I had another busy day today and didn't get much writing done. So, what I'm going to give you in this post are some of my favorite pictures from my life here in Japan. This week has been hard as Geordie and I say goodbye to this beautiful country we've come to love so much.
These are just the first ten of twenty pictures I want to post. I encourage you to click on the pictures to see larger versions - some of them are much better when they're bigger! Look for more in the next posting.
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| Let's start this off right: Mt. Fuji from Gotemba, March 2009. |
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| A lion guardian at a shrine in Takayama, January 2009. |
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| Weeping willow tree in Takayama, January 2009. |
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| Sakura over a shrine in Utsunomiya, April 2009. |
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| A huge statue of Kannon-sama in Takasaki, April 2009. |
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| Wisteria at Matsumoto Castle, May 2009. |
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With Benni-sensei in Maebashi, during an autumn festival, October 2009.
Behind us is an omikoshi - a portable shrine - which is carried around
the town, presumably to show the god its domain (or to show the people
their local god). Benni-sensei and I were among the group of
shrine-carriers, and we were also honored by being asked to carry
for a short time the lanterns that led the way in front of the omikoshi.
Easily one of my best expriences in Japan.
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| Maple trees at Mt. Tsukuba, November 2009. |
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| Tsurgua Castle in Aizu-Wakamatsu, New Year's Day 2010. |
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| Meoto Iwa, the wedded rocks, in Ise, January 2010. |
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