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JR Hakonegasaki Station in Mizuho, Tokyo.32 views
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Skull32 views
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Nara Prefecture32 views
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Tokyo Sky Tree32 views
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Promenade stage near Tokyo Big Sight32 views
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Zojoji temple32 views
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Created with scrap wood.32 views
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Drawing of someone getting shot by an MP.32 views
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Barrack model made of toothpicks.32 views
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Geta clogs.32 views
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I was surprised to see so many Japanese things made at a time when anti-Japanese sentiment was rampant. Butsudan, chopsticks, geta, swords, and these Japanese dolls.32 views
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The park is popular with joggers and people walking their dogs.32 views
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Tokyo Sky Tree under construction in 2010.32 views
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Camcorder32 views
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Hula dancers32 views
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Christmassy maple leaves at Mejiro Teien.32 views
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Olaf32 views
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Vending machine32 views
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Praying for a geisha job.32 views
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This Kannon is from Sonju-in temple (尊住院) in Nagahama’s Kawamichi-cho district.32 views
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Somon Gate, the first gate you pass through to enter the temple and one of the few structures which were not destroyed during World War II. 総門32 views
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Stone steps to the temple amid cherry blossoms. 此経難持坂32 views
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Taiko drum performance in early April in front of the temple.32 views
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Pretty cold day, but it was sunny with little wind.32 views
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Incense burner32 views
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Matsumoto Iyo's place.32 views
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At 3 pm, the bean throwers appeared and took their positions after attending a ceremony inside the temple.32 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.32 views
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Former yokozuna Akebono was also supposed to throw beans, but he had to be hospitalized for a swollen right leg. Too bad. 32 views
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The festival site includes many food booths. It's a local festival started in 2006 and not a traditional matsuri (i.e. not held by a shrine or temple). But it's the city's largest festival. Not famous though. 32 views
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1963 Datsun Fairlady (predecessor to the 240Z) still undergoing restoration.32 views
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Toyota Corolla32 views
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Local lion dance called Yokonakaba shishimai (横中馬獅子舞) dating from 300 years ago.32 views
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Dedara Nebuta float lit up.32 views
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Murayama-to float with ninja.32 views
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Murayama-to Nebuta float and other floats were displayed before the start of the evening parade at 7 pm.32 views
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This small Nebuta shows a Dedara building an extension of the nearby monorail (from Tachikawa) to the city.32 views
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They really want the monorail to be extended to their city so they can finally have a rail station in their city.32 views
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High school taiko drummers (南多摩高校).32 views
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Evening parade at 7 pm to 8 pm along the perimeter of the festival site. The parade did not leave the festival site.32 views
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Hamamatsu Station bus stop 15 for Iinoya and Ryotanji32 views
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About the birth well of Ii Tomoyasu.32 views
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Ryotanji temple's Hondo main worship hall32 views
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Kaizan-do 開山堂32 views
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Inari-do Hall 稲荷堂32 views
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The liveliest part of the parade. These people were offering candy to spectators like they did in the old days.32 views
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The problem with this parade is that they don't identify who's who. I have a list of Edo Period characters in the parade and I can identify the major ones, but not this one with the bare shoulder. 32 views
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In front of the station.32 views
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About the Meiji Shrine's annual Autumn Grand Festival (秋の大祭).32 views
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The shrine was undergoing major renovations, especially the roof.32 views
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The main event was yabusame horseback archery.32 views
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At the start of the horse track, the fan bearer (扇方 ogikata) uses a large fan to signal that the track is clear for the next archer to run.32 views
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It takes about 20 sec. for the horse to complete the run. It's very difficult for the archer to hit all three targets in a single run, but someone usually does it.32 views
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Delighted to see a few women archers too.32 views
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Besides the costumes, the saddles and stirrups are very different from western ones.32 views
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Kabukiza Tower is embedded toward the rear of the theater.32 views
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Automatic turnstile at Ueno Station in 192732 views
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It was a fat fare, and passengers put in actual coins to go through the turnstile.32 views
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Automatic turnstile32 views
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Mannequins inside Tokyo's first subway car. 32 views
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Pantograph32 views
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Subway history32 views
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Subway tokens32 views
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Tohoku shinkansen32 views
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0 Series Tokaido shinkansen cab section32 views
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"Silver seat" now usually called "Courtesy seat."32 views
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Enter the museum and you see this first: B1 class steam locomotive – No. 5 (built 1898 by Beyer, Peacock and Company).32 views
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Great spectacle and chance to see all the floats during this time. Later in the early afternoon, they will leave the shrine for a procession around the town.32 views
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Ichigansha Shrine 一願社 (一願成就社). Pray here for success or victory.32 views
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Prayer before the fire walk.32 views
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Lots of outdoor stalls.32 views
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Kobe Port Tower pillar. Amazingly thin.32 views
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All the decks on Kobe Port Tower. 32 views
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Kobe Port32 views
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Kobe Port Tower view of Kobe and Rokko mountains.32 views
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Restaurant includes this Kobe Port Tower rice.32 views
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About Meriken Pier.32 views
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The pier that damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 has been retained as is.32 views
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The pier that damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 has been retained as is.32 views
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Gate to Nankinmachi, Kobe's Chinatown.32 views
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In the morning, they pull and park the floats along the streets near JR Handa Station. 32 views
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Map of float locations and parade route.32 views
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This group of float pullers sat and sang in a circle. They were half-drunk.32 views
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