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Bus stop shelter near Kou-no-Yu in Kinosaki Onsen, Toyooka, Hyogo.55 views
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Landing on a nesting platform.55 views
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Bottom of Kobe Port Tower.54 views
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The bus going to Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork Park is designed like a bag to promote Toyooka as a bag-producing city.54 views
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As of Oct. 2018, Japan has over 140 Oriental white storks in the wild. They are also successfully breeding in Tokushima, Shimane, and Kyoto Prefectures. 54 viewsIt's still an endangered species, with only slightly over 2,000 of them in the Far East.
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Crows also drop by.54 views
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Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork has a few buildings amid large rice paddies and mountains.53 views
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Toyooka Oriental White Stork Culture Center's open cage for Oriental white storks. It includes paddies used for feeding. The cage is "open" because it only hasa fence and no roof.53 views
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About the Oriental white stork open cage.53 views
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The storks are carnivores, feeding on fish, frogs, snakes, rabbits, mice, etc. 53 views
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Storks swallow the fish whole.53 views
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The hanafuda card with the "crane" is actually an Oriental white stork. It actually looks like a cross between the two birds...53 views
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Park's website: http://www.stork.u-hyogo.ac.jp/en/53 views
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Gift shops in this building next to the parking lot.53 views
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Kobe Port Tower52 views
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Phone booth at Nankinmachi, Kobe's Chinatown.52 views
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Caban Street's most prominent bag shop is this one called Artisan Avenue. The front has a woven basket motif. Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture.52 views
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Oriental white stork decoration at JR Toyooka Station. To see real, living Oriental white storks, you have to visit the Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork Park.52 views
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Huge rice paddy within Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork.52 views
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The building in the middle is the University of Hyogo Graduate School of Regional Resource Management.52 views
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Toyooka Oriental White Stork Culture Center's open cage for Oriental white storks. There are about nine storks in the open cage. Their wings have been clipped to they cannot fly. 52 views
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They are throwing small dead fish into the paddies. 52 views
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They make a loud clacking noise with their bills.52 views
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About the biotope.52 views
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Confection shaped like stork eggs.52 views
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Eirakukan (永楽館), the Kansai Region's oldest kabuki theater built in 1901. Toward the left was the theater's front entrance that is not used anymore because of the road right in front. They now use a side entrance.51 views
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Inside the Oriental White Stork Culture Center. Walk through this building to the other side of the building to see the open cage.51 views
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So if you go to Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork, you can see real Oriental white storks.51 views
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Around 9:30 am to 10 am, they feed the storks. This is the best time to visit the park. And the best chances of seeing storks flying around.51 views
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From 2005, the park started releasing Oriental white storks into the wild in Toyooka, which was a great celebration. The birds then started to breed and reproduce in the wild.51 viewsThey've been releasing only a few birds (fewer than 5) almost every year.
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Exhibits.51 views
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Screening room.51 views
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Nesting platform.51 views
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Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture is a major producer of bags. Thier local bus even has a bag design.50 views
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Eirakukan Theater in Izushi, Toyooka, Hyogo.50 views
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Shinkoro Clock Tower was orignally used to beat taiko drums from 7 am to 9 am to notify people that the castle lord arrived at the castle. A mechanical clock from the Netherlands was later donated by a local doctor to make it a clock tower in 1881. 辰鼓50 views
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Gate to Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork. Open: 9:00 am–5:00 pm, closed Mondays (open if a national holiday and closed the next day instead), December 28th–January 4th.50 views
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On the left is the Toyooka Kounotori Bunkakan or Oriental White Stork Culture Center.50 views
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Back inside the Oriental White Stork Culture Center. On the left is the European white stork with a red bill, on the right is the Oriental white stork with a black bill. Very similar.50 views
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Part of the park is a large biotope used as a stork sanctuary and research facility. Only part of it is open to the public.50 views
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Toyooka's bag bus.49 views
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Rice paddy has a high nesting platform. The nest still intact.49 views
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Kounotori can also mean "bird bringing happiness." Sculpture related to the bird of happiness. Makes people happy especially when the stork delivers your baby.49 views
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On the right is the park's administrative building.49 views
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Once found all over Japan, the Oriental white stork ("kounotori" in Japanese) became extinct in the wild in Japan in 1971 despite preservation efforts since 1955.49 views
