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Sapporo Dome can be seen on the right. It is near Fukuzumi Station.99 views
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Sculpture of Commodore Perry's visit to Japan (2003).99 views
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On the left is the Rest House with a restaurant (built in 1985), and on the right is the Austrian Pavilion moved here in 1972 after the Sapporo Winter Olympics. It houses gift shops.99 views
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Hallway of rear building99 views
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Inside Toya Mizunoeki, fresh vegetables for sale.98 views
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Nakajima islands as seen from western Lake Toya.98 views
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Hitsujigaoka means Sheep Hill, and it actually has sheep.98 views
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London St. Paul's Cathedral, UK (1998)98 views
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Conference room98 views
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Tsu-dome snow festival site.98 views
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Akanko Ainu Kotan is an Ainu village lined with gift shops and Ainu attractions. The path still had dirt when I visited, but it's now completely cobblestones. 阿寒湖アイヌコタン98 views
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Inside Kannon hut.97 views
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Waste oil tanks, each holding 1000 liters. The waste oil is first filtered.97 views
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Street corner sculpture of a couple in love. Perhaps in reference to a romantic "date."97 views
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Bus for Toyako Onsen Spa. They don't run that often, but are more convenient than a train if you want to go to Lake Toya.97 views
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Date Onsen Spa and cherry blossoms. There is a hot spring lodge with 58 rooms and a sauna. Reasonable rates. Non-guests can bath in the hot spring for 390 yen. Phone: 0142-25-191997 views
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Schloss Linderhof castle, Germany (1995)97 views
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Hakodate Port97 views
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A worker from Date Cosmos 21 comes to collect the waste oil.96 views
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The Sapporo Snow Festival Museum has display panels of all the past Sapporo Snow Festivals, dating from 1950.96 views
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Palace in Thailand (2007)96 views
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Munich National Museum, Germany (1997)96 views
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Lamp with bare bulb96 views
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Inside the vault96 views
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Waste vegetable oil collection box with a few plastic bottles of waste oil left by customers.95 views
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Horyuji temple, Nara95 views
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More scale models in this room.95 views
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Inside sheep house95 views
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Staircase to the 2nd floor.95 views
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Goryokaku Castle Park95 views
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Concert Gebouw, Holland (2000)94 views
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Sapporo Snow Festival postcards94 views
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Hakodate Port94 views
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Fireworks as seen from Hakodate-yama. The fireworks were part of the annual Hakodate Minato (Port) Matsuri festival in early Aug.94 views
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Salzburg Cathedral, Austria (1996)93 views
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Sheep house93 views
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Sapporo Snow Festival memorabalia.93 views
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Snow Festival book93 views
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Ceiling lamp93 views
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Western-style room inside the Geihinkan.92 views
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Handprint and autograph of Tsuyoshi Shinjo who was the team's most famous player.92 views
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Tools used to carve the snow sculptures.92 views
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Left is the capitol building in Norway (2005), and on the right is Flinders Street Station in Australia (2006).92 views
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Old Hakodate Station. 92 views
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Hakodate Minato (Port) Matsuri parade92 views
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Mashu Maru, a ferry which plied between Hakodate and Aomori.92 views
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One supermarket in Date, Hokkaido which has a waste vegetable oil collection box.91 views
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Staircase to the 2nd floor.91 views
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Hakodate-yama90 views
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Goryokaku Castle Park90 views
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This small building next to the Date Cosmos 21 Center is a waste oil conversion plant.88 views
