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This is Page 3 of 3 - the best of December 2009!
posted: December 31st, 2009
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The photos on this page start with December 23rd - a trip to Jindai Botanical Garden & Jindaiji Shrine. This page goes through the end of the month. After the photos is a list of all mountains we climbed during 2009 and a bar chart showing the elevations. Click on any thumbnail to begin.

Begin December 23rd
  On December 23rd Kazuya and I went to Jindai Botanical Garden and Jindaiji Shrine. I thought there was a Christmas Tree Display at Jindai Botanical Garden, but they only had one Christmas Tree, and it was pretty sad looking. At Jindaiji Shrine we found the poster for next year - The Year Of The Tiger. The 2nd shot is a shot of the Pampas Grass - getting kind of brownish looking, as is the grass, and there are no people in this photo. I stuck in a September 13th photo here to show you the contrast - very white Pampas Grass seed heads, green lawn grass and lots of people.
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End December 23rd, End December 2008's Photos, Begin 4 Best Photos of 2009
  Well, the website http://dcresource.com has a series of forums. In the "Photo Gallery" Forum there was a thread asking people to post their SINGLE best photo taken during 2009. I was initially able to sort out these 4 photos for my own consideration. Three of them were taken during our climb of Mt. Asahidake back on August 10th. I guess that just goes to show you how incredible of a day that was! The 4th photo, and the one which I finally selected as the best photo of 2009, was a Fall Color shot taken at Jindai Botanical Garden. The first photo in this row shows some Geum pentapetalum under an early morning sun. You may ask why I didn't use PhotoShop and eliminate the lens reflection in the upper right hand corner - I did, and in my opinion it detracted from the photo, so I discarded that version of this photo. The 2nd photo is a relatively rare Twin-flower (Linnaea borealis) on Mt. Asahidake.
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  The first photo in this row - also taken at Mt. Asahidake on August 10th, shows a beautiful reflection in a pond. The final shot, and the one which I selected as my best photo of 2009, is this one taken on November 29th at Jindai Botanical Garden of Fall Colors.
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End 4 Best Photos of 2009, Begin List of Mountains Climbed in 2009
  Here you can find a list of all the mountains which we or I alone climbed during Calendar Year 2009. Note that 47 mountains were climbed during 2009 - although not 47 different ones.

Mountains Climbed in 2009
No. Date Mountain Name Elev., Ft. Elev., M. With?
1 03/13/2009 Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#17) 2,199 670 Kazuya & I
2 03/13/2009 Mt. Kagenobu-yama (#6) 2,385 727 Kazuya & I
3 03/21/2009 Mt. Takao (#51) 1,965 599 Kazuya & I
4 04/11/2009 Sougaku Mtn. (#5) 2,480 756 Kazuya & I
5 04/11/2009 Iwatakeishi Mtn. (#5) 2,602 793 Kazuya & I
6 04/11/2009 Takamizu Mtn. (#5) 2,490 759 Kazuya & I
7 04/17/2009 Mt. Kakuda 1,580 482 Kazuya & I
8 04/18/2009 Mt. Kakuda (#2) 1,580 482 Kazuya & I
9 04/24/2009 Mt. Narukami 3,214 980 Kazuya & I
10 05/01/2009 Mt. Kurotake (#2) 5,882 1,793 Kazuya & I
11 05/01/2009 Mt. Hafu (#2) 5,492 1,674 Kazuya & I
12 05/03/2009 Mt. Nyukasayama 6,414 1,955 Kazuya & I
13 05/09/2009 Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#18) 2,199 670 Kazuya & I
14 05/09/2009 Mt. Takao (#52) 1,965 599 Kazuya & I
15 05/10/1009 Mt. Mitake (#25) 3,048 929 Kazuya & I
16 05/15/2009 Mt. Nana-tsu-ishi (#6) 5,765 1,757 Kazuya & I
17 05/15/2009 Mt. Kumotori (#6) 6,620 2,018 Kazuya & I
18 05/16/2009 Mt. Nana-tsu-ishi (#7) 5,765 1,757 Kazuya & I
19 05/16/2009 Mt. Takamaru (#2) 5,686 1,733 Kazuya & I
20 05/16/2009 Mt. Hikagenagurihou 5,659 1,725 Kazuya & I
21 05/16/2009 Mt. Takanosu (#2) 5,697 1,737 Kazuya & I
22 06/07/2009 Mt. Takao (#53) 1,965 599 Kazuya & I
23 06/13/2009 Mt. Komagatake (#2) 4,451 1,357 Kazuya & I
24 06/13/2009 Mt. Kamiyama (#2) 4,718 1,438 Kazuya & I
25 06/27/2009 Mt. Mitake (#26) 3,048 929 Kazuya & I
26 07/10/2009 Mt. Iodake 9,055 2,760 Kazuya & I
27 07/11/2009 Mt. Yokodake 9,281 2,829 Kazuya & I
28 07/11/2009 Mt. Sansha 9,268 2,825 Kazuya & I
29 07/11/2009 Mt. Akadake 9,511 2,899 Kazuya & I
30 07/11/2009 Mt. Nikaburi 8,497 2,590 Kazuya & I
31 07/12/2009 Mt. Neishidake 8,540 2,603 Kazuya & I
32 07/12/2009 East Tengudake Mtn. 8,681 2,646 Kazuya & I
33 07/18/2009 Mt. Kita-dake 10,476 3,193 Kazuya & I
34 07/26/2009 Mt. Mitake (#27) 3,048 929 Kazuya & I
35 07/26/2009 Hinode Mtn. (#11) 2,959 902 Kazuya & I
36 08/04/2009 Mt. Hakkoda (Ohtake-san) 5,198 1,584 Kazuya & I
37 08/10/2009 Mt. Asahidake 7,516 2,291 Kazuya & I
38 08/10/2009 Mt. Mamiyadake 7,169 2,185 Kazuya & I
39 09/19/2009 Mt. Oh (O-Yama) 9,815 2,992 Kazuya & I
40 09/19/2009 Mt. Oonanji (Tateyama) 9,892 3,015 Kazuya & I
41 09/19/2009 Mt. Masago (Masago-dake) 9,386 2,861 Kazuya & I
42 09/20/2009 Mt. Bes (Bessan) 9,429 2,874 Kazuya & I
43 09/20/2009 North Mt. Bes (Kita-Bessan) 9,449 2,880 Kazuya & I
44 11/20/2009 Mt. Takao (#54) 1,965 599 Alone
45 11/20/2009 Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#19) 2,199 670 Alone
46 12/19/2009 Mt. Takao (#55) 1,965 599 Alone
47 12/20/2009 Mt. Takao (#56) 1,965 599 Kazuya & I

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End Mountains Climbed, End Page 4, End 2009
  Here are links to separate web pages. The first link shows some photos of our DVD Collection, an AVI Movie of our Home Theater System and 9 photos of our Sharp Aquos TV. The 2nd link shows our entire DVD collection in DVD Profiler (if you're asking yourself what might be good to rent for the weekend). The DVD's will be sorted by date purchased. You can click on the "Title" Column to sort that way if you desire. The 3rd link takes you to a set of pages which show you the FRONT coverart of all of our DVDs.
February 22, 2009 DVD Collection,
Movie of Home Theater System
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Link to DVD collection in DVD Profiler
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Our DVD Collection
Front Coverart Pages
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Kazuya has updated - his blog and it has some truly exquisite photos of our climbs! Please check it out HERE. (Click on the "Studies of Plants and Wildlife" link in the new window.)

2010 USA (173 KB) and Japanese (183 KB) Refrigerator Door Size Calendar PDF's


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