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Tokyo Skytree ticket counter. Empty on weekday mornings from 8 am to 10 am.104 views
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The line for that ticket was also very short before 10 am. Elevator to go higher.104 views
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It was worse during the weekend.104 views
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Local TV reporter.104 views
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The road is not that long so it was easy to see all the floats.104 views
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Two wedded tree trunks (楠) coupled by a sacred rope at Meiji Shrine.104 views
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Judo medalists. On the left is Hisayoshi Harasawa, judo silver medalist in 100+ kg class. In the middle is Takanori Nagase, judo bronze medalist in 81 kg. On the right is Shohei Ono, judo gold medalist in 73 kg.104 views
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Main observatory103 views
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It's Fukuhara Ai, table tennis player.103 views
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Hanami-do housing a statue of the baby Buddha on which sweet tea is poured. When the Buddha was born in Lumbini Garden, flowers bloomed.103 views
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Cherry blossoms and the temple103 views
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Going to visitors center103 views
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Bathing area103 views
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Bath entrance103 views
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The shrine103 views
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Lanterns103 views
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Stage entertainment is also provided during the festival.103 views
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Temple priest103 views
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Closeup of Jizo statues 千体地蔵堂103 views
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Official photographer shoots the runners103 views
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Movie posters103 views
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Inside the Kiyo Bus103 views
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Ebara Shrine torii and bridge.103 views
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Altar in Kyozo 経蔵103 views
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Weeping cherries103 views
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Negi-no-Mai Sacred Dance at Tenso Shrine on April 21, starting at 3 pm. 禰宜の舞103 views
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Furomon Gate (Ageless Gate) 不老門103 views
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Girls in kimono pose in front of the flowers103 views
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Pile of incense in front of a grave.103 views
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Worshippers pile on the incense103 views
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Everyone was thankful for the sunny, blue-sky weather, unlike last year's awful rain.103 views
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Horikiri has been famous for irises for centuries. Some hydrangea also in bloom.103 views
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Mikoshi also depart the left side of Sensoji temple.103 views
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Meanwhile, inside Sensoji temple, worshippers who managed to squeeze through the crowds go inside the temple to pray.103 views
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"OK mom, I'll pick up the bread, milk, cereal, and natto after this festival is over."103 views
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Heading to Hozomon Gate.103 views
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Worshippers line up to pray at Asakusa Shrine.103 views
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The Sanja Matsuri also includes a small but photogenic procession of geisha. Tekomai geisha lead a small group of geisha and other characters.103 views
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Tekomai geisha103 views
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Lion's den103 views
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My baby...103 views
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Hydrangeas in the shape of Mt. Fuji.103 views
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Former town hall building.103 views
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A band parade by local school children.103 views
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Yu Road is a shopping road.103 views
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There are 19 floats (dashi). Nine of them belong to the Shimo-chiku area of Hachiman Yakumo Shrine in the east part of the city. And ten of them are from the west part (Kami-chiku) under Taga Shrine.103 views
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Most of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force planes took off later in the day. Most of the US planes from outside Yokota left the next day.103 views
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At around 2 pm, they started to clear people away from part of the aircraft display area. Some of the aircraft were to depart. This happens only on the second day of the festival.103 views
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Outside JR Kunitachi Station, south exit.103 views
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After the dance, they proceeded back to where they came from.103 views
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People crowd around the flower-decorated Hanami-do, the little hall with the baby Buddha.103 views
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The little Hanamatsuri parade went through Nakamise and arrived at Sensoji with the white elephant in tow.103 views
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On May 19-20, 2012, Tokyo Sky Tree held pre-opening festivities for Sumida Ward residents (Tokyo Sky Tree is in Sumida Ward). Various entertainment was held at three performance stages.103 views
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Kapulanakehau "Kehau" Tamure who was a member of Nā Palapalai, provides music along with her trio.103 views
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The food floor was the most crowded and noisy. This fish market was holding special opening sale selling lotta seafood for 634 yen (in reference to the Skytree's 634-meter height) during pre-opening festivities for Sumida Ward residents on May 20, 2103 views
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Tokyo Sky Tree was to open this year in 2012.103 views
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Hina Matsuri sale103 views
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The least crowded time is weekday mornings between 8 am to 10 am. I got there at 9:30 am on a Friday and was happy to see no line to buy a ticket (2000 yen) to go up. 103 views
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I went from 0 to 350 meters above the ground in less than 10 min. There are four elevators.103 views
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Asakusa103 views
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Remains of Ushigomi Mitsuke Gate along Sotobori Moat near Iidabashi Station.103 views
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I asked a bystander what was going on. She said they were waiting for “Caroline.” No mention of the last name. “Caroline” in Japan automatically means “Kennedy.”103 viewsAlthough I always think of Neil Diamond’s song which coincidentally is about the Caroline they were waiting to see.
