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This stage in a small park near the Skytree, they had hula performances in the afternoon on May 20, 2012.101 views
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This road connects Tokyo Skytree Station with Oshiage Station and was formerly crowded with people before the Skytree opened.101 views
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The Solamachi (Skytown) shopping complex below Tokyo Skytree was also open to Sumida Ward residents for a preview on May 19-20, 2012. All the shops were open and held an opening sale. Tokyo Skytree officially opened on May 22.101 views
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She is carried out. The wrestlers gave us lots of good laughs and entertainment.101 views
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It's much cheaper to visit Skytree on your own instead of going on a typical bus tour. But a bus tour may exempt you from a long wait to go up since they have their own reserved tickets for a specific time.101 views
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Going further up.101 views
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Sumida River and Asakusa101 views
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Ueno Park (National Museum)101 views
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National Diet Building101 views
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Back on the lower deck.101 views
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This is the ticket line for the higher Tembo Galleria. A 20-min. wait already by late morning.101 views
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Kids exercising.101 views
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Menu101 views
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Elevator with autumn design101 views
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Hanzo Moat, near Hanzomon Gate.101 views
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Hanzomon Gate101 views
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Cherry blossoms along Hanzo Moat.101 views
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Hanzomon Gate is guarded. This is the closest gate to the Emperor's residence. This is where they normally enter and leave the palace.101 views
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Hanzomon Gate, Imperial Palace, Tokyo101 views
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It was pitch dark because humans were not allowed to see the god's divine spirit being transferred from the shrine to the mikoshi and transported to the Otabisho rest place.101 viewsThe festival is near Fuchu Station on the Keio Line.
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Giant taiko drum beating like the sound of dinosaur footsteps.101 views
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The floats started to gather.101 views
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They play the flute (笛), shime-daiko drum (締太鼓), large taiko (大太鼓), hand bell (鉦), and wooden clappers (拍子木). The flutist is like the music conductor who directs the music.101 views
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On May 4 during the day, they had children carrying small mikoshi. They also had twirling flower umbrellas called mando 万灯.101 views
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The giant taiko drums appeared again to purify the path for the mikoshi portable shrines.101 views
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Each mikoshi was led by paper lantern bearers.101 views
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Inui Gate from the outside.101 views
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The butsudan road is about 1 km long lined with about 40 butsudan shops. Buddhist altar craftsmen and shops have been here since the Edo Period, serving temples in Asakusa and Ueno.101 views
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Rio Olympic medalists parade on Oct. 7, 2016 in Ginza-Nihonbashi, Tokyo.101 views
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Tokyo Skytree and carp streamers.101 views
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Blizzard of white plum blossoms at the Imperial Palace.101 views
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Motorcycle escort100 views
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Hirokatsu Tayama, he wasn't the first to finish swimming, but he won the triathlon.100 views
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Toward the Tokyo National Museum100 views
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Beautiful day100 views
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Takei Sanshodo stationary shop100 views
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Honshuku, center of Hinohara100 views
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Names of the bean throwers.100 views
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Banzai pose at the finish line100 views
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On the way to Takebayashi Park, you can see Ochiai River.100 views
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Ebara Shrine is only one of many shrines and temples in this area.100 views
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Hoto tower built on the site where Nichiren was cremated. 宝塔100 views
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Bridge100 views
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Sakurayama with hanami pinickers.100 views
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Tamagawa Josui floodgate. Hamura is noted as the starting point of the Tamagawa Josui Aqueduct built by the Tamagawa farmer brothers in 1653 to supply water to the growing and thirsty city of Edo.100 views
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And give their last show.100 views
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Very thick smoke, but not suffocating. People with asthma or lung problems might want to avoid this.100 views
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Going to worship.100 views
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Hozomon Gate paper lantern and hagoita stalls100 views
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Signs tell you where you are. Quite bewildering mapping system.100 views
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This is the Foreigner's Cemetery where many foreigners who helped to modernize Japan are buried.100 views
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Cameras were also at the Shinagawa U-turn where some runners posed.100 views
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Under Kaminarimon Gate.100 views
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I caught up with the geisha procession.100 views
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Marui Dept. Store (not zero-one zero-one or oioi).100 views
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Bear100 views
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Main drag at Kyodo-no-Mori Museum.100 views
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Inside museum, local history.100 views
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Taiko drummer at Hachioji Matsuri.100 views
