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Kita-Urawa Awa Odori poster for 2009. Gooddesign.134 views
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Shopping area was also very crowded with food booths and souvenir shops.134 views
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Smaller kite "Yujo"133 views
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Float at Chichibu Shrine133 views
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Souvenir shop132 views
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Drag marks131 views
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Stage performance at Chichibu Shrine131 views
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Benches offer visitors a rest.131 views
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Hitsujiyama Park and Mt. Bukosan.131 views
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Miyako-ren 美奴連（みやこ連）131 views
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Tumulus130 viewsCherry trees are at the top.
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Moving a float to the starting point.130 views
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Offerings129 views
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Park map129 viewsThe park has numerous tumuli as well as an archeological museum.
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Getting into a float.129 views
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Float at Chichibu Shrine129 views
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Nakamise shopping arcade at Chichibu Station 仲見世129 views
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A record-breaking 280,000 attended the Iruma Air Show on Nov. 3, 2010. The festivities started at 9 am and admission was free. This was also a super sunny day.129 views
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Blue Impulse Kawasaki T-4129 views
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Festival site128 viewsIt is a circular site with people sitting along the perimeter.
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Shinto ceremony128 viewsAt around 6:30 pm, the festival climax starts.
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Parade around128 viewsThe torch bearers parade around the entire perimeter before they gather around the hut.
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Finish line end of the 2000-meter Toda Boat Course.128 views
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Hosei Univ. cheering section on the first day (Aug. 24, 2006) of the 33rd All-Japan Intercollegiate Rowing Championships.128 views
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Scarlet Flame ｽｶｰﾚｯﾄﾌﾚｰﾑ128 views
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Tama-no-Nagare. Means "Flow of Tama." Tama is a river. 多摩の流れ128 views
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Life rafts128 views
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End of the Toda Boat Course, near the 2000-meter finish line.127 views
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Launch point on a low hill126 views
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Anchor truck126 views
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Waseda University (came in 3rd) 早稲田大学３位126 views
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Inariyama Koen Station is a small train station, but only on the day of the annual Iruma Air Show, they set up this huge train station exit.126 views
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Climax125 views
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Closeup of carvings on a float.125 views
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Lion125 views
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Storehouse for a float125 views
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How to turn the float.125 views
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They inspected our bags and even had a German Shepherd dog.125 views
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Life rafts125 views
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"Nakama"124 viewsThis is another smaller kite. It means "Circle of Friends."
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Each float has musicians and a performer.124 views
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YS-11 landed.124 views
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Torch lighting123 viewsThe prince and princess light the torch that will ignite the hut.
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Steering the float123 views
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"Yujo"122 viewsThis is a smaller kite. It means "Friendship."
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Spectators122 viewsThese people are sitting in the best area to view the festival.
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Main drag122 views
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A float proceeds to the Otabisho plaza.122 views
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Nihon Univ. 日本大学121 views
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Menuma Shodenzan Kangiin temple is Saitama Prefecture's sole building designated as a National Treasure. The main Honden Hall is a magnificent work of art with numerous wooden sculptures.121 views
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No people on the sides either120 views
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Another launch120 views
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Numerous college and corporate rowing clubs have dormitories along the boat course.120 views
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Urawa-misono Station with soccer fans going home. Also see the video at YouTube.120 views
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Trying to cross the train tracks. Another bottleneck as trains always pass by.120 views
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Next were three Kawasaki C-1 transport jets taking off.120 views
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Entertainment119 viewsAn outdoor stage provides a variety of entertainment during the day.
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Male prince119 views
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武甲山119 views
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Chichibu Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line 西武池袋線 秩父駅119 views
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Even at around 9:30 am, a huge crowd.119 views
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Inariyama Tumulus117 views
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Maruhaka-yama Tumulus116 viewsThis is Japan's largest round tumulus (also used during the Fire Festival).
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Boat landing near finish line.116 views
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Start of 8-man final race 男子８+決勝のスタート116 views
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Patch up115 views
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She fell115 views
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MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system115 views
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Another beautiful take off114 views
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Inariyama Tumulus114 viewsPeople are allowed to climb up the tumulus.
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Mt. Bukosan and moss pink. 武甲山114 views
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It would take maybe only 5 min. reach Iruma Base from the train station, but it took us at least 25 min. with numerous stop-and-go crowd control.114 views
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At the front line in front of the Blue Impulse Aerobatic planes.114 views
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The crowd. Behind is a large hangar where they had aircraft displays.114 views
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UH-60J rescue helicopter is based on the Black Hawk copter.114 views
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Inside Elumi Konosu Shopping Mall.114 views
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Amateur area113 viewsFurther downwind was the amateur area for flying normal kites.
