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Riverside path map.3 views
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Map of Takao Baigo.3 views
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About Takao Tenmangu Shrine. Plum blossoms are associated with Sugawara Michizane because he once wrote a poem for his beloved plum blossoms that "flew through the air" to follow him when he was exiled to Dazaifu, Fukuoka.3 views
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People in this Takao area have been worshipping Tenjin for centuries. Most all Tenmangu/Tenjin shrines (thousands of them) have plum blossoms.3 views
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Next to Tenjin Bairin is this reforestation area.3 views
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Toward the end (or beginning) of the trail are more plum blossoms called Yuhodo Bairin (遊歩道梅林).3 views
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Yuhodo Bairin (遊歩道梅林)3 views
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Plum blossom bus at Takao Station (North exit). They have two buses running at the same time between Takao Station (North exit) and the plum groves. 3 views
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Escalator handrail decorated with Monchicchi. 3 views
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Omurai Katori Shrine's second torii and main worship hall.3 views
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Entrance to the plum garden on the right side of the shrine. 3 views
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This garden is cramped, but stuffed with plum blossoms.3 views
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"America" cherry trees in Adachi, Tokyo.3 views
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"America" Somei-Yoshino cherry trees from America at the park when in bloom. They are planted for a few hundred meters along Shin-Shibakawa River behind the Visitors Center. This was in late March.3 views
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JR Musashi-Masuko Station platform. From central Tokyo, the train ride took about 1 hr. 20 min. JR武蔵増戸駅3 views
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JR Musashi-Masuko Station3 views
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Yasube'e Sakura cherry blossom tree in front of JR Musashi-Masuko Station. The station building was rebuilt in March 2011.3 views
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Yasube'e cherry blossoms have been welcoming local residents returning home by train for almost 100 years at JR Musashi-Masuko Station.3 views
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In front of Musashi-Masuko Station are these two Yasube'e cherry blossom trees. The third one is further toward the right.3 views
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Leftmost Yasube'e cherry blossom tree is the smallest.3 views
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Pedal boats are very popular. This is the boat dock.3 views
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After entering the park through the Nishi-Tachikawa Entrance, you see this scene of the Waterfowl Pond and pedal boats. 水鳥の池3 views
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Another long line to get on the boat.3 views
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Waterfowl Pond.3 views
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Types of bicycles available for rent. But all gone. Long wait.3 views
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Center of the park is this large lawn where people can play. Called "Minna no Harappa" or Field for All. みんなの原っぱ3 views
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Directional signs in English.3 views
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Showa Kinen Park's Japanese garden.3 views
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Red poppy field on the western fringe of the large field. Called the Bouquet Garden. ブーケガーデン3 views
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Cornflowers3 views
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Nemophila (baby blue eyes) 3 views
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Path through the Bouquet Garden's poppies and other flowers.3 views
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Harry Potter’s stag Patronus and doe near Toshimaen Station.3 views
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Entrance to Harry Potter Studio in Tokyo.3 views
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Lobby and tour entrance straight ahead.3 views
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Entrance hall with pictures of movie scenes.3 views
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The Great Hall of Hogwarts (大広間)3 views
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Great Hall’s head table.3 views
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Hagrid3 views
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Severus Snape, potions professor and later Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts and Head of Slytherin House.3 views
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Other professors.3 views
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Great Hall model.3 views
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Great Hall roof model.3 views
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Hogwarts Marble Staircase which actually moves (swivels).3 views
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Gryffindor Common Room3 views
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On left is the costume worn by Ron and a chest of Quidditch balls.3 views
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Quidditch player uniforms. Draco Malfoy wears green, Cedric Diggory in yellow, and Harry in red.3 views
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In Dumbledore’s Office, on the left on the cabinet is Gryffindor’s Sword in a glass case.3 views
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Dumbledore’s Office. The portraits are of the 48 former Hogwarts headmasters/mistresses. 3 views
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Dumbledore’s beard and hair.3 views
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Defence Against the Dark Arts Classroom.3 views
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Defence Against the Dark Arts Classroom. There was a wand-waving lesson to defeat a Death Eater (right) on the balcony.3 views
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Hagrid’s Hut3 views
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From the Backlot, the studio tour continues this way as we go back inside.3 views
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Inside Hogwarts Express train carriage.3 views
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London Ministry of Magic, Atrium (ロンドン魔法省)3 views
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Diagon Alley (ダイアゴン横丁)3 views
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Fawkes the phoenix3 views
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Food Hall (with floating candles) for British food near the studio entrance.3 views
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JR Takao Station. Takes a little over an hour from Tokyo Station on the JR Chuo Line.2 views
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JR Takao Station. Get out the north exit (Kitaguchi).2 views
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Buses run only once an hour on weekdays and two or three times per hour on weekends. Take the bus going to Kobotoke (小仏).2 views
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From the Oshimo bus stop, walking to Kogesawa Bairin. A short walk.2 views
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Gate to Kogesawa Bairin. All the plum groves have free admission. Kogesawa Bairin is open to the public only when the flowers are on bloom. Otherwise, it's closed to the public (surrounded by a fence).2 views
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Kogesawa Bairin is on a hillside.2 views
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Top of Kogesawa Bairin. 2 views
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The grove is near the mountains, so there's a nice backdrop.2 views
