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Cute doggie pouches. Suwai-cho. 仲屋町51 views
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Dai-Juikku float in the shrine at night. 第十一区 51 views
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Honmachi float arrive at the shrine for the fiery festival climax.51 views
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Since they burn multiple floats at the same time, you can't photograph them all burning.51 views
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They run around the burning float.51 views
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Line for the bus back to Omi-Hachiman Station.51 views
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Held on the first weekend in Nov., the Gifu Nobunaga Matsuri's highlight is a Sunday afternoon parade of people dressed in historical costumes centering on Oda Nobunaga (usually played by a celebrity), considered to be the father of Gifu city.51 viewsThese charming girls are Gifu's tourism ambassadors waiting to join the festival's parade.
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Local students also dressed in historical costumes. 少年少女時代行列51 views
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The Great Buddha in Nara.51 views
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Love the inside of Shin-Yokaichi Station.51 views
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Waiting room inside Shin-Yokaichi Station.51 views
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Amazing that this station is still being used. I figure its days are numbered though.51 views
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The verse 3 lyrics are engraved on the middle of the glass bench. 51 views
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The bridge.51 views
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Shiga Prefecture flag on the bow.51 views
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It wasn't so bad nor strenuous. 51 views
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Fukuchiyama also has the Oeyama Mountains, a long mountain range from the neck of the Tango Peninsula to Fukuchiyama. Oeyama is famous for oni (demon, ogre) legends. 51 viewsNear the foot of Oeyama in Fukuchiyama, you may see oni statues like this one.
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The boat was also hoisted to dry in the garage. Since seawater tended to rot wood, drying the boat when not in use would make the boat last longer.51 views
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It's a painstaking, time-consuming process.51 views
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Advertising posters on the walls.51 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51 views
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Gift shop and plaza next to the Kinosaki Onsen's hot spring source. 温泉たまご場51 views
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Another road marker. "Go left for Kyoto"51 views
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Oh look, something's hanging there...51 views
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Must've been mesmerizing to pass time here. A place to attain artistic enlightenment. 51 views
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Tenshin's home on the Izura Coast, near the Rokkakudo Pavilion. 51 views
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Along the path to Rokkakudo is this bust of Harvard professor and art historian Langdon Warner (1881–1955) who once studied under Tenshin and visited here. He is being revered here for supposedly helping to save Kyoto and Nara from World War II bombings51 views
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Tenshin was proficient in English and wrote the classic book, "The Book of Tea" in English.51 views
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Marsala restaurant near the Izura Coast. マルサーラ51 views
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Marsala restaurant has Hawaiian decor.51 views
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Appetizers. The food is good though.51 views
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Tourist information center at JR Isohara Station.51 views
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The Imperial Palace also has some plum blossoms near Hirakawa Gate. Blooming in Feb.51 views
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Hirakawa Gate at the Imperial Palace.51 views
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Mt. Kanakuso-dake (金糞岳 or Azai-dake) overlooks Takatsuki in Nagahama. Kanakuso-dake is indeed Shiga's second highest mountain (1,317 m). Part of Yamamoto-yama (dark green) can be seen on the left in the foreground. 51 views
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Ninja statue in front of JR Koka Station, Shiga Prefecture.51 views
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Monchicchi manhole cover near JR Shin-Koiwa Station. Moncchichi manhole covers were installed on both sides of the station in June 2017. 51 views
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A lion then appears.50 views
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Nature trail50 views
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Rear view of Fudo Hall50 views
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Pagoda and pile of setsubun boxes50 views
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People line up to receive mikan50 views
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2nd floor of Okutama Station has a gallery and soba shop50 views
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The shrine is northwest of Komae Station, in Naka-Izumi 3-21-8. About a 12-min. walk from Komae Station. 狛江市中和泉３－２１－８50 views
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Komae Station north exit and bus stop. To vitalize the train station area, Odakyu started to develop the adjacent area by building a few homes and shops in front of the station. After World War II, development progressed to form a shopping arcade.50 views
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Carved stone lantern in front of Hondo50 views
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Rear torii gate of Mikami Shrine50 views
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Kora Shrine's Gonden Hall is on the left of the Honden main hall. This is an Important Cultural Property. It used to be the Honden before the shrine was renovated in 1883. 権殿50 views
