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All junior and high school students
must wear a uniform.
Shiga highlands is maybe
the largest ski area in
the world.
Fireworks are an important part of summer.
Every weekend you can find a fireworks display.
The one in Shizuoka is attended by about 400,000 people.
The scenery surrounding
Shizuoka
The main shopping street and a typical restaurant.
Notice the wax models of the food.
A view of Mt Fuji
The most important symbol
to the japanese people
Above my daughter in traditional
kimono. Right summer kimono
The entrance
to a temple
The largest shrine in the city
The castle in the center of the city. It
was destroyed hundreds of years ago.
But was rebuilt a few years ago
Some photos I took in and around the city
I live in Shizuoka City which is the capital
city
of the prefecture.
People say it is one of the best places to
live
in Japan. It never gets too hot in Summer
or too cold in Winter. It never snows however
a 3 hour car journey will take you to one
of the biggest ski areas in the world, see
below.
Shizuoka Prefecture is located in the approximate
center of Japan, facing the Pacific to the
south. Within its boundaries stretching 155km
(96 miles) from east to west and 118km (73
miles) from north to south, the full range
of Japanese geography, ocean, mountains and
lakes, are represented. Its surface area
is 7,779km3 (3,003 square miles).
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