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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Tulips in Iwate</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yukitanikawa Dam Forest Park Karumai, Iwate May 2018. 雪谷川ダムフォリストパーク軽米岩手県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Pansies and Clocktower</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shiroikoibito Park, Sapporo, Hokkaido. May 2018 白い恋人パーク、札幌市、北海道。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Pale Blue Iris</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gifu Castle, Gifu. April 2019. 岐阜公園、岐阜県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Flower Bushes in Gifu</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gifu Park, Gifu. April 2019. 岐阜公園、岐阜県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Flowering Bush in Takayama</image:title>
      <image:caption>Takayama City, Gifu. May 2019. 高山市、岐阜県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Flowering Tree in Castle Ruins Park</image:title>
      <image:caption>Takayama Castle Ruins, Takayama City, Gifu. May 2019. 高山城、高山市、岐阜県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Tulips in Gonohe</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gonohe Town, Aomori. May 2018. 五戸町、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Pansies in Mito</image:title>
      <image:caption>Senba Lake, Mito, Ibaraki. 千波湖、水戸市、茨城県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Azalea in Aomori</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tenno Shrine, Shichinohe Town, Aomori. May 2019. 天王神社、七戸町、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Red Flowering Bush</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ushiku Daibutsu, Ushiku City, Aomori. March 2019. 牛久大仏、牛久市、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Azaleas in Aomori</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tenno Shine, Shichinohe Town, Aomori. 天王神社、七戸町、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Rapeseed Field</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yokohama Town, Aomori. May 2019. 菜の花、横浜町、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Flowering Bushes in Kanazawa</image:title>
      <image:caption>Miharashi Viewpoint, Utatsuyama Park, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa. May 2019. 卯辰山見晴台、金沢市、石川県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Red Flowering Bushes in Kanazawa</image:title>
      <image:caption>Utatsuyama Viewpoint Hill, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa. May 2019. 卯辰山眺望の丘、金沢市、石川県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Pink Hibiscus</image:title>
      <image:caption>Banna Park, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. March 2019. カンナ公園、石垣島、沖縄県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Tropical Flower on Ishigaki Island</image:title>
      <image:caption>Kabira Bay, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. 川平湾、石垣島、沖縄県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Flowering Bushes in Taketomi</image:title>
      <image:caption>Taketomi Island, Okinawa. March 2019. 、沖縄県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Shrine Flowers</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shigakengokoku Shrine, Hikone City, Shiga. April 2019. 滋賀縣護國神社、彦根市、滋賀県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Bay Flowers</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jodogahama, Iwate. May 2019. 浄土ヶ浜、岩手県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Hill of Purple Flowers</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tonami Tulip Garden, Tonami City, Toyama. May 2019. 砺波チューリップ公園、砺波市、富山県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Tulip Hill in Toyama</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tonami Tulip Garden, Tonami City, Toyama. May 2019. 砺波チューリップ公園、砺波市、富山県。</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c383a84aa49a1a311470914/1588046645894-3HUXZV4WS3LMCIOOD3HC/Okinawa+Ishigaki+Cave+Entrance+Path.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Tropical Flowering Plants</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ishigaki Stalactite Cave. Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. March 2019. 石垣鍾乳洞、石垣島、沖縄県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Flowers on the Nakui Peak</image:title>
      <image:caption>Aomori, Nanbu Nakuidake, May 2020. 青森県南部町名久井岳。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Azaleas and Rice Fields</image:title>
      <image:caption>Takko Town, Aomori. May 2020. 青森県田子町。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Hachinohe Sunflower Field</image:title>
      <image:caption>Aoba Lake Facility, Hachinohe, Aomori August 2017. 青葉湖展望交流施設、八戸市、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Buckwheat Field</image:title>
      <image:caption>Aoba Lake Facility, Hachinohe, Aomori August 2017. 青葉湖展望交流施設、八戸市、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c383a84aa49a1a311470914/1588048600334-Z4U01LMD56BDX0ZUTKAR/IMG_8524.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Dahlia Bed</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dahlia garden. Gonohe Town, Aomori. August 2019. ひばり野ダリア園、五戸町、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Dahlia in Aomori</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hibarino Dahlia Garden. Gonohe Town, Aomori. August 2019. ひばり野ダリア園、五戸町、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c383a84aa49a1a311470914/1588048633461-GD9W88JJL4SBT5L0P6I7/IMG_8528.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Furry Bushes in Dahlia Garden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hibarino Dahlia Garden. Gonohe Town, Aomori. August 2019. ひばり野ダリア園、五戸町、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c383a84aa49a1a311470914/1588048779510-PKKHKR9HBUKHEWI1IRI9/Tanesashi+Coast+Pink.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Pink Hydrangea</image:title>
      <image:caption>Michinoku Coastal Trail, Hachinohe, Aomori. August 2019. みちのく潮風トレイル、八戸市、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c383a84aa49a1a311470914/1588048788067-7MI8MQEE76YH9NKH051Z/Towada+Farm.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Lupin Garden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Risokyo Botanical Garden, Towada City, Aomori. June 2019. 手づくり村鯉艸郷(りそうきょう), 十和田市、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Rose Garden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Higashizawa Rose Garden, Murayama City, Yamagata. August 2019. 東沢バラ公園、村山氏、山形県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Flowering Bush at Yamadera</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yamadera, Yamagata. August 2019. 山寺、山形県。</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c383a84aa49a1a311470914/1588049069447-PSJSCG4R6M56TV08ILRE/Yamagata+Yamadera+Hydrangea.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Blue Hydrangea</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yamadera, Yamagata. August 2019. 山寺、山形県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Wildflower and Butterfly</image:title>
      <image:caption>Zao Mountains, Yamagata. August 2019. 蔵王山、山形県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Wildflower near Okama</image:title>
      <image:caption>Zao Mountains Okama, Miyagi. August 2019. 蔵王の御釜、宮城県。</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c383a84aa49a1a311470914/1587905433716-J21DRABI2MXXI1G3X859/Aomori+Shirakami+Mountains+Poisonous+Flowers+Close.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Poisonous Mountain Flower in Aomori</image:title>
      <image:caption>I don’t know the name of it, but my fellow hikers said it is poisonous. Found in the Shirakami Mountains, Aomori, October 2019. 白神山地、青森県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Red Spider Lily</image:title>
      <image:caption>Red spider lily, or 彼岸花 (higanbana), found in Kinchakuda park, Hidaka, Saitama. September 2018. 巾着田、日高、埼玉県。</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Flowers of Japan - Philosopher's Path Tree</image:title>
      <image:caption>I see this tree a lot in more southern parts of Japan, blooming all winter. This one is at the Philosopher’s Path, Kyoto, January 2018. 哲学の道、京都。</image:caption>
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