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Chiyo was the devoted wife of samurai Yamanouchi Kazutoyo.38 views
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Gifu city's main shopping arcade named Yanagase, made famous by enka songs. It's usually like a ghost town, but not on this day. Was bustling for a change.38 views
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The festival included a Cosplay Procession from 2 pm to 3 pm. ぎふコスプレパレード38 views
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Shin-Yokaichi Station on the Ohmi Railway, the stop before Yokaichi Station terminal.38 views
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Shin-Yokaichi Station on the Ohmi Railway, the stop before Yokaichi Station terminal.38 views
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Shin-Yokaichi Station looks brown from the sides, but it's green on the front.38 views
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Portuguese notices.38 views
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In early May, koinobori carp streamers are displayed for Children's Day at Tokyo Skytree.38 views
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The new Uminoko's design motif is also similar to the old one. Looks good. For overnight cruises, maximum capacity is 180 kids and 43 adult staff.38 views
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Lots of Shiga people have fond memories of this old Uminoko Floating School. 38 views
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in Temple's garden in autumn.38 views
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in Temple's garden in autumn.38 views
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Front entrance to temple grounds.38 views
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Tokugen-in temple's Hondo main hall. Tokugen-in belongs to the Tendai Buddhist sect, Enryakuji School. It was founded by 1283 when Kyogoku Ujinobu built the original Hondo Hall. Ujinobu started the Kyogoku Clan. 本堂38 views
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Pay the small admission and enjoy the garden and see inside the Hondo main hall. This is inside the Kyakuden (Guest Hall). 客殿38 views
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in Temple garden in autumn.38 views
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in Temple's garden in autumn.38 views
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Altar inside Tokugen-in temple's Hondo main hall.38 views
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The Corridor displayed some objects of worship that were kept by Tokugen-in's secondary temples that were nearby. Those temples are no more, but these statues were saved.38 views
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So two of my friends and I volunteered to remove the fallen wall in mid-Nov. 2018. One friend John W. is an American experienced in disaster cleanups. Other friend was a nearby resident who had a handy chain saw. 38 viewsWe were advised to take apart the wall and separate the materials into large bags and piles.
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After removing the plaster and dirt from the wall, we could see the bamboo framework. The bamboo could be easily pulled out.38 views
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Some refreshments from the priest's wife during our lunch break.38 views
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This is a farmhouse lodge (農家民宿) where we stayed in the city of Ayabe. It fronts rice paddies. The farmhouse lodge owner can pick you up at JR Ayabe Station.38 views
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While soaking, the kozo bark is also kneaded by human feet to soften it. The water is cold, and it's a traditional job for the grandmas.38 views
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To make the paper fibers for washi, there are many laborious steps. After the kozo branches are cut in even lengths, they are stuffed in a barrel (koshiki) like this and placed over a boiling and steaming iron pot for three to four hours 38 viewsto soften the brown bark.
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Fukuchiyama Castle was mainly built by Akechi Mitsuhide in 1579 after he conquered this region for Oda Nobunaga.38 views20-min. walk from JR Fukuchiyama Station. Open 9 am–5 pm, closed Tue. and Dec. 28th–31st, Jan. 4th–6th. Map: https://goo.gl/maps/8ZY7HHrDvoC2
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"Oni" has no real equivalent word in English. It's usually a fearsome or hellish figure with negative connotations. It always has horns on the head, but it's not really a devil. 38 viewsOni are generally perceived to be mean, cruel, evil, or bad luck. So if someone calls you an "oni," it means you're mean, cruel, or always angry. But there may be protective and benevolent ones as well.
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Maizuru World Brick Museum on the upper floor. Exhibits local historical artifacts. There's no English though.38 views
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Also a good snack is the Tajima beef bun.38 views
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Warning sign for drivers for small children. (It means to go slow.)38 views
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From the train station platform before noon, we could see the crowd heading to the shrine. This crowd became less in the afternoon.38 views
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Going through the Shop Nankai shopping arcade connected to the train station's exit.38 views
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Nakasendo Road in Kano-juku.38 views
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Marker for Kano-juku's Waki Honjin. 脇本陣38 views
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine. 38 views
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Former Kano Town Hall. 旧加納町役場38 views
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Kano Castle stone walls.38 views
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Hina Matsuri dolls displayed at the museum entrance.38 views
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JR Saitama-Shintoshin Station outside the turnstile. Go left.38 views
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So she and her family were forced to move here to Nosokodake to start a new farming village and clear the thick jungle for farming. It was a hard life. 38 viewsMaape desperately missed her beloved Kanimui and couldn't forget him.
One day, she wanted to at least see Kuroshima where he lived, so she climbed up Mt. Nosokodake. At the top, she looked for Kuroshima, but her view of the island was blocked by Mt. Omotodake, Ishigaki's highest mountain. She collapsed on her knees and wailed in sorrow. Later, a worried villager looked for Maape who never returned home. On the top of the mountain, he found a crying rock gazing in the direction of Kuroshima. Maape had turned into stone.
