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Just outside Parque Espana in Mie Prefecture. |
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In Suita, northern Osaka, near Kandaimae Station. We were there for the Kansai Daigaku bunkasai. |
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Featuring the Taiyo no To (Tower of the Sun) by Okamoto Taro, which stands in Banpakukinenkoen. Apparently it's not universally approved of but I think it's awesome. |
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Ikumi's and Takashi's shoes as well as mine and Jimi's. |
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Takamatsu, Kagawa. Went there for Monster Bash, to see The 50 Kaitenz, Ulfuls and Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. Great "road" trip-: Osaka-Kobe-Himeji-Okayama-Takamatsu-Mannoukoen-Takamatsu-Tokushima-Wakayama-Osaka. Took a while both ways. No, I didn't eat the sodding udon, thanks for asking. |
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Takamatsu, Kagawa. These covers are great. I think it's a picture of the Minamoto clan's archer Nasu no Yoichi shooting at a fan on a Taira boat during the Battle of Yashima, 1185. |
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Takatsuki. Where Ulful Keisuke is from. |
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Takatsuki. I've never seen much of the place. I've only ever been passing through on the way somewhere. |
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Takatsuki. It has some nice manhole covers but you shouldn't judge a burgh by its covers. |
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Tokushima City, famous for dancing fools, in Tokushima-ken, famous for drunken guitarists and small green citrus fruit. Went there for the Awa Odori. Too much fun. No sleep. Must go back and get more sudachi manju. |
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Tokushima City. Pete says the stylized "shi" kanji in the middle looks like a dragonfly landing on a pond and creating ripples. He may have something there. Jimi's shoes appear shortly before the soles split in half. Too much dancing I guess. |
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Tokyo...somewhere. We were trying to get from the Yamanote line to the Ginza line, I think, and got lost. Warau na! We are simple small-town folk. |
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Tokyo. Ueno Park. Saw a panda! The sand gives lovely contrast here. Also features Jimi's shoe upgrade, fresh from their baptism at a nine hour concert in Kawasaki. |
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Tokyo. Near the Tower. |
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Tokyo, Shibuya, Dogensaka. The unusual division of the word "Dogensaka" probably relates to the nearby statue of the famous dog, Hachiko. It might seem odd to have a statue of a famous dog to anyone who hasn't been to Gundagai. Fairly similar stories attached to them too. So Aussies and Nihonjin share a fondness for faithful dogs and horrible puns. The cover itself seems to feature the teeming pedestrians that the intersection is famous for. |
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Tokyo, Setagaya, Shimokitazawa. Not a nice example, what with the gum and all, but the best I have. It's right near Shelter, since my incredibly-together-but-also-maniac-mosher friend Tina was kindly taking me on a tour of the local livehouses just in case I ever need to find them. Had some great okonomiyaki too. The green shoes are hers. |
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Tondabayashi. I went there for the PL Hanabi. Lovely fireworks=1 hour. Queueing for train=2.5 hours. |
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Tondabayashi. Home of the notorious Rock n Roll Juvie. |
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Toyonaka. What the connection with crocs is I have no idea. I was just there to do a Japanese exam. Insert guffaw here. |
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Toyonaka. |
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Tsukaguchi. |
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Tsukaguchi. |