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  • Rainbow Bridge with moon at night. Built 1987-1993 in Tokyo, Japan. Sumida River Dinner Cruise on a Yakatabune traditional Heian Period Japanese boat, in Tokyo, Japan. Depart from Harumi Asashio Small Craft pier on Harumi Island, at Reimei Bashi Bridge, 5-min walk from Kachidoki Station of Oedo line. Harumiya company's "Odaiba & Skytree route". Seating is at horigotatsu low table with a sunken floor to comfortably stretch your legs. Rainbow Bridge has an arching suspension designed named for its shape (and changing night-time illuminations also resemble a rainbow).
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  • Japanese girls in kimonos in Asakusa district, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Ukiyo-e (“picture[s] of the Floating World") is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from 1600s-1800s. The private "Amuse Museum – Textile Culture and Ukiyo-e Art Museum" opened in 2009 in Asakusa, Tokyo, near Sensoji temple and Ueno Park. The museum houses a collection of everyday clothing and other textiles from the private collection of folklorist Chūzaburō Tanaka. It is operated and owned by the talent and entertainment agency Amuse. The museum is curated with the concept "Don't be wasteful", based on the environmental and social activism of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai. The museum's collections were started with over 30,000 everyday clothing items from the collection of the folklorist Chūzaburō Tanaka.
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  • Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is a 204-metre (669 ft), 50-story educational facility in the Nishi-Shinjuku district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The building is home to three educational institutions: Tokyo Mode Gakuen (fashion vocational school), HAL Tokyo (special technology and design college), and Shuto Ikō (medical college). Completed in October 2008, the tower is the second-tallest educational building in the world and is the 17th-tallest building in Tokyo. It was awarded the 2008 Skyscraper of the Year by Emporis.com.
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  • Breakfast at Tsukiji Kagura Sushi, in the Tsukiji Outer Market, Tokyo, Japan. In Central Tokyo southeast of Ginza.
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  • Skyscrapers rise above Tokyo Imperial Garden, Japan. Tokyo Imperial Palace and Garden, the current residence of Japan's Imperial Family. The current Imperial Palace is on the former site of Edo Castle, a large park area surrounded by moats and massive stone walls in the center of Tokyo, a short walk from Tokyo Station. Edo Castle was formerly the seat of the Tokugawa shogun who ruled Japan from 1603-1867. In 1868, the shogunate was overthrown, and the country's capital and Imperial Residence were moved from Kyoto to Tokyo. In 1888 construction of a new Imperial Palace was completed. The palace was once destroyed during World War Two, and rebuilt in the same style, afterwards.
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  • Imposing, closely-fitting rock wall polygons. Tokyo Imperial Palace and Garden, the current residence of Japan's Imperial Family. The current Imperial Palace is on the former site of Edo Castle, a large park area surrounded by moats and massive stone walls in the center of Tokyo, a short walk from Tokyo Station. Edo Castle was formerly the seat of the Tokugawa shogun who ruled Japan from 1603-1867. In 1868, the shogunate was overthrown, and the country's capital and Imperial Residence were moved from Kyoto to Tokyo. In 1888 construction of a new Imperial Palace was completed. The palace was once destroyed during World War Two, and rebuilt in the same style, afterwards.
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  • Tokyo International Forum is a multi-purpose exhibition center built in 1996 with striking architecture. It is adjacent to Yurakucho Station near the Yurakucho business district, but is administratively in the Marunouchi district in Tokyo, Japan.
