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The Oriental
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Red-crowned cranes, Tsurui,
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| Ainu elders seated in front of their Japanese conquerors | Close to the summit of Mt. Asahidake, Hokkaido | ||
| For details of the new trip to Hokkaido please click here | ||
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Fishing boats at Abashiri |
Lift attendant, TV tower, Sapporo |
Large crabs for sale at Hakodate Fish market |
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| Steller's eagle above drift ice on the Sea of Okhotsk* | Hokkaido deer | Ice sculpture - Sapporo Snow Festival* |
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| Our lodge on Asahidake | Hakodate marketeer | View from the Asahidake cable car |
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| Hakodate colonial period building | Fresco at Yakuoji Temple, Hiwasa, Shikoku | The Konpon Daitô (pagoda)
at Koya San's Garan. The tree in front is said to have received the dorje thrown by Kobo Daishi from China, when choosing the site for the Koya complex |
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| Japan's oldest extant kabuki theatre, Kotohira, Shikoku | Visitor to the Ryozen ji temple, Bando, Shikoku | Nuns walking on Shijo Dorje, Kyoto |
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| Lake Abashiri | Cigar smoker in Beppu | Tangle of pine, Ritsurin Garden, Takamatsu |
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| Clione, Sea Angel, common to the seas around Hokkaido* | New York skyline reflected in a glass of beer, Sapporo Beer Museum | Bar ornament, Ing, Kyoto |
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| Summit of Mt Misen, Miyajima | Close up of 19c. beer advert at Sapporo Museum | Miyajima Island |
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| Miyako Odori dance, Kyoto | Miyako Odori dance, Kyoto | School kids let loose in Korakuen Garden, Okayama |
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| Moyoro Shell Mound Museum, Abashiri, Hokkaido | Exhibit at Abashiri Prison Museum - bath time for detainees. | Stretch of the Shimanto River, Shikoku, the last 'true' river in Japan |
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| Followers of a buddha watching a buddha die , fresco at Fukuchuin, Koya San | Buddha in the foreground, vending machine at the back | Pair of glasses in a bar |
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That's all for now! With best wishes for a dry and summery Summer from Phil and all aboard |
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| Chief Caravaneer Phil Colley enjoying a glass of Sapporo beer, somewhere deep in Hokkaido's snowy wonderland... | ||
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For details of The Oriental Caravan's new trip to Hokkaido please click here |
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| *Courtesy of JNTO | |
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Trips for 2009/10...
Tibet - the Himalayan Caravan
Japan - the Land of the Rising Sun China Taklamakan - in the footsteps of Aurel Stein |
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