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Avatar Posted by mikesblender 105 days ago (http://www.mikesblender.com)
Category: Strange | Tags: subway train station empty photos
Interesting/spooky photos of what some major train stations in Tokyo look like empty, plus a humourous rendition of what it would be like to have them all to yourself. read more »
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Avatar Posted by jcollin3k 106 days ago (http://jasoncollin.org)
Category: Culture | Tags: fireworks hanabi tama video photos
A photo gallery and short video of the fireworks display (hanabi) held on Saturday August 16th 2008 along the banks of the Tama River, close to Futako-Tamagawa station. read more »
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Avatar Posted by jcollin3k 116 days ago (http://jasoncollin.org)
Category: Politics | Tags: barack obama curry tokyo obama
A Barack Obama "CHANGE" poster was hanging in the front window of a local Shinjuku Japanese-style curry shop. I stopped to wonder if the owners of the shop were showing their support for the candidate or if they were using his poster to promote their curry shop? Google map to shop included. read more »
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Avatar Posted by mikesblender 118 days ago (http://www.mikesblender.com)
Category: Sightseeing | Tags: shikine shikinejima izu island beach
Shikine island is the fourth in a chain of eight islands streching south of Tokyo, and is the smallest of the bunch at only 3.9 square kilometers. Why did I happen to go there and not one of the others? Its small size and relative distance from Tokyo mean that most tourists tend to overlook it in f read more »
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Avatar Posted by jcollin3k 118 days ago (http://jasoncollin.org)
Category: Technology | Tags: google maps street view shinjuku
A post talking about the debut of Google Maps Street View in Japan. The post includes a link to a street view map as well as a screen shot of what street view looks like. read more »
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