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In 1985, six wild Oriental white stork chicks from the USSR (Khabarovsk) were acquired to be raised in Toyooka. From 1989, the birds from Russia started to breed successfully in captivity in Toyooka every year. 49 views
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Oriental white stork nests are large, about 2 meters diameter, made of tree branches and straw.49 views
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Large biotope used as a stork sanctuary and research facility.49 views
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Basic map of Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork. Only one building on the left is open to the public.48 views
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Even insects.48 views
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From JR Toyooka Station, there are buses that go to Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork Park. However, they run only once or twice an hour. Bus schedule under the purple column.47 views
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Aquariums with fish.47 views
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Meriken Park also has this impressive monument of Japanese emigrants to South America. Built in April 2001 by local Brazilian organizations.44 views
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Dressing room.44 views
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Monument for the "Birthplace of Japan's Emigration to Brazil" (ブラジル移民発祥の地)43 views
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Artist studio42 views
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Izushi's symbol is the Shinkoro Clock Tower. This area is also a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区). 辰鼓楼42 views
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Shinkoro Clock Tower in Izushi, Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture is one of Japan's oldest clock towers along with the Sapporo Clock Tower also built in 1881. 辰鼓楼41 views
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Also a good snack is the Tajima beef bun.41 views
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Warning sign for drivers for small children. (It means to go slow.)41 views
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Kobe Center for Overseas Migration and Cultural Interaction was originally the National Emigration Center (国立移民収容所) where Japanese immigrants stayed for orientation before traveling mainly to South America (especially Brazil) by boat.40 viewsThe Emigration Center was used from 1928 to 1971 and it's Japan's only surviving building used for sending Japanese immigrants. Later renamed Kobe Emigrant Education Center and then Kobe Emigrant Assistance Center and Kobe Emigration Center (神戸移住センター).
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Entrance.40 viewsOpen 10:00 am -5:00 pm (enter by 4:30 pm), closed Mon. (open if a national holiday and closed on Tue. instead) and December 29 to January 3. Admission: Free
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Exhibition room40 views
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Backstage has the dressing rooms for actors. Normally hidden by a curtain.40 views
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History of the emigrant center: 1940s39 views
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History of the emigrant center: 1950s-60s39 views
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Statue of emigrants to Brazil. This same statue also stands at Meriken Park in Kobe.39 views
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Japanese language textbooks.39 views
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Nice stairs39 views
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The tower's top five floors are lookout decks accessible by elevator.39 views
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Kobe Luminarie's Cassa Armonica (カッサ・アルモニカ). People gave donations.39 views
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Advertising posters on the walls.39 views
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Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway station.39 views
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Kou-no-Yu is open 7:00 am–11:00 pm, closed on Tue. Oriental white stork statues next to Kou-no-Yu.39 views
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During World War II, the facility was used by the Japanese military. Then it became a school for hospital nurses. Today, the building is a South America emigration museum and the base for the Kansai Brazilian Community.38 viewsThere are exhibition rooms showing Kobe's history of Japanese immigration, especially to South America. Art studios, art gallery spaces, and meeting rooms are also provided for cultural exchange.
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Portuguese notices.38 views
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The 1st and 2nd floors have the emigration exhibition rooms. The 3rd floor is mainly offices of local Brazilian groups, and the 4th floor has rented studios for artists.38 views
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History of the emigrant center: 1970s-80s as a School of Nursing.38 views
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Entrance to Kobe Port Tower.38 views
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Kobe Port Tower ticket window. 38 views
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View of Meriken Park, Kobe's waterfront park that includes Kobe Maritime Museum, South American emigration monument, outdoor sculptures, and the preserved dock that was damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995.38 views
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View of Meriken Park from Kobe Port Tower.38 views
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View of Meriken Park from Kobe Port Tower.38 views
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Roof above Cassa Armonica.38 views
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On Nov. 3, Izushi holds the Oshiro Matsuri to reenact the daimyo procession.38 views
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Gift shop in Izushi.38 views
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Samurai residence.38 views
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Next to the station is this collection of donated geta wooden clogs from local inns.38 views
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Inside JR Kinosaki Onsen Station.38 views
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Drinkabke hot spring water in front of JR Kinosaki Onsen Station.38 views
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Guests who stay at a ryokan in Kinosaki Onsen can visit all seven public baths for free. But daytrippers like me have to pay admission for each one, costing ¥600 or ¥700. 38 viewsHowever, they have a public bath day pass for only ¥1,200 (外湯めぐり券). Use it to enter all seven. Great deal! Definitely one of the best bargains in Japan!
