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First full day in To..: same old, same old	Tokyo to Kakunodate via shinkansen	Hinokinai River is lined with ...	... cherry trees (al..ot in bloom in June)
A seat on the walkway along the river	More seats down near the river's edge	Concrete grids to prevent erosion (?)	Can you find the heron?
Only samurai could have walls along street	Over 100 weeping che..rees line the street	Poor samurai put the cherry bark to use	Not just cherry trees, of course
Gate to the Aoyagi manor, now a museum	A storehouse in the Aoyagi manor	Note the thick walls and ...	... VERY thick windows to keep goods safe
Thick thatched roofs on the old houses	One Aoyagi was famou..arned from Europeans	Kimono of Aoyagi family	Reception room
The manor has its own shrine	and its own cart for festivals	Another samurai manor with its wall	This plain gate sugg..not-so-wealthy owner
No grass to mow in the front yard	Beware the cat?	A wooden cup at Fuji..shiro Co., which ...	has dealt these goods for a long time
Ando Miso soy sauce store, since 1870s	Manhole cover -- what's the story?	Our ryokan had a classically spare room	A specialty of Akita is chicken
A very clear sign, e..oesn't read Japanese

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Photo album generated by album script from Dave Madison's Marginal Hacks on Wed Feb 26 20:11:58 2014