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  • A courtesan of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarters in Edo (now Tokyo) is contrasted with an image of Mount Koya and an accompanying poem in the upper right. By Kitagaw Utamaro (1735?-1806). The Tokyo National Museum is the oldest and largest of Japan's top-level national museums. Located in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Yoroi type samurai armor, with purple lacing in the saka omodaka style, by Zennosuke in the Meiji era, 1900s. The Tokyo National Museum is the oldest and largest of Japan's top-level national museums. Located in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Zen Patriarch Linji (Study) dated 1897 (Meiji 30) by Hasimoto Gaho (1835-1908), pencil and ink on paper.  The Tokyo National Museum is the oldest and largest of Japan's top-level national museums. Located in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Incense (osenko) is burned for healing power at Japanese temples. Founded in 645 AD, the popular Buddhist temple Sensoji (or Asakusa Kannon Temple) was completely rebuilt several times, mostly after World War II, in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Founded in 645 AD, the popular Buddhist temple Sensoji (or Asakusa Kannon Temple) was completely rebuilt several times, mostly after World War II, in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Sumida River Dinner Cruise on a Yakatabune traditional Heian Period Japanese boat, in Tokyo, Japan. Depart from Harumi Asashio Small Craft pier on Harumi Island, at Reimei Bashi Bridge, 5-min walk from Kachidoki Station of Oedo line. Harumiya company's "Odaiba & Skytree route". Seating is at horigotatsu low table with a sunken floor to comfortably stretch your legs. Rainbow Bridge has an arching suspension designed named for its shape (and changing night-time illuminations also resemble a rainbow).
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  • Kachidoki Bridge was built in 1940 for the commemoration of the victory of the Japanese army at Lushun during the Russo-Japanese War. This bridge is the only drawbridge on the Sumida River, and has not been raised since 1970. Sumida River Dinner Cruise on a Yakatabune traditional Heian Period Japanese boat, in Tokyo, Japan. Depart from Harumi Asashio Small Craft pier on Harumi Island, at Reimei Bashi Bridge, 5-min walk from Kachidoki Station of Oedo line. Harumiya company's "Odaiba & Skytree route". Seating is at horigotatsu low table with a sunken floor to comfortably stretch your legs. Rainbow Bridge has an arching suspension designed named for its shape (and changing night-time illuminations also resemble a rainbow).
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  • Chuo-Ohashi Bridge, built 1993 across Sumida River, in Tokyo, Japan. Seen from a Sumida River Dinner Cruise on a Yakatabune traditional Heian Period Japanese boat. Depart from Harumi Asashio Small Craft pier on Harumi Island, at Reimei Bashi Bridge, 5-min walk from Kachidoki Station of Oedo line. Harumiya company's "Odaiba & Skytree route". Seating is at horigotatsu low table with a sunken floor to comfortably stretch your legs. Rainbow Bridge has an arching suspension designed named for its shape (and changing night-time illuminations also resemble a rainbow).
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  • Sumida River Dinner Cruise on a Yakatabune traditional Heian Period Japanese boat, in Tokyo, Japan. Depart from Harumi Asashio Small Craft pier on Harumi Island, at Reimei Bashi Bridge, 5-min walk from Kachidoki Station of Oedo line. Harumiya company's "Odaiba & Skytree route". Seating is at horigotatsu low table with a sunken floor to comfortably stretch your legs. Rainbow Bridge has an arching suspension designed named for its shape (and changing night-time illuminations also resemble a rainbow).
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  • Myojin bridge over the Azusa River. Kamikochi ("Upper Highlands") is a high valley within the Hida Mountains, in Chubu-Sangaku National Park, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Last logged in the mid 1800s, it is now a popular nature resort. Embraced within the "Northern Alps" of the Japanese Alps, the valley floor ranges from 1400 m (4600 ft) to 1600 m (5200 ft) elevation. Its highest peak is Okuhotakadake (3190 m or 10,470 ft). This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The comfortable Tokusawa-en mountain hut is an easy walk of 7.5 km with 100 meters gain from Kamikochi. Kamikochi ("Upper Highlands") is a high valley within the Hida Mountains, in Chubu-Sangaku National Park, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Last logged in the mid 1800s, it is now a popular nature resort. Embraced within the "Northern Alps" of the Japanese Alps, the valley floor ranges from 1400 m (4600 ft) to 1600 m (5200 ft) elevation. Its highest peak is Okuhotakadake (3190 m or 10,470 ft). This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Karasawa Goya hut, 2360m/7740ft elevation. Karasawa cirque is cradled by the Hotaka Mountains, in the "Northern Japan Alps" (Hida Mountains) in Chubu-Sangaku National Park, Japan. Within the cirque, two lodges provide beds and meals for hikers and climbers: Karasawa Goya and Karasawa Hutte. Also known as Mount Hotaka or Hotaka-dake, the Hotaka Mountains reach 3190 meters elevation atop Mount Oku-Hotaka, Japan's third highest peak. About 2000 meters in diameter, the cirque bottoms out at 2300 m elevation. Snow melting here forms the River Azusa which flows through Kamikochi valley below.
