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A nighttime shot from my window |
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When leaving town heading south, this road diverges from the main one just before the tunnel and heads out around this scenic penninsula rather than through it. |
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The road's closed during the winter. You've seen lots of shots of this penninsula from the Easahi side, but this was my first time actually driving out on it. |
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Here's the port of the tiny little town on the border of Hamatonbetsu and Esashi |
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The lighthouse at the tip of the penninsula |
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...and out into the Sea of Okhotsk |
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The friendly little turtle tells everyone to slow down. |
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Hamaton's historic Main Streer/Downtown/the entire town |
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Some larches changing colors for the fall just outside of town |
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.Back when winter was fresh I took this picture of snow on a bush near my apartment during a walk to the lake. |
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Now that is a tiny car. |
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Oh the weather outside is frightful... |
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This wasn't actually Hamaton (it's from a rest stop on the expressway to Asahikawa), but I didn't know where else ot put it and I really like the picture. |
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My parents wanted a picture of me and Heather, so here it is. |
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The snow piled up in the office parking lot one sunny day. |
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A nice sunset as I was getting off from work at 4:30 |
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The coastal flatland covered by snow along the road to Esashi |
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These next sunset pictures I took while driving around after work one day, so I thought I'd share. |
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Number 2 |
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Number 3 |
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Number 4 |
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Number 5 |
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Number 6 |
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Number 7 |
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The snow pile built up this year behind City Hall. For some reason they decided to plow a track wide enough for a vehical spiraling towards the top. |
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While driving around the back roads of Hamatonbetsu (and even some main roads), abandoned farms are a common sight. The winters here do a number on them too. |
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Here's another one. |
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These were all around the same area (hey, it was cold. I didn't want to get out of the car more often). Here's another angle. |
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I made this one my desktop picture |
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This building was practically buried by the snow. |
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A lovely snowscape. |
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And another one set against some dark clouds. |
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Don't play chicken with cattle. Nobody wins. |
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Snow-covered mountains as seen on the road to Shimotonbetsu. |
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Runoff from the melting snow on the hills cuts a path through the snow next to the road. |
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That same stream. |
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A storm out in the Sea of Okhotsk made for a rougher beach than I've yet seen here. Still not much, but it was nice to see constant whitecaps. |
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And the water crashing over the anti-erosion barriers. |
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Spring is coming. |
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This used to be a railroad bridge, back when the trains were still publicly owned. |
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The village of Shimotonbetsu. |
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Another view of the sunset from my house. |
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The sun behind a TV antennae. |
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