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Vissel Kobe celebrate their first ever championship.23 views
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Princess Takamado during the Awards ceremony.23 views
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Mt. Fuji in autumn.23 views
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Our guide showed us the original kanji characters used for "Okegawa." 輿川23 views
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Another Shimamura family building, now a tea shop sandwiched by modern buildings.23 views
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About Toyama Memorial Museum (遠山記念館).23 views
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Tunnel of lights.23 views
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After the Bamboo forest is Katsura Bridge in Shuzenji Onsen. Cross this bridge to make your wish come true, especially if you want children.23 views
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Katsura Bridge and Katsura River in Shuzenji Onsen.23 views
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Kokei Bridge 虎渓橋 23 views
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Bell tower at Shuzenji Temple. 修禅寺 鐘楼堂23 views
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Hie Jinja Shrine legend.23 views
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Tokko-no-Yu Park has this foot bath named "Suginoyu" overlooking the river. 杉の湯23 views
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Inside モ601 train.23 views
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Old train station sign.23 views
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Inside the Mino Station office is now a shop selling old J-pop records from the 1960s and 1970s. Huge collection.23 views
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Records also on sale.23 views
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Former Honjin lodge for VIPs. Suzuki Kohei residence.23 views
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The streel grating makes these patterns on the paper. We could choose one of these.23 views
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My Mino washi paper.23 views
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On the 1st floor below, there's a gift shop where you can buy Mino washi paper products. It's also where you can sign up for a washi papermaking lesson.23 views
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Built in 1769, the Ota-juku Waki-Honjin was a backup VIP lodge in addition to the Honjin. Operated by the Hayashi family since the latter 1700s. Hayashi family head also served as the Ota-juku headman along with the Honjin's Fukuda family head. 太23 views
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Ota-juku lantern23 views
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Entrance hall of Yoshida Family Residence (吉田家住宅). The residence is a National Tangible Cultural Property.23 views
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Yoshida Family Residence was originally one of the 20 inns in Ota-juku.23 views
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About the Kanmachi Masugata.23 views
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Inside JR Mino-Ota Station.23 views
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Sloping path.23 views
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Maker of tops with a lathe.23 views
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Oyama Cable Station23 views
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Monument from a pilgrimage group from Yanaka.23 views
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In the shrine's Haiden basement passage, Oyama meisui sacred water from a natural spring in the shrine's basement. You can fill your water bottle with this drinkable water. 大山名水23 views
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Hazy when we were there, but Enoshima island would be visible on clear days.23 views
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Before the Noh play, these local kids went on stage and explained about the Noh play in English.23 views
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Saio princess palanquin called "Sokaren." 斎王の神輿「葱華輦」23 views
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Saio princess procession.23 views
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Aristocratic boy wearing a Heian-Period suikan costume. 童男人形「水干」, Government official wearing a sokutai costume. 武官人形「束帯」, and aristocratic girl wearing akome costume. 童女人形「衵」23 views
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Model of Saio Gunko procession. In its heyday, there were as many as 500 people in her procession.23 views
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Scale model of a Saiku archaeological excavation. 発掘調査区模型（20分の1）23 views
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The fall and abolishment of the Saiku.23 views
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The first palanquin carries the Nyo-betto (女別当), the supervisor of the court ladies.23 views
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The train line cuts right across the Saiku site.23 views
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Seki Machinami Shiryokan (Seki Townscape Museum) is a local history/culture museum. 関まちなみ資料館23 views
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Small exhibition room on 2nd floor (or maybe attic).23 views
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Another small exhibition room.23 views
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Kitchen stove.23 views
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You see a lot of wooden lattice on the exterior. Supposed to ward off wind and rain.23 views
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Guest room on the 2nd floor of Tamaya inn.23 views
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Inside the kura storehouse, exhibits of woodblock prints of the Tokaido Road.23 views
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Top floor of the kura storehouse.23 views
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Tableware used by Tamaya when it was an inn.23 views
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Old shop sign adds to the townscape's charm.23 views
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Jizo-in Temple's Jizo statue.23 views
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On left, Kaiunro 開雲楼, former geisha house in Seki-juku. On the right is another former geisha house, Shokakuro 松鶴楼. 23 views
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More latticed walls in Seki-juku.23 views
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Ninja at JR Tsuge Station.23 views
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Kameyama Shrine in Mie. 亀山神社 23 views
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Inside Kami Tokikuni-ke home.23 views
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Shimabara Castle is often mistaken as the site of the Shimabara Rebellion (1637-8). The rebellion actually took place at Hara Castle (now in ruins near Hara-jo Station on the Shimabara Railway) in the southern part of Shimabara Peninsula.23 viewsHowever, the Shimabara Rebellion was sparked by the construction of Shimabara Castle when the local people were charged high taxes to finance the construction.
