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								2015/4/5 - Evening view at bay area from Cosmo Tower									
																	Cosmo Tower is Sakishima Island's tallest building,
with observatory that offers spectacular view on Bay Area... 
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								2015/4/5 - Energy recovery at Kinosaki Onsen									
																	Taking convenient ltd. express "KONOTORI" from Osaka Station, 
my target was Kinosaki Onsen... 
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								2015/4/4 - Handayama Botanical Garden and side trip to Kurashiki									
																	After leaving Korakuen Garden, I had a brief visit at Okayama Castle... 
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								2015/4/4 - Osaka Sakuranomiya Park  and Okayama Korakuen Garden									
																	As shinkasen to Okayama was departing in ~1 hour, 
I have decided to walk throught Sakuranomiya Park in spare time... 
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								2015/5/30 - Climbing Mount Iwawaki									
																	Mount Iwawaki is an almost 897 high mountain at the border of Osaka and Wakayama prefectures... 
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								2015/4/3 - Kyoto Arashiyama district and evening visit at Yasaka Shrine									
																	As predicted in forecast later part of day was rainy.
With umbrella in one hand and camera in other... 
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								2015/4/2 - Nunobiki  Herb Garden,  waterfall trail descent and brief visit at Meriken Park									
																	Rokko mountain chain offer silent and nature beauty for busy city of Kobe.
Close to Shin-Kobe Sation is rope-way that lifts tourist to Nunobiki Herb Garden... 
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								2015/4/3 - Wakakusayama hike and visit at Kasuga Taisha Shrine									
																	Plan for 3rd April was to visit Nara at first half of the day.
As sakuras reached full bloom at Nara I decided to aim for Mt. Wakakusayama... 
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								2015/4/10 - Night illumination at Kenrokuen Garden and Kanazawa Castle									
																	After arrival at Kanazawa Station , I planned to check in at my hostel
and rest before next day trip to Alpine Route... 
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								2015/4/8 - Itsukushima Shrine at low tide and Mt.Misen climbing  - Spring 2015									
																	After leaving Iwakuni Station with local train, my next target was 
Miyajima Island famous for its floating torii gate... 
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								2015/4/8 - Iwakuni Castle and Kintai-kyo Bridge - Spring 2015									
																	Iwakuni is a small city in southeastern Yamaguchi Prefecture with most iconic wooden bridge and reconstructed castle situated on mountain top... 
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								2015/4/2 - Two sides of newly opened Himeji Castle									
																	During my travel to Japan from 1st to 13th April 2015 my luck for weather was very bad sadly, with ~9/13 days cloudy and often rainy too... 
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								2015/3/22 - Beppu									
																	The reputation of Beppu precedes it. I knew that many consider this place as a tourist circus, so I didnft expect too much... 
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								2015/3/21 - Kunisaki Peninsula									
																	I wanted to make a tour of Kyushu instead of just going back and forth, so I had some time to visit the Kunisaki Peninsula... 
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								2015/3/20 - Takachiho									
																	Arriving the evening before by bus in Takachiho,, I arrived just in time to witness the Takachiho Yokagura in the Takachiho shrine...
 
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								2015/3/19 - Kumamoto									
																	Having visited Kyushu only during business trips, I planned a first tourist trip in the beginning of this year. First? 
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								2014/11/1 - Aizu-Wakamatsu									
																	Travelling between Niigata and Aizu-Wakamatsu with the JR Ban-etsu line is a nice experience... 
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								2014/10/30 - Kurobe Gorge									
																	Just when you think youfve seen the most interesting things of a place, it hits you in the face with another one... 
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