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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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Niagara Falls fireworks changed color.38 views
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During the ceremony, they passed on the offerings to be placed in the shrine's main hall.38 views
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Ugano Shrine. 宇賀野神社38 views
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The mikoshi and procession started arriving at Ugano Shrine.38 views
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They held a Shinto ceremony at Ugano Shrine. During the ceremony, the yakko-buri men and others took a break.38 views
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Offerings on the mikoshi.38 views
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Zaiji Hachiman Shrine's Honden main hall.38 views
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Stone lanterns with the Todo family crest.38 views
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Golden State Warrior Girls from California.38 views
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Final score: Hamamatsu Phoenix 84 and Osaka Evessa 56 for the bj league final and championship game on May 23, 2010 at Ariake.38 views
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Phoenix coach interviewed.38 views
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Okinawan taiko drummer38 views
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Setagawa River boat cruise modeled after the Ichiban-Maru paddlewheel steamboat which cruised on Lake Biwa in the 19th century.38 views
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Motoki Kyo, chairman of the Seta Rowing Club, is the MC.38 views
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Japanese tea ceremony house and Japanese-style room for rent. 清月庵38 views
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Plum trees on left side of shrine.38 views
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A view of Tokyo Sky Tree.38 views
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Inside the old post office.38 views
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Telegram room on the left, vault on the right. 旧小平小川郵便局舎38 views
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Map of the Kodaira Furusato-mura Village. Edo Period buildings in this village have been transplanted here and reconstructed.38 views
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Inside the Entrance hall of the former Ogawa residence. 旧小川家住宅玄関棟38 views
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Waterwheel 水車小屋38 views
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Train platform at JR Yanai Station.38 views
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JR Yanai Station.38 views
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About the Kunimori merchant's home.38 views
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2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home.38 views
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Window on the 2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home..38 views
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Entrance to the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura), a very large building with white walls.38 views
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Bocho bus in front of Yanai Station.38 views
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Charcoal heaters38 views
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Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya) included old cameras.38 views
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Palanquin38 views
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In front of JR Tokuyama Station's north side are taxis. Behind them are bus stops.38 views
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A planting ceremony was held by the Adachi Ward woman mayor and other officials. This is a sapling from the Reagan Sakura tree.38 views
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Reagan Sakura sapling planted at Toshi Nogyo Koen Park in Adachi Ward, Tokyo.38 views
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Next they had dogwood tree planting. From a dogwood plant given by the US in return for the cherry blossoms in 1912.38 views
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Dogwood tree sapling planted.38 views
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These cherry trees are from America. The park has 29 species of cherry blossoms. Most of them, like these Kanzan trees, bloom later than the Somei Yoshino trees.38 views
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A goodwill group from Adachi Ward visited Washington, DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival celebrating the centennial.38 views
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People who went to the slide show lectures received a small gift. 38 views
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About the cherry trees given to the US and the dogwood from the US as a return gift.38 views
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"America" cherry trees, from saplings taken from the cherry trees in Washington, DC which originally came from Adachi Ward.38 views
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My video of the Japan-US Cherry Blossom Centennial ceremony in Adachi Ward, Tokyo.38 views
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Toriis were donated by companies and individuals.38 views
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Sojiji temple is a short walk from Tanashi Station. 総持寺38 views
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Outside Tanashi Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.38 views
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The main drag was the sando path to Tennoji temple.38 views
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Tennoji temple also has this crowd-pleasing weeping cherry tree.38 views
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Yanaka Cemetery is a short walk from JR Nippori Station.38 views
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My YouTube video of Tokyo Marathon 2012.38 views
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Taga Taisha-mae Station's waiting room also has a showcase of ema prayer tablets from various shrines.38 views
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Taga Taisha-mae Station's waiting room also has a showcase of ema prayer tablets from various shrines.38 views
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This clock tower is the park's focal point. Cherry blossoms are substantial and many people hold hanami flower-viewing picnics. But it's not as crowded as Ueno Park.38 views
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In Nov.-Dec., the fall leaves turn color.38 views
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Panel displays explained the sad story of the Fukuryu Maru.38 views
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Engine of the Fukuryu Maru.38 views
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Narrow paths like this weave through the indoor botanical garden.38 views
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Walking behind the waterfall.38 views
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Good place to visit in winter.38 views
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Black Kumamon (very unusual).38 views
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Most of the spectators knew someone in the marathon.38 views
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Beko bull (bobbing head) from Fukushima.38 views
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Mister America38 views
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Her birthday today.38 views
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Monster Univ.38 views
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Mt. Fuji38 views
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General MacArthur with "Bushido" (Way of the Warrior).38 views
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This runner had leg cramps and a kind bystander gave him a massage.38 views
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Buses standby at the 30 km checkpoint for those who couldn't make it in time.38 views
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Starbucks coffee38 views
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The Hachiko statue is on an empty lawn at the Faculty of Agriculture where Hachiko's master Hidesaburo Ueno (1871-1925), a professor of agricultural engineering, taught.38 views
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Buildings are distinguished looking.38 views
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A few cherry trees on campus.38 views
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Very beautiful, but very crowded.38 views
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Picture-taking frenzy around Rikugien's weeping cherry tree.38 views
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Part of the illumination was pink.38 views
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Weeping cherry tree in fall.38 views
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In the museum lobby is a special exhibition about Yokozuna Taiho, one of the greatest yokozuna in history. His sumo stable (Taiho Beya) was in Koto.38 views
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The torch procession went over one of the shrine's trademark arch bridges.38 views
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Yuzuru Hanyu hina doll in Kyugetsu, Asakusabashi, Tokyo38 views
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Okinawan eisa drummers too.38 views
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My video of the Okinawan entertainers at the orchid show 2012.38 views
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Taishakuten temple holds its annual setsubun bean throwing event on Feb. 3 in the afternoon. In 2015, they threw beans at 2 pm and 3 pm. About 10 min. each time.38 views
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Ogre hanging out at the worship hall. This building has exquisite wood carvings on the exterior walls.38 views
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After the first bean throwing session, people wait for the second one to start at 3 pm.38 views
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No celebrities except for a few sumo wrestlers.38 views
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There is a rock garden in front.38 views
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Shibuya Crossing on Halloween night.38 views
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For the first time this year, the police wisely closed off a few major roads around Shibuya Station for Halloween. Even then, the road to 109 and Dogenzaka were filled with people. 38 views
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Rock from the South Pole brought back by Japan's exploratory ship named "Fuji."38 views
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Buses from JR Fujinomiya Station for Shiraito Falls leave once or twice an hour. 38 views
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