Winter 2006
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Rain can't keep people away from the Takaoka Nabe Festival.
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Even the Buddha is down with it.
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Salted sweet potatoes.
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This dude hooked us up with some for free.
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Crab nabe, complete with extra exoskeleton.
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It was really crowded.
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All these people were in line.
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This stew was delicious.
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Kendo dudes mill about.
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Judo
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I think this dance took the prize.
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Demonstration lesson by Tokumae-sensei
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This is a game called "100 poets with 1 poem."
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The rules are someone reads the first part of a poem and you snatch the corresponding card.
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One day, it was really clear.
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So, I decided to see one of Takaoka's famous sights, Amaharashi.
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There were a lot of people with the same ideas as me.
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This was unspeakably beautiful.
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This is a terrible pun. It says, "Take your stuff home/frog."
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I don't know why this dead crow was hanging from a tree. I asked a Japanese. He didn't either.
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This what it's supposed to look like.
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