Japan

Enjoying the calm of the rock garden at Ryoanji Temple

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On the left, watching the sun rise next to the summit marker on top of Mt. Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan at 12,388 feet (3776 m). On the right, in front of Beautiful Kinkakuji, the Temple of the Golden Pavilion.

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Feeling Coke in front of Osaka Castle on the left
while Buddha looks down on me protectively from Nara on the right.

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From a coin-operated photo booth in Fukuoka, sidetracked after taking passport photos.

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Standing in front of the marker at the most northern tip of Japan, the Soya Cape of Hokkaido.
(Sakhalin Island is visible on the horizon)

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Buried in hot volcanic sand at Ibusuki on the southern tip of Kyushu.

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The only foreigner at the Tottori branch meeting of the Japan Amateur Radio League.

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Operating the special event ham radio station at the 1997 Tottori Expo in Sakaiminato city.

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