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Only ten ships coming into Osaka
Date: 06/02/2010
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Sharing the passage with freighters and fishsermen
Date: 06/03/2010
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Official greeting by Tannowa Yacht Club members
Date: 06/03/2010
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Yohelah on a dock after 28 months
Date: 06/05/2010
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The Ichikawa family visits Yohelah
Date: 06/06/2010
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My tour guides Condo-San and Kakihara-San
Date: 06/14/2010
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Visiting the Kimiidera Buddhist temple
Date: 06/14/2010
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The bronze pot for incense
Date: 06/14/2010
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Wakayama Castle grounds
Date: 06/14/2010
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The rooflines are just beautiful
Date: 06/14/2010
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Two killer whales protect the castle from the city
Date: 06/14/2010
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Japanese toilets are very complicated
Date: 06/04/2010
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The local fish market near Tannowa
Date: 06/18/2010
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Anything you could want fresh from the sea
Date: 06/18/2010
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Some so fresh its still alive and wiggling
Date: 06/18/2010
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Our host bartering for sashimi dinner
Date: 06/18/2010
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Nope I think I will pass
Date: 06/18/2010
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No eel for me either thanks
Date: 06/18/2010
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Nice fruits and veggies
Date: 06/18/2010
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Guest room in Ichikawa house
Date: 06/18/2010
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Preparing sushi dinner
Date: 06/18/2010
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Yummy frestyle sushi.jpg
Date: 06/18/2010
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Small shrine
Date: 06/19/2010
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Kimono storage
Date: 06/19/2010
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Trying on a yukata
Date: 06/19/2010
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Ichikawa family at thier home in Osaka
Date: 06/19/2010
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At the Nara Koen park in Nara
Date: 06/19/2010
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The deer used to be sacred now they are beggars
Date: 06/19/2010
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Nandai mon entrance gate to Todai ji temple
Date: 06/19/2010
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Nio guardians carved in wood
Date: 06/19/2010
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Todaiji temple on a very rainy day
Date: 06/19/2010
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Todaiji Temple information
Date: 06/19/2010
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Healing incense
Date: 06/19/2010
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Ancient bronze lantern
Date: 06/19/2010
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Inside the huge wooden Daibutsu den
Date: 06/19/2010
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With the 16 meter high bronze Buddha
Date: 06/19/2010
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Bronze lotus leaves go under Buddha
Date: 06/19/2010
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More statues in the temple
Date: 06/19/2010
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Guardians in each corner of the temple
Date: 06/19/2010
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Aika crawls through the tiny hole inside the temple
Date: 06/19/2010
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Success brings happiness in life
Date: 06/19/2010
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Stone lanterns and plaques
Date: 06/19/2010
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More hungry deer
Date: 06/19/2010
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Sights around the temple grounds
Date: 06/19/2010
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Water to clean your hands before you enter the temple
Date: 06/19/2010
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Entrance to Nigatsu do hall
Date: 06/19/2010
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View across Todai ji temple grounds
Date: 06/19/2010
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Beautiful Japanese lanterns
Date: 06/19/2010
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Bronze bell in the temple hall
Date: 06/19/2010
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Todai ji again in the rain
Date: 06/19/2010
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Our friends the Ichikawa family
Date: 06/19/2010
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Pagoda near Todai ji
Date: 06/19/2010
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Next temple is Toshodai ji
Date: 06/19/2010
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Toshodai ji grounds
Date: 06/19/2010
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Lotus flower garden
Date: 06/19/2010
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Restaurants along the river in Kyoto
Date: 06/20/2010
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Street scene in Kyoto
Date: 06/20/2010
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Lit with pretty Japanese lanterns at night
Date: 06/20/2010
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More lanterns
Date: 06/20/2010
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Now the Kyoto temple tour
Date: 06/21/2010
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Starting with Kiyomizu dera
Date: 06/21/2010
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Kiyomizu dera pagoda
Date: 06/21/2010
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No guide to explain the story to us here though
Date: 06/21/2010
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The grounds at Kiyomizu dera
Date: 06/21/2010
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Charms for sale for every occasion
Date: 06/21/2010
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Again the water to cleanse before entering
Date: 06/21/2010
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Inside one of the temples
Date: 06/21/2010
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Rare sighting of Buddhist monk
Date: 06/21/2010
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Kyoto street in Higashiyama walking tour
Date: 06/21/2010
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Another corner another pagoda or temple
Date: 06/21/2010
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Our last temple stop at Chion in
Date: 06/21/2010
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Touring the beautiful gardens at Chion in
Date: 06/21/2010
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Beautiful garden scene
Date: 06/21/2010
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Koi pond at Chion in gardens
Date: 06/21/2010
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And of course the requisite statue or two
Date: 06/21/2010
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