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Kyoto Univ.113 views
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Starting line staff must have strong back muscles.113 views
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Inside Omiya Station113 views
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For the finale, they had a joint parade of dancers from various troupes.113 views
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This was the 42nd Iruma Air Show on Nov. 3, 2010.113 views
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As 1:15 pm approaches, the crowd gets bigger and more eager to watch the Blue Impulse, seen here in the background.113 views
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Scarlet Flame before full bloom.112 views
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Blue Impulse jets parked front and center.112 views
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Nihon Univ. in foreground and Kyoto Univ. in background111 views
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The park allows dogs, but they bark and ruin the peace. They should ban dogs from the park.111 views
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Aoishin-ren musicians.111 views
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Finally getting nearer to Iruma Air Base, the Japan Air Self-Defense Forces' largest air base.111 views
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Cheering/coaching horde on bicycles.110 views
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Vodafone Cup with the Urawa Reds vs. Manchester United on July 30, 2005.110 views
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Tricot110 views
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The first thing I saw was this YS-11 flying around. They had a parade and Miss Air Show contest, but I was too late for that.110 views
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This is a U-125 plane which was also flying and had landed when we got to the air base.110 views
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Another Kawasaki C-1 military transport jet taking off. It has the Japan Air Self-Defense Force livery.110 views
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Ready to leave for the runway.110 views
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Sikorsky SH-60J Seahawk110 views
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Giant Kite Museum109 viewsLocated a short walk from the kite festival site. This is also where you can catch the bus back to Kasukabe Station.
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Kobe Univ. women rowers109 views
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Manchester United vs. Urawa Reds109 views
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Coach with megaphone108 views
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Nihon Univ. takes the lead at 500-meter line.108 views
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Tama-no-Nagare look light pink from afar.108 views
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Circular rainbow108 views
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The Minami-Koshigaya Awa Odori is held annually near Shin-Koshigaya Station (Tobu ISezaki, Hanzomon, and Hibiya Lines) and JR Minami-Koshigaya Station (Musashino Line). These two train stations almost intersect.108 views
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Kawasaki C-1 has been around since the 1970s.108 views
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And now here they come in all their glory, the Blue Impulse Aerobatic Team.108 views
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Smaller kites107 viewsThe museum displays many different kites from all over Japan and other countries.
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These photos were taken during the Vodafone Cup with the Urawa Reds vs. Manchester United on July 30, 2005. Over 58,000 fans attended. 107 views
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During the 2.5-hour performance, numerous Awa Odori dance troupes performed colorfully to live music.107 views
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U-125107 views
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View from the spectator stand, near the finish line.106 views
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Preliminary heats were held on the first day.106 views
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Whenever a race is proceeding, the boats in the side lane keep still.106 views
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Kyoto Univ.106 views
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The shadowy areas bloom much later.106 views
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UH-60J rescue helicopter demo.106 views
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The Iruma Air Show also had a VIP section for invited guests here at one end of the site. Prime view of take-offs and landings on the runway.106 views
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The surroundings are not very scenic, and the water is not so clean.105 views
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京都大学 男子８105 views
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8-man rowing105 views
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JR Kawagoe Station 川越駅105 views
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I found an almost infinite number of image combinations of the flowers and mountain.105 views
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Kita-Urawa Awa Odori lanterns in front of Kita-Urawa Station.105 views
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A squadron of T-4 trainer jets perform semi-aerobatics.105 views
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The crowd waits for the Blue Impulse.105 views
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Seven Blue Impulse planes were on display, but only six of them flew. Blue Impulse is based at Matsushima Air Base in Miyagi Prefecture. They have a busy performance schedule from April to Dec. ブルーインパルスの曲技飛行105 views
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Aircraft engine105 views
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Kyoto Univ.104 views
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On both the 22nd and 23rd, they held Awa Odori performances inside the Koshigaya Community Center. Part 1 was held during 2 pm to 4:30 pm, and Part 2 during 5:30 pm to 8:45 pm.104 views
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C-1 flying over Blue Impulse.104 views
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Two more Blue Impulse jets later took off.104 views
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F-2 fighter plane.104 views
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F-2 fighter104 views
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Patriot PAC-3J104 views
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C-130 Hercules in sky blue.104 views
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Chinook helicopter104 views
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They held demonstrations of the T-4's landing gear going up and down.104 views
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Gate to Kitain, a Tendai Buddhist temple. Part of Kawagoe's National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).103 views
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I watched the indoor performance inside the Koshigaya Community Center on Aug. 22, 2009 from 2 pm to 4:30 pm.103 views
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The press photographers were such a problem at Minami-Koshigaya Chuo-dori road that I left after 10 min.103 views
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The Kawasaki C-1 return to release parachute troopers.103 views
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Pilot putting on his helmet. This year in 2010 happens to be the 50th anniversary of the Blue Impulse team established in 1960.103 views
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As the jets taxied off, the pilots waved to the crowd.103 views
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Aircraft engine103 views
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But it was nice to watch it on stage in a large hall as well. Although I still prefer seeing Awa Odori outdoors where you can see it in a continuous procession.102 views
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Anybody could take pictures, but flash was not allowed.102 views
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Shadow dancing102 views
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