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The famous koi carp in the roadside stream along Tono-machi road.44 views
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Tsuwano has signs in English.44 views
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Facing the altar in Eigeonji's main hall. Looks surprisingly modern.44 views
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Gingko leaves.44 views
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Bus to Yokaichi Station.44 views
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Somewhat famous slope of fallen maple leaves at Hyakusaiji.44 views
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Main entrance to Hyakusaiji's Main temple hall (hondo).44 views
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Prayer tablet for Year of the Rooster.44 views
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会44 views
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The main Shirakabe kura storehouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 赤瓦二号館44 views
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Police box in front of JR Kurayoshi Station.44 views
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Gifu's tourism ambassadors hold the parade banner. About 200 people were in the parade.44 views
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With tall banners and the surrounding foot soldiers, the parade's main character of Oda Nobunaga was unmistakable.44 views
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The Great Buddha in Nara.44 views
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Waiting room inside Shin-Yokaichi Station.44 views
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Amazing that this station is still being used. I figure its days are numbered though.44 views
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Built and unveiled on June 25, 2017 by a non-profit citizens group in Nagahama for the song's 100th anniversary. You can sit on Japan's most expensive public park bench.44 views
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The wall tore off from this storehouse.44 views
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In the back of the car garage is the boat garage on the water's edge. The small fishing boat is hoisted and secured by a power winch. 44 viewsAbove the boat is just storage space (not another room). The family uses the boat to catch fish for themselves.
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Tango Matsushima (pine islands).44 views
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Another road marker. "Go left for Kyoto"44 views
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A large guest room. 武山邸客室44 views
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Must've been mesmerizing to pass time here. A place to attain artistic enlightenment. 44 views
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About Rokkakudo.44 views
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About Langdon Warner.44 views
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Tourist information center at JR Isohara Station.44 views
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Mt. Nosokodake (野底岳), Ishigaki’s second highest mountain at 282 m. Can be climbed up a steep, narrow trail in about 15 min. We didn't climb it though.44 views
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Near Kokusai-dori (Naha's main drag) 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)44 views
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Shuri Castle illumination monument was lit up in the evening until midnight from Oct. 28 to Nov 15, 2020. Many local businesses sponsored the artwork. (首里城うむいの燈(あかり)モニュメント)44 views
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Snowy mountains all around. Mt. Ibuki can be seen on the right. It was a smooth ride.44 views
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Mt. Ibuki as seen from Chikubushima.44 views
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Ritto History Museum 栗東歴史民俗博物館43 views
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Ritto History Museum 栗東歴史民俗博物館43 views
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Ritto History Museum's minka home on display.43 views
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Way to Takashimaya Dept. Store in Nihonbashi subway station.43 views
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Exhibition space inside Taga Taisha-mae Station. Also good as a waiting room.43 views
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Inside Ohmi Railways train.43 views
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Hanauma Bay43 views
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Izumi Shrine is the Komae's most popular shrine for New Year's prayers.43 views
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Stone marker for the Kabuto-zuka Tumulus 兜塚古墳. Tokyo Prefectural Historic Place. About a 10-min. walk from Komae Station (Odakyu Line). 兜塚古墳43 viewsKomae has numerous ancient tumuli, some say up to 100. However, most have been dismantled and only 13 are left. Kabuto-zuka is the city's largest tumulus, in the middle of a residential neighborhood. It is round, with a diameter of 38 meters, and height 6 meters. It is a Tokyo Prefectural Historic Place. Most other tumuli are on private property and permission is required to enter them.
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It's just a small hill 6 meters high, 38 meters diameter.43 views
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There are actually more than five pine trees. A nice, quite place to relax and scenic during all four seasons. 五本松43 views
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Hand (claw) of the P2 robot.43 views
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Then the ASIMO in 2000. The current ASIMO is only 130 cm tall and 54 kg. Much less intimidating than its predecessors. ASIMO stands for Advanced Step in Innovative MObility.43 views
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Traditional karakuri dolls which were maneuvered using strings and gears. These would be put atop a float during festivals.43 views
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Yaai Shrine43 views
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View of rice fields on the way back to Amago Station.43 views
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Finally a small sign on the left declaring "Nakasendo Bamba-no-juku."43 views
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Site of the Waki-Honjin on the right. Now a modern house. The Waki Honjin was the town's second-best lodge. 脇本陣跡43 views
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Site of the Honjin, the town's most exclusive inn for daimyo lords and other VIPs. This is not the original building. Just a private house. Near the Waki Honjin. 本陣跡43 views
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Smack dab in front of Rengeji temple is this monstrosity that is the Meishin Expressway.43 views
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Inside Rengeji Hondo Hall, main altar at the center. 蓮華寺 本堂43 views
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Inside is a Jizo-son statue worshipped for transportation safety.43 views
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Twenty-three dancing and non-dancing troupes participated. This is somewhat small compared to bigger Awa Odori dances in Tokyo, but the enjoyment and enthusiasm of the dancers and crowd were top-class.43 views
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So photogenic, like a crane in flight.43 views
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Daikon-ren passing through Nakamurabashi Station.43 views
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Another local Awa Odori troupe is Nakamurabashi-ren.43 views
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Other mikoshi heading back home. This one passed by Yodobashi Kichijoji.43 views
