#JP06 2006-04-10

Having arrived in Osaka from Kyoto the night before, I headed outside on day 15 of my first Japan trip in 2006. It was raining heavily, so I spent a few hours at Kaiyukan Aquarium. In the evening after the rain had stopped, I took a short walk around Umeda.

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#JP06 2006-04-09

Day 14 of my first Japan trip in 2006, the last day in Kyoto, started with a quick look down Kyoto Tower (my hotel gave a free ticket). Then onwards to Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) and Ninenzaka in Higashiyama.

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#JP06 2006-04-08

Still in Kyoto on day 13 of my first Japan trip in 2006, I visited Fushimi Inari Taisha in the morning. Afterwards, I continued down to Nara for a few hours, then returned to Kyoto for an evening stroll around Gion.

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#JP06 2006-04-07

Day 12 of my first Japan trip in 2006 was spent in the Higashiyama area of Kyoto. I went to Kiyomizu-dera at 6:30 AM, then explored more temples including Kodaiji and Nanzenji, with cherry blossoms still going strong.

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#JP06 2006-04-06

After a last short morning stroll around Nagoya Castle in the morning of day 11 of my first Japan trip in 2006, it was a short 45' Shinkansen ride to Kyoto. Upon arrival, I left my bags at the hotel and headed out to explore Kyoto Station and Nishiki Market.

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Happy Sunday from Japan! I took a short bike ride this afternoon to find and capture some of this season’s final cherry blossoms in my extended neighborhood in the Itabashi Ward of Tokyo. Unedited iPhone shots.

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#JP06 2006-04-05

In the morning of day 10 of my first Japan trip in 2006, I met a local photographer buddy in Nagoya, and we took a train to Inuyama. A rainy but fun day of cherry blossom viewing at Inuyama Castle and local temples. At night, back at Nagoya Castle for some night photography.

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#JP06 2006-04-04

I started day 9 of my first Japan trip 20 years ago with a train ride from Matsumoto to Nagoya. After lunch, I met a photographer friend, and we had a fun, street photography-filled walk around the Osu and Sakae districts.

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#JP06 2006-04-03

On day 8 of my first Japan trip 20 years ago, I took a train from Shinjuku Station to Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, where I walked around town and explored the magnificent Matsumoto Castle (one of Japan’s "three great castles" alongside those in Himeji and Kumamoto).

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#JP06 2006-04-02

20 years ago, day 7 of my first Japan trip was the last one spent in Tokyo before starting to move west. After visiting the Imperial Palace East Gardens in the morning, I went to Odaiba and checked out the Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation).

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