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P4081934.JPG Pewter roof tiles and wooden sign over store. |
P4081935.JPG the main shopping street, at dusk. |
P4081938.JPG Fancy boutiques along the main street. |
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P4081940.JPG Pewtar roof tiles, engraved wooden sign over shop entrance. |
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P4081941.JPG The taxi drivers wear white gloves, have lace slip covers on the seats and keep their cabs immaculate. |
P4081943.JPG Side street. |
P4081944.JPG Pachinko parlor. A form of legalized gambling in Japan. Every town of modest size has one. |
P4081945.JPG Hatakeyama-san buying the group a fast food treat. |
P4081948.JPG Barber poles for barber shops. (One was called the Cut House.) |
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P4081949.JPG Finally, a place to eat. |
P4081950.JPG Brian and friends. |
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P4101956.JPG Bob redoing the weather stripping after polite complaints that closing the door required too much body english. |
P4101957.JPG Stuart Freedman and Shuichiro Hatakeyama. |