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Hanno's main street has a few shutter art.204 views
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Hanno's main street has a few shutter art. Saitama.184 views
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A bakery in Hanno, Saitama displayed hina dolls flanked with hanging decorations made of bread. 175 views
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Hina dolls inside Kinujin, Hanno, Saitama.168 views
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Hina dolls and tapestry on the bottom in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture.164 views
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Closeup of hanging decorations made of bread. These were outside, and I guess there were enough people to keep the birds away.160 views
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Closeup of hina doll made of stone.159 views
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Hina dolls made of stone in Hanno, Saitama.157 views
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Hanno's main street has a few shutter art.146 views
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Hanno's main street has a few shutter art.141 views
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Seibu Ikebukuro Line train for Hanno at Ikebukuro Station. By express train, it takes less than an hour to Hanno from Ikebukuro. Train fare is 450 yen.100 views
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Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.87 views
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Map of Hanno.75 views
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Hanno in Saitama Prefecture holds its Hina Matsuri as a citywide exhibition of hina dolls and hanging decorations centering on two main streets in central Hanno, near JR Higashi Hanno Station and Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.64 views
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A stonemason shop in Hanno.64 views
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So we enter the store to look at the hina dolls.62 views
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This fish monger had hina decorations made of clam shells.62 views
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Hina dolls displayed inside a shop.60 views
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Odori street and Kinujin on the left.60 views
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Many local shops display hina dolls and decorations along the Hanno Ginza road and Odori road. The festival is held from mid-Feb. to March 3. These photos were taken on March 3, 2013.58 views
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The showcase displayed many hina dolls some of which were quite old.58 views
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The problem with many hina doll displays was that most of them were behind glass, not good for picture-taking.58 views
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This shop had its hina decorations outside which is unusual.57 views
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Hanging decorations outside Kinujin.57 views
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Acros from Kinujin is one of the few shops with a traditional design. This shop had its hina dolls displayed in the showcase on the left.57 views
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Another old building in Hanno. It used to be the Hanno Silk Weaving Association office, built in 1922. Inside the window facing the street showed hina dolls.57 views
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Hanno Ginza street.56 views
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Old urinal and toilet at Kinujin.56 views
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Showcase with Hina dolls.56 views
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Hina doll tapestries55 views
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Inside the Hanno Chamber of Commerce.55 views
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Kinjujin's storehouse had these hina dolls.55 views
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80 year-old hina doll.55 views
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This is Hanno Ginza, one of Hanno's main streets where hina dolls are hanging decorations are displayed. A short walk from Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.54 views
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They usually indicate how old the hina dolls are. Usually a family heirloom going back a few decades.54 views
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Hina dolls in a senbei cracker shop.54 views
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This is Odori street, another main street with hina doll displays. This street goes to JR Higashi Hanno Station.54 views
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Hanno Chamber of Commerce statue.54 views
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Tailor shop54 views
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Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.54 views
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One shop had a large hina doll tapestry outside to catch our attention.53 views
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Inside the Hanno Chamber of Commerce.53 views
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Hanno's main hina doll display was in this old Japanese shop storehouse called Kinujin (絹甚). It was built in 1904 by a silk merchant.53 views
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Numerous hina dolls and hanging decorations inside Kinujin.53 views
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Old Honda shop in Hanno, Saitama. I like old buildings.53 views
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Old pool hall in Hanno that closed down.53 views
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Hanno is in the direct flight path to Yokota Air Base in neighboring Mizuho and Fussa.53 views
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Most shops had their hina dolls inside the shop. 52 views
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Hanno Chamber of Commerce also had a hina doll display.52 views
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Numerous hina dolls and hanging decorations inside Kinujin.52 views
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Numerous hina dolls and hanging decorations inside Kinujin.52 views
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I hope the sun won't damage the dolls too much.52 views
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Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.52 views
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About Kinujin.51 views
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Numerous hina dolls and hanging decorations inside Kinujin.51 views
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Inside Kinujin.51 views
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Hina dolls inside the former Hanno Silk Weaving Association office.51 views
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The stonemason also had a little room in the back displaying real hina dolls.50 views
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Inside the tapestry shop.50 views
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About Kinujin's storehouse.50 views
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JR Higashi Hanno Station is near Hanno Station.50 views
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The stonemason displayed these hina dolls made of stone.49 views
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Hina dolls inside Kinujin.49 views
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Kinjujin also has this storehouse which we could not enter, but only peer inside to see hina dolls.49 views
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About the Hanno Silk Weaving Association office.49 views
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About Riichi Namiki (双木 利一), a politician from Hanno.49 views
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Hina dolls mde of stone.48 views
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Even this bank had a hina doll display in its show window.48 views
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The hina doll displays are usually placed at the storefront where we can immediately see it as we pass by. 47 views
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In front of Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.47 views
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Hanno's main street has a few shutter art.47 views
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Statue of Riichi Namiki (1878-1939) (双木 利一), an educator, banker, and politician from Hanno. He was elected Hanno mayor in 1926.47 views
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Odori main street in Hanno, leading to JR Higashi Hanno Station.46 views
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