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Omiya is a hardcore railway town with all six northern shinkansen lines (Tohoku, Joetsu, Hokuriku, Yamagata, Akita, and Hokkaido Shinkansen) and local train lines passing through. A train maintenance facility is also near Omiya Station. 39 viewsTo get to the Railway Museum, from Omiya Station, ride the New Shuttle line.
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About JNR Class 7100 steam locomotive – No. 7101 Benkei39 views
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Sleeper train bunk beds.39 views
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Mini trains39 views
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Path to the museum has historical photos of Tokyu trains and buses.39 views
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Semi-trailer bus from 1948.39 views
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Museum ticket vending machine.39 views
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Ticket machine39 views
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Model train diorama.39 views
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Kamata Station model.39 views
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Event Hall, now called Hall B.39 views
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Present main temple hall built in 1884.39 views
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First floor of pagoda.39 views
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Slow Life Cafe39 views
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Kamikoma is a neighborhood of about 40 Japanese tea wholesalers. There is some traditional buildings, and only one or two buildings where the public can enter.39 views
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Sculpture outside the museum entrance.39 views
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Sand Museum entrance.39 views
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The exhibition had 19 large and medium-size sculptures showcasing a major aspect of Americana, centering mostly on people. 39 views
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Laurel sand sculpture.39 views
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Centerpiece sand sculpture when you enter the Sand Museum.39 views
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About "Hollywood."39 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.39 views
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About New York Sand sculpture.39 views
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Tennis player and volleyball player sand sculptures.39 views
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Football player sand sculpture.39 views
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It didn't depict anyone recognizable.39 views
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President Theodore Roosevelt sand sculpture in Tottori.39 views
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Thomas Edison, American inventor.39 views
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About "Civil War and Abraham Lincoln."39 views
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About "Declaration of Independence."39 views
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"Washington Crossing the Delaware" sand sculpture.39 views
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American astronaut.39 views
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Hawaiian sand sculpture with a surfer on a wave joined by...39 views
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Sand Museum's 2nd floor has a cafe and gift shop.39 views
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Lobby of Anno Art Museum.39 views
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Beautiful restrooms in Tsuwano.39 views
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Wooded path to Hyakusaiji.39 views
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Hyakusaiji's Main temple hall (hondo), Hyakusaiji.39 views
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Float base for the dog. Each float design has a design concept or story behind it.39 views
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Sanwakai float. 参和会39 views
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会39 views
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会39 views
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Some drinking and partying on the side.39 views
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Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町39 views
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Sanwakai float. 参和会39 views
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Cleanup crew.39 views
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Ikeda-machi float. 池田町39 views
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Cuttlefish slices and little silvery fish. Ikeda-machi float. 池田町39 views
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Dai-niku float 第二区39 views
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Sanwakai float. 参和会39 views
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March 18, 2018: On the festival's 2nd day (Sun.), the floats are paraded from 10:30 am and arrive at the shrine by 2 pm. 39 viewsAll the floats all gathered at the shrine again (a large parking lot) and held float battles (kenka). The floats paired up and rammed each other and pushed until the other float toppled.
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Ishin-cho float. 為心町39 views
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Shichikukai float at battle. 紫竹会39 views
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Dai-niku float's dog with no head. 第二区39 views
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Dai-ikku float. 第一区39 views
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Ikeda-machi float. 池田町39 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会39 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.39 viewsThese charming girls are Gifu's tourism ambassadors waiting to join the festival's parade.
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Gifu city celebrated 2017 as the 450th anniversary of the city being renamed "Gifu" by Nobunaga after he attacked and captured Inabayama Castle in 1567. The castle was renamed "Gifu Castle." 39 views
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Lots of police in the parade promoting traffic safety.39 views
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"BANG, BANG!!" Those guns are really loud. Even with my earplugs (tissue wads), it shook me and I could feel the shockwaves.39 views
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Chiyo was the devoted wife of samurai Yamanouchi Kazutoyo.39 views
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Inside Shin-Yokaichi Station.39 views
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Entrance.39 viewsOpen 10:00 am -5:00 pm (enter by 4:30 pm), closed Mon. (open if a national holiday and closed on Tue. instead) and December 29 to January 3. Admission: Free
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History of the emigrant center: 1940s39 views
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Statue of emigrants to Brazil. This same statue also stands at Meriken Park in Kobe.39 views
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Japanese language textbooks.39 views
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Nice stairs39 views
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In early May, koinobori carp streamers are displayed for Children's Day at Tokyo Skytree.39 views
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In early May, koinobori carp streamers are displayed for Children's Day at Tokyo Skytree.39 views
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View of Tokugen-in Temple's garden in autumn.39 views
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Statue of Saicho on the right side of the main altar.39 views
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The famous "ghost scroll painting" by Shimizu Setsudo. The ghost seems like it's stepping out of the picture. The scroll is displayed only during certain months.39 views清水節堂（1876–1951） 幽霊図
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Little Shinto shrine and red maples.39 views
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The temple wall also hit and slightly damaged the temple's tourist signs.39 views
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At first, I thought we would need a power shovel. But we were able to take everything apart by hand (or crow bar, shovels, and chain saw).39 views
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Thescrap wood would be hauled away separately from the waste bags.39 views
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A few people even embedded leaves.39 views
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Tango chirimen silk fabric maker Tamiya Raden (民谷螺鈿).39 views
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Tamiya Raden also makes kimono obi sashes.39 viewsThey also supply fabrics to world-famous luxury brands, but they can't brag about it because of a non-disclosure agreement.
