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Celebrating our anniversary in Shirahama

As we’re in Wakayama now, we decided to spend our fourth anniversary (and our first one together) on the beach in Shirahama. It’s a pretty long drive south from Wakayama city, but we both enjoy driving especially along the Japanese coastline, so we di... ...full story at Loulogue

from Loulogue on Mon, May 05 2008

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