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They were hardly able to throw the beans too far, so you had to be up front to catch the beans. Those of us in the back could hardly catch any beans.49 views
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Hula ladies49 views
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Yeah, proud to be American!49 views
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They gave quite a show.49 views
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I hope it has a large elevator because huge crowds will be visiting this tower.49 views
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bj league championship trophy held high.49 views
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The design of the Imperial Family crest is based on this type of chrysanthemum.49 views
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Closeup of chrysanthemums exhibited in a half-globe shape called Oozukuri. 大作り49 views
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Various muscical entertainment was held at two areas near the finish line. This was the largest entertainment area. A high school band kicked off the entertainment here.49 views
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Finish line entertainment at Tokyo Big Sight started with a marching band from a local junior high and high school. かえつ有明中・高等学校 マーチングバンドESTEAM49 views
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Uncle Sam49 views
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I wonder how heavy the backpack is.49 views
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Santa Claus.49 views
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Daruma head49 views
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Crab (kani)49 views
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Rabbit costumes were also popular since 2011 is the year of the rabbit.49 views
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Winnie the Pooh49 views
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Dance performers cheer on the runners as they wait their turn to perform.49 views
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Actually kinda dangerous to stop and shoot.49 views
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Plum blossoms in Yakushi Ike park, Machida, Tokyo.49 views
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Taiko-bashi Bridge in Yakushi Ike Pond.49 views
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Votive tablets, made of wood and hung near the worship hall. People who buy it write their wish on it.49 views
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Performers on the Kaguraden stage.49 views
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About the Thousand-Arm Jizo statue.49 views
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Community bus with iris motif.49 views
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Japan's largest round mailbox. This is the old mailbox design and a symbol of Kodaira since it has so many of them (31) still in use in the city.49 views
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Kodaira Green Road is also noted for sculptures along the way. This is Pierrot by Kodaira-native Saito Sogan (1889-1974). ピエロ49 views
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Monument for one of the 100 Scenes of Mt. Fuji.49 views
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Inside the small museum showing the history of goshiki sakura in Adachi-ku.49 views
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Members of the local history society gave a toast to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Reagan Sakura planting. I was the only American there and they welcomed me. On behalf of the American people, I thanked them for all their work.49 views The woman on the left is a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun.
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Food stalls line the main path.49 views
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Yanaka Cemetery is a short walk from JR Nippori Station.49 views
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Inside the kura storehouse, gorgeous hina doll display. Besides the dolls, there is kimono and more stuff on the side walls (not pictured). Notice the snakes in the foreground.49 views
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In pink is the area that was once the Kaga samurai clan's estate in Itabashi. The Kaga clan was from present-day Ishikawa Prefecture (Kanazawa).49 views
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Sign for Itabashi-shuku's Honjin.49 views
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Cone-shaped Hydrangea49 views
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Stork49 views
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I thought, why not? So I proceeded to wait for a boat in no time.49 views
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Tokyo Metropolitan Daigo Fukuryū Maru Exhibition Hall 第五福竜丸展示館49 views
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Tokyo Metropolitan Daigo Fukuryū Maru Exhibition Hall entrance.49 views
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Bean throwing didn't last long.49 views
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Quite difficult to catch beans.49 views
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Tokyo Tower49 views
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Year of the Monkey. This one has a banana.49 views
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This daruma was picking up rubbish.49 views
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End of the line marked by a police car.49 views
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Very fit grandparents running together.49 views
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Yokozuna Taiho's tournament victories.49 views
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People on my left on New Year's Day at Meiji Shrine.49 views
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People pray in front of the money/offertory pit.49 views
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Buying amulets. 49 views
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Sacred dances performed on stage at Meiji Shrine for their spring festival.49 views
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When I saw yabusame at Meiji Shrine for the first time years ago, Mifune Toshiro (center) was still alive and he was there. I think he was the bugyo (master of the yabusame proceedings 奉行).49 viewsBehind him, you can see a white tarp for VIPs. They were sitting in front of the second target. Many foreign diplomats are invited to this event and they sit here.
