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Here are some photos of the city of Owase, a lovely little town full of interesting people. The town is located deep in the mountain, and yet right by the sea. Due to its unique geographical feature, it gets the most rain in all of Japan, rivaling only with Yakushima island in Kagoshima, the tropical rainforest.

The photos below were taken from its prized Astronomical Observatory. Some 20 years ago, the goverment of Japan gave a chunk of money to each municipality to be used as they liked. This was done to enliven the local communities and hopefully prevent (or slow down) the tendency of population gathering in big cities only. I don`t know how well it worked, but in either case, the money given to Owase was very well used as a long lasting, academic and educational facility for the people.

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by ammolitering3 | 2007-12-15 09:33
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