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Viva CalleSJ El Este Library to the Lake Sunday June 8th 2025

Viva Calle staff at Lake Cunningham SJ
Riding up to Lake Cunningham SJ
Riding with the bike riders
Happy bike riders near Alum Rock Village
Viva Calle skater near Alum Rock Village
Wheelchair bikers at Berryessa Library SJ

Viva CalleSJ on Sunday June 8th 2025 held an all east-side San Jose bicycle ride called El Este Library to the Lake. Viva Calle is a fun car-free street event perfect for walking, biking, skating, and community connection.

https://www.vivacallesj.org/

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The Roosevelt Mural San Jose

Quetsmo Smo Mural 1-24-2025 in San Jose



Shayne Martin Oseguera or Quetsmo is a Chicano visual artist based out of San Diego, CA but originally from San Jose. He specializes in murals with public or community art across California, including the National Historical Landmark Chicano Park. Shayne creates artwork to educate and inspire advocacy for the preservation of his culture, natural landscapes, wildlife and the greater environment. Address of mural is on 20th Street & San Clara Street on the Roosevelt Park Apartments wall.


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Sensoji Temple, Tokyo


“Teacher and Students” High school students and teacher from Hiroshima, Japan standing at the entrance of Sensoji Temple, Tokyo August 2001. Scanned black & white film print & sepia toned.

Previously I founded and operated a photography program called Community Images based in San Francisco

In 2001 Community Images was invited to participate at the Higashikawa Photo Fiesta in Hokkaido, Japan. During our trip, we experienced Japanese home stays in Higashikawa and Hakodate, Hokkaido. The rest of the time we traveled around the Tokyo area including visiting Sensoji Temple.

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Viva CalleSJ 10 Year Anniversary

Bicycle Express & San Jose Bike Fixing bikes at St. James Park
Doggies love Viva Calle
Skater contingent
Lucha Libre
Bikers

Viva CalleSJ celebrated it’s 10 year anniversary on Sunday April 13th 2025 in San

Jose. It’s a fun car-free street event perfect for walking, biking, skating, and

community connection.

https://www.vivacallesj.org/

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Komiya-Sumiyoshi Shrine Harima Town

Komiya-Sumiyoshi Shrine Harima Town Hyogo Prefecture 2023
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Defending Our Communities, Schools, Neighborhoods, and Healthcare Against the Autocratic Billionaire Coup February 28, 2025 Palo Alto

Starting point of march
Immigrant women fighting to become citizens
Immigrant worker speaking out
Marching to the Tesla Building
Rally in front of the Tesla building in Palo Alto

Trumpland where fantasy clashes with reality but it’s not Disneyland

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Tokyo Street Photo II

Tokyo Street Photo 2023

Street photography in Tokyo II using photo editing software

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Nikkei Lantern


The Nikkei Lantern was created for the perseverance of Japanese Americans. The Lantern is made of white steel, stands over 36 feet high, and it is lit from within by LEDs. This symbol is located on the corner of 5th Street and Jackson in San Jose Japantown. The light at the top the lantern represents eternal hope and serves as reminder of the hardships the Nikkei faced. The lantern inscription, February 19, 1942 represents the date when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that interned over 100,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps. The Nikkei Lantern was part of a project funded by California State Senate Bill 307 and the City of San Jose to commemorate the Japanese American experience and was completed in 2008.

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Christmas Lights in San Jose 2024

Christmas Dream
Merry Christmas in Spanish
Rudolph
Nativity
Peace


Every Christmas holidays in the Willow Glen district in San Jose there are numerous houses decorated in Christmas lights that brings thousands of walkers and automobiles in the neighborhood. The focal point of the Christmas lights are either on the corner of Glen Eyrie and San Ramon or San Pablo in San Jose.

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Manekineko Gotokuji Temple Tokyo

 

 

The story of the Manekineko occurred when the lord Naotaka li was beckoned by a cat at the temple gate and decided to stop by. After spending time at the temple, thunder and rain started to fall but the lord was impressed by this luck that the cat brought. Afterwards Gotokuji temple was rebuilt in 1633 by lord Naotaka.

Later Gotokuji temple was built the Shofuku-den to enshrine the cat that brought good fortune, naming it as “Manekineko”. Today thousands of people visit Shofuku-den to pray for well-being for the family, prosperous business, luck and happiness.

Daikeizan Gotokuji temple

06:00 to 17:00

Gotokuji 2-24-7, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 154-0021

81-3-3426-1437

5 walk from Miyanosaka station, Tokyo Setagaya line

15 minute walk from Gotokuji station, Odakyu line

https://gotokuji.jp/en/manekineko/

 

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