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This part of Seta River has numerous rowing club houses, most are affiliated with universities.23 views
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Heading Seta River marked by a series of bridges.23 views
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The original Seta-no-Karahashi Bridge was one of the Omi Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi) made famous by Hiroshige's woodblock prints. (Omi is Shiga's old name.)23 views
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Later in the evening (still June 11, 2011), a Farewell party was held at Seta Rowing Club. I attended and took these pictures and videos.23 views
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The life-size Godzilla head on Hotel Gracery's rooftop in Kabukicho, Shinjuku.23 views
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Godzilla's claw on the roof edge.23 views
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Views from Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.23 views
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Old map of Hagi.23 views
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Bus stop at Higashi-Hagi Station. 23 views
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Higashi-Hagi Station.23 views
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Bus stop indicator in Hagi's Maaru bus is also in English.23 views
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Too bad this Hagi Station is not Hagi's main station. Very nice and vintage dating back to 1925. JR San'in Line.23 views
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In front of Hagi Station is a statue of a young Inoue Masaru who was Japan's first Director of Railways or "father of the Japanese railways."23 viewsInoue Masaru was from Hagi and one of the Choshu Five who was smuggled out of Japan to study in the UK in 1863.
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In 2018, Hagi is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration.23 views
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Marker for the Shoka-sonjuku school as a historical site.23 views
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About the the Shoka-sonjuku school.23 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school. 松下村塾23 views
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Shoin Jinja Shrine dedicated to Yoshida Shoin. 松陰神社23 views
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About Shomon Shrine. 松門神社23 views
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Yoshida Shoin's family tree.23 views
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Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship.23 views
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Entrance to Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum.23 views
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Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) is one of the most famous foreigners to have lived in Japan. 23 viewsHe authored or translated books about Japanese ghost/horror stories ("Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan" and "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things").
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Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum.23 views
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Pillar of the school where Hearn taught.23 views
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Lafcadio Hearn relief. Photography was not allowed inside the memorial museum.23 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's hair memorial.23 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's desk was set higher to his face so his nearsighted eyes could see better.23 views
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From here, take the looping bus to the next sight.23 views
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Raiden's handprints.23 views
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Approaching the tomb of Matsudaira Harusato (Fumai), seventh lord of the Matsudaira clan.23 views
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In 1866, a former samurai stuck bamboo pipes into the lake bottom and was able to extract the hot spring water into a barrel on a boat above. It was an open-air spring bath on the rocking boat. 23 viewsThis continued for some years until they finally reclaimed some land offshore in 1886 and drew the hot spring water directly below and even built a ryokan inn above. This was the start of commercial operations as "Asozu Onsen" (浅津温泉).
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This is the shuttle bus to Adachi Museum of Art. It is slightly behind the bus schedule sign.23 views
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Since it was New Year's 2018, kadomatsu at the museum entrance.23 views
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The museum has super clean picture windows for viewing the gardens.23 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.23 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.23 views
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Ginza Station on the Ginza subway line.23 views
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Ginza subway line. This train has a retro design based on the original subway.23 views
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Ginza subway line. This train has a retro design based on the original subway.23 views
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Modern Ginza subway line. 23 views
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Ginza Station exit.23 views
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Ginza 4-chome intersection with Wako.23 views
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Cylindrical San'ai building.23 views
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Cylindrical San'ai building.23 views
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The new Sony building in Ginza.23 views
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Closing off the road to traffic for "pedestrian's paradise."23 views
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Ginza Mitsukoshi Dept. Store's lion statue is a popular meeting place.23 views
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One time the lion statues was gone, so they put a large photo of it in its place.23 views
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Cats posing.23 views
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Road toward Higashi Ginza.23 views
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Ginza also has many vintage camera shops.23 views
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Ginza used camera shop.23 views
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Ginza Matsuya Dept. Store.23 views
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Ginza Matsuya Dept. Store.23 views
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Ginza Matsuya Dept. Store.23 views
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The old Matsuzakaya Dept. Store.23 views
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To Yurakucho/Hibiya.23 views
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Where the old Hankyu Dept. Store was. Replaced by Tokyu Plaza Ginza.23 views
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Sculpture by Okamoto Taro at Sukiyabashi.23 views
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Truck hit an overhead barrier at Sukiyabashi.23 views
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Yurakucho Mullion i23 views
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Yurakucho Mullion at night.23 views
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Shinkansen near Yurakucho23 views
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Yuraku Concourse23 views
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Building that caught fire being repaired.23 views
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In 2014, this building on the left in Yurakucho right next to the Shinkansen tracks caught fire.23 views
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Apologies for the fire. Luckily the fire did not affect the Shinkansen train.23 views
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One of the main streets of Misasa Onsen.23 views
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Mascot Torapi shows the way.23 views
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For kids.23 views
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Also on stage.23 views
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Local mascot Torapi.23 views
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Rice paddy art in Torahime.23 views
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Ticket for the Main Deck.23 views
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Directional signs for tourists are in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean.23 views
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Nice bilingual (Japanese and English) explanatory panels in the corridors. At 2 am, they unload the tuna here. At 4 am, buyers examine the tuna and assess the bid price. 23 viewsAt 4:30 am, auction starts. At 7 am, the buyers are busy hauling away the tuna.