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Izushi's symbol is the Shinkoro Clock Tower. This area is also a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区). 辰鼓楼39 views
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Not much is left except for a few markers indicating the location of the Waki Honjin, Honjin, and other features. 39 viewsTenmangu Shrine and Kano Castle's stone walls are the major sights.
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Kosatsu bulletin board was at one end of this bridge over a small river.39 views
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Marker for a gate at Kano Castle.39 views
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Kita-Ibaraki's Hanazono Shrine was patronized by the Tokugawa shoguns. It features the flamboyant architectural style called "gongen-zukuri" (権現造) with colorful, intricate wood carvings on shrine buildings. 39 viewsIt's similar to the famous Toshogu Shrine in Nikko (Tochigi) dedicated to Ieyasu. Toshogu in Nikko is famous for the three monkeys: "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." 本殿
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Itsuura Kanko Hotel's okami-san or proprietress (女将) speaks English. The hotel also has English-speaking staff.39 views
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About the "Asia is One" monument.39 views
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Tenshin was proficient in English and wrote the classic book, "The Book of Tea" in English.39 views
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Movie poster for the movie, "Tenshin." It was being screened in the city.39 views
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On New Year's Day 2020, Emperor's Cup JFA All-Japan Soccer Championship final game was the first sports event to be held at the new Olympic Stadium. Vissel Kobe vs. Kashima Antlers.39 views
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Soft-serve ice cream cone with freshly-grated wasabi. Very good. Shuzenji Onsen, Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture. 生わさびソフトクリーム39 views
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Plum blossoms at the Imperial Palace.39 views
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Plum blossoms at the Imperial Palace.39 views
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Ogurayama Castle on a hilltop. Originally built by Kanamori Nagachika (1524–1608) 金森長近 in 1605 as a retirement residence. Now part of Ogura Park in Mino, Gifu Prefecture. 小倉山城跡39 viewsThe turret is a reconstruction.
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Side view of Mt. Nosokodake. This mountain is associated with a famous local folk tale about a girl named Maape. The mountain is nicknamed after her, "Nosoko Maape" (野底マーペー).39 viewsOn the nearby island of Kuroshima (黒島) in the 18th century, Maape and her childhood sweetheart, Kanimui, were happily living as farmers. They were to be married someday.
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Welcome to Satte! A city in Saitama Prefecture famous for Gogendo Park when the cherry blossoms and rapesed blossoms bloom at the same time.39 views
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Mt. Ibuki as seen from Chikubushima.39 views
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Chikubushima's west side.39 views
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Approaching Imazu in winter.39 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. 39 views
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1st floor of Takashimaya Dept. Store.38 views
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Even before the spring flowers bloom, they find ways to color the streams.38 views
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Bamba-juku is the third Nakasendo station in Shiga, following Samegai-juku which is also in Maibara.38 views
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Next to the Bamba-juku stone monument is an old map of Bamba-juku.38 views
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Stone marker with a finger pointing the way to Maibara Port where you can board a boat to go to Otsu via Lake Biwa. This is at the same intersection across from the Bamba-juku stone monument.38 views
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Going further down the road in Bamba.38 views
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Path to Rengeji temple.38 views
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Until 1943, the temple was a dojo for the Jishu Ikko sect. It then converted to Jodo-shu. Admission is charged, I think 300 yen. There's a unmanned collection box near the entrance.38 views
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Rengeji Hondo Hall's framed nameplate. The temple's name was written by Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596–1680).38 views
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Memorial for victims of the Pacific War.38 views
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Also behind the Hondo is this Ikko-sugi tree, 700 years old. Named after the temple's founding priest Saint Ikko, it was planted where Ikko was cremated. Over 30 meters high and 5 meters wide. 一向杉38 views
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The mikoshi then dispersed and paraded back to their home base.38 views
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In front of Sun Road shopping arcade.38 views
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They chant without instruments.38 views
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They always carry a flower hat, but I've never seen them wear it.38 views
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After the tekomai geisha was the final act of the day. They were performed Fukagawa Strongman's Stunts. 深川の力持38 views
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The two O-nobori stand tall at the Otabisho which would be the main venue for the Kawakami Matsuri.38 views
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They were hardly able to throw the beans too far, so you had to be up front to catch the beans. Those of us in the back could hardly catch any beans.38 views
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They later danced in a circle.38 views
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Children's mikoshi return to the shrine.38 views
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They also popped numerous firecrackers. Almost like Chinese New Year's. So much that it was irritating.38 views
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Watch out for them flares.38 views
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Then they lit everything else. 38 views
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Niagara Falls fireworks were lit up. Remember that string that was hung across the poles?38 views
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