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posted: December 24th, 2012 |
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This page shows ONLY photos which are included in the Annual Christmas Letter for 2012.   On this page are the photos from January, February, March, April and May - Christmas Letter pages 1 through part of page 7. Click on any thumbnail to begin. |
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Begin "January Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter |
![]() First Photo - Walking to Tsuru-No-Yu (Hot Spring of the Crane). Second Photo - Tsuru No Yu, Daniel in one of the Indoor Hot Springs. Third Photo - Tsuru No Yu Outdoors at Night. |
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![]() First Photo - Rotenboro at Naka-Yama-Daira Onsen (Hot Spring). Second Photo - Hiking on Daffodil Road - Chiba Prefecture. Third Photo - Our Circular Route on January 8. |
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![]() First Photo - Icy Creek on the way to Hyakuhiro Waterfall. Second Photo - Kazuya at the base of Hyakuhiro Waterfall. Third Photo - Some Ice Formations at Hyakuhiro Waterfall. |
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End January, Begin "March Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter (No Photos From February) |
![]() First Photo - Jindai Botanical Garden Hamamelis mollis. Second Photo - Jindai Botanical Garden Adonis amurensis. Third Photo - Hikage Creek - Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum. |
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![]() First Photo - Plum Blossoms at Kyodonomori Park. Second Photo - Three Plum Branches. |
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End March, Begin "April Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter |
![]() First Photo - Mt. Kagenobu Cymbidium goeringii. Second Photo - Kogesawa - Moon & Plum Blossoms. Third Photo - Chidorigafuchi Moat - Cherry Blossoms. |
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![]() First Photo - Cherry Blossoms at Shinjuku Gyoen Park. Second Photo - South Mt. Takao - Lake Tsukui. Third Photo - Mountain Cherry Trees at ICcho Daira. |
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![]() First Photo - Mt. Fuji & Cherry Blossoms at Kachi-Kachi Ropeway Top. Second Photo - Mt. Fuji from near Asagiri Kogen. Third Photo - Viola eizanensis near Kachi-Kachi Ropeway Top. |
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End April, Begin "May Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter |
![]() First Photo - Funagata Town, Yamagata Prefecture, Sabane-yama - Epigaea asiatica. Second Photo - Sabane-yama - Cherry Blossoms. Third Photo - Sabane-yama - Cherry Blossoms - Detail Reduced. |
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![]() First Photo - Okutama Area - Spring Greens. Second Photo - Mt. Mitake - Spring Greens. Third Photo - Rhododendron pentaphyllum var. nikoense at Mt. Kesamaru. |
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![]() First Photo - Daniel, Daigo & Kazuya at the summit of Mt. Mae-Kesamaru. Second Photo - Rhododendron pentaphyllum var. nikoense at Mt. Kesamaru. Third Photo - Oze National Park - Lysichiton camtschatcense. |
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![]() First Photo - Lysichiton camtschatcense at Oze National Park. Second Photo - Boardwalk & Mt. Shibutsu at Oze N.P. . Third Photo - Lysichiton camtschatcense & Mt. Shibutsu at Oze. |
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End "May Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter, End Page 1 |
Thanks so much for taking the time to look at this page. Now, please go on to Page 2 for the continuation of photos from the Annual Christmas Letter - beginning with "June Happenings". |
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