 Most viewed - Takashima-cho 高島町 |
Shirahige Shrine torii, Takashima. One of Lake Biwa's best-known landmarks. It faces the shrine on land. Rent a bicycle or go by taxi from Omi-Takashima Station (Kosei Line).456 views
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Omi-Takashima Station on the JR Kosei Line. Takashima's southern-most train station and the only train station in the Takashima-cho area. It takes about 38 min. from Kyoto. JR湖西線 近江高島駅 MAP328 views
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Originally, there were 48 stone buddhas. Only 33 remain now. Thirteen of them were moved to Sakamoto in Otsu, and 2 were stolen. Although they stand upright, it's possible that they can fall on you, especially if you've been bad.213 views
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Shirahige-no-Hama Beach and Lake Biwa in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture.183 views
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The stone buddhas are about 1.6 meter tall, made of granite.181 views
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The sand is not as nice.177 views
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Off the shore of Takashima, with Shirahige Shrine's torii in the lake. "Shirahige" means white beard, and so people pray here for long life and longevity. The shrine is dedicated to a god named Sarutahiko. 白鬚神社170 views
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Shirahige Shrine's torii in Lake Biwa. The torii is a smaller version of the much more famous one in Miyajima (Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture).169 views
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Shirahige-no-Hama Beach in Takashima. I know they did some filming here for the NHK Taiga Drama "Go" where she rides on horseback. 白ひげの浜155 views
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Giant statue of Gulliver outside JR Takashima Station.147 views
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This is close to Haginohama Beach.147 views
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Off the shore of Takashima, with Shirahige Shrine's torii in the lake.145 views
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A small stream empties into Lake Biwa through Haginohama Beach. Numerous streams and rivers like this one feed water to the lake.144 views
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Haginohama Beach in Takashima.139 views
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Kamogawa Katsuno Enchi park in Takashima. 鴨川勝野園地130 views
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A small stream empties through Haginohama Beach129 views
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On the hillside between Omi-Takashima Station and Shirahige Shrine, there is a cemetery with 33 large stone buddhas. MAP122 views
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This is to publicize the Gulliver Youth Travel Village, a camping and recreational facility. ガリバー青少年旅行村116 views
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Gulliver statue on the Omi-Takashima Station train platform.109 views
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Omi-Takashima Station107 views
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All that's left is this stone foundation of Omizo Castle.104 views
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They are called the Kamogawa 48 Stone Buddhas. They were originally made in 1553 by Sasaki Rokkaku Yoshikata (佐々木六角 義賢), lord of Kannonji Castle in Azuchi in memory of his deceased mother.103 views
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Omizo Castle in Takashima was originally built by Oda Nobuzumi in 1578, a nephew of Oda Nobunaga. It was built to oversee transportation on Lake Biwa along with Azuchi, Nagahama, and Sakamoto Castles on the shores of Lake Biwa.102 views
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My bicycle. I once cycled around Lake Biwa, taking 3 days and two nights.97 views
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Map of Shirahige Shrine.94 views
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Omi-Takashima Station 91 views
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View from Omi-Takashima Station.90 views
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Sign about Omizo Castle.89 views
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Shirahige Shrine is Shiga's oldest shrine with regard to the founding date. 白鬚神社87 views
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There was a green belt called Kamogawa Katsuno Enchi. It was basically a beach park.87 views
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Shirahige Shrine faces a very busy road with no crosswalk to the lake. 86 views
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A short walk from Omi-Takashima Station is Omizo Castle's patch of stone wall still remaining.86 views
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Haiden on right and Honden on left.85 views
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Entrance to Haginohama Beach. 萩の浜85 views
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Matsuo Basho haiku monument.84 views
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Omizo Castle's Honmaru keep.83 views
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Omi-Takashima Station and Kosei Line train.83 views
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Inside the Haiden Hall of Shirahige Shrine. People also pray at the shrine for finding a good marriage partner, conceiving a child, academic excellence (passing college entrance exams), and water/boating safety.83 views
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In front of Omi-Takashima Station is a large Gulliver statue.83 views
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They also planted many cherry trees along the shore, but the trees recently died.83 views
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Omizo Castle 大溝城82 views
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Next to Shirahige Shrine is Wakamiya Shrine, and more smaller shrines in the rear.80 views
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Looking toward Lake Biwa.79 views
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Side view of Shirahige Shrine.79 views
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Marker for Omizo Castle's San-no-Maru keep.79 views
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On top of the stone foundation. Not very well kept.78 views
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Side view of Shirahige Shrine.78 views
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Entering Takashima-cho from Adogawa. (I was bicycling.)78 views
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Looking toward the lake from Shirahige Shrine.77 views
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Murasaki Shikibu poem monument77 views
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They encountered strong winds from the Hira mountains. The boys from Kanazawa were students at the No. 4 High School 第四高等学校 which today is Kanazawa University.77 views
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Monument dedicated to the eight college rowers from Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture and three rowers from Kyoto who died while rowing in waters off Haginohama beach on April 6, 1941..77 views
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Haiden on left and Honden Hall on right.76 views
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Pieces of concrete indicate that something was here before.75 views
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River mouth68 views
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