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Purikura 3

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Purikura 2

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Purikura 1

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Odawara Castle Town

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As we walked to find the castle entrance, we could see it in the distance. Too bad that stupid sign is right in the middle of my shot.

Odawara Street

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Tiles in the pavement: "Odawara Castle, Benzaiten Dori". Benzaiten is the god of wealth, music, eloquence and water, according to my dictionary.

Rock Stars

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At lunch, rocking the UBC gear.

Manabu Bashi

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The bridge crossing the moat full of koi fish to the castle. Named Manabu Bashi, or "Study Bridge".

Odawara Castle

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Odawara Castle

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Akagane Gate, next to the "Gate Horses Come Out".

Among the Sakura

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Posing in front of some cherry trees.

Odawara Castle

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More cherry trees, outside the Historical Centre.

Ochatsubo Bashi

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Some woman bogarting our shot.

Ochatsubo Bashi

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Andrew and I in front of "Tea Pot Bridge".

Rice Paddies?

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Below the bridge were some crops growing.

Odawara Information

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Info about the big gate.

Tokiwagi Mon

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"Tokiwa" is actually the same kanji as my train line, the Joban Line. Andrew poses with the phallic object.

Tokiwagi Gate

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Tokiwagi Gate Sign

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This gate was the main entrance of the main bailey of Odawara Castle and the most strategic place for the defence of the castle. This gate was named Tokiwagi ("Evergreen") because there were black pine trees nearby. The present gate was built in 1971.

Japanese Macaque Monkeys

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For some reason, there were monkeys at the castle.

And an elephant?

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And a terribly sad looking elephant. The poor thing had nothing but a tiny shack to live in and a concrete area the size of my apartment complex to live in. :(

Sakura at Odawara

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Cute Kids

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The Honmaru yard with a couple of cute kids flinging gravel at each other.

Odawara Castle

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Family Portrait

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Andrew, Yvonne and I in the Honmaru yard, in front of the castle.

Samurai Pugsley

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Of course you could dress up as samurai and take pictures in front of the castle for a mere 200 yen.

Samurai McCaw

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My outfit was way cooler. The whole get up was a replica of Edo period armour and weighed about 13 kilograms. HEAVY.

Princess Kong

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We were all going to be samurai but Yvonne thought we'd get better pictures if she played the damsel.

Edo Period Portrait

hmccaw — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:16:47 MDT

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Odawara Castle, Heisei 20 (2008), March 28th

Evil Samurai

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Now we get to the crazy photo shoot.

I'll save you, princess!

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Info about the Castle

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More castle shots

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Picnicing

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People camped out, having picnics and cherry-blossom viewing (hanami) at the base of the castle.

View from the Top

hmccaw — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:16:03 MDT

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The town of Odawara

View 2

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View 3

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The onsen hot spot of Atami is that way, along with a storm that rolled in.

View 4

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The Pacific Ocean.

View 5

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More Pacific.

And then it rained...

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It reminded us of Vancouver weather.

Nova Virus

hmccaw — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:15:25 MDT

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You can still see Nova signs all over Japan... even though it no longer exists.

Odawara Station

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You can see the castle from the station platform.

Imaise Station

hmccaw — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:15:12 MDT

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Yvonne's station in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture. The trains in Aichi look pretty ghetto compared to Tokyo.

Imaise

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This is the smallest station I've ever seen. It's unmanned and there is a lot of train traffic because it's only a stop on the local line, and therefore popular for jumpers!

Inuyama

hmccaw — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:14:57 MDT

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Off to a Hanami.

Signage

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Inuyama Castle, 750m

Inuyama

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Puppy!

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Quaint

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Welcome to Inuyama

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All the buildings on this street had these little paper signs.

Shop fronts of Inuyama

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Inuyama Castle

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View of Inuyama

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Gifu is that way.

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Inuyama Castle

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Sunset

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Cemetery and Station

hmccaw — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:13:36 MDT

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Mode Hal Ise, Nagoya

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Chu Shop

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Outside Nagoya Station

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Osu Kannon

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Osu Kannon Temple

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Osu Nioumon Dori

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Nioumon is "Deva gate", or a temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings. He says, "Kocchi ja" which means something like "O'er there".

Some random monk statue.

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Osu Kannon Temple

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Osu Kannon

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Stinky pigeons

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Osu Kannon Shopping Street

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Canada Campany

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Everything leather, made in Canada. Gross.

Outside City Hall Station

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A moat?

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A turret.

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Nagoya-jo

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Slave Driver

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Monument to the dude who lead the people who built Nagoya Castle.

Turret, up close

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More "moat".

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Nagoya Castle

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Lanterns in the Breeze

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Nagoya Castle grounds

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Nagoya-jo Pet Deer

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Deer in the "Moat"

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The Deer's Playground

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Turret and Sakura

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Nagoya Castle

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They are going to rebuild some palace that got destroyed in that empty space behind us.

Looks fake, doesn't it?

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The Golden Shachi

hmccaw — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:10:31 MDT

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Some weird mythical dolphin-like creature that tops most Japanese castles.

Elevator??

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An elevator was installed where the Americans "accidentally" bombed Nagoya Castle in WW2.

Impressive

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Delish

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Pimp that Shachi

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Nagoya Skyline

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Nagoya

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More Nagoya

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So many sakura

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Nagoya Skyline

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More!

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Castle Grounds

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City Hall Station

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City Hall

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City Hall has a green roof like Nagoya Castle.