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| Many flights to Japan arrive in late afternoon. Sometimes it is possible to see Mt. Fuji from the plane. It is most striking near sunset. |
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| Reflecting pool in central Tokyo, near the Imperial Palace. |
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| Entrance to the Imperial Palace. If you saw the movie "Last Samarii", you may remember this scene. |
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| The Oriental Bazaar in Harajuku. |
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| Zojoji Temple near the base of the Tokyo Tower. |
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Koban in Chiba. A Koban is a police box, or community police station.
"Watching you." |
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| Perhaps because of the often overcast skies, even roads are colorful in Japan. |
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| Colorful trucks in Japan. |
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| Motor scooters can have cabs. |
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| A steam engine at Ueno Park. Ueno is a northern suburb of Tokyo, and is noted for its excellent parks, museums, and zoo. There are Pandas. |
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| Notice the whale fluke architectural feature. |
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| Trojan Horse in Shinjuku for the showing of the movie "Troy". |
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Yamagata city in Yamagata prefecture:
A western house in Yamagata Park, circa 1880. |
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| Yamagata castle restoration in progress, December 2004. |
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| Yamagata castle, with unusual double moat. |
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| Yamagata Castle: Japanese knew how to make serious gate doors. |
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| Ape statue in Omagari. |
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| Japanese Zero aircraft in the Tokyo Edo Museum. |
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| Outside walk tile near Tokyo Edo Museum. Many sidewalks in Japan are constructed with decorative stone or tile, rather than just concrete. |
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| Rice paddies flooded after planting. |
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| Near Fukushima. The only rainbow I saw in Japan. |
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| Tradition. A lot of grounds keeping is still done with the round straw broom. |
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| Tokyo: A flowering shrub in July in Yoyogi Park. |
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| Tokyo: Autumn colors in December 2004 in Yoyogi Park. |
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| Tokyo: A green wall in Yoyogi Park. |
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| Tree monster in the southeastern US. While this is not Japan, the Kudzu plant was introduced from Japan to control erosion, and has gotten out of control. |
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