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Donan Bus company provides bus service in this area. 道南バス88 views
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Near the entrance of the supermarket is the waste vegetable oil collection box.87 views
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Approaching Rebun, Japan's northernmost inhabited island near the northern tip of Hokkaido. It's quite remote, but well-known as a "Flower Island" among tourists when in bloom.86 views
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Rishiri as seen from Rebun. If you visit Rebun, also visit Rishiri and vice versa. They are almost like wedded islands. Rishiri is male (tall and distinct stature), Rebun is female (curvaceous).85 views
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Inside Mitobe house with a hearth.82 views
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Inside Mitobe house. Web site 旧三戸部家住宅82 views
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Rebun is part of Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park which means it's very scenic. It's 29 km long and 8 km wide.82 views
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Mt. Io is Kawayu Onsen's hot spring source. It was also a sulphur mine from 1877 to 1896. At the time, sulphur was widely used in cigarette matches and gunpowder. 80 views
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JR Date-Mombetsu Station train platform.79 views
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Although the park is designed like a castle grounds with a castle wall and moat, it is not the site of any former castle.78 views
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Samurai armor displayed on the first floor veranda of the Geihinkan.78 views
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Bus stop in central Date.77 views
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On display on the first floor were samurai armor.75 views
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Train at JR Date-Mombetsu Station74 views
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Near the Geihinkan is the Date Kaitaku Kinenkan Museum (opened in 1958) displaying swords, lacquerware, etc., from the Date samurai clan, donated to the city by the Date family. Photography is not allowed inside the museum. Closed Dec.-Feb. 伊達市開73 views
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JR Date-Mombetsu Station stairs to the train platform.72 views
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Miyao Tomiko Literature Museum. Admission 120 yen. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to enter it. 宮尾登美子文学記念館72 views
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One of the main attractions of the park is the Geihinkan State Guesthouse. Cherry blossoms were in full bloom.72 views
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Samurai armor displayed on the first floor veranda of the Geihinkan.72 views
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2nd floor of the Geihinkan.72 views
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Inside JR Date-Mombetsu Station71 views
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JR Date-Mombetsu Station stairs have wood.71 views
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Entrance to the swordsmith and fabric dyeing workshop. You can see a swordsmith making a sword. You have to check when he's doing it though. Free admission. Web site 黎明観71 views
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2nd floor of the Geihinkan.71 views
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Rishiri is one of Japan's northernmost islands off Wakkanai, Hokkaido. Round island with a distinctive cone-shaped mountain Mt. Rishiri (photo) in the middle. Part of Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park.71 views
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We stopped in Kutsugata Port in Rishiri briefly on our way to Rebun. 沓形港71 views
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Date Rekishi no Mori is a large park with various public facilities including a Japanese garden. The park was completed in 2000 after about 11 years of construction. This is the castle-like Otemon Gate built when the Crown Prince got married in 1993.70 views
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The park has a number of buildings. This is the tourist gift shop and hands-on workshop for swordmaking and fabric dyeing.70 views
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Samurai armor displayed on the first floor veranda of the Geihinkan.70 views
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JR Date-Mombetsu Station overpass69 views
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The park includes a culture center, public library, sports ground, and the Kaitaku Kinenkan museum.69 views
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Rest House69 views
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Geihinkan Guesthouse and cherry blossoms. 迎賓館69 views
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The Geihinkan was used to receive high-ranking government officials visiting Date to inspect the development of the town. 迎賓館69 views
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Ika cuttlefish boat in Kutsugata Port in Rishiri, Hokkaido. Bright lights at night attract the cuttlefish to the surface. 沓形港68 views
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Date: Town of Bushido. Warrior's helmet on JR Date-Mombetsu Station train platform. The city has a samurai past.67 views
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JR Date-Mombetsu Station overpass. The station has a certain weathered, rustic charm.67 views
