 Most viewed |
54 views
|
|
Fujiwara Takamichi54 views
|
|
Whenever Cohey (left) is playing defense one-on-one, I notice that he's always staring into his opponent's eyes. It seems that he's trying to gauge his opponent's next move.54 views
|
|
Ishibashi Haruyuki54 views
|
|
Jerrell Smith54 views
|
|
Shiga Lakestars boosters make noise.54 views
|
|
As the Tokyo Apache cheerleaders cheered, these Lakestars boosters cheered. The guy on the right later gave his Lakestar banner to the Apache cheerleader who was a good sport to accept it.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Coach Robert Pierce54 views
|
|
Cohey and Fujiwara Takamichi at it again. They must be tired of seeing each other's faces all the time.54 views
|
|
Mikey Marshall is from Texas and played for Oita Heat Devils and Osaka Evessa before.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Tokyo Apache Dance Team in another outfit.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Cherry tree near Kunitachi High School.54 views
|
|
Because of this parade, I didn't have time to see everything at this site. Maybe next time, in which I case I shall update this page with more photos.54 views
|
|
The close the gate doors.54 views
|
|
Then turn left to see the Taikobashi Bridge and red torii.54 views
|
|
Pass through the Romon Gate and this 100-meter path goes straight to the shrine's Haiden Hall. 54 views
|
|
Top of a giant torch.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Then this cute little boy wandered in.54 views
|
|
They pay their respects to the shrine.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
And they run again ahead of the horse.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Then the remaining horses ran a few times as well, three times each.54 views
|
|
And went to carry the mikoshi inside the Haiden Hall.54 views
|
|
Float pullers definitely look better with happi coats.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Torii to Zaiji Hachiman Shrine, the birthplace of Todo Takatora (1556-1630). Since 1998, the Takatora Summit has been held once every two years in one of four places (Kora, Tsu and Iga in Mie, and Imabari, Ehime) having a close connection with Takatora.54 views
|
|
More booths.54 views
|
|
Mayor of Tsu, Mie Prefecture. Tsu Castle was built by Takatora.54 views
|
|
Non-chan is a horse from Imabari. Imabari Castle was built by Takatora. のんちゃん54 views
|
|
Ninta and Shinobu ninja mascots from Iga. Iga-Ueno Castle was renovated by Takatora who constructed high castle walls. にん太・しのぶ54 views
|
|
At 2 pm, the "Summit" was held on stage.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Sightseeing map of Kora-cho.54 views
|
|
Unloading the kabuki actors from the hikiyama.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
They finally reached the shrine steps.54 views
|
|
The dance continues.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
After dancing in a circle, they danced in different formations.54 views
|
|
After they finished, they all bowed.54 views
|
|
Male flute players and dancers.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Wife Oryo chrysanthemum doll.54 views
|
|
Another scene from Ryoma-den.54 views
|
|
Bonsai chrysanthemums.54 views
|
|
Vending machines with Azai sisters moif.54 views
|
|
Entertainment stage near Tokyo Big Sight.54 views
|
|
2011 being the year of the rabbit, we saw a lotta bunny costumes.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Batman54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Mayonnaise54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Sagawa Art Museum has twin buildings housing works by painter Hirayama Ikuo, sculpture by Sato Churyo, and tea bowls by potter Raku Kichizaemon. 54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Altar on the left of the main altar in the Hondo with Fudomyoo at center. In the background on the right is the famous "ghost scroll painting." The ghost seems like it's stepping out of the picture. 絹本淡彩(けんぽんたん�54 viewsLike Sadako stepping out of your TV...
