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From the window of the at 6am today 🤩


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Visualization of the 15-hour flight from Tokyo to Munich


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My (last) day so far in Hiroshima 🏊‍♀️☕️🥐🧳


Breakfast setting with a cup of coffee, glass of juice, various pastries, a bun, yogurt, a slice of tamagoyaki (Japanese omelette), and tableware on a diner table.
A patterned wall with geometric sections in different shades of brown and red, some sections have subtle leaf patterns.
Me, white middle aged woman, taking a selfie in an elevator mirror with suitcase, backpack and laptop bags. I’m dressed in black and wearing white and red sneakers.

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More Hiroshima night shots, from last night 🤩


Nighttime street view in a bustling city with pedestrians and numerous illuminated signboards on buildings.
People socializing in a cupboard-sized dimly lit bar with shelves of bottles in the background.
Stone basin with bamboo spout in a Japanese-style garden at night, surrounded by plants and pebbles.

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Please have a little bit more of that


A T-shirt with a graphic print featuring a newspaper-like design with text that includes "LE MOIS SERRURE," (from French “the month keyhole”) an image of an open book, and phrases like "a key to open a secret streehouse"
Earrings with cubic zirconia displayed on tags labeled "Mignon de Bijoux” (from French “cute from jewels”)

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Miyajima island deer 🤩


A deer foraging in a wooded area.
A deer looking back at the camera on a sandy pathway with greenery and stone steps in the background.
A deer grazing in a park with cherry blossoms and a red bridge in the background.

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Miyajima happy clay monks 🤩


Image of small stone statues resembling monks beside a larger stone with carved markings, surrounded by fallen leaves and a few scattered coins on the ground.
A collection of small, clay figures with smiling faces and various expressions, some wearing colorful necklaces, densely packed together.

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Highlights from the hike up Mount Misen on Miyajima island 🤩


Scenic view of a coastal landscape with a vibrant blue sea, islands in the distance, and a variety of green trees in the foreground.
A sunlit forest with a stone staircase and moss-covered rocks.
Sunlight filtering through a dense forest with tall redwood trees and a forest floor covered in brown foliage.

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Miyajima mountain flowers & vegetation 🤩



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More Miyajima divider photos, between the shrine and the hike up Mount Misen 🤩


A drawing of a traditional Japanese torii gate on a textured background with black ink calligraphy, a red stamp, and a small doodle of a cat.
A convex traffic mirror reflecting an image of a multi-story building with a blue sign featuring Japanese characters in the foreground.
A collection of various ceramic figurines displayed on a wooden plank in bright sunlight.

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Itsukushima Shrine, round two (this week, otherwise round 3 in my life) on Miyajima 🤩


Traditional Japanese lantern hanging from the eaves of a red-painted wooden structure with a view of a calm sea and distant hills.
A traditional Japanese shrine with a vermilion architecture, built over clear, shallow water, under a blue sky.
A traditional Japanese shrine complex on a waterfront with a five-story pagoda in the background, surrounded by trees and a clear blue sky. Visitors are visible on the pathways.

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Miyajima jewel photos 🤩


A stone pathway lined with traditional Japanese stone lanterns, with a blooming cherry blossom tree to the side and a moss-covered stone wall in the background.
Person in traditional Japanese attire with a mask standing amidst orange wooden pillars.
The large O Torii gate standing in water with a backdrop of mountains, two boats filled with people on the sea, and pine branches in the foreground.

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Hiroshima morning sakura and river stroll 🌸


Close-up of pink dogwood flowers on a branch with blurred background of a park setting.
A cluster of bright yellow flowers with green leaves in the background.
Cherry blossom trees in bloom along a river with clear blue skies and reflections on the water.

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Hiroshima night shots from last night 🤩


Customers seated at a bar with beer taps in the background and a bartender attending to them.
A golden Maneki-neko (lucky cat) figurine next to a small cactus in a brown ceramic pot, placed on a wooden surface against a backdrop of closed window blinds.

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Hiroshima street scenes from this morning 🤩


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Poster for Okonomiyaki


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The skyscrapers for the living, seen from the skyscrapers for the departed.


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Tomorrow I’ll wake up early to be ready to go for a run to the Hijiyama park at 6:30 am with @tantek.com 🤗
… and then we’ll go about our day of meetings 🙄

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The Hiroshima Prefectural art museum was a massive disappointment to me 😞
Only three rooms on one floor. The other floor for temporary exhibition was not in service.
All of the very pretty artworks were forbidden to photograph AND the museum shop did not sell any catalog or postcards/posters of anything displayed at the museum. I didn’t have anything to sketch them.
Here are only the pretty things.

Open book displaying traditional Japanese artwork of a landscape with trees on the left and handwritten text in Japanese characters on the right.
Traditional Japanese folding screen depicting bamboo and birds in ink wash painting style.
A decorated ceramic horse figurine displayed on a pedestal inside a museum.

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Hiroshima street scenes from this afternoon.


Cherry blossoms in the foreground with a blurred tall building in the background under a blue sky.
Vintage green tram on city street with urban buildings and signage in Japanese.
Urban street scene with a mix of modern high-rise buildings and a one-story Japanese shrine, a row of parked bicycles, and people at a bus stop, set against a cloudy sky.

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The famous of

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Elegant Japanese fish school pattern on a wall panel.

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There was a distinct Indiana Jones vibe to today’s hike up to Mount Misen, in the humid and steep forest of Miyajima Island.


An ancient stone staircase winding through a forest, with roots intertwined around the rocky terrain.
Stone steps leading through a forested area with moss-covered rocks and trees. Fallen leaves cover the ground.
Forest scene with moss-covered rocks and fallen leaves on the ground.

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This too is why I came to Japan 🤩

A person paddleboarding with a dog near the floating torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine with mountains in the background.

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Poppies!


Orange poppies and buds among green foliage.
Orange poppy with closed and budding flowers against a background of purple flowers and green foliage.

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