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Here are some of my favorite pictures from the Japan trip
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1. The quiet street behind Shin-Osaka station where we stayed.
2. Den-Den Town (Nipponbashi)
3. Night landscape of Osaka from the Floating Garden Observatory at Umeda Sky Building
4. Picture taken with the owner of the youth hostel (The Earth Ship) we stayed in while at Kyoto

~ Pictures #1 and 2 taken by Mark (AA)

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5. AWESOME takoyaki is everywhere in Kansai
6. Kinkakuji (The Golden Pavilion) in Kyoto
7. Night shot of Pontochou facing the Kamogawa River (lower left of the picture, there's a lovey couple doing something couples do)
8. Fushimi Inari in Kyoto (where Memoirs of a Geisha was filmed)

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9. A wedding being held at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto
10. Little girl playing under sakura blossoms at Kyoto Imperial Palace Gardens
11. Kiyomizudera in Kyoto
12. Drooping sakura at Heian Shrine gardens in Kyoto

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13. Osaka Castle Museum
14. Jellyfish at Osaka Aquarium
15. Kushikatsu buffet! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushi-katsu)
16. BEST EGGPLANT CURRY EVAR

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17. Woman in Kimono at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto
18. KOBE BEEF!!!!!
19. Tetsujin 28 landed in Kobe

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20. Night shot of Mosaic Boardwalk/Mall in Kobe

Also took a video of a boat crossing a bridge in a river lined with sakura blossoms;

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And another one of the whale shark at Osaka Aquarium (around 30 sec. mark)

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