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Map of Date Rekishi no Mori. Various festivals and events are also held in the park. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to see everything in the park.67 views
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Reconstructed castle wall and cherry blossoms.67 views
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Samurai armor displayed on the first floor veranda of the Geihinkan.67 views
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2nd floor corridor of the Geihinkan.67 views
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Rest House windows66 views
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Cherry blossoms next to the Geihinkan were beautiful in early May.65 views
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Japanese-style room on 2nd floor of the Geihinkan.65 views
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Approaching Rishiri by ferry. There are ferries from Wakkanai and Rebun going to Rishiri. Lighthouse near the port. Mt. Rishiri is 1,721 meters high.62 views
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Plum blossoms and cherry blossoms in the background, blooming at the same time.60 views
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Lake Kushu in northern Rebun, Hokkaido. 久種湖55 views
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Rebun's rolling hills and Mt. Rishiri on nearby Rishiri island. 43 views
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Rebun is part of Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park.42 views
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Rishiri as seen from Rebun.40 views
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Rishiri as seen from Rebun.39 views
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Rishiri as seen from Rebun.38 views
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Views while skiing on Niseko Annupuri, Hokkaido. ニセコアンヌプリ38 views
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Amazing how this little island of Rebun can pack so many sights. Must be wondrous when the flowers are in bloom.37 views
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Rishiri as seen from Rebun.37 views
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Rebun sunset in Hokkaido.37 views
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Rebun's population is about 2,250. "Rebun" comes from the Ainu word "repun-sir" meaning "island offshore."35 views
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Kutsugata Port in Rishiri. 沓形港35 views
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If you rent a car, you can pretty much see the entire island in one day.34 views
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There was this scenic spot on Rebun, so we got out of the car and took a look (and swim).34 views
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Rishiri as seen from Rebun.34 views
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Rishiri as seen from Rebun.34 views
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Watching the sunset on Rebun.34 views
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Bye-bye Rishiri.34 views
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Mt. Yotei-zan can be clearly seen from Niseko Hirafu. Hokkaido's Mt. Fuji. ニセコ ヒラフ・羊蹄山34 views
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Skiing on Niseko Annupuri, Hokkaido.34 views
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Lake Penketo's water flows to Panketo and ends up in Lake Akan. ペンケトー34 views
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Beachside road on Rebun's east coast. The best way to tour Rebun is by rental car or a local tour.33 views
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On the left is Lake Kushu, and ocean on the right.33 views
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Mt. Yotei as seen from Niseko Hirafu, Niseko's largest ski grounds. Yotei-zan is dubbed as Hokkaido's Mt. Fuji. ニセコ ヒラフ・羊蹄山33 views
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Bihoro Pass Scenic Point has two lookout points a short walk from each other. This is from the second lookout point. Both have similar views of Lake Kussharo. Bihoro Pass is within Akan-Mashu National Park in Hokkaido. 33 views
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Mt. Io, Hokkaido. You can get quite close to the sulphur vents.33 views
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Rebun's east coast.32 views
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Looking down a sheer cliff. Very dramatic...32 views
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From Rebun, took the ferry to Rishiri, approaching Oshidomari Port.32 views
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Ferry to Wakkanai. Souya Maru No. 5 第五宗谷丸32 views
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Kutsugata Port Ferry Terminal in Rishiri when we visited. This building is now a restaurant after a new ferry terminal building was built nearby.32 views沓形港フェリーターミナル
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Lake Akan at sunset.32 views
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Rebun's east coast near Kafuka Port.31 views
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Kafuka Port 香深港31 views
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Leaving Rebun.31 views
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Otaru Maru at Kutsugata Port in Rishiri. 沓形港 おたる丸31 views
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Bihoro Pass (Bihoro Toge) is on Route 243 going through the mountains on the border of Bihoro (north) and Teshikaga (south) Towns. Major tourist stop with great panoramic views of Lake Kussharo, Japan's largest caldera lake. 31 viewsThe island in the lake is named Nakajima.
