The ever busy Shinjuku station – even it’s before 6:30 AM on a Saturday morning.
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The big thunder god lantern of Sensō-ji at Asakusa. The lantern was under repair the last time I came to the Sensō-ji.
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Stores and hotels on the street of Nikkō.
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One of the old yōkan, a jelly-like sweet, stores in Nikkō. Yōkan was a specialty of Nikkō
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The new renovated Shinkyō (god’s bridge).
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The main Buddha hall of Rinnō-ji .
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Another Buddha hall and the copper sutra repository tower of Rinnō-ji .
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The wooden torii of Tōshō-gū.
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The five story pagoda of Tōshō-gū.
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People taking photos of the sculptures of the famous see-no-evil/hear-no-evil/speak-no-evil monkeys.
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The sleeping cat was another famous sculpture at Tōshō-gū.
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This was the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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The Honjidō of Tōshō-gū.
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The small torii in Futarasan Shrine.
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The spring of Futarasan Shrine.
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A mini digger used for constructions inside Futarasan Shrine.
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The gate to Taiyū-in of Rinnō-ji .
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Obviously we were the only foreign customers at the hot spring hotel for the night.
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Hot spring hotels on both side of the Kinugawa Valley.
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View of the Kinugawa valley from my room.
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