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Inside Matsumoto Castle is a Gun Museum.131 views
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130 viewsFace to face. Japan's goal keeper was busy, busy, busy.
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Key chain (1,000 yen)130 views
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Onbashira monument in front of Shimosuwa Station. This Onbashira log was used in the opening ceremony of the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998.130 views
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Shimenawa sacred rope on Kaguraden130 views
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Onbashira Log No. 1 already erected for Harumiya Shrine on May 8, 2004.130 views
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To drop stones.130 views
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Ceiling on top floor.130 views
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View from top of Matsumoto Castle.130 views
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Mastumoto Castle tower visible from our hotel.130 views
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Matsumoto Station130 views
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The world-famous, hot spring-loving snow monkeys in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture must be Japan's most photographed wild animals. "The only place in the world where monkeys bathe in hot springs."130 viewsThey live in the mountains in a valley named Jigokudani (Hell Valley). A snow monkey park (Jigokudani Yaen Koen) was established for them in 1964 where the park operator feeds the monkeys and maintains a hot spring (onsen) bath for them. Although winter (with snow) is the most popular time to see the monkeys, the park is open year round (9 am–4 pm).
This is the entrance to the trail to the snow monkey park in Yamanouchi town, Nagano Prefecture. It's about 1.6 km or a 30-min. walk (longer if you stop and take pictures).
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A US player scores and celebrates to the dismay of Japan.129 views
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Palm-size stuffed Snowlet (official mascot)129 views
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JR Okaya Station platform. JR岡谷駅129 views
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Grand finale dance called Itomachi Ko-uta129 views
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Bullets129 views
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Matsumoto Station129 views
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Reconstructed South Turret of Ueda Castle is open to the public.129 views
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Net fishing128 views
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Hot spring foot bath128 viewsThe place was covered due to rain.
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Ad sticker on tray table128 views
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Here is where anybody can get on the logs and play.128 views
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The castle is surrounded by a moat in a park-like area.128 views
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Gate to enter the main castle compound.128 views
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Moon-viewing room was being renovated in Oct. 2015. Tsukimi-yagura128 views
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Samurai armor128 views
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Polka dot bus advertising Kusama Yayoi's exhibition in a local museum. Matsumoto is her hometown.128 views
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Matsumoto Station128 views
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Kids gathered at Nagano Station.127 views
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IBM pins (my collection)127 viewsThe IBM pins were being sold for 1,000 yen each. Some people were selling them for up to 2,000 yen.
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Recycle bins by Coca-cola127 views
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Tokyo Station127 views
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Samurai greets visitors to Matsumoto Castle.127 views
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One of the steep stairs in Matsumoto Castle. Tight skirts and miniskirts not recommended.127 views
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This birch tree is a Natural Monument126 views
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Hot spring foot bath126 views
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A US player scores and celebrates to the dismay of Japan.126 views
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Resurfacing the ice during intermission126 views
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Fruit gelato stand126 viewsFruit gelato storefront with national flags and "Welcome to Nagano" signs.
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Bridge with a mountain design, over Tenryu River.126 views
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Finally, people pulling the log appeared.126 views
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The Yamadashi log hauling for the Kami-sha Shrine was held during April 2-4, 2004. Along the hauling route is a slope where the log is slid down while men ride on it.126 views
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Umbrella dance126 views
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Hole for the No. 4 Akimiya Onbashira log126 views
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This is May 9, 2004, the second day of Shimo-sha Shrine's Satobiki. Shimo-sha Shrine consists of two separate shrines called Akimiya and Harumiya.126 views
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Boat cruises125 views
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Resurfacing the ice during intermission125 views
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Local bus125 viewsThis was not a "wrap" bus, but it still had a Kirin ad (made of cloth) on the front.
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Souvenir shop125 views"Japanese dress Kimono and so on." Awkward or mistaken English is nothing new in Japan. They should've used a Japanese-flag motif instead.
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English programme (1,800 yen)125 views
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So after this log came out, we were allowed to proceed to the giant slope.125 views
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Held every 6 years (1998, 2004, 2010, etc.), this festival brings new logs from the mountain forest to all four shrines where they are erected. Each shrine receives four logs, so a total of 16 logs are cut and hauled to the shrines.125 viewsOnly a rope keeps the log from going down.
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Parade of Nagamochi which are long chests. 長持125 views
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Inside Matsumoto Castle.125 views
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Frenzy in front of Japan's goal.124 views
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Policeman124 viewsPoliceman in special uniform designed just for the Nagano Games. The uniform supposed to make them look more friendly.
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We weren't the only ones there.124 views
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We sat there for hours.124 views
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Ropes to pull the Onbashira log from Harumiya Shrine.124 views
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The bridge is normally closed to the public. In the old days, this bridge marked Harumiya Shrine's sacred area where even warlords had to get out of their palanquin or get off their horse out of respect before proceeding further. 下馬橋124 views
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Music Box Museum124 views
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Parade124 views
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Inside castle tower123 views
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"Official No. 1 Pin Club" Shop123 viewsShop selling Olympic pins. Prices ranged from 500 yen to 4,000 yen.
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Small support poles.123 views
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Harumiya Shrine ahead.123 views
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About the castle122 views
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Nakamura Naoko singing "Lake Biwa Rowing Song" up to verse 3. 中村直子さんが三番まで歌われた。122 views
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After walking for 30 min., we reached this place called Shimekake, a resting place for the logs which had been hauled from the mountains. This is Log No. 2 for Akinomiya Shrine. 注連掛122 views
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We waited for the log scheduled to come down at 3 pm, but it was delayed by 2 hours...122 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine 秋宮 幣拝殿122 views
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On the way to Harumiya Shrine, you see this bridge. It is a rest stop for the Akimiya Onbashira log procession. 下馬橋122 views
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Harumiya has a little slope where the logs are slid down.122 views
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People everywhere.122 views
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Onbashira Log No. 3 for Harumiya Shrine.122 views
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Kappabashi Bridge122 views
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5-0 on scoreboard during 1st period.121 viewsIn the 1st period, the scoreboard shows 5-0 in favor of the US.
