JAPAN ADVENTURE

Welcome to Margie & Stan's Japan Adventure - our photo blog while living on MCAS Iwakuni in beautiful Yamaguchi Prefecture in Western Japan from 8/2004 to present. My photo above is the famous Kintai Bridge right here in Iwakuni. Be sure to check out Blog Archive (below left) for highlights of our travels. And leave us a comment - we'd love to hear from you! Click on photos to enlarge.
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Monday, April 30, 2007

Facing different directions in the square -- it's amazingly huge! 2400 ft long by 1650 ft wide.

Of course, most of us remember that in June 1989, the government sent in troops and tanks to bring student protests to a violent end. Thousands are believed to have died here. Our guide turned off her microphone to tell us when we reached this area . . .




The police / military putting on a show of strength -- for visitors, perhaps?


















I love these little bicycle pickup trucks. We saw LOTS of them in Beijing.

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