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伊根の舟屋：Surrounding the coast of Ine Bay, there are about 230 boathouses, called "Funaya" in Japanese
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Fisherman's boathouses in Ine Bay, Sea of Japan
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伊根の舟屋：The boathouses of Ine are a designated Group of Historic Building, a category under Japan's Historic Preservation Act. The beautiful scenery at Ine makes it a popular place for filming TV shows and movies
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Ine Bay is also suitable for aquaculture. Ine is a seaside village in the Kyoto by the Sea of Japan and is famous for its wooden boathouses, we call funaya (舟屋) in Japanese
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伊根の舟屋：The boat houses of Ine Bay in Kyoto prefecture
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Sparkling Ine Bay and the Sea of Japan
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An angler at Ine Bay, northern Kyoto
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Beautiful Ine Bay in Kyoto prefecture
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Fisherman's village ”FUNAYA” (boat houses) in Ine Bay. There are about 230 of these buildings
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A Hawk
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A Hawk
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Seagull flight
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Water is dripping from the tunnel exit, on the way to the Sea of Japan
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Tateyama mountain range was already a snowy region - The main peak of Tateyama is Mt. Oyama 雄山 (center) 3,003m
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Mikuriga-ike pond and white steams are the Valley of the Hell (Jigokudani). Structure across the pond is a Mikuriga-ike onsen (hot spring) lodge
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Tateyama, Mount Tsurugi 立山剱岳 2,999m
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Malibu Colony Beach is a mile long gated community in Malibu, California that was developed in the 1920s as a vacation destination for Hollywood stars. I remember decades ago there was a fence on the beach, but now the fence have been removed
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Male geese fight each other during mating season - Lake Calabasss
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Malibu Surfrider Beach
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I encountered a Japanese serow / 日本カモシカ, a species that only lives in Japan and is designated as a special natural monument by the government, near Tateyama Midagahara
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称名滝：Shoumyou Falls is one of Toyama Prefecture's finest out-of-the-way spots. It is Japan's tallest waterfall, with a drop of 350 meters. It has been designated a National Scenic Spot and Natural Monument
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Mount Tateyama Range
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Mount Tateyama Range
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Moderate hike into jigokudani 地獄谷
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Lake Kurobe
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Kurobe Dam & Rainbow
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Shower generated by unimageable power of dam water release continues to fall on Lake Kurobe
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It was the first time in my life that I had ever seen a rainbow so close; it felt like a dream! The rainbow was probably less than 20 meters away from me
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Amazing Kurobe Dam 黒部ダム, 黒部峡谷
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Kurobe Dam water release
