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JAPAN IS A PEOPLE PLACE.


Byline: Daily News

The busiest crosswalk in the world? Well, Helaine Cummins This article is about the diesel engine manufacturer. For other uses, see Cummins (disambiguation).
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 can certainly build a case for it with this photo she snapped in Tokyo in April.

``We saw more people in one place than I can ever remember,'' she wrote in a posting to valleynews.com. ``Here are hundreds of them crossing a busy intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another.

intersection

a site at which one structure crosses another.
 in the Shinjuku section of Tokyo on a rainy rain·y  
adj. rain·i·er, rain·i·est
Characterized by, full of, or bringing rain.



raini·ness n.

Adj.
 day.

``We saw a TV show on Tokyo after returning home and found out that as many as 1,500 people cross that intersection at a time.''

Post a memorable photo from your travels to valleynews.com, and it might end up here in the print version of the Daily News' Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week.  Great Escapes Travel section. Each week we will be selecting a travel photo submitted by one of our valleynews.com contributors and publishing it here.

It's easy to do. First, go to www.valleynews.com and register as a user (if you haven't already). Click on the ``Register'' button in the upper left corner, and you'll be walked through the registration steps. Once that process is completed, you'll be directed to your community hub. Click on the ``Stories and Photos'' button, then select the Travel category to tell us about your trip and post your favorite photos.

If you experienced something you'd like to recommend to other travelers -- a secluded se·clud·ed  
adj.
1. Removed or remote from others; solitary.

2. Screened from view; sequestered.



se·clud
 inn, an exhilarating ex·hil·a·rat·ing  
adj.
Causing exhilaration; invigorating.



ex·hila·rat
 jet boat tour, an informative walking tour -- we'd like to hear about that, too.

So take aim with that camera ... and give us your best shot.

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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Nov 26, 2006
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