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Someone was walking their pet meerkats in Yoyogi Park. One is dressed as a pirate, the other as a fairy princess. Only in Tokyo.

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japanese countryside, shizuoka prefecture

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“Milky” is a really popular milk flavored candy in Japan; this is their ice cream shop in Osaka. 

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nagoya castle

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mt. fuji, made of flowers and stones

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Streamside restaurant in Kyoto by Morten Legarth on Flickr.

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dotonbori in osaka, japan

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girl in yukata

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peonies, or botan in japanese

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tools of japanese tea ceremony

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before you enter a shrine, you have to purify your mouth and hands in a temizuya (手水舎)

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people’s hopes and prayers written down on ema (絵馬) at a shrine for the gods to receive

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my town in the evening

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untitled by Miki Nagata (bananagranola) on Flickr.

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hinamatsuri, or girls’ festival, is celebrated on march 3.  here is a collection of thousands of hinamatsuri dolls donated to a local temple throughout the years.