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Dove balloons in the sky.43 views
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Wow, GumQ were great performers.43 views
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This time I went to Shin-Koenji Station on the Marunouchi subway line. Much less crowded than JR Koenji Station. Near Shin-Koneji is this small shopping street where the dancers paraded through.43 views
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Kikusui-ren (Koenji) 菊水連43 views
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Asuka-ren (Koenji) 飛鳥連43 views
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Nobiyuku-ren (Koenji) のびゆく連43 views
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Edokko-ren (Koenji) 江戸っ子連43 views
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Takarabune-ren allowed anyone to dance with them. A large crowd did just that.43 views
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I watched Okame-ren doing their finale as well.43 views
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Takawa River Culvert monument43 views
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New event space called "Coco," opened in March 2008, across from Torahime Station43 views
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Mt. Ibuki and a "tiger stripe" barrel.43 views
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Monument marking the site of Lord Yamauchi Kazutoyo's first fief which was in Torahime.43 views
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Gyokusenji is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai Sect, commonly called Gansan Daishi, after the priest Gansan Daishi 元三大師 (912-985) whose birthplace is near the temple. MAP43 views
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Not a good shot, but it's taiyaki.43 views
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The Asahi Honen Taiko Odori dancers arrive at Hachiman Shrine.43 views
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So before you do all that drinking, think about the toilet lines.43 views
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There is definitely something religious about these torches.43 views
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Behind Kobiyoshi Shrine is the Hino River. Nice place to sit and have a bento dinner.43 views
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The procession continued along.43 views
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Terakoya session at Jogakuji temple. There was a storyteller, kami-shibai, and traditional games for kids.43 views
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Azalea and stream43 views
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About Zaiji Hachiman Shrine in Japanese and English.43 views
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Female group called S/mileage.43 views
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Bokusui poetry monument. 牧水歌碑43 viewsのずえなる 三島のまちのあげはなび 月夜の空に 消えて散るなり
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MIshima Taisha museum. 三嶋大社宝物館43 views
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Somon Gate 総門（外構えの門）43 views
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Sacred Horse Stable. No real horse though. 神馬舎43 views
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Shinmon Gate reconstructed in 1867. 神門43 views
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Buden Hall where sacred dances are performed. 舞殿43 views
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Path from Omote Torii to the Honden.43 views
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The path is also lined with more chrysanthemums.43 views
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Receive advice here for growing chrysanthemums.43 views
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Notice the huge wooden prayer tablets.43 views
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A small shrine called Togakushi Shrine.43 views
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Togakushi Shrine.43 views
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A trio of chrysanthemum plants in a single pot is called bon'yo. 盆養43 views
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Chrysanthemums exhibited in a half-globe shape called Oozukuri. The flowers are already withering. 大作り43 views
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Yushima Tenjin Chrysanthemum Festival poster43 views
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Various muscical entertainment was held at two areas near the finish line. This was the largest entertainment area. A high school band kicked off the entertainment here.43 views
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Penguin43 views
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How Japanese can you get?43 views
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The corridor has a few exhibits.43 views
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Heading for Nagahama.43 views
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Leaving Satsuma Beach.43 views
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Inside former Nagai house.43 views
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The garden is open from 9 am to 4:30 pm (enter by 4 pm). Closed on Mon. except in Feb. and March.43 views
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Most of the plum trees are on this hillside on the left. More trees if you walk further straight.43 views
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About the Suikinkutsu, a water drop harp.43 views
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Kameido Tenjin Shrine main worship hall. Notice the red and white plum blossoms on both sides.43 views
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Heron stalking fish in the pond at Kameido Tenjin Shrine.43 views
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Mogami River in Yonezawa, Yamagata.43 views
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About Uesugi Yozan. 上杉鷹山43 views
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Site of the hall that contained the remains of Uesugi Kenshin.43 views
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Sky sculpture at Yonezawa Station.43 views
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Fudo Myoo and all the other major Buddhist and Kannon figures are represented.43 views
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Thus lower slot can accept your mail.43 views
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Normal-size, round mailbox in Kodaira.43 views
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Old Ogawa Post Office at Kodaira Furusato-mura Village. Open 10 am to 4 pm, closed Mon. and 3rd Tue. of the month and Dec. 27-Jan. 5. 旧小平小川郵便局舎43 views
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About Yanai's white-walled street.43 views
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Iwakuni-KIntaikyo Airport will open on Dec. 13, 2012.43 views
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Scale model of Muroyano-sono.43 views
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Shunan Museum of Art and History has a large exhibition room dedicated to photographer Tadahiko Hayashi (1918-1990). 43 views
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Hayashi's photos of parentless and dirty street kids smoking and repatriated Japanese soldiers are important visual records of those years.43 views
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Another famous portrait by Hayashi is this one of novelist Sakaguchi Ango. Talk about writer's block. Instead of having a Delete key, he just literally trashed his mistakes. 43 views
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The trees along the main road in front of Tokuyama Station was festooned with lights.43 views
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