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Long lines everywhere for sushi. The restaurants usually sell out by 2 pm, then they close. 23 viewsThe huge crowd is either here for the novelty of a new attraction or they may be a strong sign of Toyosu Market's massive popularity.
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Block 6 has many windows for tourists, but you can hardly see anything. We can see just a small slit of the market floor. 23 viewsJust a pathway for the people and turret trucks, you don't see the sellers. However, I was later told that there is also a viewing deck on the first floor where there is a better view.
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Map of Uogashi Yokocho Market in Block 6. Lots of little shops.23 views
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The fruit market's biggest item is mikan (tangerines), then citrus.23 views
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Across the water from Toyosu is the Tokyo Olympic Village under construction.23 views
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Near Toyosu Station is a restaurant called Cafe Haus. It's a good restaurant.23 views
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Entrance to Otori Taisha on New Year's Day 2019.23 views
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Suddenly the path to the shrine got crowded and later this line of people stopped movng. The first torii to Otori Taisha.23 views
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And closer...23 views
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Otori Taisha shrine's Haiden worship hall on New Year's Day 2019, Sakai, Osaka. 拝殿23 views
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Patient people.23 views
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The shrine suffered major damage from Typhoon No. 21 last Sept. Trees were damaged.23 views
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PR for National Sports Festival of Japan to be held in Shiga in 2024.23 views
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Ojiyama Stadium has served as the start and finish line for the Biwako Mainichi Marathon since 1965.23 views
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Biwako Mainichi Marathon runners at the start line in Ojiyama Stadium in Otsu, Shiga.23 views
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Runners at the 2018 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon.23 views
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Macharia NDIRANGU (left) and Albert KORIR leading the 73rd Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon in 2018.23 views
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TV cameraman on motorcycle covering marathon runners.23 views
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Not much of a crowd. No cosplayer runners. This is a serious marathon for elite runners.23 views
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From the top row of seats in the stadium on the 3rd tier. Tier 3 has a steep 34˚ incline.23 viewsThe Tier 1 is more gradual at 20˚, and Tier 2 is 29˚. Lateral space was minimized, so it's quite cramped to move through the seats when people are sitting in them. And there's no walkway traversing the seating area on the cramped 3rd tier. Go back out to the concourse to move to another block.
The stadium was designed this way to keep the seats closer to the field. I must say, it is effective in that sense. The field looks closer and you get clear views with no heads in the way. In the old National Stadium, the top row was faraway from the field.
This top row is also right below the open-air part of the stadium and if it's windy and rainy, I would think people may get wet here. Must be cold in winter to sit here. But in summer, it might be cooler when there's a breeze.
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Spectator seating is pretty much covered by the roof, but windy rain can still reach people. The stadium was looking quite full.23 views
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2nd tier seats, less steep than the 3rd tier.23 views
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Stadium layout. Top part is the Back Stand, bottom part is the Main Stand. The Side Stands on both ends were the fan stands. The stadium has three seating tiers on five floors. Tier 3 is the cheapest seats.23 views
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Vissel Kobe fans on the North Stand. "Vissel" combines the words "victory" and "vessel." "Vessel" because Kobe is a port city.23 views
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Benibana Furusato-kan Hall (べに花ふるさと館) in Okegawa is mainly a restaurant. It was originally a late 19th century home of an industrialist. It also offers udon-making lessons. From JR Okegawa Station, take the bus and get off at "Beniban23 views"Benibana" means safflower.