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Dressing and locker room for men at Jizo-yu.38 views
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Hiking path to Onsenji Temple, but taking the ropeway is easier and faster.38 views
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Gift shop and plaza next to the Kinosaki Onsen's hot spring source. 温泉たまご場38 views
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View of Kinosaki Onsen from the lookout deck.38 views
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Onsenji Temple's bell dates back to the early Edo Period.38 views
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The seventh public bath I saw. I entered this one called Kou-no-Yu named after the Oriental white stork. Kinosaki Onsen's oldest hot spring where an Oriental white stork was bathing in the hot spring to heal wounds. That's how the onsen started.38 views
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This was where the Japanese immigrants would stay for up to 10 days to prepare for their long boat journey and move to South America.37 viewsToday, the center is partially a museum where a few of the old rooms used by the emigrants have been restored. Other rooms are rented, including an event hall, meeting rooms, and gallery spaces. It includes a consultation center for South American residents of Kobe.
Museu da Emigração e Centro de Intercâmbio Cultural de Kobe
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It is also has a consultation center for South American residents of Kobe. Operated by the city of Kobe, the current facility opened on June 3, 2009.37 views15-min. walk from JR Motomachi Station (East Exit) on the JR Tokaido/Kobe Line. Walk straight along Koikawa-suji road (鯉川筋). Or 10-min. walk from Kencho-mae Station on the subway line. From JR Shin-Kobe Station (shinkansen), 10-min. taxi ride.
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Old Kobe Immigration Center.37 views
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Map of Kobe Port on the floor.37 views
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Pictures of emigrants.37 views
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Life in the emigration center.37 views
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This is how the sleeping quarters looked like at the Kobe emigration center.37 views
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This is how the sleeping quarters looked like at the Kobe emigration center.37 views
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This is how the sleeping quarters looked like at the Kobe emigration center.37 views
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Corridor on an upper floor.37 views
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3rd floor37 views
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Meriken Park37 views
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Kobe Luminarie's Cassa Armonica (カッサ・アルモニカ). People lined up for the Cassa Armonica like a shrine.37 views
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Back of the lights.37 views
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Theater lobby.37 views
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Inside Eirakukan. You can freely tour inside the theater. Very impressive and rare glimpse of a Meiji Period theater. 37 viewsThat's the hanamichi on the left. You can walk on it too.
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Rotating kabuki stage.37 views
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Stage curtains.37 views
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Shinkoro Clock Tower was first built in 1871 without any clock. 辰鼓楼37 views
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Izushi Castle in Toyooka was built in the early 17th century. No original structures remain except for the stone walls and foundations. Reconstructed turrets and a small shrine are on the castle grounds. 出石城37 views
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East Corner Turret.37 views
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Izushi Town Hall37 views
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In front of JR Kinosaki Onsen Station.37 views
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Free foot bath at Sato-no-Yu Onsen さとの湯. Great to relax your feet before getting on the train.37 views
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Jizo statue at Jizo-yu public bath.37 views
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Entrance hall of Jizo-yu. Entrance for the men's bath on the left, and women on the right. Jizo-yu also has private baths. 地蔵湯37 viewsAll the public baths are segregated for men and women. A few of the public baths also have private baths that families or couples can rent.
