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Mayor of Higashi-Omi66 views
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Booth to buy wishing stickers for 500 yen each. Proceeds were donated for recovery efforts in Tohoku.66 views
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The little kites flew well.66 views
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Torii in front of the train station. "Otaga-san" is the shrine's nickname.66 views
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New Year's Day at a large shrine in Japan is such a spectacle.66 views
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Map of Mt. Ibuki.66 views
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Boarding the gondola lift. This was in summer.66 views
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Rent a rowboat for 600 yen/hour. Swan boat for 700 yen/hour.66 views
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Shinkai deep sea explorer66 views
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JR Nakano Station North side66 views
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Sakura decoration66 views
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Going to OIOI (Marui).66 views
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Gyoza shop in Kichijoji66 views
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If you look closely, you can things that Imazu is famous for, like zazenso Eastern Skunk Cabbage flowers. 66 views
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The Hikone Floating Lantern Festival (Manto Nagashi) is held on August 6 along Serigawa River. I saw it in 2006. 66 views
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Dinner at a restaurant in the Otsu Station building.66 views
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The Shiga Prefectural Government Building is designated as a Tangible Cultural Property (登録有形文化財) in summer 2014. Designed by Sato Koichi. 建築家の佐藤功一氏が設計しました。66 views
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Shiga Kaikan66 views
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Taiko drummers kicked off the festival.66 views
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CLosing and awards ceremony in front of 109.66 views
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After World War II, seven more floats representing other neighborhoods joined the festival. Most of the current floats were built relatively recently.66 views
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Wash basin66 views
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Here and there in Ome you see these nostalgic Showa-Era signs and buildings.66 views
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Part of the Inaba house is this kura storehouse in the back. Built around 1886. Not open to the public.66 views
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Back of tekomai66 views
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Use the levers to bring the shovel down/up or swivel it left/right and to scoop up or release the little balls.66 views
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Another power excavator simulator.66 views
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Top view with roof partially removed for viewing.66 views
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Map of Wakasu Park. Wakasu Golf Links occupies most of the park.66 views
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JR Expressway Bus terminal at Tokyo Station66 views
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University of Shiga Prefecture was founded in 1995, so the buildings still look new and modern.66 views
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Established in 702 and nicknamed "Kei-san," Kehi Jingu is a major shrine in the Hokuriku Region.66 views
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Hakone-Yumoto Station is the main gateway to Hakone.66 views
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Explanation of Hakone ropeway's closure.66 views
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Hakone Shrine's torii66 views
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From Togendai, you have the option of going to Hakone-machi or Moto-Hakone. I wanted to go to Hakone-machi first to see the Sekisho Checkpoint.66 views
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Hakone-machi port town 66 views
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Mt. Komagatake and Hakone Shrine's torii in the water.66 views
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The torii66 views
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Moto-Hakone66 views
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Lake Ashi and Moto Hakone and Hakone-machi as seen from Mt. Komagatake.66 views
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Near the teahouse is this small museum about the Hakone's old Kaido road. Hakone Kyu-Kaido Museum66 views
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Palanquin66 views
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Tokyo Skytree at night66 views
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Tokyo Skytree at night.66 views
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Sawara is a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区) along the Ono River near JR Sawara Station (Narita Line).66 views
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Float pullers/dancers at Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo float from Kaminakajuku 上中宿.66 views
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Manohama Beach66 views
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Dotonbori is Osaka's most famous evening entertainment district with neon lights, shops, restaurants, riverside boardwalks, boat rides, and big-city hustle and bustle.66 views
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Glico Man at Dotonbori.66 views
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Ebisubashi Bridge or the "pick-up" bridge. However, it is regularly patrolled by police to prevent solicitations.66 views
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Shabu-shabu dinner with the shabu-shabu pot having a divider so we can try two different flavored broths.66 views
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Chinese dinner66 views
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Sake rice wine66 views
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Table top66 views
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Chiba Lotte Marines cheerleaders and mascot greet you as you enter the QVC Marine Field.66 views
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Chiba Lotte Marines official uniform.66 views
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Reception lobby of the ANA Maintenance Facility's ANA Component Maintenance Building. There's a gift shop, model planes, and other exhibits. At lunch time, they sold bento so we had lunch here after the tour.66 views
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ANA's airplane maintenance hangar at Haneda Airport. Photography was permitted, but no videos. 66 viewsYou can post photos online, but you need their approval. These photos here have been approved by ANA. They don't allow ANA personnel and the other tour participants to be pictured. Also cannot show any non-ANA plane.
