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Locomotive nameplate "SL Kita-Biwako" (SL stands for steam locomotive.)62 views
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Surrounding view with typical summer haze.62 views
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Steep slope62 views
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In summer, lilies bloom at sunset on Mt. Ibuki's 3rd station.62 views
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Ibukiyama gondola station and lilies62 views
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Kamo Ike-so ryokan, restaurant and spa62 views
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After the paint job, they are dressed in a belly band and happi coat.62 views
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The gourd was the canteen of the old days.62 views
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Fukube-furi kids waving a wand attached with a gourd. Small bells were attached to the gourd. ふくべ振り62 views
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The taiko drummers are as young as 3rd grade (age 8).62 views
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A few food and game stalls during the sumo festival.62 views
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Finally, the bow twirling ceremony (called Yumitori-shiki). Notice that he faces the shrine.62 views
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Reenacts the daimyo procession of Lord Ii Naonobu from Hikone when he came to worship at Sakata Shinmeigu Shrine in 1733 in Maibara. 62 views
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Fortunately, the rain stopped and they took of the vinyl sheet and started the kabuki performance at Yutani Shrine.62 views
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Sho-ouzan float performed in Oct. 2008. 松翁山62 views
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Steps going up to Sannomiya Shrine. 62 views
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Fukusuke statues at Kashiwabara-juku History Museum (2nd floor). Fukusuke (福助) is based on an actual person who was a shop clerk at the Kameya moxa shop. He had a large head and big ears and was honest, friendly, and a hard worker62 views
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Yaito Matsuri at Kashiwabara-juku, Maibara.62 views
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Torii gate to Isame no Shimizu spring waters.62 views
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Kannonji Pond 観音寺池62 views
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Well where Ishida Mitsunari fetched water for tea he made for Toyotomi Hideyoshi in three servings at different temperatures to quench Hideyoshi's thirst well.62 views
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Map of Mt. Ibuki.62 views
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Annual festival held on May 3 by Chikuma Shrine. It is a procession along the shore of Lake Biwa featuring eight 8-year-old girls wearing a "nabe" or pot helmet.61 viewsThe shrine is dedicated to the God of Food and the nabe pot is for containing food offerings to the god.
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Jizo-do temple houses a Jizo statue. Originally built by the Ogaki Castle lord Ishikawa Hyuga 石川日向守 in the Edo Period after he recovered from illness. The temple holds the Jizo-bon festival in Aug. 地蔵堂61 views
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Mizunoeki rest house next to Samegai Station61 views
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Shiga Prefectural Cultural and Industrial Exchange Hall (Shiga Kenritsu Bunka Sangyo Koryu Kaikan) 滋賀県立文化産業交流会館61 views
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After the aerobics performances, there was a one-hour lunch break at noon, and a group picture-taking session of all the aerobics teams and officials.61 views
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Ibuki town (Ueno) below61 views
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Mt. Ibuki as seen from Imazu.61 views
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This taiko dance is unique for having these yakko men painted. It takes about 30-45 min. to paint a belly.61 views
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Yakko posing 奴61 views
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The yakko-furi men chanted, "Ei! Ei!"61 views
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The men wore kabuki-style make-up (called kumatori 隈取り) on their faces.61 views
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They reached the Suijo Hachiman Shrine at 1:30 pm, taking 2 hours to walk 1 km.61 views
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The drummers formed a few different formations. They lined up in front of the shrine and let the fukube-furi children to march through to the shrine.61 views
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The kabuki is performed by boys from the 1st grade to 6th grade. The play is about an hour long. They perform 3 times on the first day and 4 times on the second and third days of the festival.61 views
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Stage entertainment at Yaito Matsuri at night.61 views
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Terutehime-kasa Jizo is the smaller statue on the right. 照手姫笠地蔵61 views
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The second of Samegai's famous Three Spring Waters. This one is called Juo-sui. 十王水61 views
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Hiroshige's print of Samegai-juku in his Kisokaido series.61 views
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Gate of Kannonji temple in Maibara. MAP61 views
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Maibara Station's window wall, right outside the turnstile. This is the first thing you see when you give your ticket to go out.61 views
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Boarding the gondola lift. This was in summer.61 views
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Inside post office designed by William Merrell Vories.60 views
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The trail is rocky.60 views
