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Turtle Figures on Street Lamps

I took this photo near JR Higashi-kanagawa Station.

 

Street lamps along route 15 have turtle figures here. This area has things concerning Urashima-taro story.

 

Urashima-taro is a Japanese well-known story. He rescued a turtle caught by kids, and the turtle took him to a palace under the sea. He spent a few days there, and when he returned, he found many years had gone during the visit.

 

Information on web says that a temple had a record his father lived in this area before moving to Kyoto.

 

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Uploaded on July 1, 2011
Taken on May 4, 2011