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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Chichi Sugi... the Boob Cedar

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Chichi Sugi, which translates as Boob Cedar is an 800 year old tree on the slopes of Mount Daimanji on Dogo, the biggest of the Oki Isla...
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Friday, December 28, 2018

Tsunomaki Shrine

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On the 20th day of my walk around Kyushu I was attracted to splashes of color on a hillside. This was Tsunomaki Shrine, and the hillside...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Seasons Greetings

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Seasons greetings to you all. This is the Christmas market and illuminations in front of Kagoshima Station. Christmas Day is just anot...
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Sunday, December 23, 2018

Kaneko Misuzu

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A mural of Kaneko Misuzu in her hometown of Senzaki, Nagato on the Japan Sea  coast of Yamaguchi. Born in 1903, she started writing poet...
Saturday, December 22, 2018

Tour Boats for Marine Alps

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Tour boats in the harbor at Nagato on the north coast of Yamaguchi. The coastline of nearby Omi Island is full of cliffs, spires of rock...
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Saturday, December 8, 2018

Heiwa Dori Illuminations

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Heiwa Dori is the wide boulevard in Hiroshima City that runs up to the Horoshima Peace park. There are pedestrian park spaces running al...
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Monday, December 3, 2018

Hunting the late Fall colors in Omori

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Omori It has become one of my traditions that I spend much of November walking along some pilgrimage trail or other enjoying the color o...
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Thursday, November 29, 2018

Seiganto-ji Temple at Nachi

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The Nyorindo, the main hall of Seiganto-ji, the Tendai temple that is the "buddhist" part of the shrine-temple complex at Nach...
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

The Original 24 Eyes School

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24 Eyes ( Nijyushi no Hitomi ) was one of the most popular Japanese movies ever. The original was made in 1955 and was set in an element...
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Sunday, September 30, 2018

Traditional Buildings of Mimitsu

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Mimitsu is a small village on the coast of Miyazaki just south of Hyuga City. In the Edo Period it was an important port town and really...
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