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View up into Suitengu, the large shrine close to my hotel.
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View up into Suitengu, the large shrine close to my hotel.
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There was a couple here getting their baby blessed.
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There was a couple here getting their baby blessed.
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A decent sized shrine for being plunked in the middle of the city.
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A decent sized shrine for being plunked in the middle of the city.
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View of the water for cleansing (and drinking)
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View of the water for cleansing (and drinking)
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And there's my hotel rising above it all.
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And there's my hotel rising above it all.
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People getting their fortunes and buying charms from shrine maidens. (Miko)
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People getting their fortunes and buying charms from shrine maidens. (Miko)
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guardian statue at the entrance
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guardian statue at the entrance
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other guardian statue, with a baby one apparently. And then off I went, to find the other lucky god shrines said to be in the neighborhood.
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other guardian statue, with a baby one apparently. And then off I went, to find the other lucky god shrines said to be in the neighborhood.
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This poor tiny chano-oki shrine was in an alley!
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This poor tiny chano-oki shrine was in an alley!
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Just tucked into a corner here, but with fox statues.
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Just tucked into a corner here, but with fox statues.
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Next was... umm.. another shrine. Slightly less undignified than the first. Slightly.
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Next was... umm.. another shrine. Slightly less undignified than the first. Slightly.
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Close up of the shrine.
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Close up of the shrine.
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At least it also had a little water basin.
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At least it also had a little water basin.
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The one I really wanted to find, Inari... something or other. I like Inari.
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The one I really wanted to find, Inari... something or other. I like Inari.
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This was the second biggest of the shrines (after Suitengu, which was the only one where people were).
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This was the second biggest of the shrines (after Suitengu, which was the only one where people were).
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An interesting building I passed. A glass company I think. (Closed for the national holiday)
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An interesting building I passed. A glass company I think. (Closed for the national holiday)
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A memorial to someone in Amazake-cho, a street of traditional shops in Ningyo-cho. The surrounding park was pretty, but the picture didn't come out.
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A memorial to someone in Amazake-cho, a street of traditional shops in Ningyo-cho. The surrounding park was pretty, but the picture didn't come out.
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Shrine..4..? There were 7, (for the 7 lucky gods), but I didn't get to them all.
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Shrine..4..? There were 7, (for the 7 lucky gods), but I didn't get to them all.
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Close up of the shrine
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Close up of the shrine
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I passed a restaurant called kuma tora. (Which means Tiger Bear.) I liked the paw prints.
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I passed a restaurant called kuma tora. (Which means Tiger Bear.) I liked the paw prints.
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The prettiest of the shrines, I thought.
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The prettiest of the shrines, I thought.
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Very small, but very serene. Too bad there wasn't light for a good picture of this vine-wrapped tree.
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Very small, but very serene. Too bad there wasn't light for a good picture of this vine-wrapped tree.
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Out with workmates at The Lockup, a prison-themed restaurant.
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Out with workmates at The Lockup, a prison-themed restaurant.
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The other side of our "cell". Lookout, according to the show where the lights go out, they experiment on the inmates.
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The other side of our "cell". Lookout, according to the show where the lights go out, they experiment on the inmates.
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The proof is in the signature drink! Flavors in test tubes to mix with the flask of fruit sour.
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The proof is in the signature drink! Flavors in test tubes to mix with the flask of fruit sour.
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The next night an online friend and I went to "Alice." These heart-shaped salmon pies were great, but check the table decor.
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The next night an online friend and I went to "Alice." These heart-shaped salmon pies were great, but check the table decor.
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