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Very civil, no pushing/shoving.49 views
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Monkeys are Taishakuten's messengers. They chased out the ogre before they start throwing the beans.49 views
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Wore hard hats and toured JAL's maintenance hangar for about 40 min. JAL's airplane maintenance hangar at Haneda Airport. Huge facility.49 views
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Ochanomizu music shops.49 views
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Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nicholai-do). We can enter, but no photos inside.49 views
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The only reference to the Rio Olympics.49 views
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Ginza 4-chome intersection with Wako.49 views
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Hachioji manhole cover. It depicts a Sanbaso dancer (三番叟). Sanbaso is a well-known dancer in Noh and kabuki. He comes from a Noh prayer dance called Okina (翁) dating from the 14th century as a religious ritual. 49 viewsHachioji's manhole shows the Sanbaso as a Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo puppet (八王子車人形). It's a unique offshoot of bunraku puppetry performed by a troupe based in Hachioji.
Here's a video that shows exactly what it is: https://youtu.be/XV8gVw5Rhwg
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Another guy tries to do it.48 views
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JR Okutama Station 奥多摩駅48 views
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Information Center きよせカタクリまつり48 views
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Stone marker for the Kabuto-zuka Tumulus 兜塚古墳. Tokyo Prefectural Historic Place. About a 10-min. walk from Komae Station (Odakyu Line). 兜塚古墳48 viewsKomae has numerous ancient tumuli, some say up to 100. However, most have been dismantled and only 13 are left. Kabuto-zuka is the city's largest tumulus, in the middle of a residential neighborhood. It is round, with a diameter of 38 meters, and height 6 meters. It is a Tokyo Prefectural Historic Place. Most other tumuli are on private property and permission is required to enter them.
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It's just a small hill 6 meters high, 38 meters diameter.48 views
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Komae Station, south exit. The north and south exits look almost exactly the same, which is unusual for a train station.48 views
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Hi!48 views
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School baseball team, Kitamachi Faiyers. No dancing.48 views
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Nakamurabashi-ren48 views
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A karate group from Nerima also performed.48 views
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Koganei Sakura-ren 小金井さくら連48 views
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Kumegawa-ren 久米川蓮48 views
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In front of Sun Road shopping arcade.48 views
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Kumegawa-ren, from Higashi-Murayama (not Otsuka) 久米川連48 views
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Toshima Kuyakusho-ren (Ward Office) 豊島区役所連48 views
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Shinobu-ren (Koenji) しのぶ（忍）連48 views
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Nobiyuku-ren (Koenji) のびゆく連48 views
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She's one of the best dancers out there.48 views
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Kumegawa-ren from Higashi-Murayama in Tokyo. 久米川連48 views
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Koganei Sakura-ren performing on the outdoor stage.48 views
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Narimasu Child-ren 成増チルド連48 views
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In the middle is Ohbayashi Motoko, former Olympic volleyball player. She was a bean thrower in 2007 here too.48 views
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Another Pooh48 views
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Golden Globe.48 views
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Not a good shot, but it's taiyaki.48 views
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Though triangular at the base, the shape gradually becomes cylindrical as it goes up. Very beautiful design.48 views
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Phoenix coach interviewed.48 views
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Facing the Honden is this massive collection of wooden prayer tablets written with the donor's prayers. Most of them are bought/written by students praying to pass school entrance exams.48 views
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Chrysanthemums exhibited in a half-globe shape called Oozukuri. 大作り48 views
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Onna-zaka is lined with plum blossoms which bloom in Feb.48 views
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2nd place is BIWOTT Paul from Kenya.48 views
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Cow48 views
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Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine mikoshi bearers. The shrine is well-known in Koto Ward where Tokyo Big Sight is. 富岡八幡宮神輿総代連合会48 views
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Taiko drummers for the portable shrine.48 views
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Statue of Democracy.48 views
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About the Suikinkutsu, a water drop harp.48 views
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Remains of a torii that collapsed during the March 11, 2011 earthquake.48 views
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Taiko bridge48 views
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These plum trees also bear fruit. The shrine staff harvest the plums (ume) in May.48 views
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Kameido Tenjin is one of the thousands of Tenmangu/Tenjin shrines in Japan that worship the famous Japanese scholar Sugawara Michizane (845–903) deified as Tenjin, the god of learning and scholarship. 48 views
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