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About the ED101 class electric locomotive – No. 101.62 views
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Horse-themed Robot Restaurant girls at Asakusa Samba 2016.62 views
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With the Rio Olympics in 2016, seeing Asakusa Samba in 2016 was a good idea. It was a cool day as well, not the usual summer heat. Photos shot on Aug. 27, 2016, 1 pm to 6 pm in Asakusa, Tokyo.62 viewsThe parade kicked off with Robot Restaurant from Shinjuku.
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Nice to see a non-Japanese drummer.61 views
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Rolling blindfolded.61 views
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Total height of the falls is 60 meters, from the top falls not visible.61 views
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Down to Kichijoji Falls, right next to the highway.61 views
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Inside Hinohara Village Tourist Info Office61 views
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Stands 45 meters tall61 views
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View of Fudo Hall and Horinkaku61 views
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Hall of 1000 Jizo 千体地蔵堂61 views
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Poster for the Katakuri Festival61 views
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Natural spring61 views
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Tiny flowers61 views
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Bracing a pine tree for winter snow.61 views
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Dry waterfall61 views
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Stone monuments61 views
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33rd temple on the Saigoku Pilgrimage circuit61 views
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The house was originally located near Senryuji temple's front gate. But it got in the way of the Odakyu Line so it was moved in 1927. Then when the station was expanded in 1992, the house was dismantled and put in storage.61 views
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Tamagawa River bicycling path.61 views
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I always see this guy at Awa Odori in Tokyo.61 views
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Then there was a 20-min. intermission which featured a comedic trio.61 views
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Last part of the Finale called Asakusa Meibutsu-Sawagi when they all came out dancing on the stage and hanamichi. 浅草名物 さわぎ61 views
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They do a few practice gallops. This is Take Yutaka on Hurry Up.61 views
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JRA Keiba Museum is also within the Tokyo Racecourse. Open on Wed., Thu., Sat., and Sun. from 10 am to 4 pm (or 5 pm on race days). Free admission (except for the 200 yen admission to the racecourse). JRA競馬博物館61 views
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Right behind the Fuji View Stand is the paddock where you can view the horses before the race.61 views
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Large monitor. They also showed races from the Chukyo Racecourse held on the same day in Aichi.61 views
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A life-size mock-up of the starting gate. Press a button while sitting on the mannequin horse and the gate will open. Also see my YouTube video here.61 views
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Kanji characters read "Koiwa Shobu-en."61 views
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The fireworks started exactly at 7:15 pm.61 views
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Further down the road, we see pavement.61 views
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Hotaru means firefly.61 views
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Mitaka City Hall (Shiyakusho-ren) みたか市役所連61 views
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Budo-ren 富道連61 views
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Sun Mall Otsuka Ekimae-ren. サンモール大塚駅前連61 views
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In 7th place at Tokyo Marathon 2010 is Rachid Kisri (#1) of Morocco. His paycheck will be 400,000 yen.61 views
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Eighth place is KODA Takaaki (#143). He takes home 300,000 yen.61 views
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Parishioners from Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine in Koto Ward carry a portable shrine as the runners head for the finish.61 views
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Wow, a football player...61 views
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Twins61 views
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I give him my Most Original Costume Award. He must be from Osaka. That's the Tower of the Sun sculpture by Okamoto Taro, built for Expo '70.61 views
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Pair of bees.61 views
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But I was walking on the bicycle path, and the pedestrian sidewalk was more outward.61 views
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Along the way, you will pass by the famous Hitotsubashi University. This road was thus named "University Avenue."61 views
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Hanami picnickers breaking the rules.61 views
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Yoyogi-Koen Station platform on the Chiyoda Line subway has a nice leafy motif. This is the nearest station to Yoyogi Park.61 views
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Leg of Tokyo Skytree.61 views
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One thing though, when it snows, it may form clumps on these steel beams. When the snow melts, is it gonna fall to earth, possible hitting someone? Snow falling from the tower was observed this past winter when it snowed in Tokyo.61 views
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Anpan Man, the head is a lamp shade. Great costume.61 views
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Nice that they included all of us in the ceremony too. A priest waved his wand outside to bless us.61 views
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Barge docking at Higashi Sando Sanbashi Pier. 東参道桟橋61 views
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Ichinomiya portable shrine arrives and carefully makes it way down the narrow stairway.61 views
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This escort boat carried the gods of good fortune.61 views
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They cruised all the way to Ryogoku Bridge.61 views
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Intersection near Komagata Bridge.61 views
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The mikoshi is placed in front of Komagata-do, a small temple for a Buddhist prayer ceremony.61 views
