 at Shinobazu@Ueno, Tokyo
 Karuta - Japanese classic card game
"Karuta" from Portuguese word "carta".
"Inu mo arukeba bou ni ataru"
in English, "When a dog walks, the dog is beaten by a stick"
means "A things are not begun without an obstacle"
about Karuta on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karuta
at Grandad and Granmom's home@Abiko, Chiba
 Hatsumoude - First pray
Title means "A New Year's visit to a Shinto shrine"
What would Yuan pray for?
I don't know...
at Tokaiji@Kashiwa, Chiba
 at Kashiwa, Chiba
 Here is Tokaiji and,
Tokaiji as temple established on AD 807.
at Tokaiji@Kashiwa, Chiba
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