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Corridor in Saitama Super Arena. 23 views
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Exhibition room displaying washi art.23 views
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More names of pilgrims.23 views
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Pilgrimage monument.23 views
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Kyakuden waiting room for worshippers. 客殿23 views
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Entrance to the hiking path to the Honsha main shrine on Mt. Oyama's summit. Takes about 2 hours to reach the summit. Steep and rocky trail. 登拝門23 views
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Oyama Afuri Shrine priest Kunihiko Meguro showed us a large wooden sword that was offered by a pilgrimage group.23 views
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Names of worshippers who had tattoos. Their names also have labels describing their tattoos for ID purposes.23 views
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About Nuno-maneki banners.23 views
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Oyama Cable car tracks going down.23 views
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Oyama Cable Station.23 views
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We walked back down the Koma-sando steps.23 views
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Roben Falls. During the Edo Period, pilgrims would bathe under these falls for purification. Roben Falls was made famous by woodblock prints showing tattooed pilgrims bathing here. 良弁滝23 views
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Local Oyama beer. The local sake is also good because of the good water.23 views
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Bridge over Oyama River.23 views
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Atago Falls 愛宕滝23 views
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Wooden prayer tablets for a bon fire.23 views
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They lit the bon fire made of prayer tablets. This was the fire festival (火祭) part of the event.23 views
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Afuri tofu in a supermarket in Tokyo.23 views
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From Tokyo, take the Odakyu Line from Shinjuku Station to Isehara Station (about 60 min.). No need to take the Romance Car express train. The "Tanzawa-Oyama Free Pass A" is a good deal for a roundtrip, including bus and the cable car on Mt. Oyam23 viewsValid for 2 days and costs ¥2,520. If you prefer not to take the cable car and hike instead, buy "Tanzawa-Oyama Free Pass B" which is cheaper at ¥1,560. You can buy the pass at any Odakyu Line train station like Shinjuku, Machida, Yamato, and Isehara Stations. Use the ticket vending machine.
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People wore Heian Period (794–1185) costumes from when Kyoto was the capital of Japan. These are Saiku government officials. 斎宮十二司官人23 views
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Dancers called Maibito (舞人).23 views
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High-ranking court ladies called Uneme (釆女) chosen from an aristocratic family. They were in charge of food and drink for the princess.23 views
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Saio princess in a palanquin in Meiwa, Mie Prefecture.23 views
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Saiku government officials. 斎宮十二司官人23 views
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Kadono-osa, the security detail. They hold a tachi sword. 看督長23 views
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Posing with top-ranking court ladies called the Naishi (内侍) working at the Saiku Palace. They have fancy umbrella bearers called furyu-gasa. 風流傘23 views
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Posing with top-ranking court ladies called the Naishi (内侍) working at the Saiku Palace. They have fancy umbrella bearers called furyu-gasa. 風流傘23 views
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Yellow banners read "Saio Matsuri" (Saio Festival).23 views
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Sign saying "Saiku" which was designated as a National Historic Site in 1979. 国史跡23 views
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Saiku Heian-no-mori Park (さいくう平安の杜) opened in Oct. 2015 with three reconstructed buildings.23 views
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Today, Meiwa is a sleepy little town bypassed by most tourists going to Ise or Toba. Official Saiku info23 views
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The Child Saio princess offer an iris flower. 子ども斎王23 views
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When going down the stairs at Isehara Station's North Exit, you can drop by this tourist information office to pick up brochures.23 views
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Way to Seki-juku.23 views
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History of Kameyama Castle town.23 views
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Bentenjima island on the Koiji Coast that stretches for 1 km. It's a lover's beach because "Koiji" means "lovers' road." It comes from a lovers' tragedy legend. Lots of couples come here. 恋路海岸 弁天島23 viewsIn the foreground is a Kannon statue. 恋路観音像
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How impressive the Naruto whirlpools are depend on the day and time. Check the website for best times to go: https://www.uzusio.com/en/23 views
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Ōnaruto Bridge and Naruto whirlpool.23 views
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View from Omaezaki Lighthouse looking east.23 views
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Seki-juku was the 47th station or lodging/post town on the old Tokaido Road. It well retains a traditional townscape with a good number of traditional Edo Period buildings including the Honjin and Waki Honjin. 23 viewsSeki-juku is preceded by Kameyama-juku and followed by Sakashita-juku. All three are in the present-day city of Kameyama. Hiroshige also created this woodblock print of Seki-juku in the 1830s. It depicts daimyo staff preparing to leave the Honjin lodge before dawn (notice the still dark sky). Unknown which Honjin it is. (Seki had two Honjin.)
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Rebun's east coast.23 views
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On the left is Lake Kushu, and ocean on the right.23 views
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