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We passed by various scenic spots such as Shirahige Shrine, noted for the torii gate in the lake.
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Shirahige Shrine 白髭神社
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Misty Horikiri Port in Omi-Hachiman. Boats leave here for Okishima island, Lake Biwa's largest island.
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Omi-Maiko with green pines on white sands. 近江舞子の「松は緑に 砂白き」
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Boat for Okinoshima at Horikiri Port
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Rolling with the waves
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Okino-shiraishi Rocks, a favorite resting place for birds which turned the rocks white from bird droppings. Four rocks stand 80 meters deep in the lake. Out of the water, the tallest stands 14 meters high. 沖の白石
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Entering Okinoshima Port. Okishima is the largest island in Lake Biwa. MAP
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Side of boat
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Okishima Port
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Leaving Okinoshima (we'll be back).
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To Takeshima
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Almost no one in the boat
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Leaving Otsu Port as the ground crew wave us off.
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Wooden staircase on the Michigan paddlewheel boat.
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Open deck.
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Featuring an entertainment stage, Becky's Square on the 3rd floor is the largest area for passengers. Unfortunately, it's not air-conditioned.
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Western Otsu.
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Mt. Mikami (Omi-Fuji).
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Letter of appreciation from the governor of Michigan in 2006. Click to read the letter.
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Photographers are on the prowl on the boat, offering to take your picture. After the cruise, you can buy a photo for 1,000 yen.
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The number of people who went on an Uminoko voyage this year is on top, and the total number who went on a voyage on Uminoko since 1983 on the bottom. The 432,401 people is equivalent to one-third of Shiga's population.
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Bunk beds in teacher's quarters. One of my cousins is a school teacher in Shiga who went on Uminoko twice as a chaperone. She complained that you can't even sit up on the bunk bed. Well, I've seen worse on US Navy ships.
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On the 3rd floor top deck, Uminoko has five cutter boats for 12 rowers each. There is also a motor boat. The cutter boats are used for rowing excursions. The cutters are named after waterfowl.
     
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