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Jun 25, 2020, 2:51 am

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ponder

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Nakano:

Eastern Tokyo and Mt Fuji from the Tokyo Sky View:

Matsumoto Castle:

Staff at Ishigaki Painushima Airport see off my flight on Christmas Day 2019 - Santa gave us all presents as we boarded:

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Jun 25, 2020, 11:54 am

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BuildingMyBento

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#throwbacks

The Sofitel Tokyo, but Ueno Park's Shinobazu Pond

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Jun 25, 2020, 1:14 pm

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Kushiro harbor from the bridge.

Kenrokuen.

Nagasaki.

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Jun 25, 2020, 3:49 pm

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Originally Posted by BuildingMyBento

The Sofitel Tokyo, but Ueno Park's Shinobazu Pond

That building did not last long.
Only a dozen or so years from construction till demolition.

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Originally Posted by ponder

Not quite, it's the view to the east towards Cape Soya rather than north towards Russia. I couldn't see Russia when I was there, even through a long zoom lens.

Oh I see.
I was 25km across the sea from Russia on eastern Hokkaido, and could not see Russia either.

Jun 27, 2020, 9:24 am

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Kunisaki Peninsula, Oita Prefecture 2018

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Jun 27, 2020, 7:08 pm

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Huis Ten Bosch

I always have to check the spelling of this place.
Not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm a huge fan.
Also, when I was there a few years ago, the Red Lobster there had some traditional American menu items not available at most other Japanese locations.

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Jun 28, 2020, 8:43 am

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可笑しい

I was walking around Asakusa during Hagibis, and found this bizarre (though normal for Japan) horse sculpture in an office building entrance.

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Jun 28, 2020, 9:23 am

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I was walking around Asakusa during Hagibis, and found this bizarre (though normal for Japan) horse sculpture in an office building entrance.

Hard to understand why this is bizarre. But hey ho...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_Water_(sculpture)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kelpies

And, my favourite, the exhausted head of one of the Godess Selene’s chariot horses from the Parthenon (British Museum)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...246715981).jpg

ETA - just found out that the original Staunton endorsed chess pieces (versions of which are now the standard kind used all over the world) used this horse’s head from Selene’s chariot as the inspiration.

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