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Welcome sign in Nakasendo Bamba-juku. (The orange object is a mailbox.)50 views
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On the left of the Sanmon Gate is the "River of Blood." When Hojo Nakatoki and 430 of his men slit themselves on May 9, 1333, the blood became a river flowing here. It was during the Genko War when the Emperor Go-Daigo fought the Kamakura shogun50 views
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JR Takatsuki Station on the east side.50 views
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Local community bus/van at Takatsuki Station.50 views
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Strongman's Stone. If you want to see the Kannon statues at Nishino Yakushido, call 090-8938-6369 in Japanese before you go.50 views
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This public hall was built and donated to the town by Magokichi. It has a Gothic architecture. In 1912, at age 24, he established Yamaoka Hatsudoki Seisakusho 山岡発動機工作所, the forerunner of Yanmar Diesel Co.50 views
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The finale was a parade through the Sun Road arcade at 4:30 pm, led by this truck with musicians and dacners.50 views
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Then at 10:20 am, Jamie and Megan Thompson from Illinois, USA appeared and sang "Lake Biwa Rowing Song" (Biwako Shuko no Uta in English). スポレク滋賀、県民「夢」ステージ50 views
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Sculpture for Humans.50 views
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple's three-story pagoda.50 views
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The procession is led by a police car.50 views
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A total of about 500 people were in the procession.50 views
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They pass by Taga Taisha's rice paddy where they hold the rice-planting festival in June.50 views
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Kurusu in sight. 栗栖50 views
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Mikoshi arrives at the Otabisho, a resting place for a procession.50 views
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Mikoshi arrives at Taga Taisha and passes by.50 views
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The went through the main road of Taga.50 views
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This is the Otabisho at Totonomiya Shrine. The bridge on the left leads to the shrine. We arrived at around 11:40 am. It means we walked for over an hour.50 views
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With a long bamboo pole, the shrine priest gave a small tree branch to the head horseman. The branch came from a Japanese Judas tree at Totonomiya Shrine.50 views
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Taga town mayor.50 views
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Taga town mayor.50 views
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He must be three years old. One of the youngest photographers I've seen unassisted. I wish I started that young.50 views
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Bringing offerings to the shrine.50 views
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Entrance to one trail on the ajisai hill.50 views
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The hill has a few walking trails lined with ajisai.50 views
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Butterflies and hydramgea50 views
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Walk further up the hill and you'll reach the top where Takahata Castle's Honmaru was.50 views
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Takahata Castle Honmaru (central keep)50 views
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Kumegawa-ren, from Higashi-Murayama (not Otsuka) 久米川連50 views
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Tenkei-ren from Shinjuku. 天恵連50 views
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Edo-uki-ren (Koenji) 江戸浮連50 views
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First time I saw an awa odori dancer wearing a hat like this.50 views
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Narimasu Child-ren 成増チルド連50 views
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Also near Mt. Hinade are numerous ancient kofun (tumuli) burial mounds. They are related to the Okinaga Clan which is related to the ancient Imperial family.50 views
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Entrance to the gym in Hikone. It was the first time for the Lakestars to play a home game in Hikone.50 views
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Takawa River Culvert monument50 views
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Bridge over Kojigawa River.50 views
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Kojigawa River. The Takawa Culvert is directly below this river.50 views
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Torahime Station50 views
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Built in a loghouse-style. All wood.50 views
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Gomura Betsuin Gate. The Hondo main hall was reconstructed in 1730 and the front gate was built in 1674. MAP50 views
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Carrying wooden boxes of beans.50 views
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As people ran out of beans, they left the terrace. The bean throwing was over in 10 min. or so.50 views
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Coming in 2nd is FUJIWARA Arata (#12), 3rd is SATOH Atsushi (#11), and 4th place is KAWAUCHI Yuki (#117). All men. They will claim 4 million, 2 million, and 1 million yen in prize money respectively.50 views
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Minnie Mouse worn by a man. Didn't see Mickey though.50 views
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Bananas50 views
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Some things I just dunno.50 views
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Another edible head: Musubi head. It says "Emergency food." By coincidence, I did have two onigiri with me and ate them after which I warmed up.50 views
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Another photo for my Valentine's card.50 views
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Soon you'll see this fork in the road. Go right.50 views