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Walking path near the Chuo Expressway.2 views
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Kogesawa Bairin from outside the fence at ground level.2 views
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It's a quiet, rural, residential area along a small river. As you keep walking, you see plum trees here and there.2 views
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Surusashi Bairin grove covers a long, rectangular area. This is one end of it.2 views
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Surusashi Bairin has just one main path in the middle. The Chuo Expressway (goes to Nagoya via Nagano) is in the background.2 views
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Other end of Surusashi Bairin.2 views
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Since they are so few in Takao, the red plums really stand out.2 views
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Yunohana Bairin2 views
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Riverside path.2 views
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Takao Ume-no-Sato Machi-no-Hiroba is more for picnicking.2 views
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Homes along the river.2 views
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However, it seems most people first take the bus from Takao Station to Kogesawa Bairin and then start from there which is what I did.2 views
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Yuhodo Bairin (遊歩道梅林)2 views
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These were still one or two days before peak bloom.2 views
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About Adachi Ward's Japan-US Cherry Blossom connection and centennial in 2012.2 views
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ID tag for "America" Somei-Yoshino cherry tree from America at the park. It now has a QR code linking to a Japanese webpage explaining the species.2 views
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Closeup of cherry blossoms in front of JR Musashi-Masuko Station.2 views
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Tree trunk has this sign explaining its background about who planted it and when.2 views
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We'll miss you much.2 views
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The third cherry tree at JR Musashi-Masuko Station.2 views
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JR Musashi-Masuko Station with the third cherry tree visible.2 views
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JR Musashi-Masuko Station turnstile. Trains go to Tachikawa and Haijima Stations.2 views
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The park has multiple ponds, but this Waterfowl Pond is the largest one.2 views
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More large trees.2 views
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The large field is lined with shady trees along the fringe. Most must be cherry blossoms.2 views
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The field of red poppies at Showa Kinen Park.2 views
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Patches of tulips already finished blooming. Must've been colorful from late March to mid-April.2 views
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Across this pond was a crowd ogling baby blue eyes.2 views
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Nemophila (baby blue eyes) at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa, Tokyo.2 views
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Floor map.2 views
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We could watch the resulting video almost immediately. Video was free to download later.2 views
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Flying horse carriage.2 views
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Mirror of Erised which reflects the deepest, most desperate desire of your heart. Harry saw his parents in this mirror.2 views
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Hogwarts Bridge entrance.2 views
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Takao Baigo is near JR Takao Station and Keio Line Takaosanguchi Station. JR Takao Station has this giant tengu mask on the platform. Mt. Takao, which has long been a sacred mountain, supposed to be where one of the major tengu dwells. 1 viewsSo the tengu is a local symbol.
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Bus stops between the two nearest train stations and Takao Baigo.1 views
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Walking up to the top of Kogesawa Bairin along this path on the periphery.1 views
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Kogesawa Bairin hillside walking path.1 views
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Another nice spot for a picnic.1 views
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Kogesawa Bairin1 views
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Kogesawa Bairin plum grove at Takao Baigo, Hachioji, Tokyo.1 views
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Pruning plum trees.1 views
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The next plum grove was Surusashi Bairin (するさし梅林). This might be the second largest plum grove in Takao Baigo.1 views
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Surusashi Bairin (するさし梅林) is also gated and open to the public only when the flowers are in bloom.1 views
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The public cannot enter Yunohana Bairin, so you just see it from the road.1 views
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Takao Ume-no-Sato Machi-no-Hiroba has restrooms.1 views
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Map of Takao Baigo.1 views
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Takao Baigo stone monument at Takao Ume-no-Sato Machi-no-Hiroba.1 views
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Bridge to Tenjin Bairin from the road.1 views
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Tenjin Bairin well.1 views
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At the top of Tenjin Bairin grove is this small Takao Tenmangu Shrine. Tenmangu (or Tenjin) shrines are dedicated to famous Japanese scholar Sugawara Michizane (845–903) deified as Tenjin, the god of learning and scholarship.1 views
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Red plum blossoms in a small park.1 views
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Turn left to see another plum grove, but I was too tired and just went straight.1 views
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Omurai Katori Shrine's Sacred Dance stage.1 views
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Under a tall, weeping plum blossom tree.1 views
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Omurai Katori Shrine is near Omurai Station on the Tobu Kameido Line. 1 views
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A long cycling path goes along Shin-Shibakawa River and the America cherry blossoms.1 views
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This is the end of the "America" Somei-Yoshino cherry blossoms.1 views
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The park also has this Reagan Sakura cherry tree planted here in April 2012 to mark the centennial of Tokyo gifting cherry trees from Adachi Ward to the US in 1912.1 viewsThis tree came from the original "Reagan Sakura" cherry tree planted in Nov. 1982 from a sapling given to Japan by Nancy Reagan in 1981. The sapling came from the original cherry tree planted in Washington, DC's Tidal Basin by Mrs. Helen Taft, the wife of President Willian Taft, in 1912.
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Yasube'e used his own money to plant the cherry trees. Sadly, the cherry trees in front of JR Musashi-Masuko Station are slated to be cut down because they have been infested with longhorn beetles and can fall over on the train station. 1 views
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The third cherry tree at JR Musashi-Masuko Station is right next to the train platform. Too close.1 views
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Nemophila (baby blue eyes). There's more on a large slope elsewhere in the park.1 views
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