| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Kashuga Shrine
|
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Some of the 3000 stone lanterns along the pathways.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Kashuga Shrine
|
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Stone lanterns.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Kashuga Shrine
|
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There are many deer at the shrine.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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The entrance to the Horyn-Ji Temple, founded in 607.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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Chumon Gate (607).
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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The Horyn-Ji Temple contains the oldest wooden buildings in the world.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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Temple guardian.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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Five storey pagoda.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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The Kodo (909).
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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The Kondo
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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Wooden cloisters.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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A group of the oldest wooden buildings in the world.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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Clay roof tiles.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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Clay roof tiles with carvings.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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The clay tiles are very ornate.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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Drum tower.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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School group.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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School group leader.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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School group posing.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Horyn-Ji Temple
|
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School trip to the temple.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
|
 |
 Osaka is a modern city near Kyoto.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
|
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Osaka is a railway hub.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
|
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Workers' canteen.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
|
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Church.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Osaka Castle
|
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Osaka Castle is surrounded by a moat.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Osaka Castle
|
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The largest stone used in the walls.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Osaka Castle
|
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Public radio transmitter.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Osaka Castle
|
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The castle buildings.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Osaka Castle
|
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Moat full of greenery.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Osaka Castle
|
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Osaka Castle was rebuilt after being destroyed by fire in 1947.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Osaka Castle
|
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Tiger.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Osaka Castle
|
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Exhibition of artwork.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Osaka Castle
|
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View of the city.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Osaka Castle
|
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Bridges.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
|
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Osaka metro station.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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The modern Aquarium.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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Rays.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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King penguins.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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Squid.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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Whale shark.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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The whale shark is the world's largest fish and is a filter feeder.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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Spider crab.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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Jelly fish.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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Jelly fish.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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Crowned night heron.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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Puffins.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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Sea lion.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
Site / Event : Aquarium
|
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Outside the Aquarium at night.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
District : Dotonbori
|
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The Dotonbori district at night.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
District : Dotonbori
|
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Dotonbori is by a canal.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
District : Dotonbori
|
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The bright lights.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
District : Dotonbori
|
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The bridge across the canal.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
District : Dotonbori
|
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View along the canal.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Osaka
District : Dotonbori
|
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Strawberry sweets and desserts.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
|
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Himeji is a pleasant city on the southern part of Honshu.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
|
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Most of the city is modern.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
|
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Manhole cover.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
|
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The covered market.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
|
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Pedestrian area.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
|
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The train station at night.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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Himeji Castle is one of only 12 in Japan that has not been destroyed and rebuilt.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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The castle is surrounded by a moat.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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Part of the complex houses accommodation.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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The castle was built in 1333.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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The sheer walls.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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View from the main keep.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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Ascending to the entrance.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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The interior.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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View to the West.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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View to the castle approach.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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Shrine at the top.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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View to the South.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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View across the complex.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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View to the North.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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Himeji is the best preserved of Japan's ancient castles.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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The Long Gallery.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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List of Samurai.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Himeji
Site / Event : Himeji Castle
|
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Typical room.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
|
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The city of Hiroshima.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
|
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The city is very modern with few older districts.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
|
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The busy city centre.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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At 8:15am on 6 August 1945 the world's first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, an event commemorated by the Peace Park.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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The Atomic Bomb Dome.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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This 1915 building was 600m below and 150m north west of the atom bomb blast that destroyed the city.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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This bridge, 150m from Ground Zero, survived the blast.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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The Children's peace Monument.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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One of the many memorials to the 200,000 victims of the atomic bomb blast.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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A mound containing the ashes of tens of thousands of victims of the atom bomb is in a former residential area.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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Memorial containing a register of the victims.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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The Memorial Museum.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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A watch fused at 8:15, the time of the atomic explosion.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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Sewing needles fused together by the intense heat.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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Drinking glasses that were melted by the blast.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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Bottles.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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Young boy posing with birds.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
District : Peace Park
|
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A group of school girls.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
Site / Event : Hiroshima Castle
|
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The river with Hiroshima Castle.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
Site / Event : Hiroshima Castle
|
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The castle was rebuilt after being destroyed by the atom bomb in 1945.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Hiroshima
Site / Event : Hiroshima Castle
|
 |
The Castle.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Miyajima island is close to Hiroshima.
|
2024 |
