Carrying the mikoshi in the Shirayama Hakusan Matsuri! 10/13/2002
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Soja Matsuri September 2000
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Waterfall and sunset in Ikeda
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Shirayama at Dawn August 2002
The Echizen Coast
Hakusan Shrine in Nakai-cho, Takefu
Jiso statues guarding the trail
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1/14/2001
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Spring for ritual cleansing along the path, halfway up. It was destroyed by a falling tree later that day or the next. 1/14/2001.
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The Great Leonid Meteor Storm of `01
Kura (storage building) near Manyo--click here for pictures of more old buildings in the area (and pictures of Fukui from space).
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Fire protection. God help us. Japan lovers, note the color of the license plate.
With my friends from Hello World
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Mizoguchi-san, Sexboy's mom and my favorite barkeep, with Eri-chan, the mascot of Inaho, the best bar in Shirayama. I like all the Mizoguchis.
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A boy from Echizen
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Inside Go-ou Shrine in Fumuro-cho, Takefu
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Jiso in the forest near Fumuro-cho