|
|
Corridor from the Hondo to the Mortuary Hall (Ihaido). 位牌堂54 views
|
|
Kashiwabara-juku History Museum also preserves this former Japanese-style home built in 1917.54 views
|
|
Kashiwabara Bank opened in 1901 by local merchants. There were other branches nearby such as Omi-Nagaoka and Imasu. The bank merged with Shiga Bank and closed in 1943.54 views
|
|
West end of Kashiwabara-juku where there was a West Guard Gate.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
The most famous is Kyogoku Takatsugi. This is his grave.54 views
|
|
Other Kyogoku Clan graves.54 views
|
|
Jobodai-in temple belongs to the Tendai Buddhist Sect. It was founded in 815 by priest Saicho who built a shack here to lodge while on his way to eastern Japan. The temple's resident priests include many famous ones like Tenkai Daisojo.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Jizo-bon is held along the Nakasendo road with various displays of paper mache figures made by local school children.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Fortune-telling octopus.54 views
|
|
Exhibition in Mizunoeki54 views
|
|
Hiroshige's woodblock print of Boats Returning to Yabase from his "Omi Hakkei" (Eight Views of Omi) series.54 views
|
|
Beach in front of Hotel Laforet.54 views
|
|
Nagahama Port54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Aburahi Shrine torii. There's a short path leading to the Romon Gate and this is where the yakko procession performs as they proceed to the shrine. 54 views
|
|
The Nagamochi yakko (luggage coolies) group arrive at the shrine. 長持奴54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Behind the four Hasami-bako yakko box bearers are the Keyari-yakko who are two men carrying fur-tipped spears. 毛槍奴54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Calligraphy of Azai sisters-related words and phrases.54 views
|
|
Busy road in front of Namura Jinja Shrine.54 views
|
|
The exact year when the shrine was established is unknown, but records go back as far as the year 969.54 views
|
|
Across the street from Namura Shrine is the Higashi Honden torii. 苗村神社東本殿54 views
|
|
Namura Shrine's Higashi Honden, an Important Cultural Property 苗村神社東本殿54 views
|
|
Namura Shrine's Sekku Festival's highlight is the yabusame horseback archery. There's a path in front of the Romon Gate for horses. They had two archery targets set up along the path.54 views
|
|
This one hit the target.54 views
|
|
Path going to the waterfall.54 views
|
|
Etching on stone.54 views
|
|
Top of the waterfall.54 views
|
|
The first Maibara oyako portrait panel is about spring. Photos of ordinary people in Maibara looking special.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Tatoo artist parents.54 views
|
|
Singer Kayama Yuzo and dad.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
JR Yonezawa Station in winter.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
About the Stone lion mountain.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
The archers symbolically aim their arrows at the two ominous directions (kimon and ura-kimon).54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
They broke up the crowd into groups and the crowd took turns getting the beans. This is the next crowd waiting to enter.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Ema with dragon design.54 views
|
|
Made famous by woodblock prints from the Edo Period, Kameido Tenmangu Shrine (also called Kameido Tenjin Shrine) in Kameido, Koto Ward, Tokyo is dedicated to Sugawara Michizane, a scholar of the Heian Period (794-1185), a god of learning.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Dark pink Rhododendron.54 views
|
|
A stream runs through the gorge.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Silk threads.54 views
|
|
Model of silkworm racks.54 views
|
|
When I got to the Kinomoto Pavilion, this samurai drama group was there posing for photos with tourists.54 views
|
|
Bus stop in central Nagahama nearest to the Nagahama Pavilion. Bus pass is 500 yen for all day.54 views
|
|
First floor of Azai Pavilion.54 views
|
|
Inside Shichirinkan, a former blacksmith's house. 七りん館54 views
|
|
Old toilet inside Shichirinkan, a former blacksmith's house. 七りん館54 views
|
|
Odani Castle Sengoku Historical Museum. Admission 300 yen (not included in the expo ticket price). Can't take photos inside, but there are two small exhibition rooms explaining about the Azai clan and Odani Castle. No English.54 views
|
|
