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  • we dock at Kushiro, Japan, October 1, 2006
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  • our neighbor to the bow is from Cambodia
  • Japan is amazing before we leave the ship
  • the Japanese car tag
  • welcome sign and vending machines, more to come
  • The Japanese Crane Nature Reserve
  • every crane has a pedigree
  • tancho-zuru, Japanese red-crested white crane
  • a blue heron pays a visit
  • another blue heron
  • a history not much different than America's whooping crane
  • they thrive and breed in enclosures so long as there is no top
  • a kite checks us out
  • fishing
  • dining
  • a Japanese symbol of longevity
  • there goes the kite
  • we drive up a volcanic ridge, Kushiro on one side and the marshlands on the other
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  • overlooking the marshlands
  • paving blocks on the marshland overlook trail
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