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Bell inside the Statue of Democratic Rights in Yakushi Ike Park, Machida, Tokyo49 views
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Many students hoping to pass school entrance exams come to pray here. In Feb. and March, numerous plum blossoms bloom in white, red, and pink.49 views
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Numerous plum trees on the way to Kameido Tenjin Shrine worship hall.49 views
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The shrine's background is changed forever with Tokyo Sky Tree.49 views
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Sugawara Michizane is closely associated with plum blossoms because he once wrote a poem for his beloved plum blossoms that "flew through the air" (飛梅) to follow him when he was exiled to Dazaifu in Fukuoka.49 views
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There are 120 plum trees in 85 colorful varieties. 49 views
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Best to rent a bicycle.49 views
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Shake (shingle) roof of Jizo-do Hall. 杮葺49 views
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Community bus with iris motif.49 views
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Japan's largest round mailbox. This is the old mailbox design and a symbol of Kodaira since it has so many of them (31) still in use in the city.49 views
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Normal-size, round mailbox in Kodaira.49 views
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Signs in English.49 views
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Sign indicating that this area is an Important Traditional Townscape.49 views
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About Yanai's goldfish connection.49 views
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The Kunimori merchant's home is large and spacious. You can see how Edo Period merchants lived.49 views
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Iwakuni-KIntaikyo Airport will open on Dec. 13, 2012.49 views
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Bocho bus in front of Yanai Station.49 views
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Toilet49 views
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Exclusive room with a koto.49 views
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Maid's room49 views
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Old lanterns49 views
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About the former Suo Bank building.49 views
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Tadahiko Hayashi was from Tokuyama and his family donated all his photos and camera equipment to this museum.49 views
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Minami Ginza shopping arcade 49 views
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Road in front of JR Tokuyama Station's north side.49 views
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Ube-Shinkawa Station49 views
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Ube-Shinkawa Station49 views
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Ube-Shinkawa man drag.49 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.49 views
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Monument for one of the 100 Scenes of Mt. Fuji.49 views
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The park has a small museum showing the history of goshiki sakura in Adachi-ku.49 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.49 views The woman on the left is a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun.
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Poster for the Toneri Park cherry blossom festival highlighted by fireworks at night.49 views
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This is the main drag.49 views
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On the marathon day on Feb. 26, 2012, I was at the finish line at Tokyo Big Sight. Wheelchair race winner.49 views
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The hina doll displays are usually placed at the storefront where we can immediately see it as we pass by. 49 views
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The stonemason displayed these hina dolls made of stone.49 views
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Hina dolls inside Kinujin.49 views
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Kinjujin also has this storehouse which we could not enter, but only peer inside to see hina dolls.49 views
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About the Hanno Silk Weaving Association office.49 views
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About Riichi Namiki (双木 利一), a politician from Hanno.49 views
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Inside the kura storehouse, gorgeous hina doll display. Besides the dolls, there is kimono and more stuff on the side walls (not pictured). Notice the snakes in the foreground.49 views
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About Kanmyoji49 views
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In pink is the area that was once the Kaga samurai clan's estate in Itabashi. The Kaga clan was from present-day Ishikawa Prefecture (Kanazawa).49 views
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Itabashi Tourist Information office.49 views
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End of Hirao-shuku section of Itabashi-shuku.49 views
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Old building in Naka-shuku49 views
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Coffee shop in an old building.49 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.49 views
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The brown building was where the Honjin was. (There's a sign and stone marker.) 49 views
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Sea lions49 views
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Held near Yokaichi Station in summer, the Yokaichi Shotoku Matsuri is a bon dance featuring Shiga's native Goshu Ondo folk song. 八日市聖徳まつり・江州音頭総おどり49 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49 views
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The new Maibara Station building being built in late May 2007.49 views
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West side of JR Nagahama Station.49 views
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A new Nagahama Heiwado store "Mondecool" is being constructed next to Nagahama Station.49 views
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Nagahama Station and wedding hall as seen from Heiwado.49 views
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Sendaibori cherry blossoms. This part of the park runs west to east.49 views
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Fish pond open in summer and winter.49 views
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In the evening, paper lanterns light up the flowers.49 views
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Indicates the power generated by the windmill.49 views
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Bicycle Center where you can rent a bicycle.49 views
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Tokyo Gate Bridge under construction in 2008.49 views
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Almost like a rock garden.49 views
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Wakasu Park has this small yacht harbor for yachting classes.49 views
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Quite difficult to catch beans.49 views
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Incense burner and former Hondo hall.49 views
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This building was replaced with the current Hondo main hall.49 views
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Notice the safe.49 views
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Old Nagahama Heiwado store being torn down in Jan. 2016.49 views
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Black Kumamon (very unusual).49 views
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Minions49 views
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Swan49 views
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Main gate of the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Agriculture.49 views
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Selling decorations for Toka Ebisu.49 views
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Toka Ebisu maidens participating in the Toka Ebisu parade on Jan. 10.49 views
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Looks like the musicians float was empty...49 views
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But it was full of kids.49 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. 49 views
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Smaller torches on the side. Torch bearers make their own torches using the provided materials.49 views
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Shingu Shrine49 views
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Reception counter for torch bearers.49 views
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Chinese protest drum with a rooster on top symbolizing peace in the land.49 views
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Pouring kerosene into the large torches.49 views
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Since the wood pile had been drenched with kerosene, it lit up very quickly.49 views
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Now the kids light their torches and off they go.49 views
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Not a crowded festival at all.49 views
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Then they turn right and go along the river toward Atago Shrine.49 views
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People on my right on New Year's Day at Meiji Shrine.49 views
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People pray in front of the money/offertory pit.49 views
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Buying amulets. 49 views
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Cafe and restaurant on New Year's.49 views
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Path back to exit to Harajuku Station.49 views
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When I saw yabusame at Meiji Shrine for the first time years ago, Mifune Toshiro (center) was still alive and he was there. I think he was the bugyo (master of the yabusame proceedings 奉行).49 viewsBehind him, you can see a white tarp for VIPs. They were sitting in front of the second target. Many foreign diplomats are invited to this event and they sit here.
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Local confection.49 views
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Very civil, no pushing/shoving.49 views
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Monkeys are Taishakuten's messengers. They chased out the ogre before they start throwing the beans.49 views
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Minami-mon South Gate of Kasuga Taisha Shrine.49 views
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Nabe Matsuri49 views
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East side of Maibara Station, still largely undeveloped.49 views
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Wore hard hats and toured JAL's maintenance hangar for about 40 min. JAL's airplane maintenance hangar at Haneda Airport. Huge facility.49 views
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JR Nagano Station49 views
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Shimoda-yaki cups49 views
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Inside Konan Marché (now closed). Products made of yahei-togarashi hot chili peppers grown in Konan.49 views
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Junibo Onsen Yurara's mascot.49 views
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My YouTube video of Halloween in Shibuya 2016.49 views
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Omikuji fortunes49 views
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Buses from JR Fujinomiya Station for Shiraito Falls leave once or twice an hour. 49 views
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Shiraito Falls 49 views
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Mt. Fuji in the early evening.49 views
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Castle Gate49 views
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For a small castle museum, it has a lot of stuff.49 views
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Scale model of Hamamatsu during the Edo Period.49 views
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On the way to the main temple is this song monument for Biwako Shuko no Uta (Lake Biwa Rowing Song).49 views
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Inside megumi with large picture windows.49 views
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