As it is an international era, my friends sometimes go abroad these
days and they ask me "hey, what do you want as a souvenior for you?"
... But I had never had any good ideas.
So one day, I asked one of my friends to buy a national flag of that
country he was going to visit. I added one request to him; "please
buy a large size, its width would be over 1 meter." In some countries,
my request becomes a big difficulty if the patriotism of the
country isn't high.
My request is :
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[Nippon]
I bought this by 3,300 yen although its price tag said 6,600 yen.
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[The United States of America]
I visited USA in my graduation trip
(just before graduading Kyoto Univ). In USA, it was easy to buy it.
[1991/03,155x92cm]
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[The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]
My sister bought it for me when she stayed there.
[199x,150x90cm]
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[Australia](1)
Mr.Gotoh , who is my friend since high-school, bought it
when he went sightseeing in the west coast of Australia.
[199x,140x67cm]
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[Hong Kong]
Before Hongkong was returned to China, I visited there. It was
quite difficult to buy it. The hotel's concierge tought me a flag
factory shop where the hotel usually buys their flags. The shop
was very far and was located in a complicated, not new, traditional
^_^ building.
[1993,190x123cm]
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[Republic of Italy]
When I visited Italy, the world cup'94 was being held and
shops on streets sold flags :-)
[1994,140x75cm]
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[Canada]
Mr.Tsuda in my lab bought it when he went there to attend
an academic conference.
[1995/08,145x83cm]
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[Republic of Singapore]
I bought it when I attended an academic conference (ACCV'95). It
was also hard to get big flags in singapore. When I asked the
hotel's concierge a place where I could buy a big flag, they
misunderstood that I want to buy 'flower', not 'flag'... Yes, it's
true my speaking skill is quite poor.
[1995/12,155x90cm]
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[Kingdom of Thailand]
Mr.Tsuda bought it. He couldn't find it in souvenior shops,
but found it in a stationary store.
[199x,100x67cm]
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[Kingdom of Norway]
My mother purchased it when she visited north Europe.
[199x,88x62cm]
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[People's Republic of China]
In China, the flags are under control of the government and
visitors can not buy flags *_*; My mother explained to her guide why
she wanted a flag, then he made a promise to send it to Japan later. He
kept his promise, but how he could get it ? That is the mystery.
[1996/01,63x40cm]
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[Republic of Turkey]
My mother also visited orient countries.
[199x,150x97cm]
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[Kingdom of Nepal]
My mother's friend lived in Nepal for several years and she visited there.
[199x,125x190cm]
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[Kingdom of Bhutan]
When my mother visited Nepal at the 2nd time, she went Bhutan too.
[199x,88x60cm]
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[Kingdom of Sweden]
Prof. Minoh bought it for me in summer, 1996.
[1996/07,120x75cm]
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[French Republic]
Ms. Watanabe bought it for me in August 1997. She spends a couple
of weeks in southern France every year.
[1997/09,140x95cm]
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[Federal Republic of Germany](1)
My collegue Tsuda bought it for me when he attended ICDAR'97.
[1997/08,150x85cm]
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[Portuguese Republic]
My mother bought it for me in 1997.
[199x,130x86cm]
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[Islamic Republic of Pakistan]
Mr Zahooruddin, who finished the graduate school of Engineering on
March 1997, sent me this flag after he went back to his home
country, Pakistan.
[1998,100x57cm]
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[The Republic of Philippines]
Mr. Tsuda bought it for me when he went sightseeing to Philippines to
visit his friend Mr. Naval.
[1998/03,68x41cm]
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Extra: [England]
My mother visited England and Scotland in June 1998.
[1998/06,90x60cm]
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Extra: [Geneva, Swiss]
Ms. Watanabe's souvenior of her summer vacation.
[1998/09,80x75cm]
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[Australia](2)
My mother visited Rain Forest state in Australia.[1998/10]
[1998/10,175x120cm]
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[Hellenic Republic]
My mother brought it to me.
[199?/??,195x115cm]
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[New Zealand]
Yoshiuchi, who is a member of our lab, went there to attend an
academic conference.
[199?/??,90x57cm]
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[Malaysia]
My mother brought it to me.
[1999/??,175x83cm]
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Extra: [Sabah, Malaysia]
My mother brought it.
Where is Sabah ?
[1999/??,170x80cm]
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Extra: [Europian Union]
I attended ICMCS'99.
[1999/06]
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[Mongolian People's Republic]
My mother brought it to me.
[1999/??]
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Extra: [United Nations](1)
Kentaro, a member of our lab, brought it to me.
[1999/08,90x60cm]
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[Swiss Confederation]
Ms. Watanabe brought it to me. It seems it is very hard to get it
there because many of my friends failed in getting it.
