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Japan

Japan, 2014 to present.

Mt. Fuji from Shimizu Harbor.

Chinatown in Yokahama.

Traditional Shinto wedding, Kyoto.

Bride and groom.

Best railroad system anywhere.

Buddhist temple in Nara, built 1,000 + years ago. The largest wooden building in the world.

Deer in Nara are protected and wander freely around the ancient patrimonial .grounds.

Buddhist temple, Kyoto.

Temple garden, Kyoto.

Temple garden, Kyoto.

Large ceramic pieces of public art festoon the city of Imari, the port from which Japanese porcelain first embarked.

Shinto temple in Arita, the town in which Japanese porcelain first began. (detail.)

Modern porcelain from the Fukagawa-Seiji kiln in Arita.

Classic early 20th Century Imari design for export.

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Ceramic finial, Arita museum. (detail)

Edo Period - approx. 1675.

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House interior, Arita.

Housde interior, Lake Biwa.

Snow monkeys, Hakodate.

Street performers, Osaka.

Traditional annual Shinto festival, Yaizu.

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Rice, ready to harvest.

Kyoto. A store that only sells one kind of product.

A ceramics store, Yaizu.

Antiques store, Nagoya.

Near the city center, Kyoto.

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Winter garden, Kyoto.

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Traditional home garden, Matsuzaki.

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Exhibit in a model railroad museum, Yokohama.

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Vintage street advertisement, Kyoto.

Shinto temple (detail)

Buddhist temple (detail)

Restaurant, Hakodate.

The steam locomotive on the Oigawa Railroad in Shizuoka runs on a regular schedule for aficionados.

Fishing boats in Port Oigawa. The flags are flown to celebrate a good catch.

The First Concrete Light Pole In Japan! Hakodate.

This is the best museum exhibit ever. It’s a note from one samurai to another, thanking him for the recent delivery of a mutual enemy’s head. I recall writing such notes to grandparents after Christmas , but never with such distinction.

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