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fannyrosie · 1 year

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Country boy in Saitama

The last day trip I did in Japan was a motorcycle/hike trip to Sayama Hills in Tokorozawa, Saitama. I really wanted to get away from the noise of the city, so I tried to find a place that's close, but not crowded. People might know it because of its multiple Totoro forests, but I knew it because it's close to Seibuen, an amusement park with a retro town I was supposed to go to with my friends, but never managed to.

I know the outfit might not be the most interesting for you, but I still wanted to dress up. It still had to be practical enough for motorcycle and hiking (you'll realise the change to sneakers after the two first photos).

Outfit:Pants are Uniqlo, everything else is thrifted.

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miamia-meow · 1 year

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Live in Milton Keynes (June 5, 1982) ⬆️

Live in Tokorozawa (November 3, 1982) ⬆️

The cutest 🥰💫

#queen #queen band #john deacon #freddie mercury #milton keynes #Tokorozawa #Japan #1982

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udonangya · 1 year

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所沢市上安松の、山田うどん食堂本店で、ミニカレー丼朝定食400、ミニ赤パンチ320、〆て720円也。

Udon noodles, Curry rice, and Red hot tripe stew at the headquarter of Yamada-udon-shokudo, Kamiyasumatsu, Tokorozawa city, Saitama prefecture.

#udon #うどん #yamadaudon #山田うどん #tokorozawa #所沢 #saitama #埼玉

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wildtokyo-jp · 5 months

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週末は所沢市の「トトロの森（公益財団法人トトロのふるさと基金）」で、冬鳥とフユシャクのガイドツアーでした。快晴の下、次々に現れる鳥や昆虫たちの観察に熱中していたら、予定コースの半分しか進めないほどの盛り上がり。SNSを見て参加して下さった皆様、ありがとうございました。

「トトロの森」は、映画「となりのトトロ」のモデルとなった狭山丘陵に点在する森をトラストで保護・維持管理している団体で、宮崎駿さんも発起人の一人。トラストとガイドツアーを組み合わせた活動のユニークさが評価され、今年、環境省「第18回エコツーリズム大賞」優秀賞を受賞しました。私は2016年から主に昆虫のツアーでお手伝いする機会を頂いていますが、トトロの森でのガイドが大きな意義を持つと感じるのは、「トトロに会いたい！」（ある場所で本当に「会える」かもしれません）と所沢にいらっしゃる、自然にあまり関心がなかった人々に対して案内・��説をする機会が多いこと。自然観察会のボトルネックの一つは、もともと自然が好きな参加者が集まりがち、という部分にあると思いますが、トトロの森でのガイドツアーは、自然観察と生命科学の「裾野」を広げたい、0を1に、-を+にするネイチャーガイドをしたい、と考えてきた私にとって、願ってもない環境を頂いています。

来年もガイドツアーはもちろん開催予定。3月の早春の花探しとバードウォッチングからスタートです。SNSでも私が参加するツアーについては、随時発信したいと思っていますので、ご関心の方、ぜひトトロの森でお待ちしています！

#自然 #自然観察会 #ネイチャーガイド #生態学 #埼玉 #所沢 #トトロ #トトロの森 #totoro #nature #natureguide #ecology #saitama #tokorozawa #sciencecommunication

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notwiselybuttoowell · 2 years

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Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki is known for imbuing his movies with big themes that include the importance of conserving the environment, but he doesn’t just talk the talk, he walks the walk too.

One place he likes to walk the walk — literally and metaphorically — is Sayama Hills in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. The 81-year-old director, who’s been residing in Tokorozawa for the past 52 years, credits the forested area for the creation of one of his most iconic characters, saying “If we didn’t live in Tokorozawa, Totoro would never have been born.”

The director has such a soft spot for the area that he’s been working hard to preserve it, turning it into “Totoro’s Forest” and even encouraging the local government to get on board with the preservation project. Never one to rest on his laurels, Miyazaki is keen to continue expanding the forest, and to do that, he and the city are now asking the public for help, with a crowdfunding campaign that offers a very special reward for contributors.

The campaign, which is part of the “Kitaakitsu/Kamiyasumatsu District Urban Green Space Conservation Project” currently being run by Tokorozawa City, aims to conserve the “Kaminoyama” green area and the “Akitsu no Mori” green area.

