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Akashi Municipal Planetarium

It is a picture taken from a train (Sanyo Electric Railway) which I rode on one day in early April 2018.This is a building "Akashi Municipal Planetarium" in Akashi city.It is opened in 1960, has a history of nearly 60 years, built on the Japan Standard Time Meridian of 135 degrees east longitude.Needless to say, the most popular event of this facility is a planetarium, projects a starlit sky about...

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Woody Town Chuo Station

Woody Town Chuo station is a terminal station of Kobe Electric Railway Koen-Toshi Line in Sanda city,Hyogo prefecture(located about 35 km northwest of Osaka)."Woody Town" is a new town developed in 1987.This well-maintained town has a large commercial complex and specialty shops.Attractive points of this town are having rich green and cleanness of the air.Access to Osaka or Kobe is easily possible...

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Nishinomiya Battery

It is a battery built during the late Edo period, placed in Koroen hama.In the late Edo period, several warships of Western countries such as the United States and Russia came to Osaka bay frequenty.To counter such threat, the Tokugawa shogunate set several batteries along the coast of Kobe/Nishinomiya area for the defense of Osaka bay.This battery is one of the remained ones.It has 11 artillery ...

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Shitennoji

Shitennoji is a very old temple located in Tennoji ward, Osaka city, said to have been founded in 593 AD.It is said that this temple was built by a famous imperial families politician named "Prince Shotoku (Shotoku Taishi)", who is highly revered in Japan (other temples built by Shotoku Taishi include Horyuji Temple in Nara, which is designated as a World Heritage Site).Moreover, this temple is sa...

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Ashiya Marine Center

It is a general marine sports facility operated by Hyogo prefecture. Yachts and canoes can be rented at reasonable prices, also this facility provide yachts & canoe schools at all times.The pictures were taken on an early sunday morning in winter....

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