| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
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Hiroshima in the distance.
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2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Island landscape.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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A ferry to Miyajima.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Small village and a temple.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Ferry dock on Miyajima.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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One of many eateries on the island.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Shop.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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The beach.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Stone lanterns.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Feeding deer.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Sitting by the sea.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
Site / Event : O-torii Gate
|
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The famous O-torii Gate that sits in the sea.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
Site / Event : O-torii Gate
|
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The base of the gate.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
Site / Event : O-torii Gate
|
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View of the gate.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
Site / Event : Itsukushima Shrine
|
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The Itsukushima Shrine is Shinto.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
Site / Event : Itsukushima Shrine
|
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The shrine is a famous pilgrimage site.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
Site / Event : Itsukushima Shrine
|
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The shrine is often over the waters of the sea at high tide.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
Site / Event : Itsukushima Shrine
|
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Passageway.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
Site / Event : Itsukushima Shrine
|
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Arched bridge.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Temple.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Row of shops.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Traditional house at the Folk Museum.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Stone bridge.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Building on stilts.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
Region : Miyajima Island
|
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Pagoda.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
|
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Kanazawa is a city on the North of Honshu Island.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
|
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The city centre.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
|
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The Sai River.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
|
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The old and the new by the Sai River.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
|
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Kanazawa train station.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Omicho Market
|
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Omicho Market in the centre of Kanazawa.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Omicho Market
|
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The market is famous for its seafood.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Omicho Market
|
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Oysters.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Omicho Market
|
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Fruit.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Omicho Market
|
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A performance of kodo drummers.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Kazuemachi Chaya
|
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Shrine in the traditional Kazuemachi Chaya District.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Kazuemachi Chaya
|
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The district is one of several areas of traditional geisha tea houses.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Kazuemachi Chaya
|
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Two storey buildings and narrow streets.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Kazuemachi Chaya
|
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The area is picturesque.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Kazuemachi Chaya
|
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Row of houses by the river.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Kazuemachi Chaya
|
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Riverside houses.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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The Higashi Chaya District is the largest of the geisha areas.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Typical houses.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Some of the houses are open to the public.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Two young girls in kimonos.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Narrow streets.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Kanazawa is famous for its gold leaf.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Detail of gold leaf work.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Screen with gold leaf.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Gold leaf on ice cream.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Coffee with gold leaf.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Kanazawa is also famous for its lacquerware.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha House Museum
|
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Geisha house belonging to a rich family.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha House Museum
|
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The interior is open as a museum.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha House Museum
|
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Typical room.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha House Museum
|
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Drums.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha House Museum
|
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The rooms are traditional.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha House Museum
|
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The kitchen.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha House Museum
|
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Arts and crafts.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha House Museum
|
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Lacquerware.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha House Museum
|
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Screen painting.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha House Museum
|
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Two visitors.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Local transport.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Shop front.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : The Gold Leaf Museum
|
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Kanazawa is famous for its gold leaf.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : The Gold Leaf Museum
|
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20th century ornamental vase.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha Museum
|
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Fans in a small Geisha Museum.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha Museum
|
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Kanazawa is one of the few places outside Kyoto where Geisha traditions thrive.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
Site / Event : Geisha Museum
|
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Higashi Chaya District in the 19th century.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Higashi Chaya
|
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Women in kimonos.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Castle Park
|
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Castle Park in the centre of Kanazawa.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Castle Park
|
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Part of the original moat of the castle.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Castle Park
|
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One of the reconstructed castle gates.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Castle Park
|
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The 1546 castle burnt down in 1881 and was rebuilt.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Castle Park
|
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Curved wooden bridge and castle gate.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Castle Park
|
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One of the original store houses.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Castle Park
|
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The original Ishikawa Gate from the bridge of the same name.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Kenrokuen Gardens was once part of the palace complex.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Kasumigaike Pond.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Tea house.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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View of the city from the gardens.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Kenrokuen Gardens is considered one of the top three in Japan.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Autumn colours arriving.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Meiji Shrine.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Two women on Hanambashi Bridge.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Stream.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Seison Kaku is a former villa.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Wooden lantern.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Hisagoike Pond.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Lantern and waterfall.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Kenrokuen Gardens
|
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Tea house by a pond.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Nagamachi
|
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The Nagamachi District is the area where the Samurai lived.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Nagamachi
|
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Many of the houses are behind walls.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Nagamachi
|
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The Nagamachi District is a picturesque area.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Nagamachi
|
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Walled residence.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Nagamachi
|
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Canal running past a row of shops.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Nagamachi
|
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Corner residence.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Nagamachi
Site / Event : Nomura House
|
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The house of the Nomura family of Samurai.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Nagamachi
Site / Event : Nomura House
|
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Carved wooden decoration.
|
2024 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
District : Nagamachi
Site / Event : Nomura House
|
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Shrine.
|
2024 |
were added from 1 March 2026.