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The picture above is on a street in Fukuoka in 1960. Pictured is my wife's mother, Kiyoko Abe. At right is a picture of a Shinto ceremony taken in 1966. |
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At left are pictures of the Buddhist Monk, Nichiren, and a memorial stone inscribed with a poem he wrote. Below left is the ruins of the stone fortress that was built along the cost of Hakata Bay in 1276 in preparation of another Mongolian invasion. Originally, the fortress was some sixteen miles in lengtth. Below right is a picture of Fukuoka Castle, built between 1601 and 1608. |
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