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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination, although it is nearly impossible enter its interior. The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design this grandstand.  It was built so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.  In 1942 horse racing became illegal during WWII in Japan, when the Japanese military took over the building.  After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. It is said that there is a secret entrance of this place through an extremely creepy tunnel, though inside the grandstand all the windows are boarded up so that visibility is just about zero. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination, although it is nearly impossible enter its interior. The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design this grandstand.  It was built so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.  In 1942 horse racing became illegal during WWII in Japan, when the Japanese military took over the building.  After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. It is said that there is a secret entrance of this place through an extremely creepy tunnel, though inside the grandstand all the windows are boarded up so that visibility is just about zero. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination, although it is nearly impossible enter its interior. The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design this grandstand.  It was built so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.  In 1942 horse racing became illegal during WWII in Japan, when the Japanese military took over the building.  After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. It is said that there is a secret entrance of this place through an extremely creepy tunnel, though inside the grandstand all the windows are boarded up so that visibility is just about zero. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination, although it is nearly impossible enter its interior. The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design this grandstand.  It was built so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.  In 1942 horse racing became illegal during WWII in Japan, when the Japanese military took over the building.  After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. It is said that there is a secret entrance of this place through an extremely creepy tunnel, though inside the grandstand all the windows are boarded up so that visibility is just about zero. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination, although it is nearly impossible enter its interior. The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design this grandstand.  It was built so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.  In 1942 horse racing became illegal during WWII in Japan, when the Japanese military took over the building.  After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. It is said that there is a secret entrance of this place through an extremely creepy tunnel, though inside the grandstand all the windows are boarded up so that visibility is just about zero. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination, although it is nearly impossible enter its interior. The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design this grandstand.  It was built so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.  In 1942 horse racing became illegal during WWII in Japan, when the Japanese military took over the building.  After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. It is said that there is a secret entrance of this place through an extremely creepy tunnel, though inside the grandstand all the windows are boarded up so that visibility is just about zero. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination, although it is nearly impossible enter its interior. The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design this grandstand.  It was built so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.  In 1942 horse racing became illegal during WWII in Japan, when the Japanese military took over the building.  After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. It is said that there is a secret entrance of this place through an extremely creepy tunnel, though inside the grandstand all the windows are boarded up so that visibility is just about zero. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination, although it is nearly impossible enter its interior. The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design this grandstand.  It was built so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.  In 1942 horse racing became illegal during WWII in Japan, when the Japanese military took over the building.  After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. It is said that there is a secret entrance of this place through an extremely creepy tunnel, though inside the grandstand all the windows are boarded up so that visibility is just about zero. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination, although it is nearly impossible enter its interior. The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design this grandstand.  It was built so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.  In 1942 horse racing became illegal during WWII in Japan, when the Japanese military took over the building.  After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. It is said that there is a secret entrance of this place through an extremely creepy tunnel, though inside the grandstand all the windows are boarded up so that visibility is just about zero. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination, although it is nearly impossible enter its interior. The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design this grandstand.  It was built so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.  In 1942 horse racing became illegal during WWII in Japan, when the Japanese military took over the building.  After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. It is said that there is a secret entrance of this place through an extremely creepy tunnel, though inside the grandstand all the windows are boarded up so that visibility is just about zero. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination, although it is nearly impossible enter its interior. The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design this grandstand.  It was built so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.  In 1942 horse racing became illegal during WWII in Japan, when the Japanese military took over the building.  After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. It is said that there is a secret entrance of this place through an extremely creepy tunnel, though inside the grandstand all the windows are boarded up so that visibility is just about zero. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination, although it is nearly impossible enter its interior. The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design this grandstand.  It was built so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.  In 1942 horse racing became illegal during WWII in Japan, when the Japanese military took over the building.  After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. It is said that there is a secret entrance of this place through an extremely creepy tunnel, though inside the grandstand all the windows are boarded up so that visibility is just about zero. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
    negishi-grandstand-03.jpg
  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
    negishi-grandstand-21.jpg
  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
    negishi-grandstand-17.jpg
  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
    negishi-grandstand-12.jpg
  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • The Negishi Horse Racing Grandstand is one of the most famous of the abandoned ruins in Japan and a popular urban explorer destination.  The Emperor Meiji ordered the construction of this horse racecourse in 1866, so an English architect was commissioned to design it so tough that it withstood the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After 1945 it was used as US headquarters of communications during the occupation.  It is located near facilities of the US Fleet Activities and consequently the entire area is heavily guarded and monitored by surveillance cameras. Negishi Heights was returned to Japan in 1983 and it became a public park, with Negishi Horse Grandstand cordoned off as a kind of curiosity of the park, sectioned off by barbed wire fences.