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The castle donjon or main tower (tenshu) is a museum of Christian relics and folkcrafts. The top floor gives a fine view of the entire city and part of Mt. Fugen-dake.23 views
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Shimabara Castle's castle donjon or main tower.23 viewsAlmost 40,000 peasants occupied Hara Castle to protest their religious and economic oppression. The rebellion lasted for about three months until the shogunate's troops overpowered and slaughtered the rebels. This effectively ended the propagation of Christianity in feudal Japan.
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After the Mt. Fugen-dake's eruption in 1991, Shimabara Castle grounds served as the command headquarters for a small contingent of Self-Defense Forces monitoring the mountain 24 hours a day.23 views
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Shimabara Station looks like a castle building. Shimabara Castle is a short walk near Shimabara Station.23 views
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Wakura Onsen Public Bath. 和倉温泉・妻恋舟の湯・総湯23 viewshttp://www.wakura.co.jp/
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Wakura Onsen foot bath. 和倉温泉・妻恋舟の湯23 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Notojima Bridge links central Nanao to Notojima island. It's 1,050 meters long. 能登島23 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Notojima Aquarium is on Notojima island in Nanao. Opened in July 1982 as Ishikawa Prefecture's sole aquarium. のとじま水族館・のとじま臨海公園水族館23 viewsFrom Nanao Station, local buses run to the aquarium taking 45 min. Address: 石川県七尾市能登島曲町15部40
Phone: 0767-84-1271
Closed: Dec. 29–Jan. 31
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Notojima Aquarium's glass tunnel is a highlight. のとじま水族館23 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Notojima Aquarium's dolphin show. のとじま水族館23 viewshttps://www.notoaqua.jp/
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Lover's bell at Mitsukejima. The nearby beach has a swimming beach park, rest house, and camping grounds. Accessible by local bus from Wajima and Kanazawa.23 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Wajima Asa-ichi Morning Market 23 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Wajima Asa-ichi Morning Market 23 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Senmaida in fall.23 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Inside Kami Tokikuni-ke home.23 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Rishiri at dawn.23 views
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Gift shop inside the restaurant. The Iriomote Wildcat is used as a tourist smbol everywhere, but we can never see the real cat.23 views
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Cornerstone of Peace (平和の礎) in Mabuni, a large oceanfront memorial park full of these stone slabs inscribed with over 240,000 names of people who died in the battle. 23 views
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Map of where people's names are inscribed. Okinawans are inscribed according to their hometowns. Nearby are also war memorials for each prefecture.23 views
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Himeyuri Cenotaph (white). The white monument is more recent, also inscribed with an updated list of names of the deceased student nurses and stores their remains in the back.23 views
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The white Himeyuri Cenotaph was renovated in 2009.23 views
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Sekishin Cenotaph 赤心之塔23 views
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Near the Himeyuri Cenotaph is the Himeyuri Peace Museum. The building was modeled after one of the Himeyuri schools. ひめゆり平和祈念資料館23 viewshttp://www.himeyuri.or.jp/EN/info.html
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Himeyuri Peace Museum layout. Photography not allowed inside the museum.23 views
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Sanshin in Makishi Residence. 旧牧志邸23 views
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Reconstruction of a 17th-century Amparu Lookout tower used to look out for shipwrecked ships from China, Japan, and Okinawa. They were many of these towers in Ryukyu.23 viewsThere's a spiral slope going around the tower to reach the top.
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Ryukyu matsu pine trees23 views
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Fisherman's home.23 views
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Fisherman's home, side view.23 views
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Found only in Yaeyama, Ryukyu serpent eagle that was found injured and being treated here. They like to eat snakes. Called "Ayapani" (あやぱに) in Yaeyama. カンムリワシ保護ケージ23 views
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Squirrel Monkey Garden リスザルの森23 views
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Our waitress in Okinawan dress explaining our lunch at Yaima Mura.23 views
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Even though the Iriomote cat is all over Iriomote as a tourist symbol, we can't see any live ones.23 views
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Stuffed toy Iriomote wildcat.23 views
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Our tour guide on Troll's Tongue playing his sanshin.23 views
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Too cloudy for a nice sunrise, but the views were marvelous on Mt. Yarabudake.23 views
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On the opposite side of Kabira on the other side of the peninsula is another stretch of white sands called Sukuji Beach. One of Ishigaki's major swimming beaches. 底地ビーチ.23 views
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View of central Ishigaki from Banna Park.23 views
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View of Sakieda Peninsula from Banna Park.23 views
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View of the mountains north of Banna Park.23 views
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Ishigaki Airport's runway.23 views
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Bird's eye view of New Ishigaki Airport. Only one runway, 2,000 meters long, long enough for widebody jets. Terminal has four jet bridges.23 views(Photo from Wikipedia.)
