Kyoto Botanical garden, May 2011.

Kyoto Botanical garden, May 2011.

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Tomigiku 1910s (by Blue Ruin1) "…During the years Taisho 10 and...

Tomigiku 1910s (by Blue Ruin1)

"…During the years Taisho 10 and Taisho 11 (1921 and 1922), Tomigiku was one of the great beauties of Kyoto. With her long eyelashes, and watery eyes reflecting the light, it is said that she was worth her weight in gold. She turned heads wherever she went. If anyone walking around the Maruyama and Gion areas happened to catch a glimpse of her walking by, just the mere sight of her stopped them in their tracks, and they saw her on her way as someone seeing off a person of high rank or great fame…"

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The Imperial Badge, Kyoto, Japan ~ this is roof of Nijo castle,...

The Imperial Badge, Kyoto, Japan ~ this is roof of Nijo castle, in Kyoto. It was the residence of the Tokugawa shoguns when they visited from their own capital in Edo (Tokyo). This imperial crest suplanted the Tokugawa crest as a symbol of the victory of the Emperor over the shoguns in the XIX century.

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