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Deers' delight in Winter
About 1200 head of deers are living in Nara Park. These deers are wildlife that are natural treasure of Japan. Their scientific name is Cervus Nippon. They molt twice a year. In summer they have...
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Brilliant drooping cherry
We like cherry blossom. The meteorological observatory forecasts when the cherry trees of many region will bloom and make the cherry-blossom front map like a contour map. Seeing it, we can find when...
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Cherry blossom tint the hill with pink
I wanted to see cherry blossom at Takato Castle Site Park in Nagano prefecture. Nagano prefecture is among high mountains like The north alps or The central alps of Japan. So cherry blossom bloom is...
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wisteria in Nara Park
A lot of wisteria are spotted in Nara Park.The wisteria at Kasuga-Grand-shrine or Kofukuji-Temple or a bus stop are well-kept and their purple hue enchant us every year.清少納言（Seisyonagon: she is a...
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Barcelona in enchanting Spain
I went over Mt.Pyrenees this time for the first time. There was the blue sea, the shining sun and the curvilinear architectures in Barcelona. Because the movement for art revival happened in Catalunya...
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Rediscovery in Nagasaki
I visited Amakusa, Nagasaki in Kyusyu prefecture. It took us about 3hours from Osaka to Kumamoto in Kyusyu prefecture by Shinkansen train and from there we drove a rental car to Hakata. At Amakusa...
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The memory of Alhambra
Patio de los ArrayanesI visited La Alhambra (the Alhambra palace) in Granada in May this year. It was standing on the hill with Mt.Sierra Nevada behind,in Granada, not US, covered with snow. This snow...
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An air of Muslim and wind of La Mancha
CatedraldeCordoba(Mezquita)In this trip to Spain,I was impressed with Basilica of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and Alhambra palace in Granada and one more building is Catedral de la Cordoba. We can...
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Fascinations of Tokyo
I've been to Tokyo after an interval of 8 years.I was astonished at a plenty of crowd of people coming and going at many station. So it means after all everything concentrates in the capital, I...
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Charming streets
ToledoToledo was a capital of the West Goth Kingdom around from 5century to 8century. In Middle Ages, Muslim, Jew and Christian lived together in this city.The city is called "the whole of city is...
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Two another worlds
Utukushigahara美ヶ原（Utukusigahara) plateau locates in the east of Matumoto city(松本市） in Nagano prefecture and it's about 2000meters high.As 美ヶ原 is like field or meadow and there is no landmark when a...
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Today's Todaiji-Temple
Today I felt here is alive with foreign travelers,having a bustle before the Lehman Shock. Thanks to yen's depreciation,I wonder?I walked around at the site of the Todaiji-Temple today.Maples or...
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On-maturi
This is Wakamiya- Shrine's festival. Wakamiya-shrine is affiliated with Kasuga-Grand-Shrine.In the year 1136, people in Yamato district were suffering from flood or hunger, so Kanpaku(the rank to...
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The event for good luck
I wish you happiness in 2014, my dear friends!I visited two auspicious events at the beginning of the year.Thefirst,Osaka district is a center of commerce. So many...
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The first day of spring
節分万灯篭（setubun-mantoro)------節分means time when seasons change and especially the day before the beginning of spring. 万灯篭means many lanterns.This event has been holding from about eight hundreds years...
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The world of the monochrome
There was the heaviest snowfall in many years around Nara district.After waking up and open the window I discovered so white snow world outside. It's very beautiful, quiet morning. Then I got a call...
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The spring in Awaji-island tempted us out.
A pink big drooping plum in Awaji-island was broad casted live in TV.That drooping plum is biggest for private in Japan, I heard. It's about 60 years old, about 8 meters in height, a spread of the...
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The season of cherry blossm
We love cherry blossom like other Japaneses. We've being seen beautiful, wonderful, famous cherry blossom in Nara prefecture,Tohoku region, Shinsyu region, or Kyoto prefecture etc. Seeing cherry...
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Strolling in the water front of Yokohama
I went to see the elder daughter who lives in Yokohama city. I heard she is trying on some wedding dresses or color dresses. I thought it sound like interesting. I wanted to see her wearing in lovely...
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Our garden in May
I was watching the dogwood tree in our garden vaguely through the window, having breakfast. Because some birds were coming to eat food in the can on the dogwood everyday during winter as my husband has...
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