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Approaching the jet bridge.23 views
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View of Ishigaki Airport terminal from the jet bridge.23 views
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First floor of Ishigaki Airport terminal also has a restaurant and gift shops.23 views
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Ishigaki Airport terminal lookout deck on the top floor.23 views
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JTA plane23 views
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Another lookout deck at Ishigaki Airport.23 views
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Our JTA Boeing 737-800 plane at Ishigaki Airport.23 views
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Jet bridge23 views
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View of Ishigaki Airport terminal from the jet bridge. The circular structure above the roof toward the control tower is a lookout deck.23 views
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Here it comes for a smooth landing.23 views
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Taking off from the runway at Ishigaki Airport.23 views
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Inside the Ishigaki Port terminal building. One big hallway with doors to the boat docks and ticket windows and tour agency counters.23 views
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Ishigakijima Beach Hotel Sunshine's newer Ocean Garden annex. 新館23 views
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Although the hotel's name has the word "Beach," there's no beach and it's not for swimming. 23 viewsIn summer, they have marine activities, but no ocean swimming or sunbathing on a beach. There's a pool and lawn though.
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Outside my room at Takemori Inn on Iriomote. View of the bridge to Ohara across Nakama River.23 views
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Modern bathroom at Takemori Ryokan on Iriomote.23 views
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Approaching Ohara Port. Although its official name is "Nakama Port" (仲間港), nobody calls it that.23 views
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Leaving the old Ishigaki Port.23 views
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Pleasant walk along the castle wall.23 views
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The two stone dragon pillars that survived the fire were stlll standing. However, they had cracks, so they are being repaired here. (dairyuchu 大龍柱)23 views
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Layout map of Shicha-nu Una lower courtyard. It was a waiting area for people participating in rituals and events held at the main Una courtyard. 下之御庭23 views
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Keizuza and Yomotsuza soon after it was rebuilt some years ago. 系図座・用物座23 views
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Yohokoriden is now a rest house for visitors with vending machines for soft drinks. There's a large video screen showing scenes of Shurijo Castle.23 views
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Shuri Castle holds the annual Shurijo Castle Festival on days centering on Nov. 3, a national holiday for Culture Day. The royal court made a few appearances at the castle on Nov. 3, 2020. 23 views
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Shuri Castle papercraft sold at the gift shop.23 views
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Kunebu/Kunibo/Kunenbo citrus plants. 九年母23 views
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Inside Suimuikan, a mosaic bulletin board with encouraging messges to rebuild Shurijo.23 views
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Castle wall and buildings as seen from Benzaiten-do Hall.23 views
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A projection mapping show was held at Kankaimon Gate (歓会門) in late Oct. 2020.23 views
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Uehara Nagisa (上原渚) plays another common Okinawan musical instrument: the finger whistle (yubi-bue 指笛).23 views
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Map of Gogendo Park, a long park along an embankment lined with three rows of cherry blossoms. In parallel are large patches of rapeseed blossoms and Nakagawa River.23 views
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At the foot of the embankment with cherry trees and food stalls. 23 views
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The cherry blossoms go along the riverbank for 1 km. That's quite long, but it was originally a whopping 6 km long. 23 views
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Took the bus back to Satte Station.23 views
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Right in front of Funabori Station on the Toei Shinjuku subway line is this tall tower with a view. It's part of the Tower Hall Funabori building. It's a banquet hall and convention center. タワーホール船堀23 views
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Water basin.23 views
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This is actress Kanda Uno waving. Setsubun at major temples usually have a few celebrities. 神田うの23 views
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They did the goma fire ritual inside the temple where they burn wooden tablets to cleanse your soul.23 views
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Names of the Setsubun bean throwers on Feb. 3, 2019 at Kawasaki Daishi.23 views
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Group photo of Setsubun bean throwers on Feb. 3, 2019 at Kawasaki Daishi. The head priest is in orange in the middle.23 views
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Front and center are the Kawasaki Daishi Temple priests.23 views
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Octagonal 5-story pagoda at Kawasaki Daishi Temple. 八角五重塔 (中興塔)23 views
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It's a ferro-concrete building with no windows nor observation deck or balcony.23 views
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The sacred statues or images worshipped in the Octagonal 5-story pagoda.23 views
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About Kitanoumi.23 views
