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Approaching Satsuma Beach.47 views
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Altar for Fudo-Myo-o.47 views
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Douglas Kurtz goes for a free throw.47 views
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Snow lanterns outside Yonezawa Station.47 views
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The Azai Paviion is this Folk Studies Museum or Kyodo Gakushu-kan. It centers on the history of Odani Castle and three generations of the Azai Clan. 郷土学習館47 views
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Next to Shichirinkan is this small Blacksmith's Workplace.47 views
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Matsugasaki Park is noted for cherry blossoms.47 views
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Sando path to Uesugi Shrine. 参道47 views
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Inside Yonezawa Station in spring.47 views
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Snow plow in Yonezawa, Yamagata.47 views
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Shake (shingle) roof of Jizo-do Hall. 杮葺47 views
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The Jizo-do Hall is not normally open to the public.47 views
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Ube-Shinkawa Station where the modern meets the retro part.47 views
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Ube-Shinkawa Station is Ube's main train station in central Ube. Trains don't run that often though.47 views
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Ube-Shinkawa Station platform.47 views
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This is Ube Chuo Gintengai shopping arcade near Ube-Shinkawa Station. It used to be the city's main shopping place until large shopping malls were built in the suburbs in the 1980s and 1990s.47 views
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Ube has a few heavy industries like chemicals and concrete.47 views
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Sorinji temple Hondo47 views
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Ryushintei Garden is Yamaguchi Prefecture's oldest Japanese garden. A mountain ridge and pond are used as part of the garden. Only two Japanese gardens in Japan are like this.47 views
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Monument for one of the 100 Scenes of Mt. Fuji.47 views
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Monument marking the planting of the Reagan Sakura.47 views
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Members of the local history society gave a toast to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Reagan Sakura planting. I was the only American there and they welcomed me. On behalf of the American people, I thanked them for all their work.47 views The woman on the left is a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun.
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Nippori-Toneri Liner stops. 日暮里・舎人ライナー47 views
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Higashi Fushimi Inari Shrine is a branch shrine of Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto. Near Seibu Yanagisawa Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.47 views
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Map around Seibu Yanagisawa Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.47 views
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It is also famous for cherry blossoms along the main drag in the middle of the cemetery. Near JR Nippori Station.47 views
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Herb Museum at Lake Kawaguchi.47 views
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The Tokyo Marathon was held on Feb. 26, 2012. For the first time, I also went to see the Tokyo Marathon Expo at Tokyo Big Sight on the day before the race.47 views
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The Tokyo Marathon Expo is basically a trade show showing products related to running. Shoes, treadmills, clothing, official merchandise, etc. 47 views
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Good-looking runner who doesn't look tired at all.47 views
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Tokyo Sky Tree.47 views
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This is Hanno Ginza, one of Hanno's main streets where hina dolls are hanging decorations are displayed. A short walk from Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.47 views
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Most shops had their hina dolls inside the shop. 47 views
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Hanno Chamber of Commerce also had a hina doll display.47 views
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Hanno Chamber of Commerce statue.47 views
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Hanno's main hina doll display was in this old Japanese shop storehouse called Kinujin (絹甚). It was built in 1904 by a silk merchant.47 views
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About Kinujin's storehouse.47 views
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Hina dolls inside the former Hanno Silk Weaving Association office.47 views
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I hope the sun won't damage the dolls too much.47 views
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Old Honda shop in Hanno, Saitama. I like old buildings.47 views
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Entrance to Kanmyoji temple.47 views
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Koshin-to stone monument at Kanmyoji temple in Itabashi-shuku, Tokyo 庚申塔47 views
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Signboard at a small park.47 views
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Old building in Naka-shuku47 views
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The brown building on the right was where Itabashi-shuku's Honjin was. (There's a sign and stone marker.) The Honjin was the special lodge for VIP travelers such as daimyo and emperors.47 views
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The brown building was where the Honjin was. (There's a sign and stone marker.) 47 views
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Sign for Itabashi-shuku's Honjin.47 views
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Straight ahead is Itabashi Bridge.47 views
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Waterwheels and irises.47 views
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Prairie dogs47 views
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Prairie dogs47 views
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Wallaby from Australia47 views
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Sea lions47 views
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Former Kashiwabara Bank after being renovated. It is now a daytime elderly care center.47 views