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  • Karasawa cirque is cradled by the Hotaka Mountains, in the "Northern Japan Alps" (Hida Mountains) in Chubu-Sangaku National Park, Japan. Within the cirque, two lodges provide beds and meals for hikers and climbers: Karasawa Goya and Karasawa Hutte. Also known as Mount Hotaka or Hotaka-dake, the Hotaka Mountains reach 3190 meters elevation atop Mount Oku-Hotaka, Japan's third highest peak. About 2000 meters in diameter, the cirque bottoms out at 2300 m elevation. Snow melting here forms the River Azusa which flows through Kamikochi valley below. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mount Yari (Yarigatake, 3180m or 10,433 ft, fifth highest in Japan) is in the Hida Mountains (Northern Japan Alps), in Chubu-Sangaku National Park, on the border of Omachi and Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture and Takayama in Gifu Prefecture. Its shape resembles a spear (yari) thrust into the sky, and it is known as the Matterhorn of Japan.
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  • Mount Oku-Hotaka (or Okuhotakadake), Japan's third highest peak, rises above Karasawa Goya hut in Karasawa cirque. Karasawa cirque is cradled by the Hotaka Mountains, in the "Northern Japan Alps" (Hida Mountains) in Chubu-Sangaku National Park, Japan. Within the cirque, two lodges provide beds and meals for hikers and climbers: Karasawa Goya (2360 m or 7740 ft elevation) and Karasawa Hutte. Also known as Mount Hotaka or Hotaka-dake, the Hotaka Mountains reach 3190 meters or 10,466 ft atop Mt Oku-Hotaka. About 2000 meters in diameter, the cirque bottoms out at 2300 m elevation. Snow melting here forms the River Azusa which flows through Kamikochi valley below. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Also known as Mount Hotaka or Hotaka-dake, the Hotaka Mountains reach 3190 meters elevation (10,466 ft at center right) atop Mount Oku-Hotaka (Okuhotakadake), Japan's third highest peak. At left is Mt Mae-Hotaka 3090.5 m. Right is Mt. Karasawa 3103.3 m. Karasawa cirque is cradled by the Hotaka Mountains, in the "Northern Japan Alps" (Hida Mountains) in Chubu-Sangaku National Park, Japan. Within the cirque, two lodges provide beds and meals for hikers and climbers: Karasawa Goya and Karasawa Hutte. About 2000 meters in diameter, the cirque bottoms out at 2300 m elevation. Snow melting here forms the River Azusa which flows through Kamikochi valley below. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mount Mae-Hotaka 3090.5 m / 10,138 ft. Karasawa cirque is cradled by the Hotaka Mountains, in the "Northern Japan Alps" (Hida Mountains) in Chubu-Sangaku National Park, Japan. Within the cirque, two lodges provide beds and meals for hikers and climbers: Karasawa Goya and Karasawa Hutte. Also known as Mount Hotaka or Hotaka-dake, the Hotaka Mountains reach 3190 meters elevation atop Mount Oku-Hotaka, Japan's third highest peak. About 2000 meters in diameter, the cirque bottoms out at 2300 m elevation. Snow melting here forms the River Azusa which flows through Kamikochi valley below.
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