Sengoku Guide Station at the foot of Mt. Odani. This is where you board the bus to go up Odani Castle with a tour guide. This was the Odani–Go no Furusato-kan (小谷・江のふるさと館) pavilion during the Azai Sisters Expo in 2011. Only an expo o54 views
|
|
Graves of the Azai clan at 54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Inside Yonezawa Station.54 views
|
|
Sky sculpture at Yonezawa Station.54 views
|
|
Air vents near the ceiling.54 views
|
|
Higashimurayama Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Tokyo.54 views
|
|
Kitayama Park boasts 170 varieties of irises and about 100,000 flowers. About a 20-min. walk from Higashi-Murayama Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line. Near Shofukuji temple.54 views
|
|
Inside the Hayashi Tadahiko exhibition room. Quite spacious. It also has a small video theater interviewing him and showing him at work.54 views
|
|
Also on the 2nd floor is a room showing the history of Tokuyama.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Ube-Shinkawa Station platform.54 views
|
|
Seafood restaurant near Humming Road where I had lunch.54 views
|
|
Looking for tenants.54 views
|
|
I had a map in hand, but had a little difficulty finding the temple until and rode through a few roads and came across the temple in a quiet neighborhood.54 views
|
|
Sorinji temple bell.54 views
|
|
Adachi Ward Mayor Yayoi Kondo (近藤やよい). See my video for an English translation of her speech.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Rapeseed blossoms or nanohana.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
View of Lake Kawaguchi's northern shore.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
The Tokyo Marathon Expo is held for three days before the marathon day. Tokyo Big Sight is where the marathon's finish line is in Koto Ward, Tokyo.54 views
|
|
Tokyo Marathon posters.54 views
|
|
Charming speaker.54 views
|
|
Arata Fujiwara was second with personal best of 2:07:48. This was also his ticket to the London Summer Olympics.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Tokyo Marathon 2012's woman winner was Atsede Habtamu54 views
|
|
Mikoshi portable shrines from Fukagawa Hachimangu Shrine in Koto Ward.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Hina dolls in a senbei cracker shop.54 views
|
|
Numerous hina dolls and hanging decorations inside Kinujin.54 views
|
|
Numerous hina dolls and hanging decorations inside Kinujin.54 views
|
|
Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.54 views
|
|
Old Honda shop in Hanno, Saitama. I like old buildings.54 views
|
|
Hanno is in the direct flight path to Yokota Air Base in neighboring Mizuho and Fussa.54 views
|
|
Entrance to Itabashi-shuku. Itabashi-shuku had one Honjin lodge for VIPs, three Waki-honjin, and 54 other lodges.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Kita-Ayase Station on the Chiyoda Line.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Ibis54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Inside Kohoku Mizudori Station, with a food stand and restaurant.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
The 3rd station is halfway up Mt. Ibuki. 54 views
|
|
Going back down on the gondola.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Former Kashiwabara Bank54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
The old Ohmi Railways Museum had indoor and outdoor (trains) exhibits. This museum in Hikone closed and reopened inside Yokaichi Station in Higashi-Omi.54 views
|
|
On the east side of Hikone Station in 2007, there was almost nothing.54 views
|
|
On the east side of Hikone Station in 2007, there was almost nothing.54 views
|
|
Entrance to a kura storehouse inside a former Omi shonin home in Hino.54 views
|
|
Shrine priests.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Hikoneguchi Station platform.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
Kaichi Gakko school was Shiga's first elementary school built in 1874, the early Meiji Period. Moved here in 1936. Now houses a restaurant and other facilities. 開智学校54 views
|
|
The old Nagahama Heiwado store.54 views
|
|
Bicycles parked at the old Nagahama Heiwado store.54 views
|
|
The old Nagahama Heiwado store entrance.54 views
|
|
Compact bus at Nagahama Station. Designed with the Azai sister trio.54 views
|
|
Cherry blossoms in late March to early April.54 views
|
|
Azaleas bloom in late April-early May.54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
54 views
|
|
The former Oishi family home is open 10 am–4 pm on weekends and national holidays only. Free admission. Moved here in 1996.54 views
|
|
| 71464 files on 284 page(s) |
 |
|
199 | |
|
|
