Our trip started on 16 February and ended on 2 March. We viewed plum blossoms at Kitano Tenmanku Shrine and Matsuo Daisha Shrine in Kyoto;visited the famous sand dunes and Pear Museum in Tottori Prefecture; rode cable car up the Takayasu Hill and toured the Plum Garden at Osaka Castle; then went to visit Ise Jingu Shrines , Mikimoto Pearl Island, and Matsusaka City in Mie Prefecture; did some shopping around the Tenjinbashisuji Shopping street in Osaka City.
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Kitana Tenmanku Shrine on 17 Feb 2015
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| Matsu Daisha Shrine on 18 Feb 2015 |
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Uratomi coastal scene at Tottori on 20 Feb
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Great Sand dune at Tottori 20 Feb
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| Kurayoshi Handcraft center 21 Feb |
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| Plum Blossoms |
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| Sake wine mini Museum |
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Kurayshi old clan house group 21 Feb
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| Royal House inside Tottori Castle garden on 22 Feb |
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| Mikimoto Bronze Statue at Pearl Island, Mie 24 Feb |
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| Ise Jingu Shrine 25 Feb |
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Ise Jingu Shrine 25 Feb
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The Couple Rocks 25 Feb
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Shrine at entrance to Couple Rocks, Mie 25 Feb
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Iga Castle 26 Feb
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| A mini Museum in memory of 小津安二郎 27 Feb |
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| Gobanyashiki house at Matsusaka City 27 Feb |
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| Plum Blossoms inside Osaka Tenmangu Shrine 28 Feb |
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| A modern villa house at central Osaka 28 Feb |
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| A drug store at Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street 2 Mar |
