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Korakuen Garden (Okayama)

 

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Korakuen Garden Maple

 

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Korakuen sakura and bamboo

 

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Sakura, outside Korakuen

 

 

 

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Korakuen sakura

 

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famous old Sakura
Maruyama Park, Kyoto

 

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Okawa River sakura, Osaka

 

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Philosopher’s Path, Kyoto

 

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Sakura, Kyoto

 

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Satsukiyama Koen sakura, Osaka

 

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Ueno Park sakura, Tokyo

 

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Sankeien Garden, Tomyoji Sanjunoto
Muromachi period 3-story pagoda

 

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Sankeien Garden, Tomyoji Sanjunoto
Muromachi period 3-story pagoda

 

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Sankeien Garden, Tomyoji Hondo
The main hall from the Tomyoji Temple.
Sankeien Garden was a huge estate owned
by a successful silk merchant (Sankei Hara)
who collected/rescued historic buildings
and placed them in his garden.

 

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Sankeien Garden Yokobuean
Traditional thatched building
now used as a tea arbor.

 

 

 

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Sankeien Garden Gazebo
South Entrance Wharf

 

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Sankeien inner garden scene

 

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Mino Mountain wild monkey

 

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Mino Mountain wild monkey

 

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Nara Park deer (tame)

 

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Nara Park fawn

 

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Sankeien Garden Red-eared Sliders

 

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Shitennoji Temple Red-eared Sliders

 

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Ueno Park Redhead-Canvasback hybrid

 

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Ueno Park Tufted Duck

 

 

 

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Sankeien Garden Tufted Ducks

 

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Sankeien Garden Cormorant

 

 

 

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