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Otani River has four stone bridges and each one has a name.37 views
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Foot bath next to Ichinoyu public bath. 海内第一泉37 views
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View from the cavern bath.37 views
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Main drag outside Ichinoyu.37 views
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Rest area inside Gosho-no-yu (御所の湯).37 views
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The small shack on the right is a foot bath. In the background is the ropeway station to Onsenji Temple. 37 views
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Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway goes up to Mt. Daishi.37 views
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Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway takes only 7 min. to the mountain summit. The ropeway runs three times an hour most of the day from 9:10 am to 5:10 pm.37 views
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Going up Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway which is 676 meters long.37 views
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Small Jizo statues.37 views
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Onsenji Temple's Hondo main hall.37 views
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Onsenji Temple's Tahoto pagoda dates back to 1768. It houses a Buddha statue. 金剛界大日如来37 views
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Kinosaki Art Museum near Onsenji. Mostly Buddhist art. Small admission charged. Open 9 am–4:30 pm, closed second and fourth Thu. of the month when the ropeway is not operating. 城崎美術館37 views
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Locker and dressing room for men. 鴻の湯37 views
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Kou-no-Yu's outdoor bath in a garden-like setting. 鴻の湯37 views
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Emigrant ship to South America.36 views
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It took over 50 days to travel from Japan to South America.36 views
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History of the emigrant center.36 views
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History of the emigrant center: 1930s36 views
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Lodging facility reconstructed here.36 views
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Sports equipment.36 views
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Emigrants' luggage.36 views
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Electronical appliances.36 views
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Vintage camera36 views
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Emigration monument at Meriken Park.36 views
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Restaurant includes this Kobe Port Tower rice.36 views
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The pier that damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 has been retained as is.36 views
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Gate to Nankinmachi, Kobe's Chinatown.36 views
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Theater entrance on the side. The theater is a short walk from the Izushi bus stop and Izushi Castle.36 views
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You have to take off your shoes.36 views
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Side seats.36 views
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View from the stage.36 views
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Inside a booth for instrument players.36 views
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Dressing room.36 views
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Other stairway.36 views
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Tojobashi Bridge to Izushi Castle's Tojomon Gate. 出石城 登城門・登城橋36 views
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Ariko-yama Inari Jinja Shrine atop Izushi Castle's main foundation. 有子山稲荷神社 36 views
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Views of Izushi.36 views
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Views of Izushi from Izushi Castle.36 views
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Japanese pine tree.36 views
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Gift shop in Izushi.36 views
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Willow trees along the river at Kinosaki Onsen hot spring. 36 views
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About Yanagi-yu public bath. 柳湯36 views
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People are encouraged to stroll around Kinosaki Onsen while wearing yukata. You can see more of them in the evening.36 views
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Foot bath next to Ichinoyu public bath. 海内第一泉36 views
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Near Ichinoyu is this fountain for drinkable hot spring water.36 views
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Jizo and Kannon statues along a rock wall.36 views
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About the Benzaiten shrine.36 views
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Gokurakuji Temple's Sanmon Gate. 山門36 views
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Way to Onsenji Temple.36 views
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Kinosaki Onsen's hot spring source. 源泉36 views
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You can soft-boil your onsen eggs yourself in hot spring water. Boil the eggs for 11 min.36 views
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Aboit Tajima beef and Kobe beef.36 views
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Lookout deck on the roof of the ropeway station.36 views
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View of Kinosaki Onsen from the lookout deck.36 views
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Onsenji Temple's Oku-no-In temple reconstructed in 2010. 奥の院36 views
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Onsenji Temple's prayer tablet with Kannon on it.36 views
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Onsenji Temple's Tahoto pagoda. 多宝塔 36 views
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Onsenji Temple's Tahoto pagoda. 多宝塔36 views
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At the bottom station of the ropeway is a small museum dedicated to Otagaki Shiro (1894–1964) who proposed the Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway that opened in May 1963. He was a native of Kinosaki and the first president of Kansai Electric Power Company.36 views太田垣士郎翁資料館
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About Kou-no-Yu. 鴻の湯36 views
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Entrance to the men's bath and rest area. 鴻の湯36 views
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Farm tools35 views
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All the decks on Kobe Port Tower. 35 views
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Kobe Port Tower top lookout deck.35 views
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Views from Kobe Port Tower.35 views
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View of Meriken Park from Kobe Port Tower.35 views
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Kobe Mosiac35 views
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Restaurant inside Kobe Port Tower.35 views
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The pier that damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 has been retained as is.35 views
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The pier that damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 has been retained as is.35 views
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Shopping arcade in Kobe.35 views
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The Galleria has another corridor of lights.35 views
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The crowd going home. Most went to Sannomiya Station.35 views
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Toyooka City Hall35 views
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Izushi also has Eirakukan (永楽館), the Kansai Region's oldest kabuki theater built in 1901. It closed in 1964 due to the spread of television and other diversions.35 viewsYears later, the theater was renovated and reopened in 2008. The theater puts on performances occasionally.
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Theater lobby.35 views
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Stage as seen from the back row.35 views
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Very retro.35 views
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The revolving stage (mawari-butai). Above the stage in the back are dressing rooms for the performers. Normally hidden by a curtain.35 views
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Bathtub for actors.35 views
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Basement passage to the other end of the theater.35 views
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Way to Izushi Castle and Shinkoro Clock Tower.35 views
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About the Shinkoro Clock Tower. 辰鼓楼35 views
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Pulling out weeds from the stone wall.35 views
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Reconstructed West Corner Turret is not open to the public. 西隅櫓35 views
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Izushi Castle's Honmaru has a large stone foundation for the main tower,35 views
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Izushi Castle's Honmaru has a large stone foundation for the main tower,35 views
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There are over 30 torii gates to the shrine.35 views
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