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Hakata downtown
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Mt. FUJI ! from Tokyo Haneda Airport. Clear sky this morning :) Bye Tokyo for a week!
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Shofuku-ji, the first built (in 1195) zen temple in Japan. Hakata,F ukuoka.
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Shofuku-ji zen training center. Hakata, Fukuoka.
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Art of life. It can be alive... Shofuki-ji.
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A small cat appeared & kept sitting like this, not looking at mebut the same direction I was looking at. Shofuki-ji.
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Hakata, Fukuoka.
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Nagahama yatai area (open air bar?) every bar has ramen, gyoza,oden . There were more yatai long before. Hakata, Fukuoka.
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Kushida shrine, local guardian of Hakata. Founded in 757.
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Kushida shrine, Hakata, Fukuoka.
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Yamagasa. Kushida shrine.
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Rakusuien. Hakata, Fukuoka.
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Had maccha (green tea) at Rakusuien, Hakata, Fukuoka.
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Rakusuien's tea rooms. Hakata, Fukuoka.
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Rakusuien's garden with pond, koi, waterfall, brides and woods.Haka ta, Fukuoka.
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Tea ceremony room of Rakusuien. Actual color is not such green.
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Already got Aka-kirishima :shochu!
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This is how I love fish. I can't live without you fish.. Dinner!
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Hakozakigu, Fukuoka. One of 3 head Hachiman-gu in Japan. A treasure board says "Enemy to Surrender", because of its history 1000 yrs a go.