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| It's cherry blossom season and the country has gone mad... |
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| … there are tourists everywhere and even Olivia and Julia from the Bay |
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| Early morning Keiko (sumo training) with some trainees that obviously need to eat lots more rice. |
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| The shinto monks at Meiji Jingu performing morning rituals |
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| Daily tuna auction at Tsukijii….at 5am…yawn |
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| 'Snow Monkeys' in Jigokudani Park (close to Nagano)… they were all distracted by a young male being 'put in his place' by a dominant male |
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| A day of spring skiing in Hakuba (close to Nagano) with Ralf. A few locals joined in our impromptu baseball game and had a good laugh |
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| Ghibli: our favorite museum in Tokyo. Obviously we're not the only ones as the waiting list to get into the museum is about a month long... |
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| Goodbye, Japan… I miss the formal bows already... |
