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In 2014, they had a Tokyo Skytree in chrysanthemums at Kameido Tenjin Shrine.53 views
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The festival is held to give thanks to fire (for use in pottery kilns, industry, everyday life, etc.) and to pray for fire safety.53 views
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A small candle flame inside a lantern dedicated at the shrine is carried to the large pile of wood at around 7:30 pm.53 views
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Torch bearers pass through the torii as they leave the shrine.53 views
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Meiji Shrine's forest was man-made, not natural.53 views
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Across the barrels of wine are barrels of sake rice wine.53 views
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Second torii53 views
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Where you wash/purify yourself. Temizuya53 views
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Wedding couple on their way to their ceremony inside the shrine with the wedded trees in the foreground.53 views
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Main worship hall in front and a large offering pit where you throw money, etc.53 views
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Wasabi for sale. It's a root plant.53 views
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Near the entrance/exit is a souvenir shop.53 views
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Taxi ride back to Hotaka Station from Daio Wasabi Farm.53 views
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Main gate of Ueda Castle.53 views
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View from West Turret.53 views
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The street bathhouses are numbered, but you don't need to dip in them in sequence. Also, you shouldn't enter more than three baths a day. The heat may be too much, and your skin oil depletes.53 views
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Koishiya cafe and dining room for breakfast.53 viewsIt is also a budget ryokan. It cost me only around ¥7,600 per night including breakfast.
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Transom in my room.53 views
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My room at Koishiya. Tokonoma alcove53 views
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Door to the bath.53 views
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Kasuga Taisha Shrine worships four deities. People can come to pray here for almost anything. 53 views
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Free concert was held near the shrine's entrance when we went.53 views
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The Samegai Trout Farm raises eight types of fish, mainly river fish and trout/salmon species including Biwa salmon, rainbow trout, carp, char, and sturgeon.53 views
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A temporary tower was constructed to view the paddy art. But it was covered with bird droppings and kind of scary for people afraid of heights.53 views
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First class section of JAL's "Fuji" DC-8.53 views
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The boats are hitched together.53 views
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Getting around Arashiyama by rickshaw is popular.53 views
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Bus stops in front of Inside JR Nagano Station.53 views
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Statue of Momotaro Peach Boy in front of JR Okayama Station's east side.53 views
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Okaden Bus53 views
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JR Okayama Station in the evening.53 views
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Next to the eastern torii is Wakutama-ike Pond created by a natural spring (湧玉池).53 views
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Wakutama-ike Pond53 views
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Shrine maidens selling amulets.53 views
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Omikuji53 views
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If you want to hold a private prayer service inside the shrine, apply here.53 views
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Shiraito Falls has some steps to go down, then a bridge over the river.53 views
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Hondo altar53 views
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Ema prayer tablet for Chomeiji53 views
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Temple bell.53 views
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At Imazu Port, the boat named "megumi" goes to Kaizu-Osaki.53 views
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Upper, open-air deck of megumi.53 views
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Just beware of the cars on the narrow road.53 views
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In Nagakute, they first had this classic car parade along normal streets. About 150 cars started and ended at the Aichi Expo 2005 park. They drove from 9 am to 11 am.53 views1960 Corvette C1. The first-generation Vette.