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On the street in front of Komagata-do.61 views
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Shofukuji temple's Sanmon Gate. 山門61 views
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Badly faded marker indicating that Shofukuji temple's Jizo-do Hall (地蔵堂) is a National Treasure.61 views
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All the cherry trees have a tag or sign indicating the species. In this album, the photo of the tree tag/sign follow the tree or flowers that it indicates.61 views
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The Tokyo Marathon Expo includes some entertainment.61 views
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Bicycles next to Akishima Station.61 views
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100,000 yen for hina dolls.61 views
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Map of the park. The iris patches are colored purple.61 views
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Edogawa Heisei Garden was built in 1989, the first year of the Heisei Period. It occupies the northern part of Gyosen Park.61 views
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Weeping cherry tree planted to mark the 1st anniversary of Edogawa's sister city relationship with Gosford, Australia.61 views
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Back of former Hitachi Aircraft Transformer Substation.61 views
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Cemetery seen from Tama Toshi Monorail Line near Tamagawa-Jōsui Station.61 views
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Sakura Kaido Station, got off here to walk around.61 views
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Tokyo Skytree and Tokyo Tower worn by Tokyo Marathon runner.61 views
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Entrance to the Jomon Village Historic Garden, an area where they found remains of Jomon Period homes. 遺跡庭園「縄文の村」61 views
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Map of the Jomon Village Historic Garden.遺跡庭園「縄文の村」61 views
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Heavy boat traffic61 views
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Thunderbird 261 views
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Model of the island base and home.61 views
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Cherry blossoms along Nakano-dori road near Nakano Sun Plaza.61 views
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Tokyo Fire Dept. Brass Band61 views
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The other song was, Shibuya Ondo 渋谷音頭 which mentions sights like Hachiko and Dogenzaka. One of Shibuya's official songs.61 views
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The main road further west is less crowded.61 views
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In the Inaba house was this doll. The floats were paying its respects to it.61 views
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A few floats also gathered near JR Ome Station.61 views
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Pose with a cutout of popular rikishi Endo.61 views
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Pose with a cutout of popular rikishi Endo.61 views
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On the Nihonbashi Bridge replica at the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Ryogoku. It's not as arched as the one you see in ukiyoe prints.61 views
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On the left is the ANA Component Maintenance Building where you check-in for the tour. Show the security guard your reservations (printout of the email confirmation) to enter the building.61 views
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Free souvenir of the tour. Cell phone strap with an ANA maintenance man.61 views
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Always impressive to see a jet plane up close. We see it only on the outside, cannot go inside the plane.61 views
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About the JAL "Fuji" DC-8.61 views
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Shitaya Shrine is toward the end of the butsudan road. 下谷神社61 views
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Ironically, nobody said "trick or treat" and I didn't see anyone giving out Halloween candy. (No one carried candy bags either.) 61 viewsJapan invents its own Halloween (and Valentine's Day).
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Tobu's ED101 class electric locomotive – No. 101 when used by Ohmi Railway in Shiga Prefecture.61 views
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Photogenic shot of plum blossoms and a taiko bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine in Tokyo.61 views
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Blindfolded head stand.60 views
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Fudo Hall offertory box and worshippers60 views
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Flower-viewing parties can in the daytime or nighttime60 views
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Suspension bridge60 views
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JR Okutama Station 奥多摩駅60 views
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Another area of Area A next to the river.60 views
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The end of the moat is also a good viewpoint.60 views
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Hanamomo60 views
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Nakashima island60 views
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Komae City Hall 狛江市役所60 views
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What the road looks like now.60 views
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At the time, only two ten-day tournaments were held annually in front of several thousand people. The sumo ring was located at the site of the present primary school next to the shrine.60 views
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Would you believe a Daikon-ren? Yes, eating it is good for your body. だいこん連60 views
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Lobby60 views
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A sweet victory by the Tokyo Apache following a defeat the day before.60 views
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Cohey for a free throw.60 views
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Memorial Stand is next to the Fuji View Stand.60 views
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Now let's see how a race is conducted. After displaying the horses in the paddock, they appear on the race course.60 views
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Another place where you can preview horses is here, after a race. This is the basement of the Fuji View Stand. No flash photography allowed.60 views
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Gate to the Koiwa Iris Garden. Free admission. Open 60 views
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Now walking to the Edogawa riverbank.60 views
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