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Found a new variety of Pocky in Japan. And now they're gone.
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For a while there, it wasn't certain I was gonna make it. PC: Alana Butler
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Monkey mama and baby. After a climb that damn near killed me. 🐒
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Another shrine shot, from yesterday (Fushimi Inari-taisha)
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More Miyajima sights
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This deer is not having it.
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Otorii at Miyajima Island
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My "windswept and interesting, I'm on a boat" selfie
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❤️ My 2017 baby Eagles are flying the nest right now and I can't be with them. ❤️
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One candy left. #allmine #allbymyself #notthecelinedionversion #ericcarmen4eva
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Iced "straight" tea with sugar syrup and some Japanese candies.
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Golden Pavilion
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My view on the Shinkansen car we're in. #Woz @adambellow
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This was my third small bowl of ramen (of three) at the Ramen Museum. This was Tonkatsu. First was shuyo then miso.
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Dessert after a lovely meal. In which I ate jellyfish. But didn't know that's what I was eating until I'd eaten most of it. I guess that kind of thing happens sometimes.
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Lunch today at school. At upper right is a small dish of pickles and pickled radish. I ate everyone's (so four of those dishes) with my rice.
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A "short" iced chai latte.
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RomanceCar train back to hotel!
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Tried a pastry from "Hirota" shop
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Lunch (after)
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Lunch (before)
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My East-meets-West breakfast this morning. SO GOOD! Oishi desu!
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Shrine where we "washed" our money for wealth.
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Happy shu mai! #iseefacesinthings
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Tempura for dinner
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My breakfast this morning
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Dinner last night. Container at lower right had green tea soba noodles, container at lower center had miso soup.
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Chanko lunch cooking
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Lunch today: Chanko. It's a big pot of soup that sumo wrestlers eat during tournaments. This was for 4 people. #harkertogs
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Western-style toilet with bidet features
