Japan

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Nagaokakyo

I live in Nagaokakyo-city, Kyoto prefecture, so there are plenty of attractive things to take pictures of nearby. Here are few pictures of Omron Nagaoka ryou, the dorm where I live, and some nearby sites. If you look really closely at the center of the balcony picture, you can see a low white building. That is Omron's Kyoto R&D Center, where I work.

Omron dorm lobby	a different perspective	view from the balcony	front of the dorm
stray cat behind the dorm	lake by Nagaoka Tenmangu, a local shrine	Tenkaippin ramen, best meal beneath the heavens

I didn't realize it when I took the picture, but the Tenkaippin building has now been torn down to make way for a wider road. Since that was where I had my first meal in Japan, I'm glad I have the photo. I took a lot of hana-mi (cherry blossom viewing) photos at Nagaoka Tenmangu recently, so I'll add those eventually.