2010-12-22
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2010-12-06
2010-11-05
Auto Shop Replaces a FamilyMart
Bouquets of flowers are often placed in front of a new store to celebrate the opening. They are usually given by associated businesses.
In many areas, convenience stores are reaching saturation density. Thus the failure of this FamilyMart.
2010-10-27
2010-10-25
2010-10-23
2010-10-21
2010-10-19
Festival at Hachiman Shrine
There was a festival at Hachiman Shrine on Oct. 3rd. (I was out of town, unfortunately).
2010-10-17
LDP Poster
This poster encourages people to support the LDP Party to restore Japan to No. 1. What exactly No. 1 means and why people should trust the LDP to restore Japan to that position are not explained.
2010-10-15
Lion Factory in Odawara
Lion, the Japanese pharmaceutical and home product maker has a factory in Odawara. Tours are available upon request.
2010-10-13
2010-09-29
APEC Meeting in Yokohama
The APEC meeting which will be held in Yokohama in November, makes news here in Odawara also. Same prefecture, same police force therefore same precautions, I suppose.
2010-09-27
2010-09-26
2010-09-25
2010-09-24
2010-09-18
Odawara Station
Odawara Station was rebuilt a few years ago and it looks completely different. Really nice. It stands up well against almost any other regional train station in Japan (in my opinion).
2010-09-17
Hojo Soun Statue in Front of Odawara Station
Hojo Soun (北条早雲) was the most famous Daimyo or feudal ruler of Odawara and what is now Kanto.
2010-09-12
2010-09-10
2010-09-09
Flooding of Sakawagawa River in Odawara 1
Typhoon number 9 really dumped a lot of rain on Odawara yesterday. Sakawagawa was the highest I have ever seen.
2010-08-28
2010-07-22
2010-07-18
2010-07-12
2010-07-08
PTA Sign
Two interesting things about this sign near a kindergarten: one is that parent teacher organizations in Japan are also called PTA, and this sign showing the directions to a bicycle parking lot show the pronunciation above the Chinese characters (showing that children of that age have yet to learn many Chinese characters).
2010-07-04
2010-06-28
NEXCO Service Center in Odawara
NEXCO maintains expressways in Japan. One service center is in Odawara.
2010-06-24
2010-06-20
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