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Lake Chuzenji - The second ministry of foreign affairs in summer

Elizabeth Keith - As an Ukiyoe painter from Britain

The "Mino", Kawasaki-Vertol KV-107 II - Kawasaki's gigantic bird

A Honjin inn in Toride - The last shogun and his father stayed

Nejimehara battery - A holdover from the Anglo-Satsuma war

Shinroku pickle shop and Tanaka sake brewery - Purveyors to Meiji emperor

Gokura - For lessons and learned from the great Tenmei famine

Former Takano rice clacker shop - A cottage confectionery along the Nakasendo Highway

Rajomon gate - The main gate of ancient Kyoto

Shogun as a huntmaster - For pest control, military drill, and sport

Ice cream Tempura - Deep-fried ice cream literally