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Tani Matsuri
Boozing it up at the elementary school before we march... |
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Tani Matsuri
The drunker you are, the better ;) |
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
Another part of town comes to meet our group. |
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
We all head up to the shrine for dancing and god praising. |
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
The shinto priests welcome the head of the parade, who just always happens to be an ogre...not sure why. |
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
Look! There's mom. |
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Tani Matsuri
and Dad and Trev. |
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Tani Matsuri
Let the dancing commence. |
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
Dad, SigneRose and cute little Tani girl. |
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Tani Matsuri
More cute little Tani girls. |
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Tani Matsuri
Family protrait. |
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Tani Matsuri
Booby molesting old man, caught on camera! |
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Tani Matsuri
"If you stuck a wick in em, they'd burn for a fortnight"--'sliding doors' |
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
Go Trev! |
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Tani Matsuri
Don't Shoot! |
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
This was very heavy and the men carrying it were VERY drunk. It almost bought the farm several times. |
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
Posing with the man behind the Oni (Ogre) mask. |
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Tani Matsuri
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Tani Matsuri
Peace! |
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Tani Matsuri
Mom and Dad. |
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Miyoshi High School
Mom and Dad came to visit my students. They miss you guys :) |
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Miyoshi Prefectural Park
The coolest park on the planet! |
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Miyoshi Prefectural Park
Nice dance moves mama! |
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Miyoshi Prefectural Park
Airborne! |
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Miyoshi Prefectural Park
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Miyoshi Prefectural Park
What they do when they think no one is watching...... |
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Miyoshi Prefectural Park
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Miyoshi Prefectural Park
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Kawamoto-cho
Cool music museum that also had a recording studio. |
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Kawamoto-cho
Dad, SigneRose and mama. |
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Kawamoto-cho
The little music museum and the sound technician with his friend. |
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Omori-cho
Visiting cool shriney things around the iwami silver mines. |
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Omori-cho
Awwww, shucks ;) |
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Omori-cho
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Omori-cho
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Masuda-shi
Burney and his wife Tae. Thanks for letting us visit guys! Please come see us soon. |
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The Sea of Japan Coast
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The Sea of Japan Coast
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The Sea of Japan Coast
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Hagi-cho
Little town in Yamaguchi-ken famous for pottery. They had a really cool museum/shop with amazing stuff like this on display. |
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Tsuwano-cho
Local guy hamming it up for the Japanese tourists. |
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Tsuwano-cho
This town is famous for thousands of huge koi and I didn't get one picture of them...what was I thinking? Well, we fed them at least. |
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The Iya Valley
Famous pissing boy statue. Why is he there? I guess when you gotta go, you gotta go. |
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The Iya Valley
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The Iya Valley
Autumn colors in Tokushima-ken on Shikoku. |
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The Iya Valley
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The Iya Valley
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The Iya Valley
Trev, hamming it up....as usual :P |
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The Iya Valley
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The Iya Valley
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Tsurugi-san
Still in Tokushima-ken. This is Mt Tsurugi. The day became clear just as we climbed up...what luck! |
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Tsurugi-san
Random people who stopped to say hello. |
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Tsurugi-san
Proof that we got to the top. |
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Tsurugi-san
It was a tough climb, but well worth the poking and prodding Trev had to do to get me up there. Thanks, Hon :) |
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Tsurugi-san
SigneRose |
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Tsurugi-san
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Tsurugi-san
Dad. |
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Tsurugi-san
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Tsurugi-san
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Tsurugi-san
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Tsurugi-san
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Tsurugi-san
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Tsurugi-san
Dad. |
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Tsurugi-san
Mom. |
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Tsurugi-san
The 15 minute chair lift took you up about halfway so as to make it a little more feasible for everyone to get up there. Super cool! |
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Tsurugi-san
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The Chiiori House
Mom getting Koto lessons from our hostess. |
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The Chiiori House
Trev and SigneRose. The view from here was amazing! |
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The Chiiori House
All of us with two of the three volunteers who currently work to keep up the house. |
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The Chiiori House
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Hiroshima Peace park
"Beni no Buta". In italian it's "Porco Roso" or "the Crimson Pig". He's a pig who flies a plane a fights pirates. What more do you need to know really? |
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Hiroshima Peace park
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Hiroshima Peace Park
The famous A-bomb dome, left as it was after the bomb was dropped. The only building of any significance left standing within the bomb radius. |
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Hiroshima Peace Park
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Hiroshima Peace Park
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Hiroshima Peace Park
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Hiroshima Peace Park
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Hiroshima Peace Park
Hiroshima wildlife as seen in its natural habitat :P |
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Hiroshima Peace Park
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Hiroshima Peace Park
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Hiroshima Peace Park
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Hiroshima Peace Park
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Hiroshima Peace Park
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Hiroshima Peace Park
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Hiroshima Peace Park
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Matsuyama to Hiroshima Ferry Ride
From Shikoku to Honshu. |
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Matsuyama to Hiroshima Ferry Ride
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