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During the Edo Period, the floats originally had dolls. But since the late Meiji Period, the floats have become sculptured wooden floats. Eight of the floats were lost during World War II, but they were rebuilt. So some of them look quite new. 100 views
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The chairman of the show's organizing committee is Fukuhara Yoshiharu who is also the director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and honorary chairman of Shiseido Cosmetics.100 views
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Tokyo Skytree 東京スカイツリー100 views
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Looks like the bird feeder still had something left in her food box.100 views
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Athletic field.100 views
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Kids pour sweet tea over the baby Buddha during the Hanamatsuri ceremony.100 views
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I was told that most breeders are older folk, in their 60s and 70s. Young people are not taking it up.100 views
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In the old days, geisha often walked up and down these Otoko-zaka steps.100 views
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Merchandise of Tokyo Skytree's official mascot.100 views
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Tokyo Sky Tree as seen from Sumida Park.100 views
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Hanzomon Gate100 views
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Cherry blossoms in front of British Embassy near Hanzomon.100 views
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View of Marunouchi office buildings from Imperial Palace.100 views
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Another video of these women taiko drummers at the Yushima Tenjin plum blossom festival on Feb. 22, 2014.100 views
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Wash basin to purify yourself.100 views
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About Okunitama Shrine100 views
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The largest taiko is made of bubinga wood. They even made another taiko from the wood carved out of this trunk. 100 views
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The taiko drums are beaten to purify the path for the mikoshi portable shrine.100 views
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This unusual float named Kotobuki-cho is a danjiri float whose front end has to be lifted to turn.100 views
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Shishimai lion dancers.100 views
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The mikoshi bearers arrived dancing in circles.100 views
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This is one end of Sendaibori Park, also running along along a river. It also intersects with Yokojukken River.100 views
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Long line to buy daikan mochi, one of the famous things about the boro-ichi.100 views
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The Tokugawa Shogun graves at Zojoji temple is a rectangular site enclosed by a wall and lined with cherry blossoms with Tokyo Tower in the background.100 views
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Tomb of Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi100 views
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Inui-dori is a somewhat narrow paved path along a moat. It has small cherry trees and autumn foliage.100 views
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Daruma dolls100 views
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Sprinters and silver medalists Yoshihide Kiryu (middle) and Shota Iizuka (right) who got their Olympic glory in the 400-meter relay race100 views
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Main observatory99 views
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Cherry blossom tunnel in the middle of Shinobazu Pond.99 views
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Lotus in Shinobazu Pond (June)99 views
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Runners in Asakusa where they also held various entertainment.99 views
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Approaching Musashi-Itsukaichi Station99 views
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It is unusual or unique to see such a procession for Setsubun. 僧兵行列99 views
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Nakano Sun Plaza, a distinctive landmark and a symbol of Nakano Ward.99 views
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Sample of various stones used in the building. As much as possible, domestic materials were used in the construction.99 views
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Graves near Hoto tower99 views
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Marker for the temple.99 views
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Statue of the Tamagawa brothers who were consigned to build the Tamagawa Josui Aqueduct.99 views
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Statue of the Tamagawa brothers99 views
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One after another, the mikoshi arrives in front of the shrine.99 views
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Omiko Shrine maidens99 views
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Shrine maidens dance in front of the three portable shrines near Sakashita-mon Gate.99 views
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During this break period, the shrine priest and other representatives enter the Imperial Palace to pray for the peace, happiness, and prosperity of the Imperial family. Hie Shrine is the only shrine in Japan bestowed with this privilege.99 views
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Steps going up to an inner gate called Furomon 不老門99 views
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Tea ceremony women99 views
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First, the wheelchair race started at 9:05 am.99 views
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Try riding on a racing wheelchair.99 views
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Police watch the crowd on Kaminarimon-dori99 views
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Crowded even along Nakamise shopping arcade's back alley.99 views
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Behind us was also a big crowd.99 views
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Opposing teams shake hands.99 views
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Shy elephant99 views
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On Aug. 15 at Yasukuni Shrine, you can see former soldiers and nationalists dressed in military uniform marching in the shrine.99 views
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Mikoshi bearers99 views
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Geisha-like musicians, playing the samisen.99 views
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Shinjuku Gyoen has about 1,500 cherry trees.99 views