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  • Cycling or simply bicycle riding is a popular form of exercise.  Human powered vehicles such as bikes, unicycles, tandem bikes and bicycles been popular for centuries.  In modern history cycling is now a competitive sport with various categories.  Cross country cycling or cyclo cross was once for road racers during off season to step up their training during off months.  It has become popular on short courses though wooded trails, rails for trails and along rivers with distances between 15 minutes and one hour long. Cross country cycling is especially popular in Japan, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.  Bicycle races are popular all over the world, especially in Europe and is recognized as a sport at the Olympics with various types of competitions devoted to the event.
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  • Cycling or simply bicycle riding is a popular form of exercise.  Human powered vehicles such as bikes, unicycles, tandem bikes and bicycles been popular for centuries.  In modern history cycling is now a competitive sport with various categories.  Cross country cycling or cyclo cross was once for road racers during off season to step up their training during off months.  It has become popular on short courses though wooded trails, rails for trails and along rivers with distances between 15 minutes and one hour long. Cross country cycling is especially popular in Japan, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.  Bicycle races are popular all over the world, especially in Europe and is recognized as a sport at the Olympics with various types of competitions devoted to the event.
    cyclist-japanese-4.jpg
  • Cycling or simply bicycle riding is a popular form of exercise.  Human powered vehicles such as bikes, unicycles, tandem bikes and bicycles been popular for centuries.  In modern history cycling is now a competitive sport with various categories.  Cross country cycling or cyclo cross was once for road racers during off season to step up their training during off months.  It has become popular on short courses though wooded trails, rails for trails and along rivers with distances between 15 minutes and one hour long. Cross country cycling is especially popular in Japan, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.  Bicycle races are popular all over the world, especially in Europe and is recognized as a sport at the Olympics with various types of competitions devoted to the event.
    cyclist-japanese-3.jpg
  • Cycling or simply bicycle riding is a popular form of exercise.  Human powered vehicles such as bikes, unicycles, tandem bikes and bicycles been popular for centuries.  In modern history cycling is now a competitive sport with various categories.  Cross country cycling or cyclo cross was once for road racers during off season to step up their training during off months.  It has become popular on short courses though wooded trails, rails for trails and along rivers with distances between 15 minutes and one hour long. Cross country cycling is especially popular in Japan, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.  Bicycle races are popular all over the world, especially in Europe and is recognized as a sport at the Olympics with various types of competitions devoted to the event.
    cyclist-japanese-2.jpg
  • Cycling or simply bicycle riding is a popular form of exercise.  Human powered vehicles such as bikes, unicycles, tandem bikes and bicycles been popular for centuries.  In modern history cycling is now a competitive sport with various categories.  Cross country cycling or cyclo cross was once for road racers during off season to step up their training during off months.  It has become popular on short courses though wooded trails, rails for trails and along rivers with distances between 15 minutes and one hour long. Cross country cycling is especially popular in Japan, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.  Bicycle races are popular all over the world, especially in Europe and is recognized as a sport at the Olympics with various types of competitions devoted to the event.
    cyclist-japanese-1.jpg
  • Manila Bay is a natural harbor which serves the Port of Manila in the Philippines. The bay is considered to be one of the best natural harbors in Southeast Asia and one of the finest in the world. It also serves a focus for recreation for Metro Manila and is a popular destination for walks and for viewing the sunset.
