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Train schedule for Obama Station. Very few train runs, about once an hour or less.100 views
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Road leading to the hilltop Obama Park where the youth hostel used to be.100 views
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Entrance to Izumi-cho shopping arcade.100 views
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At 7 pm, fireworks were launched near the temple as the signal to start ringing the Hagaji temple bell. About eight temples in Obama (as well as in Nagasaki where there is Obama Onsen spa) started ringing the temple bell at 7 pm for world peace.98 views
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Main drag (Hamakaze-dori) from Obama Station98 views
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Whoever owned the castle land apparently sold off some house lots.98 views
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Lookout deck in Obama Park.98 views
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View from Obama Castle stone foundation for the main castle tower.97 views
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Sign urging the construction of a train line to Obama via Shiga Prefecture.96 views
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Castle tower foundation95 views
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Next on the program was a letter to Barack Obama read aloud by the chairman of the Obama for Obama Association. After reading it, he put the letter in an envelope to be mailed to the US President.95 views
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Izumi-cho also has a small museum for the Saba Kaido seen on the right.95 views
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Near the Hondo hall were tents selling Obama food and merchandise. The sign celebrates the birth of US President Obama.94 views
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JR Obama Station platform94 views
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Saba Kaido Museum. You can see what the mackerel merchants wore when traveling.94 views
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Path to Hagaji temple's main Hondo hall.93 views
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Obama Castle wall93 views
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View from Obama Park.93 views
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The castle grounds now has Obama Jinja Shrine, a Shinto shrine.92 views
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Obama City Hall92 views
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Obama soba noodles, 500 yen per bag.91 views
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Various people rang it a total of seven times to spread peace over the seven oceans of the world. The temple priest was the first to strike the bell.91 views
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Welcome to Obama91 views
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JR Obama Station91 views
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The castle suffers from unsightly parking lots and private homes encroaching on its historic remains. 91 views
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Obama Castle's foundation for a turret.91 views
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Starting point of the Saba Kaido road. 鯖街道91 views
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Kehi Shrine's torii is 11 m high. One of Japan's three most famous wooden toriis. The other two being Miyajima's Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima Pref. and Kasuga Shrine in Nara.91 views
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Other people who rang the bell included members of the Obama Girls who were to perform later.90 views
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On top of castle wall.90 views
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Lookout deck in Obama Park. This was where the Chimuras were abducted by North Korea in 1978. Obama was one of the main places North Korean agents used to enter Japan.90 views
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Saba Kaido Museum displays accounting books for selling saba mackerel fish.90 views
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After the choir, the Obama Girls hula dancers took over the stage and danced two songs. For someone like me from Hawaii, it was trippy to see hula dancing in a Buddhist temple.89 views
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The temple priest prays after ringing the bell.88 views
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After the bell ringing, a large local choir sang Beethoven, including three professional soloists who sang for free.88 views
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Kehi Jingu Shrine is a 20-min. walk from JR Tsuruga Station. I visited on New Year's Day 2016 when it was a warm period with no snow.73 views
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Brisk business for amulets and omamori.70 views
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Established in 702 and nicknamed "Kei-san," Kehi Jingu is a major shrine in the Hokuriku Region.69 views
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Second torii before the main shrine.67 views
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Inside the main shrine.67 views
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No snow, but a few puddles.66 views
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Built in 1645, the wooden torii is an Important Cultural Property and World War II survivor. 65 views
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Getting closer to the main shrine.65 views
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Kehi Shrine65 views
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The place to buy lucky charms.65 views
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Omikuji fortunes65 views
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Statue of Basho, haiku poet65 views
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Fukui Prefecture produces the highest amout of nuclear power in Japan.64 views
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How a nuclear reactor produces electricity.64 views
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Model of Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant. On the lower right is the two additional reactors they had planned to build, but shelved after the Tohoku disaster in 2011.63 views
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Nuclear power plants in Japan.63 views
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Purify your hands and mouth.62 views
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It took about 35 min. to get here for what would normally be a one-min. walk. Five bell ringers for worshippers.62 views
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Omikuji fortunes62 views
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From JR Tsuruga Station, it's a scenic bus ride to the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant. 62 views
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Otorii ema from Kehi Jingu.61 views
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Offshore sandbar popular with swimmers.61 views
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Another power plant61 views
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Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant. All fenced in with security cameras everywhere.61 views
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Model of Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant.61 views
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Atomic Theater shows how a nuclear power plant works.61 views
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Japan's first PCCV construction of a nuclear reactor housing.61 views
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Safety of nuclear power plant workers.61 views
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From the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Pavilion, we can view the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant.60 views
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Long line.59 views
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Thermal power generation59 views
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Natural Gallery58 views
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Near the plant is their public relations facility and museum called the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Pavilion or Tsuruga PR Pavilion. A 40-min. bus ride from JR Tsuruga Station.57 views
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Nuclear power plants in Fukui Prefecture.57 views
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Model trains powered by winding.57 views
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Out in the boondocks of Tsuruga is the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant. All fenced in.56 views
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Tsuruga Nuclear Power Pavilion or Tsuruga PR Pavilion.56 views
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Natural Gallery55 views
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Nuclear waste canister55 views
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Playground for kids.55 views
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Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant (敦賀発電所). The cylindrical domed building on the left is the No. 1 reactor, Japan's first light-water reactor that operated from 1970 to 2015. 54 viewsSquare building on the rght is No. 2 reactor, a pressurized water reactor in operation since 1987. Supplies power to Kansai, Hokuriku, and Chubu Regions.
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What's what at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant. The Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant started operating commercially on March 14, 1970, the same day when Expo '70 opened in Osaka. 54 viewsExpo '70 in Osaka was the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Station's first commercial customer.
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Nuclear waste drum.54 views
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Held during the Bon season on Aug. 16, toro nagashi is candle-lit paper lanterns floated on the ocean as a Buddhist offering to the spirits of the deceased.54 viewsTsuruga holds its mass toro nagashi (6,000 lanterns) on its famous Kehi no Matsubara beach at 6:30 pm, and then shoots off a grand fireworks display. My video of Toro Nagashi and brilliant marine fireworks taken on Aug. 16, 2017.
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Outside the museum, you can walk around the park-like grounds.52 views
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