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Last updated: September 2, 2011 Displayed are some of the 75 pennants that were collected by my family in the early 1970s. Many of these pennants made me think: We went there? I guess we did, because here's the pennant for it. Pennants from places between Tōkyō and Nagoya I placed on the Tōkyō area page, and pennants from places south of Nagoya I placed on the Kyōto area page. I chose Nagoya because it is a major stop on the train route between the two areas, not because it is a physical midpoint. Also, I've started to include covers of related postcard packs, which mostly come from the same period of time as the pennants. I snapped the covers hurriedly, so a few came out more blurry than I would have liked. Related Websites: “The exhibition of the souvenir pennant in Japan,” since 2002, http://homepage3.nifty.com/nipponpennant/index.html (in Japanese only). A virtual museum. Japanese banner & split-panel shop curtain manufacturer, TECHNICA Co., Ltd., Takamatsu, Kagawa Pref., Shikoku, http://www.nobori-noren.com/ (in Japanese only) “Nobori: Colourful Banner Designs,” by Ryoko, trans. Rie Ishimi, PingMag, pub. Nov. 29, 2007,http://pingmag.jp/2007/11/29/japanese-shop-flag/ Pennant Japan, by Ken Tanimoto, PARCO, © 2004, ISBN: 4-89194-684-9. A comprehensive survey and catalog of 100 vintage souvenir travel pennants. “Rubber stamps from Japan: Tokyo and Kyoto―2003,” http://dotpattern.com/paper/rubber-stamps/japan-rubber-stamps.html |
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 ABURATSUBO ("Oil Jar") BAY, Miura, Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Pref. |
 ABURATSUBO ("Oil Jar") MARINE PARK, Miura, Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Pref. |
 AMANOHASHIDATE (Bridge of Heaven), Miyazu, Kyōto Pref. |
 ASAKUSA |
BŌSŌ PENINSULA, Chiba Pref. |
 ECHIZEN-KAGA QUASI-NATIONAL PARK Famous for its snow crabs as the perfect winter cuisine. The Echizen Crab Museum has a giant robot crab. |
| FUJI-HAKONE-IZU NATIONAL PARK, Shizuoka Pref.  |
 GENDEN (Japan Atomic Power Co.), Tokai Village, Naka County, Ibaraki Pref. (formerly Hitachi) Built first commercial nuclear power station in Japan. Genden's headquarters is in Tokyo. |
 HIMEJI CASTLE, Hyōgo Pref. |
 HINO-MISAKI-TŌDAI (Cape Hino Lighthouse), Shimane Pref. |
 IRAGO-MISAKI* (Cape Irago), Atsumi Peninsula, Aichi Pref. *aka Irako-Misaki Its lighthouse was first lit in 1929. The cape is a great place for birdwatching and catching a glimpse of loggerhead turtles.   on the back cover of same pack |
IZU PENINSULA |
 KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Pref.   |
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 KANNON-ZAKI (Cape Kannon, or Cape Goddess of Mercy), Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Pref. The 1869 lighthouse is one of the oldest in Japan and is Japan's first Western-style lighthouse. It was designed by a French naval engineer. |
 KANNON-ZAKI mini-pennant (only half as large as blue Kannonzaki pennant) |
 MIURA-KAIGAN (Miura Coast) (beach near Yokosuka), Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Pref.   |
NIKKŌ, Tochigi Pref. |
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  SHIMODA, Shizuoka Pref., Izu Peninsula |
  SHIMODA Tokyu Hotel, cliff-side resort, Shizuoka Pref., Izu Peninsula |
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| SHIRAITO-NO-TAKI (Silk Thread Falls), Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Pref.    back cover of same pack |
 TŌKYŌ |
 YASUKUNI SHRINE, Tōkyō  ZENKŌ-JI TEMPLE, Nagano, Nagano Pref. |
