Enoshima, Fujisawa, Japan
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Keeping watch from an old tin roof on Enoshima, one of the island's many cats.
Gumbo Shop, New Orleans, United States
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A bowl of gumbo in the French Quarter, rich and dark, with a scoop of rice on top. Two days after Four Corners, worth every mile.
Kugata senhoshi Oshidomari Line, Rishirifuji, Japan
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Mount Rishiri with its first dusting of snow, mirrored in a still pond. Locals call it Rishiri Fuji, and in mid-October the island turns gold around it.
Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea
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Gyeongbokgung Palace at the end of the day, its tiled roofs lined up in the low sun, with Bugaksan rising behind like a guardian.