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The stage in Kiba Park and spectators.36 views
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Top of O-nobori poles. The red, white, and blue motif caught my American eye. 36 views
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They paraded the mikoshi around the Otabisho.36 views
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First they danced in two columns in the center.36 views
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Local sightseeing map in stone.36 views
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About Kora Bungo-no-Kami Munehiro.36 views
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Higashi-Mikawa Hamamatsu Phoenix was the Eastern Conference champion. Phoenix Firegirls cheerleaders perform during the pregame show.36 views
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Championship game tip off36 views
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Phoenix Firegirls rush into the court at the end of their victorious game.36 views
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Osaka Evessa cheerleaders take a bow.36 views
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Taiko drummers for the portable shrine.36 views
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Seta Rowing Club await the returning boats.36 views
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When you enter the shrine grounds, you see impressive plum trees on both sides.36 views
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Omurai Katori Shrine's main worship hall.36 views
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Plum tree in fantastic shape.36 views
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Trees are tagged with the name.36 views
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Showering under plum blossoms.36 views
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This plum tree was planted when Princess Aiko (daughter of Crown Prince Hiro and Masako) was born.36 views
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Inside the Old Koyama home at Kodaira Furusato-mura Village. A mini shakuhachi concert was being held when I visited.36 views
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Former Suzuki residence grain storehouse. 旧鈴木家住宅穀櫃36 views
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Inside the Entrance hall of the former Ogawa residence. 旧小川家住宅玄関棟36 views
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Reconstructed thatched-roof home dating from the early Edo Period. 開拓当初の復元住居36 views
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Scarecrow in front of a thatched-roof house.36 views
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Scarecrow in front of a thatched-roof house.36 views
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Inside the Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya).36 views
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Takao Kurita of the Nihon Sakura Society presented letter to Adachi Mayor Kondo...36 views"We will now have a presentation of a seedling sent from a cherry tree along the Potomac River in Washington, DC last year in March. It is being raised by the Nihon Sakura Society who will make the presentation. Since the seedling is still small, a letter of intent will be presented instead and the sapling will be planted in this park later when it is large enough."
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Jun'ichiro Chidani principal of Tokyo Metropolitan Engei High School, an agricultural high school. He helped to raise the dogwood sapling that will be planted today.36 views
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At this Koryu Kaikan hall in the park, they had an exhibition and slide show lectures.36 views
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Sculpture of Lord Kusunoki Masashige36 views
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Smaller decorations on the floor.36 views
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The first exhibition space has these hina decorations.36 views
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The other exhibition space on the 1st floor is bigger, with more dolls and hanging decorations.36 views
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The ladies, who love their hometown of Mizuho, decided to make these hina decorations a symbol of their unknown town.36 views
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Quilt exhibition on the 2nd floor of the Koshinkan in Mizuho, Tokyo, by Morgan Hill, California, Mizuho's sister city.36 views
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Map of Mizuho.36 views
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JR Hakonegasaki Station in Mizuho, Tokyo.36 views
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Tokyo Sky Tree36 views
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Looking south toward Shinagawa.36 views
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Shinkansen snakes its way through.36 views
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Gingko trees dominate the park in autumn.36 views
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Tuna Memorial for the contaminated tuna fish.36 views
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Asakusa Goyomi Autumn Version (浅草ごよみ 秋)36 viewsSong about quaint autumn scenes in Asakusa's geisha district behind Sensoji temple. Matsuchiyama Shoten temple under the moonlight, small boat on a moat, etc. Also references Kisakata in Akita Prefecture made famous by Basho's Oku no Hosomichi.
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The torch bearers were volunteers from the public who had signed up for the task. They carried bamboo sticks lit by a small bon fire.36 views
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The torch bearers were monitored by firemen who carried small fire extinguishers that squirted water on the small embers on the ground and any torches that burned too close to the human.36 views
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The torch procession went over one of the shrine's trademark arch bridges. They walked within the shrine grounds along the main paths, through the center and perimeter.36 views
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On March 25, Kameido Tenjin Shrine holds the Taimatsu Torch Festival officially named "Shinkisai."36 views
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A ceremony was held again to transfer the spirit back to the shrine. 36 views
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Electric cars36 views
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Hello Kitty hina dolls36 views
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The Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival 2012 was held during Feb. 18–26, 2012. The world's largest orchid show at Tokyo Dome shows not only flowers, but orchid-related artwork, fragrances, and orchid shops. Total of 130 booths.36 views
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One major attraction was the Blue Orchid. A long line for that, but it proceeded fast enough.36 views
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On Feb. 3, Ikegami Honmonji holds the annual Setsubun ceremony and bean throwing.36 views
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Taiko drum performance in early April in front of the temple.36 views
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Ogre (oni) appear in a procession.36 views
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The bean throwers included minor celebrities, former pro wrestlers, and men and women born in the Year of the Monkey.36 views
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Curry booth with a curry rice humanoid sculpture.36 views
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Since the festival was on the site of the former Nissan car factory where they manufactured some of Nissan's most famous models, a classic car group displayed their classic Nissan cars.36 views
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