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Notice that the butsudan shops are on the south side of the road so they are shaded from the sun that can damage the butsudan.66 views
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The Nakayama Hina Matsuri Girl's Day Festival is held from mid-Feb. to March 3. The main venue is Nakayama Hokekyoji temple.66 views
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One corner on the lower deck had this impressive display of a cutting shield of a tunnel boring machine used to dig the undersea tunnel.66 views
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About the tunnel boring machine.66 views
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Miei-do Hall (Daiden)66 views
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Hojo-ike Pond. Notice the two-story pagoda (Tahoto) in the distance.66 views
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View from the two-story pagoda on the hillside. This would be a sea of red during the peak period. I have to come back here.66 views
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We were very lucky to get Lake Reed to perform with us. Mr. Kikui (far right) basically invented the Lake Biwa reed flute in 2000.66 views
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After performing at Imazu Port, we also performed inside the Biwako Shuko no Uta Shiryokan song museum's 2nd floor.66 views
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Central area of The Calendar restaurant.66 views
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Outdoor terrace on part of the west-end rooftop.66 views
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The best way to see Kaizu-Osaki cherry blossoms is by boat. During the first half of April, cherry blossom cruises for Kaizu-Osaki depart Imazu Port a few times daily.66 views
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The classic and iconic "Bullet Train."66 views
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"Raicho" Tokkyu Limited Express, KUHA48966 views
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Reconstructed rural train station from the good old days (1950s-60s). Named "Showa-no-Eki Station."66 views
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Daihatsu three-wheeler car66 views
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Old train tickets66 views
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0 Series Tokaido shinkansen's windows have various pictures along the shinkansen. This is Mt. Ibuki. Railway Museum in Saitama.66 views
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Right outside Ogoto Onsen Station is this foot bath hut. Dip your feet into hot spring water for free.66 views
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It's a beautiful design, but quite expensive. The non-profit group was unable to garner enough donations for the monument. They fell far short of the ¥10 million goal.66 views
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The central hall houses a sitting Amida Buddha with celestial floating Buddhas on the surrounding walls. The Phoenix Hall was originally constructed in 1053 (Heian Period).66 views
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Yuka-chan, A.B.S.UNIDOS DO URBANA based in Nagoya.66 views
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Inside Icho-an. We could immediately tell that it was Chinese since the food was served on a turntable (Lazy Susan) which you can see in the photo.66 views(This photo was taken after we finished lunch.)
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About Koma no Ashikage-en Monument. According to legend, local people in Uji pondered over how to sow the seeds to grow tea.66 viewsIt was then Priest Myoe (明恵), from the Kegon-shu Buddhist Sect, came on horseback and trotted on the field saying, "Plant the seeds in my horse's hoof prints." This monument was built by Uji tea growers in 1926 to express their appreciation to Myoe.
