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Subaru Impreza WRC 2006 Prototype268 viewsIn 2004, Subaru won the Rally Japan 2004 (the first FIA WRC hosted in Japan). The car was driven by Petter Solberg. It is a race on public roads.
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About 11 am: Here we go folks, the first of 136 runners in Tokyo.268 views
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Kataoka Shinwa, actor, throwing beans for setsubun at Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin. 片岡信和268 views
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Head priest267 views
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Magistrate Procession. Bowing to Asakusa Temple.267 views
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People pushing and shoving. Pretty dangerous...267 views
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Swimmers in summer at Kasai Kaihin Park, one of the few places in Tokyo where you can enjoy an ocean beach.267 views
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Inside the gyoza restaurant are placards written by past customers boasting the number of gyoza they ate (or couldn't finish).267 views
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Azaleas and torii gates, Nezu Shrine267 views
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Chrysanthemums shaped like Mt. Fuji. Capped by white flowers for snow. Yushima Tenjin Shrine, Tokyo.267 views
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Tokyo Station Yaesu North Entrance passage to Marunouchi side266 views
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Road to the Fukagawa-Edo Museum, near Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station.266 views
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Tiger266 views
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Ready to hop266 views
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Daruma dolls for sale on the same day as Setsubun265 views
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Twin towers on Yaesu side overlook the red brick building.265 views
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Kasai Kaihin Park beach. It's not Hawaii, but better than nothing. 葛西海浜公園265 views
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Nakajima-no-Ochaya Tea House265 views
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Minamoto no Yoritomo 源 頼朝 隅田川陣営264 views
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7. Sawagi さわぎ264 viewsThe finale where all the geisha appear on stage.
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Band from the Chiyoda Jogakuin Girls Junior/Senior High School264 viewsNo problem photographing them.
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Symbol of Tokyo: Kaminari-mon Gate with a giant red paper lantern. Pass through this gate to reach Asakusa Kannon Temple. 雷門264 views
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Women at the starting line for triathlon263 views
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Men's bath263 views
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Akikawa River below Kichijoji Falls, Hinohara, Tokyo263 views
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Tokyo Station, Marunouchi Central Exit263 views
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Hie Shrine's Sanno Matsuri Jinko-sai Procession in front of Imperial Palace.263 views
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In front of Sensoji temple's Hozomon Gate are battledore stalls on both sides.263 views
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Interesting sign at the gate.263 views
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Tokyo Station, Marunouchi Central Entrance262 views
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Straight black hair is pretty too.262 views
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Inside Butsuden Buddha Hall 仏殿262 views
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Somehow a samurai outfit does not match jogging sneakers.262 views
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What would a marathon be without a cow costume? Her sash says "Let's drink milk." It's true that milk consumption in Japan has been decreasing. Dunno why. One of my favorite drinks. (I have strong bones.)262 views
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Hossawa Falls, Hinohara, Tokyo261 views
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Tokyo Toden streetcar, Koshin-zuka Station.261 views
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Statue of Matsuo Basho, haiku poet. Koto-ku, Tokyo261 views
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Michael Jackson tribute in Aug. 2009, Fussa Tanabata Matsuri, Tokyo. Very good likeness.261 views
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JR Ushihama Station platform. Fewer people than I expected, to my relief.261 views
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Entrance to Tokaido shinkansen tracks. 新幹線259 views
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A double car hop battle.259 views
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Main entrance to Aoyama Cemetery during cherry blossom season in early April. Gaienmae Station (Ginza/Hanzomon Line) and Nogizaka Station (Chiyoda Line) are the closest subway stations.259 views
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When the wisteria is in bloom, the shrine gets very crowded, especially on weekends. The alley leading to the shrine is also quite narrow.258 views
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Many women drummers also perform. Shinjuku Eisa Matsuri, Tokyo258 views
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The best-looking lady at the show...257 viewsA Lambo of course. Lamborghini, everyone's all-time, ultimate dream car. (Besides Speed Racer's Mach 5.) This is the Murcielago.
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Fujitsu257 views
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Large daruma at Takahata Fudoson temple, Hino, Tokyo257 views
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Cherry blossoms near JR Sugamo Station257 views
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First built by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1612, Sengakuji temple belongs to the Zen Soto sect. This is the Chumon Gate, facing the south, the first gate most people pass through to enter Sengakuji temple. Reconstructed in 1836. 中門257 views
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Inside Hondo Main Hall257 views
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Hamura Station (West Entrance) on the JR Ome Line.256 views
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Sign says "No street performances allowed."256 views
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Asakusa Sanja Matsuri in front of Sensoji temple.256 views
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This guy busted a pipe while hopping.256 views
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Arrival of Black Ships 黒船来航・浦賀奉行255 views黒船来航・浦賀奉行
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The Marunouchi side has the classic red brick building, and the Yaesu side has a modern building housing Daimaru Dept. Store. Tokyo Station sign at Marunouchi entrance255 views
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One day, Lord Ii Naotaka was doing falconry and was on his way home when it started to rain. He sought shelter under a tree at the temple. Then he saw a cat raising its paw...255 viewsHe went to the cat and then lightning struck the tree he was standing under. In appreciation, Naotaka gave donations to the temple.
