At Yumigahama-beach in the Izu-peninsula.
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Against the sun | 13/06/2006 |
At Yumigahama-beach in the Izu-peninsula.
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Oze-marsh at Ginza | 08/06/2006 |
Oze-marsh is situated at highlands over 1500 meters high in Nikko National Park area.
They imitated it at the center of Ginza in order to let people to recognize the importance of nature with transplanting plants from there.
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The flowers of skunk cabbages.
It'll be shown until the 11th June in front of Sonny Building.
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At Yuigahama beach in Kamakura | 29/05/2006 |
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Cranes atop a building | 27/05/2006 |
I found those at JR Tokyo-station.
It was sorta a magnificent view.
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The gate for the Zoujouji-temple | 24/05/2006 |
The gate for the Zoujouji-temple which is registered as the Japanese important heritage.
It is the head temple of the Joudo-shu Buddhism in Japan.
The gate was built in 1611 and made of wood.
The closest station is JR Hamamatsucho or Daimon-station on the Ooedo metro-line .
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It's 21meters in height,19meters in width,9meters in depth.
Around 3000 monks trained here every year until Meiji-era.
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At Sanja-matsuri festival in Asakusa | 21/05/2006 |
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The object which they are carrying on their backs is "Mikoshi",which means a portable shrine.
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Portable shrines are supposed to have the power to get rid of disease and hard luck from people.
Those are carried around streets for 2 days.They have a lot of portable shrines like that.Unfortunately I haven't checked the number.
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Pickings from Shimoda | 10/05/2006 |
A miniature of a black ship.
4 American black ships came to Shimoda in 1853 to ask Japan to open ports for the U.S.
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The bust of Matthew Calbraith Perry who was the commodore of the black ships at that time.It's placed at the shore where he landed at first at Shimoda port.
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Retrospective signboards at a liquor shop inShimoda | 08/05/2006 |
Signboards of porcelain enamel,which are 50-120years old.
"We sell oil from America".Dark blue one tells that.
Beer brands which are shown on boards have disappeared.
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The letters on the white tiles tell "Chilled beer".
"Chilled" is funny.
Figures of the phone number is only double,"21".
Now it is 6 there.
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These are shown at "Tsuchitou store" at Shimoda 3 chome.
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Which one do you like best among these 6 beaches around Shimoda? | 06/05/2006 |
Shirahama
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Sotoura
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Nagatahama
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Nabeta
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Kisami-oohama
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Yumigahama
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Flowers at Shimoda | 06/05/2006 |
Wisteria
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Hydrangea
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