In order to “preserve precious greenery”, one percent of Tokorozawa City’s individual municipal tax revenue has been allocated to purchase the above-mentioned 3.5 hectares of land from landowners, but unfortunately this is not enough to prevent residential land development and the loss of green spaces.

Tokorozawa City is spending 1.8 billion yen (US$12.8 million) on the project, with Miyazaki donating 300 million yen ($2.1 million) of his own money towards the cause. However, the projected costs are estimated to be 2.6 billion yen ($18.5 million), which is where the crowdfunding campaign comes in.

Contributions towards the campaign, which aims to raise a total of 25 million yen, are set at 25,000 yen ($178.04). In return, supporters will receive five reproductions of background art used in the Ghibli movie My Neighbour Totoro.

To help drum up interest for the campaign, Studio Ghibli producer and co-founder Toshio Suzuki wrote this message, published on the campaign page.

“Kaminoyama is where the concept of ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ was born. We ask for your cooperation towards crowdfunding.”

As the birthplace of My Neighbour Totoro, preserving the area is of vital importance to not only the studio but also its fans. While the campaign is limited to people within Japan, as the background art can’t be shipped overseas, there’s been an overwhelming amount of support from local fans, with 86 percent of the funds raised as of this writing and only 36 sets remaining.

Once the campaign reaches its goal, the city will use all the funds raised to purchase land for the urban green space conservation project in the 2023 fiscal year. Preserving and maintaining the green areas in and around Totoro’s Forest is an ongoing project, however, so it’s highly likely that this isn’t the end of the crowdfunding campaigns and Ghibli offers coming our way.

After all, preserving the environment for future generations is a never-ending endeavour befitting Miyazaki, the never-ending man.

The campaign has reached its initial goal, but there's more than a week left to contribute to the project and give the campaigners more to work with:

#they appear to use paypal?#totoro #my neighbor totoro #studio ghibli #sayama hills #japan #conservation #green spaces #crowdfunding #tokorozawa

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suiiiika · 2 years

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ワンタンメン 650円 #所沢ic #鉄塔武蔵野線 #オリンピック道路 #yummy #instafood #foodporn #noodles #saitama #tokorozawa #lunch #japanesefood #washoku #ramen #ランチ #珍来 #ワンタン麺 #ワンタンメン #wantanmee #ラーメン #町中華 #孤独のグルメ #所沢 (手打ちラーメン珍来) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjkUX9HOTjX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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keyworldend · 2 years

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#museum #Kadokawa Colture Museum #daimajin #movie #kengo kuma #tokorozawa #sajta #saitama #japan #reiwa shrine #tokorozawa sakura town

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syame25 · 6 months

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IMG_3583 by Yurika Abe Via Flickr: Tokorozawa

#Totoroforest #Japan #yurikaabe #marieyurikaabe #Syame25 #Tokorozawa #flickr

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takashi33 · 1 year

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所沢市民文化センターミューズ・ザ・スクエアみうらじゅんFESマイブームの全貌展入口田舎だから広いけど所沢駅周辺は意外に都会までいかなくても航空公園駅周辺は本当に何もないような何年ぶりだろうマニュアルの円周魚眼を持って団地などを撮った記憶があるでもミューズの方は公園の方にしか来た事がない車で通った位で何だか金持ちな市だなあと思わせる建物だった場所的にはあってるけど展示物は果てしなく多くもったいないまでいかなくても目に余る光景だった図録が欲しかったけど今回は残念ながらなく何ヵ月か先でもいいから作って欲しいと思ったこの先にカオスがあるとは誰も思わない入口から47都道府県のスタンプが置いてあり皆そのスタンプをほとんど全て押していた何とも滑稽な感じだった私は好きな都府県だけを選んで幾つか押した明日からいよいよゴールデンウィークどこかへ行くかもしれないしどこも行かないかもしれない近場だからと言ってすいているとは限らないでも行きたい所は常に沢山あり過ぎるほど #namiki #tokorozawa #saitama #japan #photo #photograph #art #tokorozawacivicculturalcentremuse #thesquare #miurajun #junmiura #fes #spring #april #instagramjapan #tokyocameraclub #並木 #所沢市 #埼玉県 #日本 #写真 #芸術 #所沢市文化センターミューズ #ザスクエア #みうらじゅん #みうらじゅんフェス #春 #4月 #カオス #東京カメラ部上空には月が左下には飛び出し坊やがある (所沢市民文化センターミューズ) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrlG7KtPKpM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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diceojisan · 1 year