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These photos were taken quite some years ago, so some things may look different now.30 views
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Very scenic island.30 views
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Part of Akan-Mashu National Park, Lake Akan (Akanko) is a serene crater lake in Hokkaido. In winter, the entire lake freezes over to enable ice skating and other winter sports. Winter festival is also held.30 views
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Red-crowned crane, Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park (Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve).30 views
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Red-crowned crane, Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park (Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve).30 views
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Hakodate manhole with a Goryokaku Castle design.30 views
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Fishing port on Rebun.29 views
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Cuttlefish (ika) on Rebun.29 views
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Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido29 views
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At Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park, baby red-crowned crane in mid-June 2022. That's the mother on the left.29 views
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Red-crowned crane, Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park (Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve).29 views
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Hakodate manhole with a cuttlefish design.29 views
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Rebun has lots of rolling hills. This was in autumn, offpeak season with no flowers.28 views
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Another scenc point on Rebun.28 views
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Did some hiking.28 views
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Konbu kelp seaweed dried on Rebun.28 views
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Rishiri is about 63 km in circumference and has a population of about 5,000. Like Rebun, best to rent a car on Rishiri and drive around. 28 views
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These photos were taken quite some years ago, so some things may look different now.28 views
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Approaching Kutsugata Port in Rishiri. 沓形港28 views
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Matsumae Castle's Honmaru Gomon Gate, a National Important Cultural Property. 本丸御門28 views
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Red-crowned crane, Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park, Hokkaido.28 views
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Kafuka Port 香深港27 views
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Cape Sukoton is Rebun's northernmost tip, about 30 km from Kafuka Port. スコトン岬27 views
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Cape Sukoton スコトン岬. Island in the distance is Todo island.27 views
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One of the most charming moments of our trip. Meeting friendly local women hanging cuttlefish to dry in the sun.27 views
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So many cuttlefish (ika).27 views
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Rebun sunset in Hokkaido.27 views
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Rishiri's Oshidomari Port. 鴛泊港27 views
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Lake Kussharo is noted for its mystical atmosphere. There's a lakeshore road along the southern half of the lake. Water surface covers 79.7 sq. km.27 viewsYou can dig into the sand and find hot spring water.
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Inside Hakodate Morning Market 函館朝市27 views
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Cuttlefish (ika) on Rebun.26 views
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Leaving Rebun.26 views
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Approaching Rishiri by ferry.26 views
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Rishiri forest26 views
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Rishiri's Oshidomari Port. 鴛泊港26 views
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Rishiri's Oshidomari Port or ferry terminal. 鴛泊港26 views
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Kutsugata Port in Rishiri.26 views
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Lake Mashu in eastern Hokkaido is my favorite lake in Japan.26 views
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Inside the South Hokkaido Line train.26 views
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Hakodate Morning Market 函館朝市26 views
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Needless to say, fishing is one of the major industries on Rebun. This was a meeting by pure chance, and they were smiling and giggling at us foreigners. So friendly.25 views
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Rebun's east coast.25 views
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View from Cape Peshi.25 views
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Matsumae Castle's main tower was destroyed by a fire in 1949. The current castle tower is a 1960 reconstruction, serving as a local museum. Only the gate on the left is an original structure from the 19th century. National Important Cultural Property25 views
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Some sushi restaurants inside Hakodate Morning Market.25 views
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Fisherman with an underwater looking glass.24 views
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Rebun sunset in Hokkaido.24 views
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Mt. Rishiri is nicknamed "Rishiri-Fuji" since it's conical like Mt. Fuji.24 views
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We did some easy hiking on Rishiri in early autumn.24 views
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View from Cape Peshi.24 views
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In front of Hakodate Station.24 views
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Rishiri at dawn.23 views
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Museum space in Mashu Maru. There are some Second Class seats as well on the right.23 views
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Map of Hakodate.23 views
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Map of the area around JR Hakodate Station.23 views
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Hakodate Morning Market 函館朝市23 views
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Rishiri's Oshidomari Port. 鴛泊港22 views
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On Cape Peshi, Oshidomari Lighthouse overlooking Oshidomari Port. 鴛泊灯台 ペシ岬22 views
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Oshidomari Lighthouse on Rishiri, Hokkaido. 鴛泊灯台 22 views
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Third-class cabin, the cheapest accommodations on Mashu Maru.22 views
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Mashu Maru funnel.22 views
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Hokkaido Shinkansen does not stop at JR Hakodate Station. It stops at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station slightly north. Also stops at Kikonai Station slightly south.22 views
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JR Hakodate Station entrance.22 views
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Map for area in front of Hakodate Station.22 views
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