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1965 Porsche 91253 views
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1966 Toyota Sports 80053 views
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This is the Aichi Expo 2005 park where the classic cars that paraded in the morning were displayed. Free shuttle buses from the Toyota Automobile Museum were provided to the park.53 views
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Duesenberg Model J, 1929. Beautifully restored.53 views
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Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe from 1955, one of the most beautiful cars ever designed. Photos don't do it justice. Expect a selling price of 7 figures in dollars.53 views
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Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, 1959.53 views
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Corvair53 views
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Inside Annex building53 views
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Old fire truck53 views
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Ukulele shop at Ochanomizu.53 views
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Osaka at night.53 views
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Out in the boondocks of Tsuruga is the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant. All fenced in.53 views
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Playground for kids.53 views
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Model trains powered by winding.53 views
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JNR Class 7100 steam locomotive – No. 7101 Benkei53 views
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In the end, we could even eat the used tea leaves which tasted like spinach maybe.53 views
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From the top of the dune.53 views
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Sand Museum entrance.53 views
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The sculptures were created by professional sand sculptors (didn't know there was such an occupation) mostly from overseas.53 views
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Charlie Chaplin53 views
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It takes a few weeks to complete a large sculpture. After the exhibition ends, the sculptures are sadly destroyed and the sand is reused for the next exhibition.53 views
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About New York Sand sculpture.53 views
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Boxer sand sculpture.53 views
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The theme for this was "Prosperity and expansion to the world" with the Panama Canal as one example.53 views
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Toward the rear of the museum was Mt. Rushmore in sand.53 views
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About "Civil War and Abraham Lincoln."53 views
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"Washington Crossing the Delaware" sand sculpture.53 views
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This pit in the middle features a water-related sculpture.53 views
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Native Americans sand sculpture.53 views
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Native American sand sculpture. Very realistic.53 views
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Here's another outdoor sand sculpture.53 views
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USA sand sculptors.53 views
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View of the sand dunes from the Sand Museum.53 views
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About Matsue Castle, noe of only 12 castles in Japan that retain the original building. Built by Horio Yoshiharu and first occupied by the Horio Clan 1600–1633.53 viewsCastle was also occupied by the Kyogoku Clan (Tadataka) and Matsudaira Clan (1638–1871).
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Entrance to the photo museum in Tsuwano. The museum also houses the local tourist information office. 桑原史成写真美術館53 views
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Library at Anno Art Museum.53 views
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Even the Tsuwano Post Office looks fancy.53 views
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Taikodani Inari shrine can be seen.53 views
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The temple is built along the Echi River. Admission 500 yen. 53 views
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Most visitors come from Kansai Region.53 views
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会53 views
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More police.53 views
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Gifu University Wind Ensemble perform on a narrow street.53 views
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Sento-kun mascot53 views
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Tokyo Tower in its Diamond Veil illumination.53 views
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Kurotani village was blessed with this clean Kurotani River, essential for papermaking. Kurotani washi is quite famous now, even overseas.53 views
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The completed design on washi paper is then sliced into "threads" that will be woven into the fabric.53 views
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Yuzu sherbet. Yummy!53 views
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Free foot bath at Sato-no-Yu Onsen さとの湯. Great to relax your feet before getting on the train.53 views
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From the train station platform before noon, we could see the crowd heading to the shrine. This crowd became less in the afternoon.53 views
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Hongu No. 1 shrine offertory pit.53 views
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Miidera Station platform.53 views
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Corridor with pebbled floor leading to the outdoor bath.53 views
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The glass windows were made in the UK.53 views
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Scenery in front of Rokkakudo.53 views
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About Langdon Warner.53 views
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Izura Misaki Park on the coast.53 views
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Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art was named after Okakura Tenshin (aka Okakura Kakuzo 1863–1913 岡倉天心/覚三), a famous art scholar and advocate of Japanese art, especially Nihonga paintings.53 viewsIn 1890, he was one of the founders and the first de facto dean of the forerunner of the Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai), one of Japan's most prominent art universities.
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Tenshin Memorial Room explained the life and achievements of Tenshin. Founded Nihon Bijutsu-in (Art Institute of Japan) and moved it from Tokyo to Izura coast in Kita-Ibaraki in 1906.53 viewsIncludes exhibits about the time he worked at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1910 in charge of the Chinese/Japanese art division.
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Lunch was Hoto noodles, famous in Yamanashi Prefecture. Thick, flat udon-type noodles in delicious miso-based broth, mixed with cut vegetables. Also came with Inari-zushi. 53 viewshttp://www.houtou-fudou.jp/english.html
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Plum blossoms at the Imperial Palace.53 views
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Hirakawa Gate at the Imperial Palace.53 views
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Even today, people who climb the mountain look for the Maape rock and assume this or that rock is her.53 viewsThis story is based on historical fact. The Ryukyu government sometimes forced people to migrate to undeveloped lands to start farming to increase agricultural production so they could pay more taxes. The kingdom was being heavily taxed by the Satsuma Domain in Kagoshima, and taxes had to paid in rice per head.
