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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 Dait� (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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