Peace Pole / Arashiyama

Peace Pole in the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, Kyoto, Japan. 

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Tenryu-ji Grounds / Arashiyama

Anciliary building in the precincts of the Tenryu-ji Zen Buddhist Temple at Arashiyama. Japan's first Zen temple was established in this area in C9. Arashiyama (lit. Storm Mountain) is a nationally designated Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty. Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. 

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Garden of Fine Arts / Kyoto

Architect: Tadao Ando, 1994. Modernist art garden in which to view ceramic reproductions of classic works to the sound of falling water. Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. 

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Kyoto Botanical Garden Conservatory / 2 pics

Completed 1992 and said to be designed to resemble the nearby Kinkaku-ji (Zen Buddhist Temple) as well as Kyoto’s northern mountains.  

In the oldest and most comprehensive public botanical garden in Japan. (Clock out-of-service unfortunately). At Hangi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. 

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Lake Biwa Canal / Kyoto

Architect/Engineer: Sakuro Tanabe, 1890. The canal from Lake Biwa to Kyoto was constructed for transportation, irrigation and drinking-water. Also Japan's first HEP station was built near here. Now designated an Historic Site. Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

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Pavilion / Kyoto Zoo

Place for zoo visitors to sit and rest, also providing a vantage point to view the Okazaki Fountain on the Lake Biwa Canal. Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. 

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Kyoto Blossom / 3 pics

Blossom Path / Kyoto

Locals and visitors admiring the sakura at the Keage incline, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. 

Sakura / Kyoto

Hillside blossom from Keage incline

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Parasols & Kimonos / Kyoto

Paper parasols outside a store on San'nen-zaka (three year slope 三年坂 ). Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. 

Not unusual to see young women wearing traditional dress. Near Kodai-ji Park, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

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Sanno-Inari shrine / Hida-Takayama

Shinto shrine dedicated to the Inari kami, with stone foxes on guard. On Shiroyama, Hida-Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. 

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Hie Shrine / 2 pics

 Hie Shinto Shrine at Hida-Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. 

Hie Shrine / Torii

Water for ritual washing of hands

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Pillar Box / Takayama

Japan Post round pillar box. Hida-Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. 

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Nakabashi Bridge / Takayama

View, from south, of the Nakabashi Bridge, which spans the river Miyakawa. Hida-Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. 

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'Hida Sashiko' / Takayama

Needlework shop at 60 Kataharamachi in Takayama Old Town. Some of the traditional wooden Merchant Houses in this area are said to date from the mid-C19. Hida-Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. 

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Takayama / Vista

View across Hida-Takayama's rooftops to the elevated Shiroyama (Castle Mountain) Park. Beyond, the mountains of the Japanese Alps. Gifu Prefecture, Japan. 

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Matsumoto Castle / Keep

Six-storey keep completed late C16 and listed as a National Treasure. Oldest extant castle in Japan. Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. 

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Goryo-Tei / Shinjuku Gyoen

Architect: Matsunosuke Moriyama, 1927 (repairs 1939, 1983, 2001), in the Minnan style of southwest China. Timber one-storey pavilion on reinforced concrete foundations. Tiled roof in the Hon-kawara style [source: building information plaque]. Shinjuku Gyoen, Tokyo, Japan. 

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Shinjuku Gyoen / National Garden

Large park and gardens in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, this part laid-out in the Japanese Garden style. 

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Kaminarimon / Sensoji

Detail of the Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate) and its large red chochin lantern. The original gate was built in C10, but is now a 1960 reconstruction. Leading to the Sensoji, oldest Buddhist temple in Tokyo. Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. 

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Fulham Palace / Chapel 2017

The fourth chapel at Fulham Palace, designed by William Butterfield, built 1867. View of the east elevation with Decorated Gothic Revival style window and dark blue diamond pattern on red brickwork. Grade II listed. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

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Tree Sprites / Fulham Palace

Garden of Fulham Palace. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

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Tudor Gate / Fulham Palace

Tudor Gate (original parts late C15) entrance to the walled garden at Fulham Palace, with magnolia blossom. It's said that the first magnolia in Europe was grown at the Palace [source: www.fulhampalace.org]. The gate and walls are Grade II listed. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

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The New Rooms Inn / Weymouth

Grade II listed, mid-C19, originally a public house. Name in raised lettering on parapet and west elevation. At corner of Cove Row and Cove St., Weymouth, Dorset, UK. 

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