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This view of a Buddhist altar just seemed to want to be in sepia. I simply did as asked.

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Maybe not on fire... But the effect Hipstamatic gave it does kind of suggest that.

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Anpan man! Anko is kind of a mashed up and cooked red bean, usually cooked with tons of sugar and so...

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It's common to buy a fortune (omikuji) for the coming year. Usually they give a general fortune (good...

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Some cool clouds on the evening I shot this one!

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The year of the dragon. People left him lots of wishes.

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That old name for avocados always amuses me. These things are expensive in Japan, but I always have to get a few anyways.

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Teens like to gather down here by the river, so I guess some of them built this. Or... it's an alien. You decide!

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Who doesn't like Japanese maple leaves? Show of hands? I didn't think so. EVERYONE likes them! :)

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I've always thought the graphic used for exits gives the wrong idea... Panic and run!

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You can't go back home again... or can you? Or would you want to... to an old Japanese home.

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From the Shichigosan festival last year. This is when kids 3,5, and 7 dress up in kimono and head to...

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Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012  |  Map

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Taken with Pro HDR and processed in PhotoToaster. The two of these always combine to give iPhoneography...

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Most places I visit around Japan yank down the Christmas stuff pretty quickly after the 25th. Many...

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This stormy weather kind of sucked, but it did bring us a very warm weekend, a hint of spring, so it was very nice. Gone now tho... it's cold again!

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Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012  |  Map

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This makes me thing of Inception, of Limbo. I still like that movie, but I thought all the pointless gun...

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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2012  |  Map

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Houses seem to go up and down so often here, it's hard to keep track. In Japan there is not much of a...

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