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Shinjuku (and Mt. Fuji)

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Tokyo, Japan

I have shown this scene (the Mt. Fuji piece anyway) zoomed in a couple times before. Today’s pic is a much more general overview of the bulk of Shinjuku Ku with the main Shinjuku skyscraper buildings in the distant center, a bit of Nakano Ku in the distance to the right and a bit of Shibuya Ku in the distance to the left.

Waseda University

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Waseda University (早稲田大学) – Tokyo, Japan

Last week Waseda University held its graduation ceremony. I have enjoyed seeing photos from the event on Facebook from some of my former students. I remember the 2010 ceremony very well as I was sitting on the stage but didn’t have to speak, unlike the 2009 opening ceremony which I spoke at and is now just a blur in my head.

Okuma gazes at his auditorium through the darkness

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Waseda University under a full moon

Waseda University’s Okuma Memorial Hall Bell Tower

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Okuma Teien (大隈庭園)

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This Japanese garden next to Waseda University was lovely in the rain. This photo doesn’t quite capture everything. I took it during the first week of April, at the height of the cherry blossoms, but you only see a bit of them in the upper left corner. If you look closely you can see carp in the koi pond.

Waseda University in late November

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Shigenobu Okuma Statue stands among the Ginkgo Trees (銀杏) during autumn on the Waseda University campus in Tokyo

The fall colors have come and gone on my home campus in Southern Oregon, but they are still going strong in Tokyo.