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If you are from Vancouver, Canada, this steam clock must be familiar to you.

The steam clock standing in front of "Otaru-Orgel-Doh", a popular music box store in Otaru Hokkaido, is the twin of Vancouver's, and it is the only one steam clock in the world except the original in Vancouver.

It tells the time at every quarter by piping sound. The clock certainly fits the historic townscape of this area, and is loved by both local people and tourists.

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