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Tekomai geisha posing for photos.255 views
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About the former park manager's office.255 views
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The White Heron Dance originated in Kyoto over 1,100 years ago to purge the city of an epidemic.254 views
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Throw the beans farther!254 views
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Center of red brick building, what should be the central entrance.254 views
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Shinkansen ticket office254 views
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Hanamatsuri, Buddha's birthday on April 8. A small statue of the baby Buddha is in a miniature temple called Hanami-do (花御堂). This is Ikegami Honmonji temple in Tokyo.254 views
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Kitamachi Awa Odori, Nerima-ku, Tokyo254 views
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Yes, rain falling from above.254 views
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Yasukuni Shrine, Torii and Haiden hall253 views
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Tokyo Station Tokaido shinkansen platform253 views
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Maids attract much attention so they are used as living billboards for stores and whatever needs to be advertised in Akihabara.253 views
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Binzasara Dance from Asakusa Shrine. This dance also originated in Asakusa by farmers who celebrated the completion of a tea house in Asakusa near the Asakusa Sensoji Temple. It is now a dance to celebrate a good harvest. びんざさら舞252 views
びんざさら舞
三社大権現祭礼 船渡御
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The Imperial Palace's Chowaden Hall where formal banquets and meetings are held. This modern complex was built in 1968. In front is the Kyuden Totei plaza 長和殿、宮殿 東庭252 views
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Tokyo Station Underground Marunouchi Central Entrance252 views
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Plum blossoms252 views
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Pretty in pink.252 views
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Daihatsu251 views
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Arigato251 views
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Mitake Station on the JR Ome Line. 御岳駅251 views
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In front of Tokyo Station Yaesu Entrance251 views
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On the weekends, free shuttle bus to the tulip festival from Hamura Station West Exit. It's short bus ride.251 views
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Highway cone251 views
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On the second day (Sat.) of the Asakusa Sanja Matsuri at noon, numerous mikoshi (portable shrines) gather behind Sensoji temple, and wait their turn to depart for the streets of Asakusa.251 views
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Suzuki LC250 viewsI looked at her, and she looked at me. I didn't wave, so she didn't wave...
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Daihatsu HVS250 views
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Main street with shops.250 views
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Going to Tokaido shinkansen tracks.249 views
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Inside Koganji temple Hondo. The temple houses the Togenuki Jizo statue which is not visible to the public.249 views
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PR poster249 views
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Maneki Neko Beckoning Cat Temple is a small worship hall dedicated to the beckoning cat. On the left of the temple, notice a little roofed shelf. 猫観音を祀る招猫殿249 views
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Golden Dragon Dance. 浅草のよろこび 金龍の舞248 views
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在原業平 東下り248 views
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Tokyo Station Tokaido shinkansen platform with signs in English for departing trains.248 views
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Asakusa Hagoita-ichi Battledore Fair, Dec. 17-19248 views
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The name of the festival is "Hiwatari," literally meaning fire crossing. They make a big fire, then allow people to walk over the embers. This is the centerpiece of the festival, a pile of cypress tree branches to be burned.247 views
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Azaleas in bloom247 views
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This is a pose when Tora-san goes to the Shibamata Station and he looks back to his sister Sakura who calls him.247 views
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A long line forms at Rikugien's Someimon Gate entrance. When the weeping cherry tree is in bloom in late March, many people come. 染井門247 views
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Map of temple grounds. There are both traditional and modern buildings.247 views
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All hands246 views
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Crowd from Kudanshita Station246 views
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Infectious Okinawan beat. Shinjuku Eisa Matsuri, Tokyo246 views
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Shinkansen trains246 views
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The 25th Asakusa Yabusame horseback archery was held on April 21, 2007 at Sumida Park.246 views
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Historic site marker for Ii Naosuke's gravesite. Gotokuji Temple is known as the Ii Clan's family temple. Over 300 lords, wives, concubines, and children related to the Ii Clan, from Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture, are buried here.246 views
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Running in triathlon245 views
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This troupe of 25 local women preserve a traditional art of Edo. They attend regular singing practice led by an elderly woman who was an authentic tekomai in her day.245 views
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JR Akihabara Station245 views
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Priest and Fukuhara Ai (table tennis player)244 views
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Chigo children. 昔の築地本願寺の花まつり244 views
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Sento public bath with a temple architecture244 viewsNamed Kodara-yu.