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Former Kashiwabara Bank47 views
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Local mascots like Gao appear on stage47 views
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Honmachi Saturday Night Market is held on the same day as the Shotoku Matsuri. 本町土曜夜市47 views
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The new Maibara Station building being built in late May 2007.47 views
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Shiodome Station47 views
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Moriyama City Hall47 views
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This is what Hino Station looked like before it was renovated in 2019. This old train station building was built in 1916.47 views
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Kameido Tenjin Shrine's ume plum blossoms made famous by Hiroshige's woodblock print from his series called "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo."47 views
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West side of JR Nagahama Station.47 views
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West side of JR Nagahama Station.47 views
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JR Nagahama Station's new building was built in 2006.47 views
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In June, irises bloom.47 views
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Indicates the power generated by the windmill.47 views
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Bicycle Center where you can rent a bicycle.47 views
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Tokyo Gate Bridge under construction in 2008. It was completed in 2012.47 views
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Tokyo Gate Bridge under construction in 2008.47 views
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Lookout deck at Wakasu Park.47 views
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Japanese-style rooms.47 views
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Lunch at Omi Hino Shonin Furusato-kan. 47 views
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The food was prepared by a group of local ladies calling themselves the "Society for Continuing Traditional Cooking" (伝統料理を継続する会).47 viewsThey use locally grown vegetables and other ingredients made in Japan. They say that everything is "wholeheartedly handmade."
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Kitchen47 views
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Old Nagahama Heiwado store being torn down in Jan. 2016.47 views
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A low-rise shopping-restaurant complex called Ekimachi Terrace Nagahama will be built on the old Heiwado site. It later opened on July 29, 2017.47 views
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Harimazaka is near Myogadani Station on the Marunouchi Line. The cherry blossoms are on the median strip.47 views
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Transom47 views
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Chokoku no Mori Station on the Hakone Tozan Railway. 47 views
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Hercules47 views
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Selling decorations for Toka Ebisu47 views
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Toka Ebisu maidens participating in the Toka Ebisu parade on Jan. 10.47 views
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Giant sea bream float for Toka Ebisu47 views
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But it was full of kids.47 views
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Schedule for throwing lucky rice cakes on Jan 9, 10, and 11. Three times a day. Four times on Jan. 10. Fuku-mochi maki. 47 views
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Shingu Shrine47 views
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The torch procession route will be lined with paper lanterns in front of the shrine.47 views
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Then they started lighting the torches one after another and proceeded along the route.47 views
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Next to the fire were taiko drummers entertaining the crowd.47 views
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Meiji Shrine is one of Tokyo's major sights. Cross the Bridge over the train tracks.47 views
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Barrels of French wine offered to the Meiji Shrine because the Meiji Emperor liked wine.47 views
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Across the barrels of wine are barrels of sake rice wine.47 views
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Along here, you may see some outdoor panel displays.47 views
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Where you wash/purify yourself. Temizuya47 views
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The left tree is actually a couple.47 views
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JR Hotaka Station47 views
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Wasabi plants47 views
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Processing wasabi plants, cutting off the leaves, etc.47 views
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Main gate of Ueda Castle.47 views
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Back side of main gate.47 views
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Samurai helmet monument47 views
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Sanada Shrine worship hall.47 views
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Nagano Dentetsu train stops.47 views
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Eggs soft-boiled by the hot spring water.47 views
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Cautions for taking a hot spring bath.47 views
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Express train back to Nagano Station from Yudanaka.47 views
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Inside the express train back to Nagano Station from Yudanaka.47 views
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Kita Hira beach47 views
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Interesting to watch how the background changes. 47 views
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Welcome to Dotonbori!47 views
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Lots of neon signs, like Ginza in Tokyo.47 views
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Long row of stone lanterns leading to the shrine is another hallmark of Kasuga Taisha Shrine.47 views
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Nabe Matsuri47 views
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Mt. Ibuki47 views
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Togetsukyo Bridge 渡月橋 47 views
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