Mikan tree, Tokyo (Japan)
Its fruit is sweet and usually seedless, about the size of other mandarin oranges (Citrus reticulata), smaller than an orange. One of the....
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うえのにパンダを!
I wrote a post last month that Tokyo will be getting two new pandas from China for 上野動物園 (Ueno Zoo) to replace the one that died a....
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Japan Images: Asakusa Bag Lady
Asakusa is full of contradictions – run down and filthy in places and yet home to the futuristic Philippe Starck-designed Asahi headquar....
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Stone lantern, Kyoto (Japan)
The lantern was introduced to Japan at the same time as Buddhism, in the 6th century. The ishi-doro or stone lantern is the most common t....
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Oyaji Ramen
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Happy Bday Me!!
Lol bit of a shock logging on to the blog to find out it was down… Anyway was my birthday on the 7th of March. Celebrated by going out for....
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Lanterns at night, Kyoto (Japan)
Historically Kyoto was the largest city in Japan, later surpassed by Osaka and Tokyo towards the end of the 16th century. In the prewar y....
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Snowy Tokyo Tuesday Evening
Hit the commute home on the Odayku line an hour...Visit TokyoFilter.com to check out this video.....
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Nanzen-ji, Kyoto (Japan)
Nanzen-ji was founded in the middle Heian period. Nanzen-ji is not itself considered one of the “five great Zen temples of Kyoto”; ho....
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Final Monitor Tour Videos
Well, folks, my tourism project with ICIEA has finally come to a close. It was a lot of fun, and I’m thankful for the experience. I crea....
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Surprising Flickr photo popularity
This photo of a stencil sprayed on a wall in Munich is by far the most popular image on my Flickr stream. According to the stats it curren....
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Buddhist monks statue in Arashiyama, Kyoto (Japan)
Arashiyama is a pleasant, touristy district at the outskirts of Kyoto. Its landmark is the wooden (now partially concrete) Togetsukyo Bri....
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Oikeniwa garden in Imperial Palace, Kyoto (Japan)
The Kyōto Imperial Palace is the latest of the imperial palaces built at or near its site in the north-eastern part of the old capital o....
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Bicycles in Tokyo Feb 2010
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Imperial Palace, Kyoto (Japan)
The Kyoto Imperial Palace (京都御所 Kyōto Gosho) is an imperial palace of Japan, though the Emperor of Japan is not in residence. Th....
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Imperial Palace gardens, Kyoto (Japan)
The Palace Grounds include a number of buildings, along with the Imperial Residence, or dairi (内裏). The neighboring building to the n....
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Japan Images: Harajuku Maid
This was shot on a busy Sunday afternoon on Jingu Bridge in Harajuku, Tokyo.The area was packed with locals and tourists alike trying to....
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Fruits & Vegetables, Tokyo (Japan)
Japanese cuisine is based on combining staple foods (shushoku, 主食), typically rice or noodles, with a soup and okazu (おかず) — ....
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Jojakkoji temple, Kyoto (Japan)
The Nio Mon Gate of Jojakkoji with its thatched roof contains a Niozo statue sculpted by Unkei while the Taho To Tower (an important cult....
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Roofs of Nijo castle, Kyoto (Japan)
In 1601, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, ordered all the feudal lords in Western Japan to contribute to the const....
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Japan Images: Masked Ameyoko Lady
I shot this image of one of the market stalls littering the Ameyoko; a busy street market that runs along the main railway line in Ueno, T....
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Bridges of the Imperial Palace, Kyoto (Japan)
The center of the Shishinden is surrounded by a hisashi (庇), a long, thin hallway which surrounded the main wing of an aristocrat’s h....
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Lanterns of Fushimi Inari, Kyoto (Japan)
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messenge....
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Bad hand
This is the cardboard hand that was wearing a pair of gloves when I bought them, a little while ago.The fingers were not bent when I bought ....
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Gardens of Nijo castle, Kyoto (Japan)
The castle area has several gardens and groves of cherry and ume trees. The Ninomaru garden was designed by the famous landscape architec....
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Park of the Imperial Palace, Kyoto (Japan)
The palace is situated in the Kyōto Gyoen (京都御苑 kyōto gyoen), a rectangular enclosure 1.3 km north to south and 0.7 km east to ....
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Nijo castle, Kyoto (Japan)
Nijō Castle (二条城 Nijō-jō) is a flatland castle located in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings of fortifica....
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Hawaiian Burgers, the Olympics and Other Stuff
McDonald’s Japan is currently in the middle...Visit TokyoFilter.com to check out this video.....
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Odakyu line near Shimokitazawa, Tokyo (Japan)
The entire stretch of the line was opened at once on April 1, 1927 by Odakyū Electric Railway. In 1942, Odakyū was forcibly merged by t....
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