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Niiya Hitomi, the first woman runner I saw went on to win the women's division. I wondered where the women runners were. They were more than 20 min. behind the men to finish. 新谷仁美 東京マラソン244 views
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Tokyo Sea Life Park aquarium244 views
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Here's a cutie trying to gather attention.244 views
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Tahoto Pagoda at Gokokuji temple in Bunkyo, Tokyo. Built in 1938 modeled after the original Tahoto Pagoda at Ishiyama-dera temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture. 多宝塔244 views
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Gate to Maneki Neko Beckoning Cat Temple. There are a few theories (or legends) as to how the maneki neko (Beckoning Cat) was created. One theory comes from this temple.244 views
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Higashi Kokubaru, Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture. The only celebrity I was able to recognize.244 views
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Sanja means "Three Shrines," dedicated to the two fishermen who found the Kannon buddha statue and the wealthy landlord who converted them to Buddhism. The statue became the object of worship that founded Sensoji Temple.244 views
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Map of garden. Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is designated as one of Japan's Special Historic Place and Special Scenic Spot. Only select places in Japan (like Kyoto's Kinkakuji) have both designations. 国の特別史跡・特別名勝243 views
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Tokyo Toden streetcar tracks near Arakawa 2-chome Station.243 views
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300-year-old pine tree243 views
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Tokyo Station Nihonbashi Entrance 東京駅 日本橋口242 views
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Parish members wait for the portable shrines to arrive. The paper lanterns are written with the names of the parish.242 views
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Hie Shrine Sanno Matsuri242 views
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Higashi Kokubaru, Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture running in Tokyo Marathon 2008242 views
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Asakusa Sanja Matsuri242 views
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As one man lies at the bottom, everything is piled up on him. They even swayed the boat.242 views
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Second taiko-bashi bridge in 2003. Notice how there are much less flowers along the edge of the pond. Also notice that the bridge has been rebuilt. It is now concrete painted fire-engine red.241 viewsThe old bridge was wooden with faded vermillion paint. I don't like this new bridge paint color.
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Chidorigafuchi 千鳥ヶ淵241 views
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Area in front of Tokyo Station, Marunouchi side241 views
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Tokyo Station's old Yaesu Entrance (Daimaru Dept. Store) and new North Tower.241 views
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JR Gotanda Station, east entrance 五反田駅241 views
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Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri, mizu-kake241 views
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Dramatic display of mikoshi maneuvers241 views
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Brazilians241 views
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Asakusa hangyoku (apprentice geisha in Tokyo) named Ichigo posing in April 2001. 半玉241 views
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Cycling for triathlon240 views
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Chigo children. 昔の築地本願寺の花まつり240 views
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It says, "Don't open the faucet. Water might flow."240 views
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The tulip fields cover about 23,000 sq. meters. These are originally rice paddies. The tulips are grown when the rice paddies are not used during Nov.-May.240 views
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The mikoshi is raised high as they all bathe in water. Taking photos like this one requires adequate water protection of your camera and lens.240 views
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Nezu Shrine torii gate 根津神社240 views
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The following photos were taken in March 2012. Compared to the photos above taken in 2023, notice how the plum blossoms have grown taller and thicker.240 views
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Cable car to Mt. Mitake239 views
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Tokyo Station Marunouchi North Entrance in 2007. 東京駅丸の内北口239 views
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Street singer in front of JR Akihabara Station's new Central entrance. A cute face and miniskirt really help to gather a crowd.239 views
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Path to front gate of Gotokuji Temple.239 views
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She posed for me too.239 views
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Tokyo Sky Tree and plum blossoms at Kameido Tenjin Shrine.239 views
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Chidorigafuchi cherry blossoms are also lit up at night.238 views
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Tavern238 views
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Akikawa River238 views
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Incense burner and Butsuden Buddha Hall.238 views
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Oiran stopped and posed for me. How nice of her...238 views
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White elephant and the pagoda at Sensoji temple, Asakusa on Buddha's birthday called Hanamatsuri.238 views
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Very well done, and it makes this chrysanthemum festival unique. Yushima Tenjin Shrine, Tokyo.238 views
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Shinkansen ticket machines for today's trains.237 views
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Welcome!237 views
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What character is this?237 views
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Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder. The show was held annually until 1973 when the oil shock occurred. It was so severe that organizers decided to hold the show every other year. No show was held in 1974. From 1975, the show was held every other year.236 viewsThe Murcielago attracted more attention.
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Zojoji, Daiden (Hondo) main hall with bean-throwing stage for Setsubun on Feb. 3. 大殿236 viewsDaiden (Hondo) is the temple's main worship hall. It was rebuilt in 1974. Enshrined inside is a large main image (honzon) of Amida Buddha (made during the Muromachi Period), with an image of Great Teacher Shan-tao (who perfected China's Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism) on the right and an image of Honen Shonin (founder of Jodo-shu sect in Japan) on the left. On Feb. 3, the bean-throwing stage was set up in front.
