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      <image:caption>Mount Fuji seen from an ordinary street in Fujiyoshida. The mountain seems to follow you throughout the city, appearing especially imposing and beautiful in the clear, cold air of winter.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A city I called home. Looking across Ōsaka from Abeno Harukas, which was still Japan’s tallest building when this photograph was taken. A title now held by the Mori JP Tower in Tōkyō’s Azabudai Hills.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Morning stroll through the neighbourhood.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Shinkansen journeys often come with two paper tickets: a basic fare ticket for the distance travelled and a limited express ticket for the Shinkansen service and reserved seat. Stack both tickets and insert them into the gate together — never one after the other. Collect every ticket returned by the machine, as you may need them again when leaving the Shinkansen area or continuing your journey.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Coin lockers at Japanese stations provide convenient short-term storage for anything from a small bag to a large suitcase. Most accept cash or an IC card, which also acts as the key. Storage is generally limited to three calendar days, but rules and daily reset times vary, so always check the instructions on the individual locker.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On many cash-only local buses, take a numbered paper ticket when boarding and check its number against the fare display above the driver. When leaving, place the ticket and exact fare into the box at the front.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Japan has roughly 56.000 convenience stores. About one for every 2.200 residents. You may arrive without a favourite, but somewhere between your first onigiri and fifth iced coffee, you will choose a team!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I swear there’s a coffeehouse inside this building!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The vermilion Konpon Daitō rises above the Danjō Garan temple complex on Mount Kōya in Wakayama. The great pagoda is one of the most recognisable buildings at the centre of Shingon Buddhism in Japan.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Returning late on my first night in Siem Reap, I found a cat waiting outside my hotel room. She slipped inside as if she belonged there. And, as it turned out, she did: she was the hotel cat. Watching over me.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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