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Lunch at Airando FIJI Restaurant & Cafe.38 views
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My lunch on the boat was Uminoko Curry, the same dish served on the Uminoko Floating School. 38 views
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Okinawa World's Habu show was interesting, but not particularly thrilling. The viper is not like a trained monkey doing tricks for a treat each time. The snake doesn't understand such a concept. 38 views
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Under arrest by the Edo police. Rope handcuffs.38 views
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Lots of reeds, essential for the lake's ecosystem. They cleanse the water among other things.38 views
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Omi beef, each pack here cost over 2,000 yen. 近江牛37 views
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Adoberry sweets, from Adogawa, Takashima.37 views
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Making candles.37 views
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Each Diet member gave a short speech.37 views
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Annual report published by the National Federation of Shiga Kenjinkai37 views
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Here's the mother flying in to feed her young.37 views
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Marker indicating that Emperor Meiji took a break here once.37 views
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Red plum blossoms in front of Rengeji Hondo Hall, in early April.37 views
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A few steps up a slope.37 views
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People and umbrellas crowd the outdoor stage in front of Nakamurabashi Station.37 views
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Shinobu-ren (from Koenji) teamed up with Chirudo-ren (Child-ren). しのぶ（忍）連37 views
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At the end of the festival in front of Nakamurabashi Station, they invited everyone to dance.37 views
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They proceed through rice paddies.37 views
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Tsuno Shrine torii. 津野神社 MAP37 views
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This is the Otabisho, called Hegasaki Banba which is a horse-running ground. 平ヶ崎馬場 MAP37 views
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The procession headed for the Otabisho which is halfway between Tsuno Shrine and Hioki Shrine.37 views
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The Kawakami Matsuri is also called the Sanyare Matsuri. The festival starts with a Shinto ceremony at both Hioki and Tsuno Shrines. This is Tsuno Shrine.37 views
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Then they slowly dragged the two O-nobori poles across the Otabisho.37 views
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Then they had yabusame with horse runs down the Otabisho. No arrow shooting though.37 views
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Children doing sanyare dance at Kawakami Matsuri.37 views
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Three community groups participate in Kawakami Matsuri. They rotate every year for taking care of the O-nobori, mikoshi, and sanyare dance and music.37 views
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Shishimai lion dance37 views
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Monument for Asahi village near Hachiman Shrine.37 views
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They move to the shrine's main hall.37 views
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Kora Town Hall. MAP37 views
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Introducing Phoenix players37 views
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Soejima Masazumi is the 1st place winner of the wheelchair race which started at 9:05 am in Shinjuku.37 views
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Wasshoi!37 views
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Snow White (male).37 views
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One-eyed Gege no Kitaro.37 views
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Captain of Thunderbird 1 (or maybe 2).37 views
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Dance performers cheer on the runners as they wait their turn to perform.37 views
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Flower beds in front of Kodaira Station.37 views
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Near Kodaira Station is Japan's largest round mailbox. 37 views
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A biscuit in the shape of a round mailbox.37 views
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This Old Kodaira Ogawa Post Office was originally built in 1908. It was moved here in 1992. Front entrance to old post office.37 views
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Mail drop on the outside.37 views
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Inside the Entrance hall of the former Ogawa residence. 旧小川家住宅玄関棟37 views
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Inside Reconstructed thatched-roof farmer's home dating from the early Edo Period. 開拓当初の復元住居37 views
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Inside Waterwheel shed. 水車小屋 Web site: http://kodaira-furusatomura.jp/37 views
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Painted restroom37 views
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Lots of fresh air here.37 views
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Takenoko Park37 views
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At the Omiten Fair in 2012, they had an old Sagicho float decoration on display from Omi-Hachiman. All made of edible materials.37 views
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Inside JR Yanai Station.37 views
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Cross the river.37 views
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Entrance to the white-walled street. Even the private home on the right is white.37 views
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Atago Jizo statue to protect against fires.37 views
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Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)37 views
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About the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura). They make a special kind of soy sauce called kanro soy sauce.37 views
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Shoyu soy sauce factory. 37 views
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Shoyu gift shop.37 views
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Huge barrels of soy sauce for aging. This was very impressive. The smell of shoyu in the air.37 views
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How they make shoyu.37 views
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It takes a few years to make the soy sauce.37 views
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Exclusive room with a koto.37 views
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About the former Suo Bank building.37 views
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The cherry trees sent to Washington, DC in 1912 came from cherry trees growing along the Arakawa River in the Kohoku area (江北) of Adachi Ward. However, those cherry trees died by the end of WWII. Adachi Ward later undertook a project to regrow the...37 viewsAdachi Ward later undertook a project to regrow the cherry trees with saplings taken from the trees in Washington, DC.
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Shigeru Yoshioka, Chairman of the Adachi Ward Council. The MC also read a message from Bob Taft, former Governor of Ohio and great-grandson of President Taft.37 views
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Tree planting of a sapling from Reagan Sakura bythe Adachi Ward Mayor and others.37 views
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Dogwood tree sapling planted.37 viewsTokyo Adachi-ku Toshi Nogyo koen Park sakura cherry blossoms centennial flowers us-japan
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Dogwood flower from a tree given by America as a return gift for the cherry trees in 1912. (ハナミズキ). 37 views
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Local taiko drummers also performed well after the ceremony. They were part of the Goshiki Sakura Festival.37 views
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At this Koryu-kan hall in the park, they had an exhibition and slide show lectures.37 views
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Slide show lecture about the US-Japan cherry blossoms.37 views
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Closeup of the tulips.37 views
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Outside Tanashi Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.37 views
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