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Statue of Gautama Buddha. 降魔成道釈迦如来像23 views
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Back to Daishi Nakamise.23 views
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Vegan and halal food.23 views
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Monument for the man who first manufactured matches in Japan.23 views
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Memorial for writing brushes and any writing instruments including pens. You can put used pens in the box for disposal.23 views
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Photogenic shot of plum blossoms and a taiko bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine in Tokyo.23 views
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Entrance to the new Biwako Shuko no Uta Shiryokan (Lake Biwa Rowing Song Museum) in Imazu. 琵琶湖周航の歌資料館23 views
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Model of fixed-seat boat used during Oguchi Taro's time in 1917.23 views
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Exhibit for Oguchi Taro who composed the song.23 views
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Mieji-juku is near Mieji Station on the Tarumi Line that starts here at JR Ogaki Station (Tokaido Line). From Ogaki to Mieji Station, it takes only 12 min. However, trains are infrequent. Once an hour or less.23 views
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Hino Station's entrance hall. Not so many seats here, but there are benches on the platform. You can also wait inside the cafe on the left.23 views
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Friendly ladies wait on you for the food or drink. The clock seen on the right was actually used in the train station office.23 views
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Counter seating has a view of the train platform.23 views
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Outside the station is the bus stop for Omi-Hachiman Station.23 views
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Inside Hino Station Railway Museum. History of the station on panels, and old train and station-related artifacts. No English captions.23 views
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Remnants of the old days still remaining in the renovated Hino Station.23 views
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Ninja Training Hall has a steep incline creating an optical illusion.23 views
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About Kaiwo Maru. It's 97 meters long. "Kaiwo" (or Kaio) means "King of the Seas."23 views
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Cadet entrance to go below.23 views
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Cadet's cabin with 8 bunk beds. They spent 6 months at sea as trainees.23 views
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Hallway on upper deck.23 views
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Head nurse23 views
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Medical clinic23 views
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Mess hall for engine crew.23 views
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Staircase to upper deck.23 views
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Skylight in above the dining/lecture room.23 views
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Captain's bedroom.23 views
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Captain's bedroom and desk.23 views
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Officer's saloon23 views
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Kaiwo Maru's spare propeller and capstan.23 views
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Kaiwo Maru museum ship and Japanese cruise ship at Toyama Shinko Port.23 views
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About the Shirakami Sanchi World Heritage Site. Famous for primeval beech forests left untouched by man.23 views
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Ketoba-no-Ike Pond (鶏頭場の池) was green. It's one of the largest Juniko Lakes with a surface area of 41,150 sq. meters.23 views
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Way to Aoike Blue Pond.23 views
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Ao Ike (青池) Blue Pond is perhaps the most famous of the twelve Juniko Lakes. Easily accessible.23 views
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Ao Ike (青池) Blue Pond, one of the 12 Juniko Lakes23 views
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After seeing Ao-Ike blue pond, you can either backtrack and go back to Kyororo Gift Shop or go further and walk through the Japanese beech forest (highly recommended).23 views
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Flowers at Juniko Lakes.23 views
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Wakitsubo-no-Ike Pond 沸壺の池（沸壷の池）is another blue pond along the beech forest trail.23 views
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Wakitsubo-no-Ike Pond 沸壺の池（沸壷の池).23 views
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Ochikuchi-no-Ike Pond (落口の池) along the main road.23 views
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Kannon statue at Wakitsubo-no-Ike Pond's Kiyomizu (pure water). 沸壺池の清水23 views
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Tugboat named Ayahashi helps our cruise ship dock at Naze Port.23 views
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Statue of sumo wrestlers at the entrance of Yasukuni Shrine's sumo arena. The shrine has a large outdoor sumo arena with a capacity of 6,000. 23 views
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My video of the Ageuma Festival at Inabe Shrine in April (猪名部神社). Watch the horse successfully jump over the barrier atop the slope. Not to be confused with the larger Tado Ageuma Festival.23 views
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My video of 2023 Koenji Awa Odori. 第64回高円寺阿波おどり 23 views
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Map of Hakodate.23 views
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Hokkaido Shinkansen does not stop at JR Hakodate Station. It stops at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station slightly north. Also stops at Kikonai Station slightly south.23 views
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Hakodate Morning Market 函館朝市23 views
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