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A total of 360,000 people visited Inui-dori during the period it was open to the public.103 views
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They plan to open Inui-dori to the public again in autumn for the fall leaves.103 views
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First a giant taiko drum passed by me as I was going to the shrine.103 views
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Men standing precariously on one of the smaller taiko drums. They hold on to a rope tied to the drum. The smallest taiko is 1.29 meter wide. Up to 11 people stand on it.103 views
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Watch the video to see how they beat the taiko.103 views
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My video of a water truck splashing water on mikoshi.103 views
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The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage is Tokyo only museum dedicated to the infamous Tokyo air raid on March 10, 1945.103 viewsWhile grand museums and memorials have been built in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Tokyo has not built any substantial museum.
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Sarue Onshi Park has azalea, sakura cherry blossoms, and autumn leaves. Near Sumiyoshi Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line subway and Kinshicho Station.103 views
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This is the public entrance to the Tokugawa Shogun graves at Zojoji temple. Admission is 500 yen.103 views
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Grave of Imperial Princess Kazunomiya (wife of Shogun Iemochi) who wanted to be next to her husband. 静寛院和宮103 views
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Bicycle the pavement for 40 km, taking about an hour.102 views
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Statue of Liberty replica102 views
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Ume no Koen (Plum Park) is a public park open from 9 am to 5 pm.102 views
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Nebuta close-up102 views
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Nice to see a bit of Aomori in Tokyo.102 views
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Winter-flowering cherry blossoms and Dai-Hondo Hall102 views
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Kimono beauties and beans do mix well.102 views
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Scene in Ginza 4-chome102 views
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Ginza 4-chome in front of Wako102 views
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Gimme five!102 views
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Statue of Tora-san in front of Shibamata Station. Posed like he's going to the station for another faraway trip...102 views
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Area A next to the river.102 views
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Doors of Soshido Main Hall 大堂102 views
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Weeping cherry next to the water park.102 views
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Tamagawa River is dammed here by Hamura Intake Weir. Some of the diverted water is released back into Tamagawa River on the right.102 views
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Floodgate. The position and length is almost the same as the original one built in the 17th century. Only the materials have been replaced with concrete. Water from the Tamagawa River going to Tamagawa Josui canal/Aqueduct.102 views
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After the Negi-no-Mai Dance, the shrine priest mixes branches and paper in boiling water. 「お湯花（ゆばな）」という儀式102 views
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Tossing a mikoshi.102 views
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Kentosai Sacred Dance102 views
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Near Hie Shrine is (or was) Capital Tokyu Hotel where the Beatles stayed in 1966.102 views
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Map of temple grounds. Belonging to the Buzan School of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism, Gokokuji temple was built by the mother of Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi in 1682.102 views
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Hondo worship hall side view 本堂102 views
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Another bunny102 views
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Tomo102 views
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Asakusa Shrine torii.102 views
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Geisha102 views
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Ladies with flower hats102 views
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Heading for Kaminarimon Gate.102 views
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Inokashira Line entrance. Kichijoji is also accessible from Shibuya Station.102 views
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Final score: 100-99, Tokyo Apache win by 1 point.102 views
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All-female mikoshi bearers.102 views
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The floats have a masked person dancing as a fox, etc. They are messengers of the gods.102 views
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C-130 Hercules.102 views
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I guess the birds are happy with full stomachs.102 views
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View of Shinjuku from Building 18, the tallest on campus.102 views
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The shopping complex integrated with Tokyo Sky Tree is called Solamachi (meaning Skytree) which includes an aquarium and planetarium. This is an odd sight at first with all these people, after having gotten used to seeing this place devoid of people.102 views
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Foot of Tokyo Skytree which was the only thing not open during pre-opening festivities for Sumida Ward residents on May 20, 2012.102 views
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From the Solamachi shopping complex, there is a window from which you can view the foot.102 views
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A load of fish for only 634 yen. In Japanese, "634" can be pronounced "Musashi" which refers to the Skytree's 634-meter height. Musashi was also the name of the old province that included most of Tokyo.102 views
