro (Hayasaki Biotope Networking) for the tour of Hayasaki biotope.86 views
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Incense burner inside Kannon-do Hall86 views
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In front of the Kannon-do Hall is the water basin for purification.86 views
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Soroban (Abacus) Monument86 views
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View from the top of the hill.86 views
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Imasu Post Office86 views
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Jizo-zaka road. Ennichi is the temple or shrine's auspicious or special commemoration days. When you go to worship on such days, your prayers will be answered in better ways than usual. The festival is held from 9 am to 10 pm. 地蔵坂86 views
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Hikawa Shrine in Omiya is the headquarters of all Hikawa shrines in Tokyo and Saitama.86 views
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Mitaka Shoko-ren 三鷹商工連86 views
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A more mature woman appears for this part set in autumn.86 views
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A tall Tsunuga-kun from Tsuruga, Fukui Pref. To celebrate the Tsuruga's 100th anniversary of its port opening. The mascot is based on a Korean prince. Many ships plied between Tsuruga and the Korean Peninsula. ツヌガくん (福井 敦賀市)86 views
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Caffy doll86 views
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Caffy-yaki sweet bean bun.86 views
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The most common flower during summer it seems. シモツケソウ86 views
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The festival's highlight is a local bon dance called Goshu Ondo. Also see the video at YouTube.86 views
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浜大津と大津港の近辺では非常に不快感でした。柵で閉鎖されて有料の観客席だけ。最低の花火会場。86 views
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The cheerleaders appeared whenever there was a time out, even for 20 sec.86 views
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Tokyo Apache team members are introduced as they go through a gauntlet of cheerleaders.86 views
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Obama Castle wall86 views
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The castle grounds now has Obama Jinja Shrine, a Shinto shrine.86 views
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Obama City Hall86 views
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Saba Kaido Museum. You can see what the mackerel merchants wore when traveling.86 views
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Then the oni ran on the elevated hanamichi making threats to an amused crowd. MAP86 views
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The oblong pond's circumference is about 780 meters. It was first created about 700 years ago as a water reservoir for agriculture. It is also a bird sanctuary.86 views
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Global House (mammoth display) in the distance. The road on the right is where you stand in line to obtain reservation tickets to enter the Global House.86 views
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Wooden corridor near North gate.86 views
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Austria86 views
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Malaysian dancer86 views
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Temple belfry86 views
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Megan Thompson 昼休み中だったし、プログラムにも載っていなかったので大勢の客が退場した後に英語版が歌われた。86 views
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Omi-Takashima Station and Kosei Line train.86 views
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In front of Omi-Takashima Station is a large Gulliver statue.86 views
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The original kanji for Makino was 牧野. However, the ski grounds used katakana to give an imported feel since skiing was imported back then in the 1920s. Photo: Makino Station's cherry trees.86 views
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Passengers on the Hanwa Line between Osaka and Wakayama will get a real visual treat when the cherries are in bloom.86 views
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Shimoda-yaki started in the 18th century using soil in the Shimoda area of Konan and techniques from Kyoto. Today, only one man makes it, and he has no successor. Pottery lessons cost 3500 yen if you want to make the piece yourself.86 views
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Hanrinkaku 攀鱗閣（西町）86 views
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Takashimaya Dept. Store in Nihonbashi 高島屋 日本橋86 views
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Crowd in Tokyu Dept. Store in Nihonbashi on Jan. 31, 1999.86 views
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Inside Soyu-do.86 views
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The temple also has a small bamboo forest.86 views
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During the festival eve, only one float was displayed at the shrine, while the other floats were open to display in their storehouses.86 views
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Making a turn. This is Higashi-machi hikiyama. 東町86 views
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This is a must-see shrine. Very ornate and colorful, similar to Toshogu Shrine in Nikko. Important Cultural Property.86 views
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Way to Shirayama-gu Shrine.86 views
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Kaizu-Osaki port. Cherry blossom (sakura) cruises are great because you can get to the sakura without fighting traffic.86 viewsBest to take the cruise that lets you get off and walk around for 30 min. at Kaisu-Osaki Port. Better than the boats that only cruise and do not enter port.
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A few scenic views from the trail.86 views
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Top floor of castle.86 views
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Mt. Yamamoto-yama as seen from Nagahama Castle.86 views
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Hakusan Jinja Shrine torii.86 views
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Poster for Bunkyo Ajisai Matsuri.86 views
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Hakusan Shrine in Bunkyo, Tokyo86 views
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Garden of hydrangea in June at Kyodo-no-Mori Museum.86 views
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On Aug. 15, the anniversary of Japan's surrender and the end of World War II, Yasukuni Shrine is a busy with worshippers and police. These are police buses.86 views
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Worshippers at Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15.86 views
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Entrance to the Hajimari-no-Mori's main pavilion called Yokohama Monogatari (Yokohama Story).86 views
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With many Western technologies brought to Yokohama, many of Japan's Western things like railroads, ice cream, photography, and publishing started in Yokohama.86 views
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Beato Photo Studio. Beato was a pioneering photographer in Japan.86 views
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Entrance to Tomorrow Park86 views
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After a beautiful. high-definition film (included footage of hang gliding atop Hawaii's Diamond Head) in the Super Hi-Vision Theater, we come here to gaze at Nissan's prototype electric car.86 views
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Kanko Maru in Yokohama86 views
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Pukari Pier86 views
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Damudan-ren (Kagurazaka) だむだん連. They like to pose for the camera.86 views
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The last group in the procession were the taiko drummers led by four bell ringers. 鉦86 views
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The yobidashi caller calls the name of the sumo wrestler.86 views
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Lakestars practicing.86 views
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Super tall Reda Rhalimi #55 with the ball as the Lakestars put up a great defense.86 views
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Bobby Nash passes the ball.86 views
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Abdul-Rauf don't look 40.86 views
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This float had two boys on the roof.86 views
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Kishiwada Castle and danjiri float pullers86 views
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Sign pointing the way to Shizugatake. MAP86 views
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You can see white banners on the top of Shizugatake.86 views
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Hachiman Church Pastor House, designed by William Merrell Vories. It is right across the church. 八幡教会牧師館（旧地塩寮） MAP86 views
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Tsukuba-san Jinja Shrine's Nyotai Honden on Mt. Nyotai. It worships Izanami, wife of Izanagi.86 views
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View from Mt. Nantai on Tsukuba-san.86 views
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Outside the walls of Nishi Hongwanji.86 views
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In front of Atami Station.86 views
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Dream Ambassador from Takamatsu, Kagawa Pref.86 views
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Sculpture for sitting.86 views
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The Chrysanthemum Show was held in this grassy area next to the tennis courts. There were a good number of shacks housing the flowers.86 views
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Tennis courts in Hibiya Park.86 views
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Place to return your old New Year's decorations and charms.86 views
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Banners read Inaba Shrine.86 views
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Goshu Ondo folk dance native to Shiga was performed.86 views
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And everyone formed a circle and danced. All the rowers who came to Japan were very happy that they decided to come. They all had an unforgettable experience. It's too bad there were many people who canceled their trip. They really missed out...86 views
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Some Jizo statues along the way to Sanposan Shrine from Notogawa Station.86 views
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Rough timetable of the three portable shrines being hauled down the steep mountain. There are several points of interest (rough spots which are all named) and the approximate times when they will pass by.86 views
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