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Canora Boys and Girls Chorus121 views
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In front of Shimosuwa Station.121 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log121 views
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People along the small slope.121 views
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The men now descend from the log.121 views
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Sake is given for free.121 views
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The base of the Onbashira log is reinforced by these smaller logs.121 views
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Path to more azaleas as far as the eye can see.120 views
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Garden120 views
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Even official Olympics miso paste120 viewsWould you believe the official miso? Hanamaruki Foods of Nagano was an official supplier for the Nagano Winter Games. Miso soup must have been a staple item for breakfast (and dinner) at the Olympic Village. I found this at my local supermarket.
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log120 views
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One Onbashira log at a rest stop.120 views
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The logs will rest here for about a month until early May when they will be hauled to the shrines for the Satobiki erection.119 views
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Nagamochi chest decorations119 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine torii119 views
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Entertainment stage in front of Shimosuwa Station.118 views
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When the log is erected, a banner is unrolled.118 views
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Now it's May 10, 2004, the last day of the Shimo-sha Satobiki. All four logs will erected at Akimiya Shrine on this day.118 views
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They waved their pom-poms and cheered all the while.118 views
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Statue of KATAKURA Kanetaro117 viewsHe and his company planted the azaleas in 1935.
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The Ki-otoshi slope, and one of the icons of the festival. This is the larger slope for Ki-otoshi compared to the one for the Kami-sha Shrine in Chino. 木落とし坂117 views
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The crowd extended all the way to the rear. All to see the 3pm Ki-otoshi log drop.117 views
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The log is tilted upward.117 views
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Crowded street117 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine. That's a support pole for erecting the No. 1 Akimiya Onbashira log. 秋宮117 views
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Harumiya Shrine torii 春宮117 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.117 views
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Takashima Castle 高島城116 views
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Onbashira Grand Park116 views
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Hole for the No. 2 Akimiya Onbashira log116 views
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All the Onbashira logs are hauled manually by human hands from when it is cut in the mountain forest. No motor vehicles of any kind is used to haul the logs.116 views
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Dinner at a restaurant near Yudanaka Station. Yasai teishoku or fried vegetables.116 views
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Olympics logo on official film (not FujiFilm)115 viewsKodak was the official Olympics film in a country where 70 percent of the film market belongs to Fuji Film. It must have been sweet revenge for Kodak because Fuji Film was the official film at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. Kodak has been the official film sponsor for all Olympic Games since then. It will also be the official film for the Sydney Games in the year 2000.
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Along Tenryu River in winter.115 views
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Reception counter with programs and newsletters in different languages.115 views
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The banner reads, "Thank you everyone for your cooperation."115 views
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This looks like Log No. 2 for Akimiya Shrine.115 views
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Exhibition panels 展示コーナー114 views
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This is one log about to go down the slope. A total of 8 logs will go down this slope.114 views
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Harumiya torii 春宮大門114 views
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Ropes at rest114 views
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Ax man114 views
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The log can move quite fast, even with all those people riding it.114 views
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Brazilian Dance by Ashinaga Gakuen Brazilian School113 views
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Nakamura Naoko singing "Lake Biwa Rowing Song." The first Japanese person to sing the song in public. 「琵琶湖周航の歌」の英語版も歌われた。113 views
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Store your luggage here. Not enough lockers at the train station so they provide this service. 400 yen/day.113 views
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Finally, something to photograph.113 views
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They threw out free streamers and I caught one. "Yoisa! Yoisa!"113 views
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Lots of forest.113 views
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View of moat from castle tower112 views
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Hot spring foot bath112 views
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African drumming and dance112 views
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Shimosuwa Station 下諏訪駅112 views
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Log No. 4 for Shimo-sha Shrine's Akinomiya Shrine which already went down the big slope for Ki-otoshi (Log Drop) comes out at 1:30 pm. 秋宮四之柱112 views
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We waited in the rain for Onbashira Log No. 1 to be erected first at Akimiya Shrine at 10:00 am. However, we had to wait, standing up in the rain and in the crowd, for 2.5 hours before they finally started to raise the log.112 views
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Kappabashi Bridge is the focal point of Kamikochi.112 views
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Inside castle tower111 views
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View from cycling road111 views
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Brazilian school111 views
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African dance, a real crowd pleaser.111 views
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Another Onbashira log makes its way through.111 views
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These people are from Suwa city.111 views
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Log standing by in front of Akimiya Shrine.111 views
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View from castle tower110 views
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Ramu-ramu Coffee Shop in Ilf Doga Museum 喫茶ラムラム110 views
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Entrance to the smaller hall110 views
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Until we were stopped here. Sign says that only people with tickets can proceed further. Yeah, we walked all this way only to be told we cannot go further. Our destination was the Ki-otoshi slope where the huge logs slide down for the Yamadashi.110 views
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Shimo-sha Akimiya Shrine priests 秋宮110 views
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The logs are pulled by people from various districts or parishes in the Suwa region including Chino, Shimosuwa, Okaya, and Suwa.110 views
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Parade continues even in the rain.110 views
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Stairs to castle tower109 views
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Log No. 4 for Shimo-sha Shrine's Akinomiya Shrine. 秋宮四之柱109 views
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The hauling of the logs from the forest to a resting place near the shrine is called Yamadashi. The hauling route and schedule for the Kami-sha and Shimo-sha Shrines are different.109 views
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