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  • Boun Awk Phansa  is a day of celebrations, most notably the boat races held along the Mekong River.   On the first day at dawn, donations and offerings are made at temples around the country and in the evening candlelight processions are held around the temples before the big races held in Vientiane and Pakse along hte Mekong.
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  • Bay to Breakers is an annual footrace which takes place in San Francisco. The name reflects the fact that the race starts a few blocks from San Francisco Bay and runs west through the city to finish at the Pacific coast, where breakers crash onto Ocean Beach. The race is 12 kilometers long and takes place on the third Sunday in May and more of a costume party than a real marathon.
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  • Bay to Breakers is an annual footrace which takes place in San Francisco. The name reflects the fact that the race starts a few blocks from San Francisco Bay and runs west through the city to finish at the Pacific coast, where breakers crash onto Ocean Beach. The race is 12 kilometers long and takes place on the third Sunday in May and more of a costume party than a real marathon.
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  • The Mekong River in Southeast Asia is  13th longest river in the world and the seventh longest in Asia. It flows for 4350 kilometers from the Tibetan Plateau, running through Yunnan, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
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  • Ironman Triathlon consists of a 2.4-mile swim, then a 112 mile bike ride and finally a 26.2 mile run all without a break. Ironman events have a time limit of 17 hours to complete the race. Thus, Ironman is considered one of the most difficult sporting events in the world.   This world championship has been held annually in Kona, Hawaii since 1978.
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
    sewerage-museum-7.jpg
  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
    sewerage-museum-4.jpg
  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • The Sewerage Science Museum in Osaka opens the door to the city’s sewers. Here you can fulfill your dream of discovering about wastewater. Journey through ancient sewers around the world, play a video game that takes you on a race through Osaka’s own underground river, or climb through the Labyrinth of Sewer Pipes! Downstairs you can enter the Underground Explorer that takes you on an adventure through underground sites around the world. Don’t miss the Maishima sludge center!! The entire sixth floor is a thermostatic botanical garden where pineapples, cucumbers, bananas and tomatoes are grown hydroponically, using processed water and the heat from the treatment process. Of special interest is the interactive exhibit where visitors become sewage themselves and explore the Osaka’s sewer system with a special short trip through the sewage treatment process. This is your chance to enter a giant toilet seat and simultaneously learn all about the modern miracle of wastewater management at the same time!
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  • Tokyo Dome is a stadium located in Tokyo, Japan. It is the home field of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team, and has also hosted basketball and football games, as well as pro-wrestling matches, martial arts events, monster truck races and music concerts. It is also the location of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame which chronicles the history of baseball in Japan. Its dome-shaped roof is an air supported structure, held up by pressurizing the inside of the stadium.
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  • Tokyo Dome is a stadium located in Tokyo, Japan. It is the home field of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team, and has also hosted basketball and football games, as well as pro-wrestling matches, martial arts events, monster truck races and music concerts. It is also the location of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame which chronicles the history of baseball in Japan. Its dome-shaped roof is an air supported structure, held up by pressurizing the inside of the stadium.
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  • Lantern at Boun Awk Phansa - the last day of  Buddhist lent. It occurs in October, three lunar months after Khao Phansa. It is a day of celebrations, most notably the boat races held along the Mekong River.   On the first day at dawn, donations and offerings are made at temples around the country. In the evening candlelight processions are held around the temples and it is the celebration of lai heua fai or Loi ka thong, when everyone sends small lighted boats made of banana stems or banana leaves decorated with candles and flowers down the rivers.  .
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  • Tokyo Dome is a stadium located in Tokyo, Japan. It is the home field of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team, and has also hosted basketball and football games, as well as pro-wrestling matches, martial arts events, monster truck races and music concerts. It is also the location of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame which chronicles the history of baseball in Japan. Its dome-shaped roof is an air supported structure, held up by pressurizing the inside of the stadium.
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