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Ohachi-Daira caldera, formed about 38,000 years ago. 8 cubic kilometers eruption volume
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Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaido
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Wine from Furano, Hokkaido
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Ohachi-Daira caldera, formed about 38,000 years ago. 8 cubic kilometers eruption volume
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Large fumaroles just below Mt. Tokachi.
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Ryoan-ji Zen temple and rock garden, Kyoto
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Kiyomazu-dera temple, Kyoto
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Boatman on the Katsura River, Arashiyama district, Kyoto
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Best soft-serve ice cream EVER! Green tea, oddly refreshing, and this was the SMALL size?!? In Uji, south of Kyoto.
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Torii gates at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto
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Byōdō-in temple Amida Hall from UNESCO World Heritage Site from 1053, located in Uji south of Kyoto
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Mt. Asahidake, highest point on Hokkido, last erupted in 1739
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Asahidake-top
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Last night in Japan, having Sapporo in Sapporo
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Fushimi Inari Shrine, the fox is an icon, here seen with rice grain in its mouth
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Japanese love their melons and they are *expensive*, these watermelons are about $30. each
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Our room at the Nakamuraya Ryokan in Sapporo
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Hot spring along the trail, Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaido
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Kinkaku-ji, officially named Rokuon-ji, is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the most popular buildings in Japan
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Tenryū Shiseizen-ji, is the head temple of the Tenryū branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism
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Dinner at Nakamuraya Ryokan in Sapporo
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Yokohama view from hotel
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Dinner with colleagues, Japan 2016