Tag: “Japan”
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Forest of Foxes
It's hard to describe the effect produced by the foxes of Toyokawa, Japan. Tucked away in a forest behind a temple, hundreds, possibly thousands of individually-carved stone foxes sit huddled together collecting moss.
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Kobe Port Tower
354 (08 meter) steel hyperboloid tower with an observation deck at 300 feet above sea level. Kobe, Japan
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Golden Pavilion
Located in Kyoto, Japan, Kinkakuji (and its reflection) are rather pretty.
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Kimono New Years Outing
Kyoto, Japan on a rainy New Years Day
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Enoshima Koto Drummer
A couple of train stops from our old house in Japan was Enoshima Island, a popular tourist destination for people traveling from Tokyo. We happened upon a festival honoring the god of the sea, and stayed for some miso soup and sake afterward.
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Kansai Summer Festivals
A look at some of the more popular summer festivals around Osaka, Japan.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
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Nishimera, Japan
A tiny village in Miyazaki prefecture, Japan. Tucked in the middle of 3 mountains and home to 1400 great villagers.
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Kitakata
Kitakata is in the Fukushima Prefecture, North of Japan in the middle of the island, between Fukushima (Pacific Ocean coast) and Niigata (Japanese See coast). Is a quiet and small town famous for his great Ramen, a noodle soup.
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Chinzan-so
Chinzan-so ("Camellia Mountain Estate") is the former estate of Prince Yamagata, a Meiji-era politician. Its expansive manicured grounds are enveloped by the hustle-and-bustle of the Tokyo's ultra-urban surrounds, and stepping through the gates is like stepping back in time 100 years.