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Beyond the Haiden Hall is the Honden Hall (right) and the small Shinohara Jinja Shrine on the left which happens to be an Important Cultural Property. A fence prevents you from getting closer.50 views
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The shrine is on the road going to Nagahama.50 views
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Hachiman Shrine grounds where the taiko dance will be performed.50 views
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On stage, the Buddhist and Shinto priests held a prayer for peace. I didn't stick around for this.50 views
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There is definitely something religious about these torches.50 views
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At 7:30 pm, the children's mikoshi and a large taiko drum left the shrine to parade around the neighborhood.50 views
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The offerings included fish, vegetables, fruits, etc.50 views
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Gagaku musicians50 views
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About 10 mascot characters were introduced on stage.50 views
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Mayor's representative from Imabari, Ehime.50 views
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Hikone's Hiko-nyan also made it to the summit. Hikone is Kora's the neighboring city.50 views
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The keynote speaker was Abe Ryutaro, a novelist who wrote a novel about Takatora. Some people hope that his novel will be turned into a TV drama series. 安部龍太郎50 views
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Words of thanks from a group leader.50 views
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Bridge to Itsukushima Shrine in Shinchi Pond.50 views
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Heart-shaped chrysanthemums.50 views
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Lion dog on a pedestal with a plum blossom design.50 views
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Outside the pavilion are food stalls and covered picnic tables.50 views
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Inside the Odani pavilion is this samurai costume which you can wear and take pictures of yourself.50 views
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Model of Odani Castle. The mountain is quite steep and it was a difficult place to live logistically so normally, the castle lord and his family lived in the valley on the left side of the mountain.50 views
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Outside the Odani pavilion is this outdoor stage. On weekends, a drama troupe performs.50 views
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Tokyo Big Sight directions to spectator stands near the finish line.50 views
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KAWAUCHI Yuki collapsed after crossing the finish line. But he went back to work at his school the next day.50 views
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7th place is KODA Takaaki and the 2nd place Japanese.50 views
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Italian running barefoot.50 views
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Reindeer.50 views
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Path to Tokugen-in temple in Kiyotaki. 50 views
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Weeping cherry tree at Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple, Maibara, Shiga.50 views
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Weeping cherries and Tokugen-in temple building in the background.50 views
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Tokugen-in is the family temple of the Kyogoku Clan. Inside the Kyakuden (Guest Hall). 客殿50 views
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Inside Tokugen-in temple's Hondo main hall. There's not much room in front of the altar.50 views
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The first Kyogoku grave, that of Ujinobu, the founder of the Kyogoku Clan. 氏信50 views
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An unusual sight indeed.50 views
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Leaving Sugaura.50 views
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Passing by Chikubushima Pier. On the island at the center of the photo, there is a light brown, rectangular monument dedicated to the "Lake Biwa Rowing Song" which mentions Chikubushima.50 views
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Ground crew awaits rowers at Nagahama Port.50 views
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Participants from each country came up and gave thanks or sang a song.50 views
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Aburahi Shrine's afiliate shrines.50 views
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35 meter-high tree, about 750 years old next to the Honden hall.50 views
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Two chigo girls and a court lady. 女房と稚児50 views
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Go to the west side of Nagahama Station to catch the shuttle bus going to the Go and Azai Sisters Expo pavilions. Buy the roundtrip bus ticket at the little office near the bus stop at the train station.50 views
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The shuttle bus leaves once or twice an hour. It comes with a bus guide.50 views
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Photogenic shot of plum blossoms and a taiko bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine in Tokyo.50 views
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Where Azai Nagamasa committed suicide at Odani Castle when it was under attack by Hideyoshi.50 views
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Site of the hall that contained the remains of Uesugi Kenshin.50 views
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Beyond the Sanmon Gate is the Jizo-do Hall.50 views
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Jizo-do is said to have been built in the 15th century during the Kamakura Period, thus it is a fine example of Kamakura-Period architecture.50 views
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Shake (shingle) roof of Jizo-do Hall. 杮葺50 views
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Normal-size, round mailbox in Kodaira.50 views
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About Yanai's white-walled street.50 views
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