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Musashi-Mitake Shrine, Tokyo 武蔵御嶽神社236 views
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Tokyo Station, Marunouchi South Entrance236 views
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Honden main hall of Shinagawa Shrine, one of Shinagawa Ward's major shrines. Dedicated to Amenohirinome-no-Mikoto, Susano-o-no-Mikoto, and Uganome-no-Mikoto. 236 viewsNear Shin-Bamba Station North Exit on the Keihin Kyuko Line from Shinagawa Station.
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Ariake Coliseum (Colosseum) in Koto Ward, Tokyo, near Odaiba. One of Tokyo Apache's home courts in Tokyo. Easily accessible via Yurikamome Line (Ariake Station) and Rinkai Line (Kokusai Tenjijo Station). 有明コロシアム236 views
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White Heron dancers were silent and sang nothing as the musicians played.236 views
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Yushima Shoden temple is noted for this Yanagi well whose water supposed to make women's hair beautiful. The Shiraume taiko drummers always wet their hair from this well. 柳の井戸 柳井堂 （りゅうせいどう）236 views
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Mitsubishi Motors235 views
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Sarutahiko, Guardian of the earth. 猿田彦 三社大権現祭礼 船渡御235 views
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Goraku-ren 伍楽連235 views
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Koganji temple Hondo hall. This is a Zen temple belonging to the Soto-shu school. The temple was founded in 1596 and moved to Sugamo in 1891.235 views
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Fussa manhole cover with Tanabata design235 views
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A mikoshi passes by Tatsumi Turret of the Imperial Palace durng the Sanno Matsuri Jinko-sai.235 views
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Second taiko-bashi bridge in 1997. You can see the second arch bridge which is right before the shrine hall. Compare this picture with the next one.234 views
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On the road in front of the temple234 views
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The procession passes by Ichiyo sakura trees.234 views
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Train bridge to Akihabara Station234 views
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Busted pipe leaking.234 views
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Akiko Sekine who later won the women's triathlon.233 viewsAfter cycling, they ran for 10 km. About 30 min. later, this woman, Akiko Sekine won the triathlon. She was one of athletes who went to the Athens Olympics (placing 12th).
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Many little kids held a long rope to pull the white elephant. 昔の築地本願寺の花まつり233 views
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A "waterfall" of weeping plum blossoms (Shidare ume no taki) しだれ梅の滝233 views
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Tora-san is helping to install the museum sign.233 views
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Whale or fish233 views
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Shirasagi-no-Mai dancer at Asakusa.233 views
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Sign and entrance to Tokyo Big Sight232 views
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Shinkansen Yaesu North Entrance 東京駅新幹線八重洲北口232 views
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Moat232 views
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Needless to say, the subway/trains stations were jammed with people by 5 pm. This is when I got off the train at Shinozaki Station on the Toei Shinjuku subway line on Aug.1, 2009.232 views
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Back of oiran.232 views
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Bugatti Veyron 16.4231 views
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Tomioka Hachiman Tekomai geisha perform at Kiba Park.231 views
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Dai-Hondo Hall, Nishi-Arai Daishi, Tokyo 大本堂231 viewsAccording to legend, when prayers were offered to save villagers from an epidemic, pure water gushed out of a hitherto dried-up well and got rid of the plague. Since the well was on the west side of the temple hall, this area came to be called "Nishi-Arai" (New Well in the West). The temple is famous for warding off fire and misfortune.
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Map of garden231 views
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Front (or bottom) view of the flower. Japanese dog's tooth violet (katakuri or Erythronium japonicum)231 views
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The shopping street is quite long, going all the way to Nishi-Sugamo on the Mita subway line.231 views
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Nezu Shrine torii gate 根津神社231 views
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Main drag of Akihabara231 views
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Going down the main drag (Chuo-dori) of Akihabara.231 views
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Battledore231 views
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Tokyo Tower230 views
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The outdoor architectural museum is within Koganei Park in Koganei, Tokyo. This is the Visitors Center.230 views
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Always a crowd in front of JR Akihabara Station230 views
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Statue of Basho sitting at the site of Saito-an house before departing for the Tohoku region. 採茶庵跡230 views
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Butsuden Buddha Hall, Gotokuji temple, Setagaya, Tokyo. This was renovated by Lord Ii Naotaka's wife and oldest daughter. 仏殿230 views
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Tokyo Tower230 views
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JR Kodaira Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.230 views
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Panasonic229 viewsAwful costume I thought.
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Onegaishimasu! お願いします！229 views
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Straw ring and Hie Jinja Shrine's Shaden Worship Hall. 社殿229 views
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Plum blossoms229 views
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Space teen?229 views
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Statue of Basho sitting at the site of Saito-an house. 採茶庵跡229 views
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