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Pottery for sale in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture on April 29, 2009.
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Sunlit spires of Mizugakiyama, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture on June 7, 2009.
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Children's outdoor kabuki. The 12 p.m. performance of "Hebihime" in Karasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture on July 25, 2009.
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Matsumushiso (Scabiosa japonica). Kirigamine, Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture on September 6, 2009.
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Painters looking at the peaks of Shiragamon, Kasagadake and Asahigadake. Tenjin no Daira, Minakami Township, Gunma Prefecture on October 18, 2009.
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The Amida Nyorai of the Kotokuin. Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture on November 8, 2009.
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5 comments:
And what of July? Was not that the best and happiest month of all?
Zen surfing: waiting for the non-existing wave to appear.
Happy New Year!
Anonymous -
Thank you. I guess Dreams Come True's total breakdown in the second-to-last song of the Kohaku Gassen blew all my fuses whilst I was furiously uploading the final images. What a stinkfest that was!
Many, many thanks for pointing out the omission.
Martin J Frid -
"Where is the True Wave? Where is the True Rider? Where is the Mountain? Where is the Sea?
All are Within."
Pictoral tonic for a turbulent and uncertain close to 2009.
I'd love to sit on a surfboard just to enjoy the ambience while looking at Fuji-san.
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