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FROM IWATE PREFECTURE TO IWAKI CITY, REQUIRED GOING FIRST TO  FUKUSHIMA BY FAST TRAIN...
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...AND THEN ON TO IWAKI ON THE KORIYAMA LINE.
 
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IWAKI WAS THE HOME OF THE JOBAN MINE, WHICH IN THE '60'S WAS CLOSED AS THE COAL INDUSTRY CONTRACTED. INSTEAD OF ABANDONING THE TOWN TO ITS FATE, THE COMPANY BUILT A HOT SPRINGS RESORT, BUT HOW TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM ALL THE OTHERS IN JAPAN? HOW ABOUT A HAWAI'I THEME? A VERY ENJOYABLE FILM WAS MADE ABOUT THIS, "HULA GIRLS", WHICH SWEPT THE JAPANESE VERSION OF THE "OSCARS" IN 2006..
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IN THE ENSUING YEARS, THE RESORT EXPANDED AND NOW IS MARKETED AS A WATER PARK, WITH MIXED SWIMMING POOLS AND...
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...TRADITIONAL WOMEN/MEN ONSEN (HOT SPRINGS) POOLS, INSIDE AND OUT.
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BUT THE HULA GIRLS HAVE NOT BEEN ABANDONED, THEY PREFORM DURING THE DAY ON SMALL STAGES AS WELL AS....

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...ON A LARGE STAGE AT NIGHT.
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BUT UNLIKE THE TRADITIONAL YUKATA ROBES, HERE, MUMU DRESSES AND FLOWERY SHIRTS AWAIT IN GUEST ROOM CLOSETS
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FOR THOSE WHO WISH NOT TO SPEND THE WHOLE DAY IN HOT WATERS, A LOCAL DAY TOUR IS OFFERED.
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STOPPING AT THE NATIONAL TREASURE, GANJŌ-JI TEMPLE, WITH ITS PURE LAND BUDDHISM GARDEN AND...
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...THE SHIRAMIZU AMIDADŌ (1160, HOLDING 5 BUDDHA STATUES, ALL DATING FROM THE HEIAN ERA.
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NOT QUITE AS OLD, BUT IT IS A VENERABLE GINKO TREE.
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NO TOUR IS COMPLETE WITHOUT STOPS TO SAMPLE (AND BUY) LOCAL FOODS, SUCH AS PICKLES.
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OR A VISIT TO THE RUGGED COAST LINE, WHICH WAS IMPACTED BY THE 03/2011 TSUNAMI.
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AT THE HARBOR OF ONAHAMA,  CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS REPLACING TSUNAMI DAMAGED ONES CONTINUES.
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THE DOCKSIDE SEAFOOD MARKET WAS REPAIRED AND BACK IN SERVICE SOON, SELLING ..
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...ALL MANNER OF GOODS, LIKE SQUIDS!
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IN THE LUNCH STOP RESTAURANT, POSTERS ON THE WALLS ENCOURAGED THE PEOPLE OF FUKUSHIMA TO "STRUGGLE HARD" IN THEIR ROAD TO RECOVERY.
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AND GUESS WHAT WAS ON THE MENU?
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OF COURSE, SASHIMI! AND OTHER FRESH SEA FOOD DISHES.
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BACK AT THE RAILROAD STATION, THIS SOLAR ARRAY IS VISUAL EVIDENCE OF THE COUNTRY'S  DETERMINATION TO UTILIZE RENEWABLE POWER SOURCES.
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THE LOCAL TRAIN TO TOKYO ON THE JOBAN LINE WAS A BIT SPIFFIER AND LONGER THAN THE KORIYAMA LINE'S!
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