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People pour sweet tea over the baby Buddha. He points one finger to Heaven. 花御堂99 views
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After the ceremony, they served free sweet tea. 甘茶99 views
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More Nihon buyo dancers. 笹乃梅沙社中99 views
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Fuchu has Sakura-dori road lined with cherry blossoms in early April. Where they hold the cherry blossom festival. Near Fuchu Station on the Keio Line from Shinjuku.99 views
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Hondo main hall at Sojiji temple in Nishi-Tokyo, Tokyo. 総持寺99 views
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Tokyo Skytree shadow.99 views
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See-through floor99 views
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Kameido Tenjin Shrine is a short walk from JR Kameido Station (Sobu Line).99 views
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Today, the festival is well lit in the evening with paper lanterns. On May 4 from 5 pm to 6 pm, large taiko drums (太鼓の響宴) are beaten on the street. 99 views
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On May 4 from 5 pm to 6 pm, large taiko drums (太鼓の響宴) were beaten on the street near the shrine.99 views
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From 6 pm to 9 pm on May 4, 22 ornate wooden floats carrying musicians and dancers paraded on the street in front of the shrine (山車の巡行).99 views
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Comical dancers wearing masks performed on the floats.99 views
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Floats on Keyaki road.99 views
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On May 4, the float parade ended at about 9 pm.99 views
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I went back to Fuchu the next day on May 5, 2014, the festival climax. Very crowded in front of the shrine.99 views
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Sacred music gagaku musicians.99 views
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The first mikoshi was Ichinomiya. 一之宮 Ono no Okami 小野大神 小野神社 東京都多摩市鎮座 （延喜式内論社・旧郷社）99 views
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Second mikoshi was Ninomiya 二之宮 Ogawa no Okami 小河大神 二宮神社（小河神社） 東京都あきる野市鎮座 （旧郷社）.99 views
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All the mikoshi were brought here amid much fanfare.99 views
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The giant taiko later paraded along the Keyaki road.99 views
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The Setagaya Boro-ichi is held on Dec. 15-16 and Jan. 15-16 annually.99 viewsA large outdoor flea market of used and new clothing, antiques, household items, food, plants, and crafts.
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Opposite end of the Tokugawa Shogun grave site. They used to have much more elaborate Mausoleum, but it was destroyed in World War II.99 viewsThe Mausoleum has the tombs of 2nd shogun Hidetada, 6th shogun Ienobu, 7th shogun Ietsugu, 9th shogun Ieshige, 12th shogun Ieyoshi, and 14th shogun Iemochi, Imperial Princess Kazunomiya (wife of Shogun Iemochi), and wives and children of shoguns.
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They started another line of people.99 views
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Many of the modern butsudan are made in China and Vietnam, squeezing out the traditional Japanese butsudan craftsmen.99 views
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On the left is synchronized swimmer Yukiko Inui who won two bronze medals for duet synchronized swimming and Team synchronized swimming at Rio.99 views
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Plum blossoms at the Imperial Palace.99 views
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Temple hall exterior98 views
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昔の築地本願寺の花まつり98 views
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Path on hillside of plum trees98 views
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Bath tub98 views
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Street98 views
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Signboard showing Hinohara's waterfalls98 views
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Miss Nippon throw beans, but not very far.98 views
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Runners pass by Kaminarimon Gate in Asakusa 東京マラソン 浅草雷門98 views
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42 km mark98 views
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Hi mom!98 views
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Taiko drummers near the finish line.98 views
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JR Musashi-Itsukaichi Station on the Itsukaichi Line98 views
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Policeman character from the famous manga series, KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops.98 views
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Plum blossoms98 views
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A tangerine hitting your head is probably painful.98 views
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Ikoi no Mizube Park いこいの水辺98 views
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Ducks98 views
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Ukimido Pavilion good for feeding ducks.98 views
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This is where the path around the lake ends.98 views
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Tamagawa River98 views
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The course has three targets which the archers will shoot arrows at.98 views
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The dance is a prayer for a good harvest and to ward off bad luck. This dance was once performed by about 20 shrines along the Tamagawa River in Tokyo and Kawasaki. Now, only this shrine performs it in Tokyo. 天児屋根命(あめのこやねのみ�98 viewsThis god is called Amenokoyane-no-Mikoto (god of festivals).
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Some entertainment.98 views
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Site of Saito-an Hut which was a 2nd house of Sugiyama Sanpu, one of Basho's disciples. 採茶庵跡98 views
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At night98 views
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Iwaida-bashi Bridge over the Imperial Palace moat, next to Hibiya Park.98 views
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Hula dancer? Not from Hawaii though.98 views
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Another poem on a rock.98 views
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The geisha group at Hozomon Gate.98 views
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Game ends amid loud cheers by Apache fans.98 views
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Ajisai Matsuri poster for Kyodo-no-Mori Museum.98 views
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Inside former Kouchi home. 河内家98 views
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Thatched-roof farmer's house called the former Kouchi home. 河内家98 views
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