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ＴＯＫＯＲＯＺＡＷＡ. #saitama #visitjapan #visitsaitama #tokorozawa #cityscapephotography #sky #river #yanaseriver #riverview #sunnyday #jutaiday #柳瀬川 #所沢 #埼玉 (滝の城址公園所沢) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkqTmtfyTi0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#saitama #visitjapan #visitsaitama #tokorozawa #cityscapephotography #sky #river #yanaseriver #riverview #sunnyday #jutaiday #柳瀬川 #所沢 #埼玉

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spst-haru · 2 years

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[ 晩夏の丘］ . . . 夏の終わり、最後のきらめきを魅せる丘の上の太陽の花。 . . . ==================== 📸 2021.08 Hira-no-oka, Tokorozawa, Saitama . Nikon D5300 🌻☀️🌻☀️🌻☀️🌻☀️🌻 ==================== . . . #japan #saitama #tokorozawa #hiranooka #hirahill #hiranooka_sunflower #hirahill_sunflower #sunflower #hiranooka_bluesky #hirahill_bluesky #埼玉 #所沢 #比良の丘 #比良の丘_ひまわり #比良の丘_ヒマワリ #比良の丘_向日葵 #ひまわり #ヒマワリ #向日葵 #比良の丘_青空 #夏空仰ぐひまわり #sunflower_looking_up_at_the_summer_sky #ダイヤモンドひまわり #diamondhimawari #花色大地 #flower_colored_ground #nikond5300 #instagram #photo #photography (比良の丘) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch-CwLhvpSV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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asanjou · 4 months

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That reminds me have I ever posted the Zyuranger pussy graffiti

#post tag #i forget rhe episode but i know theyre at the tokorozawa amphitheatre

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rushingheadlong · 5 months

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Live In Tokorozawa, Japan November 3, 1982

#freddie mercury #queen #queen band #queenband #myedit #freddie

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psychosimp17 · 4 months

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***SPOILER ALERT***

Apologies, but after now having watched the dubbed version of Providence and comparing some of the key scenes to the subbed version, there is SO MUCH WRONG with how most of the fandom was disappointed by and panned this new installment into the Psycho-Pass world.

#1 - Akane Tsunemori? Oh, that's a Queen playing her own moral hybrid of poker and chess while everyone else ((including Sibyl)) is wasting time with checkers and go-fish. 💅🏻

#2 - #Shinkane may not have slapped us all in the face in this movie like skme of the fandom wanted, but to say that Kogami was indifferent, cruel, or cold to specifically Akane is just a blatant and frankly absurd misconception. Indifference would not have told her three times how much faith he has in her. Apathy would not have given her until the last possible second to talk Tonami down before stepping in to save her. Someone cold would not have been SO relieved to hear her remind him they're teammates or be as adamant to join her on a mission forbidden by the system he had JUST received amnesty from with words like "as if anyone could stop me". And we won't even TALK about the barely concealed emotion (Rage? Absolution? Determination?) in his eyes when he walked out of Tokorozawa at the end, but no one is that militant regarding someone they're "indifferent" about.

#3 - I felt bad for Frederica a LOT throughout this movie. 🥺

#4 - I loved the growth we got to see in Mika and Hinakawa. 🥹

#5 - I could be *easily* convinced about both Sugino AND GinoMika depending on the time of day. 😅

#6 - Still convinced Akane and Shion have become besties by this point, and no one can prove me wrong. 🤷🏻‍♀️

#7 - My heart hurt SO badly at the empathy Ko showed Akira. 😭

#8 - And skipped a beat at the events with Saiga. 😭😭

#9 - And then cracked in half at Akane's letter and subsequent sob session. 😭😭😭

Honestly, I'm still processing over here and will probably edit this with subsequent rewatches over the next few days. But seriously, what a great movie that turned out to be, and I *WISH* I could see what the writers had to leave on the cutting room floor for time purposes. 🤯🙌🏻🩵

#psycho pass providence #spoilers #psycho pass #shinkane #akane tsunemori #shinya kogami #crunchyroll #production ig

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freddie-mercuryy · 1 year

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