Read more about the folk tale here: https://photoguide.jp/log/2020/12/yaeyama-folk-songs-nosokodake-maape/
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At Pallet Kumoji mall, there was this Shuri Castle illumination monument complemented by paper lanterns. (首里城うむいの燈(あかり)モニュメント)53 views
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Photogenic shot of plum blossoms and a taiko bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine in Tokyo.53 views
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Ritto History Museum 栗東歴史民俗博物館52 views
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Tokyo Shiga Kenjinkai New Year's Party 2007 平成19年 東京滋賀県人会 新年賀詞交歓会52 viewsParty fee was 7,000 yen.
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Okutama Station platform52 views
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JR Kokubunji Station, South Entrance.52 views
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1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winning teams received a trophy, certificate, and Lake Biwa Rowing Song CD. The CD was donated by Philbert Ono.52 views
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Kipahulu Seven Sacred Pools, near Hana52 views
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Interesting slide show by the Southern California Shiga Kenjinkai showing their activities.52 views
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Questions from the audience were also taken.52 views
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Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa52 views
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Jizo statues52 views
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The area is well forested and maintained by volunteers. The area is open to the public only on certain days.52 views
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He kicked the ball.52 views
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The P3 robot got smaller, but still quite heavy. Introduced in 1997.52 views
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Lion dancing robot and robot taiko drummers in the background.52 views
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Yaai Shrine main hall52 views
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Two-story Romon Gate, Important Cultural Property. 楼門52 views
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Honden (left) and Haiden. The shrine worships a deity called Amenomikage. The shrine also has Mt. Mikami as a sacred mountain. 天之御影命52 views
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Entering Ohmi Railways Amago Station which is also a community house.52 views
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Then you'll see a fork in the road. Take the smaller right road which is the former Nakasendo Road.52 views
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Bamba today is a quiet, rural settlement. It is divided into east Bamba and west Bamba.52 views
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Rengeji is famous as the place where Hojo Nakatoki 北条仲時 and over 430 of his men committed suicide after being defeated by Ashikaga Takauji's forces during the fall of the Kamakura shogunate in 1333. This is a monument for this tragic event.52 views
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Grave of the lord of Kamaha Castle who helped to rebuild the Rengeji temple.52 views
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Banner for the Furusato Matsuri held in early Aug.52 views
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One of Takatsuki's famous trees.52 views
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Near the tunnel entrance is a rest house where you can borrow rubber boots and flash lights for free.52 views
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Yogo River mouth outside the Nishino water tunnel. Lake Biwa ahead.52 views
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Original Nishino Water Tunnel facing Lake Biwa.52 views
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With a dark background, the geisha seemed to glow in the dark.52 views
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On the first day Oct. 18, 2008, this stage featured an entertainment program from 9:30 am to 11:15 am. It included this balloon session for kids.52 views
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Abbreviated "Spo-rec," this event was a very big deal for Shiga with over 20,000 visiting Shiga. Kibogaoka Park is a huge grassy park. There was an entertainment stage called Kenmin Yume Stage which can be seen at the center of this photo.52 views
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What are these large balls for? We'll find out soon.52 views
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Site of the opening ceremony held on Oct. 18, 2008 at the center part of Kibogaoka Park.52 views
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Then they tossed these small balls onto the sheet where they bounced all over.52 views
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A tall crane hoists up the Yokaichi giant kite.52 views
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Booth for the city of Yasu.52 views
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Within walking distance from Kashiwabara-juku is Kiyotaki village in the distance at the foot of the mountain. 清滝52 views
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Entrance to Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple.52 views
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Graves of the Tadotsu Clan (多度津藩), a branch of the Kyogoku who ruled in Marugame. From left to right, Kyogoku Takateru (高琢), Takakata (高賢), Takabumi (高文), Takayoshi (高慶), and Takamichi (高通).52 views
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View from the upper level Kyogoku graves.52 views
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Path to Kannon statues on a slope next to the temple.52 views
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Team huddle52 views
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Joho for a free throw.52 views
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More yabusame.52 views
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Bell ringing.52 views
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Shrine maiden dancers. 舞女52 views
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The main mikoshi leaves Taga Taisha.52 views
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The afternoon procession is the main one to leave the shrine at 2 pm. These people will join the morning procession when it arrives here at 2 pm.52 views
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