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He was lifted up and out.102 views
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Ryogoku102 views
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Tokyo Tower102 views
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Tokyo Dome102 views
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Northern Sumida River102 views
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Tokyo Skytree Station102 views
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Benches provided102 views
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Marker for an old high school.102 views
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Sakurada Moat102 views
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What happened was, tens of thousands of people showed up. On the first day April 4, 2014, over 55,000 people came to see the Inui-dori sakura.102 views
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People waited 2-3 hours to get in and underwent body searches. I arrived at 2 pm and it was too late to get in.102 views
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Keyaki-dori road of trees leading to Okunitama Shrine.102 views
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Okunitama Shrine's torii102 views
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Best to watch my video of Kurayami Matsuri on May 4, 2014.102 views
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Okunitama Shrine's Honden in Fuchu, Tokyo. The shrine was established in 111 by Emperor Keiko (景行天皇). It worships six deities from Musashino Province. 102 views
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Weeping cherry tree, too early.102 views
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Meiji Shrine's main worship hall. If you look closely at the wooden pillars, you can see numerous little cuts in the wood made by people throwing coins at the shrine during New Year's.102 views
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Meiji Shrine's torii.102 views
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This shop was used in the early Tora-san films.102 views
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JAL's cabin attendant uniform worn in the 1970s (left) and 1980s (right).102 views
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On the left is Kanae Yamabe, judo bronze medalist in women's 78+ kg.102 views
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People on the left wait for the main event...101 views
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Police escort101 views
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Running a few laps.101 views
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White weeping plum blossoms101 views
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Photogenic pink plum tree101 views
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JR Chuo Line trains at JR Ome Station.101 views
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Visitor's center entrance to the outdoor architectural museum.101 views
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Orge's shack101 views
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Akikawa River101 views
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Priests in setsubun procession within the temple grounds.101 views
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Many movie scenes were filmed along this riverbank.101 views
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To Yagiri no Watashi101 views
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Tea ceremony101 views
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The portable shrine gets a final mid-air toss while passing by Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine. This mid-air toss of the portable shrine is called "mai-age" or tossing up.101 views
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Kannon-do main worship hall 観音堂(本堂）101 views
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Robot dog101 views
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Battledore stalls101 views
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Chinese dragon dance101 views
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Road to finish line101 views
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Passing through Nakamise shopping arcade, heading to Sensoji temple.101 views
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Nakamise shopping arcade, heading to Sensoji temple.101 views
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Yodobashi-Kichijoji megastore for cameras and electronics. One of the largest stores in Tokyo. This used to be Kintetsu Dept. Store.101 views
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There were only four dancers, but they went through several costume changes onstage.101 views
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A low five...101 views
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Sleek cheetah, I must say it is a beautiful animal. Obviously designed for speed.101 views
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A float procession is ready to walk down Yu Road at 5 pm.101 views
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We were then treated to a series of flybys by planes leaving Yokota Air Base. After each plane took off, they flew by us and did a few airborne tricks.101 views
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Most of the planes leaving Yokota were from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. a nice festival climax, but the festival wouldn't end until night time when fireworks were held.101 views
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Never seen orchids like these.101 views
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On July 13, 2009, I went to see the floating lantern festival held on the Chidorigafuchi moat.101 views
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Sensoji temple was renovating its roof so it is covered with scaffolding (painted with a gold dragon). Out front is the Hanami-do where you can pour sweet tea over the baby Buddha.101 views
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The flowers were made in Thailand.101 views
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If you look closely, you can see stairs winding around the tower.101 views
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