[1999/09,92x94cm]
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[Republic of Korea]
After an academic conference, we went sightseeing by taxi around
Taejon.
Our taxi driver got into a city hall and brought me the Korean
flag. As he could not speak English, I asked a hotel concierge to
translate my request into Korean beforehand.
With a gold ball and a hoist.
[1999/10,90x60cm]
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[India]
Prof. Miyazaki, my colleague in Kyoto Univ, brought it to me
on his way to attend an international conference.
[1999/xx,70x50cm]
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[Syrian Arab Republic]
My mother went to Syria but she couldn't get one. What she could
got was a plastic small flag. I hope to see someone who will go to
Syria soon...
[200x,47x30cm]
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[Republic of Maldives]
My mother brought it to me. It was very hard...
[2000/xx,120x80cm]
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[Kingdom of Morocco]
My mother brought it to me.
[2000/xx,90x75cm]
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Extra: [California State, USA]
I collect only national flags because there are so many local
flags around the world. But, when I was in LAX, I was so bored on
waiting my flight, and ... I happened to get California flag.
What should I do from now?
[2000/02,150x90cm]
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[United Mexican States]
Hagihara, a member of our lab, brought it to me.
[2000/02,150x93cm]
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[Federal Republic of Germany](2)
Miss Kawamoto, our lab's former secretary, brought it to me.
She became Mrs. Maeda just before the tour.
[2000/06/14,55x32cm]
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[United Nations](2)
I went to UN head quater on the way to ICME2000.
BUT, when I got there, there were no flags on the poles...
Why? I was so sad.
[2000/08,250x150cm]
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[Republic of Indonesia]
My friend of my high school days lives in Indonesia now and I asked
her to send me a flag from there.
[2000/08,115x75cm]
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[Spain](1)
Iiyama, one of my students, gave a presentation in ICPR2000
and he brought it to me.
[2000/09,150x100cm]
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[Republic of Austria]
I got it when I went there on our honeymoon.
[2000/10,150x90cm]
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[Republic of Chile]
A friend of Ms. Watanabe brought it to me.
Now I've reached nations on all the continents!
[2001/03,60x40cm]
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[Spain](2)
My wife's cousin enjoyed visiting there before she graduated.
[2001/02,150x90cm]
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[Kingdom of Belgium]
My wife's cousin enjoyed visiting there before she graduated.
[2001/02,155x88cm]
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[Mongolian People's Republic](2)
My father went there to visit the exhibition of a Japanese artist.
[2001/08,75x37cm]
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[Russian Federation]
My mother went there with My aunt for sightseeing.
[2001/09,140x92cm]
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[Republic of Poland]
Tomek, my colleague in our lab, got it for me, as he is Polish.
[2002/11,117x70cm]
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[Kingdom of Cambodia]
My mother visited there to see Angkor Wat.
[2003/10]
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[State of Israel]
An Israeli saw this page and sent me a big and nice Israeli
flag. Thanks, Eli!
[2004/06,155x110cm]
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[Taiwan]
I got a Taiwanese flag when I attended ICME2004.
My hotel's staff didn't know where to buy flags, but
a concierge of the grand hotel told me the location of a flag
maker in a couple of minutes. How nice they are...
[2004/06,147x96cm]
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[Ireland]
My mother stayed Ireland for 13(!) days for sightseeing.
There should be thousands of things to see...
[2004/06,150x90cm]
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Extra: Bavaria [Bavaria]
I happened to get acquinted with Mr. Lawitzky, a Bavarian, by my photoes on my web site. He is so kind and respectful that he sent me a pretty good DVD produced by themselves and this nice flag.
[2004/10,150x90cm]
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[Argentine Republic]
My mother purchased it on her way to the continent that has no national flag.
[2005/03,158x85cm]
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[Kingdom of the Netherlands]
ICME2005 was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
I went there and was impressed by not only the talks in the conference but also the beautiful canals and wind mills up there.
[2005/07,132x80cm]
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[Socialist Republic of Viet Nam]
Tamura-san, My wife's friend's husband, got this flag when he was on his business trip. I heard it was really inexpensive, but yet it is nice size. Thanks!
[2005/09,147x100cm]
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[Papua New Guinea]
My mother went to Papua New Guinea for diving into the beautiful sea. The design of the flag is also nice, isn't it?
[2005/12,152x87cm]
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[India]
ACCV2006 was held in the 2nd IT city, Hyderabad, India. It was not easy to find a shop which sells flags because what I could obtain was a name of the district (ABIDS). I got a very expensive one (680 Rupees) this time as this is my second indian flag.
[2006/01,140x90cm]
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Extra: [State of Yap] (Federated States of Micronesia)
My mother brought it to me instead of the national flag of Micronesia. It was very hard to get the national flag there.
[2006/04,???x??cm]
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