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Shimane Art Museum.66 views
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View from Enoshima.66 views
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In front of JR Tsuwano Station is the Shisei Kuwabara Photographics Museum that exhibits photos by documentary photographer Shisei Kuwabara who is from Tsuwano. 66 views
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Michigan paddlewheel boat leaving Otsu Port, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.66 views
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Wind-blown pine trees.66 views
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Arriving Kasamatsu Park on the chairlift.66 views
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Cable car to Kasamatsu Park.66 views
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Platform to view the sandbar upside down. 66 views
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This small ferris wheel at Amanohashidate Viewland is visible to the naked eye from across the sandbar.66 views
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The Aomatsu train runs once every morning (10:17 am) and afternoon (3:17 pm) from Fukuchiyama Station to Amanohashidate Station and requires no reservations or extra train fare.66 views
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There's a staffed bar where you can order drinks and food.66 views
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Toward the front of the train are regular seats.66 views
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Amanohashidate Station plaform.66 views
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Shinkoro Clock Tower in Izushi, Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture is one of Japan's oldest clock towers along with the Sapporo Clock Tower also built in 1881. 辰鼓楼66 views
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The Oriental white stork has black and white wings and a black bill.66 views
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Lots of tropical flowers on Yubu Island, especially hibiscus.66 views
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Characteristics of the Iriomote wildcat.66 views
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Fudō Myōō (Acala) on Chikubushima. 不動明王66 views
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Main shrine65 views
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The park is 35,000 sq. meters.65 views
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Ryokyo Shrine 凉橋神社65 views
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Men dance with their hips down low. 伍楽連65 views
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Old Nagahama Station platform.65 views
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Inside old Nagahama Station65 views
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Nagahara Station65 views
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Seta River seen from Seta Karahashi Bridge65 views
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Seta Karahashi Bridge, east end65 views
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Seta Castle ruins 瀬田城跡65 views
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Seta Castle site65 views
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Seta Castle site65 views
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Seta Castle stone lantern65 views
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Misty Omi-Hachiman coast65 views
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Waiting room and tourist info office. This room has been removed and replaced by a walkway to the new Mondecool Heiwado store.65 views
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Front garden65 views
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Salt Jizo 塩地蔵65 views
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Fudo Hall from the 14th century, Important Cultural Property 不動堂 (重要文化財)65 views
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Cemetary behind main hall65 views
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Jizo statues65 views
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Top of Mt. Hinode-yama65 views
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Long uphill slope will keep you panting until the garden entrance.65 views
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Nagahama Station, west side (Nagahama Castle side)65 views
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The area is part of the Chichibu-Tama National Park.65 views
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Photo exhibition in Biwa Library, Nagahama, Shiga Pref.65 views
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People in a long line waiting to enter Canal Cafe to either dine or rent a rowboat.65 views
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Empty rowboats too.65 views
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Cherry trees along the Sotobori Moat. Formerly a moat of Edo Castle, this canal stretching from Iidabashi Station to Ichigaya Station along the Chuo Line.65 views
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How it looks from the end of the moat.65 views
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Natural spring 湧水65 views
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Administrative building which seems to have been part of the Iwasaki villa.65 views
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9th panel showing song monuments for Verses 4-665 views
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Riverside Mall shopping street in Izumi65 views
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View after passing through the Sanmon Gate. Bell Tower ahead.65 views
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More battledore stalls are on the side of Sensoji temple.65 views
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Stone for handprints and footprints.65 views
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Cherry blossoms next to the Geihinkan were beautiful in early May.65 views
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Japanese-style room on 2nd floor of the Geihinkan.65 views
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Shinkansen tracks and cycling path65 views
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Main building of Tokaido Tenmakan Museum. The former farming family's house has been renovated into a museum.65 views
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Tsuchiyama is also famous for tea production which started here way back in 1356 by a temple priest at Jomyoji temple. Tsuchiyama boasts Shiga's largest tea cultivation area (300 hectares) and production volume.65 views
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The entire Haiden Hall is hoisted up. The foundation pillars were being replaced.65 views
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Way to Tamura Shrine's Honden Main Hall. Stone lanterns are donated by parishioners.65 views
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Rice seedlings await.65 views
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Stone marker indicating that Emperor Meiji stayed here.65 views
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Jizo-do temple houses a Jizo statue. Originally built by the Ogaki Castle lord Ishikawa Hyuga 石川日向守 in the Edo Period after he recovered from illness. The temple holds the Jizo-bon festival in Aug. 地蔵堂65 views
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Have a Nice Day wooden bench at the train station.65 views
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To mark the site, Okaido has a small park where two sample Yayoi-Period structures stand. This adobe is pretty much a hole in the ground with a thatched roof over it.65 views
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Rice paddies next to Okaido.65 views
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Hyottoko-ren65 views
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Higashi Gomon Gate 東御門65 views
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Quadruple with cox going to the start line.65 views
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Yomeien Garden65 views
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Nakae Toju Memorial Hall is a small museum dedicated to Toju. Open 9 am to 4:30 pm. Closed Mon. during Oct.-Feb. 中江藤樹記念館 MAP65 views
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Nakae Toju portrait65 views
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