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Where the frozen surface meets the non-frozen part.60 views
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Bonbai (Bonsai Plum Tree) exhibition60 views
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Lodging60 views
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The procession was headed by this small sound truck which had speakers to amplify the sounds. There is also a tall banner reading "Hachiman Jinja."60 views
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You can see yakko-furi men in samurai processions such as daimyo gyoretsu festivals reenacting the sankin kotai procession.60 views
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Men dressed as mountain ascetic priests (yamabushi).60 views
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The fukube-furi children gathered on the right.60 views
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The young drummers performed very well.60 views
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Again they spread the mats on the ground and did the seated drumming again. They did everything twice.60 views
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One day in 2009, I finally investigated this mountain in Maibara. It's about 2 km from JR Sakata Station on the Hokuriku Line toward Nagahama. You can rent a bicycle at Sakata Station.60 views
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The road around the mountain is decorated with lanterns on the occasion of Hinade Shrine's sumo festival on Sept. 21, 2009.60 views
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Large torii in the middle of an intersection. It belongs to Hinade Shrine which is on Mt. Hinade.60 views
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Within the Hinade Shrine grounds is this entrance to a hiking trail going up Mt. Hinade-yama. Elevation is only 240 meters so it's an easy climb.60 views
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Now walking toward Naganoya.60 views
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Naganoya, Yamauchi Kazutoyo's childhood home. The front gate, made of wood, collapsed some years ago, and this wooden structure is all that's left. 長野家60 views
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Yutani Shrine in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture. During the Edo Period, it received a number of gifts from the Ii clan in Hikone. 湯谷神社60 views
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A pair of foxes.60 views
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Group photo of Sho-ouzan float in Oct. 2008. 松翁山60 views
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Pulling a hikiyama at night in Maibara.60 views
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Women dancers and taiko drum players.60 views
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This is the shop depicted in Hiroshige's print. Called Ibuki-do. It is the last surviving maker of moxa cautery in Kashiwabara. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店60 views
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Approaching Ibuki-do on the left. A side entrance on the left opens to a private garden as seen in Hiroshige's print. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店60 views
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Main venue of Yaito Matsuri next to Ibuki-do, the moxa shop.60 views
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Statue of Yamato Takeru at Samegai's water spring. He defeated the boar, but not before the boar showered him with poisonous rain. He went to Isame no Shimizu whose waters healed him. Then he went on to Ise, but died soon afterward. 日本武尊の60 views
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Gate of Kannonji temple in Maibara. Kannonji temple is noted as the place where Toyotomi Hideyoshi rested during falconry session when he met Ishida Mitsunari who was studying at the temple.60 views
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1. Joining train cars on the Tokaido Line, Maibara Station.60 views
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Joining train cars on the Shirasagi express train, Maibara Station.60 views
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In front of Maibara City Hall on the west side of Maibara Station is an old snow-clearing train on display.60 views
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Welcome to Mt. Ibuki.60 views
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Rear view of the main Maibara Station building under construction.60 views
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Nabe-kanmuri Matsuri held on May 3 by Chikuma Shrine. It is a procession along the shore of Lake Biwa featuring eight 8-year-old girls wearing a "nabe" or pot helmet. The shrine is dedicated to the God of Food and the nabe pot is for containing 59 views
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Path to Kamaha Castle, a mountaintop castle in the distance. Only stone walls remain. 鎌刃城59 views
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Stone marker between Azusa and Kashiwabara-juku.59 views
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Samegai Museum in a former post office designed by William Merrell Vories, Samegai, Shiga Pref. 旧醒井郵便局局舎 MAP59 views
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The third of Samegai's famous Three Spring Waters. This one is called Saigyo-sui, named after the famous poet. 西行水59 views
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Kiyotaki Jinja Shrine 清滝神社59 views
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Rock engraved with "Mishima Pond" in Japanese. 三島池59 views
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Kamo Ike-so's winter special: Soba noodles with duck meat.59 views
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They also painted the thighs.59 views
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Most were happy to pose for the hordes of retiree amateur photographers.59 views
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Ondo folk dancers. 音頭59 views
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One after another, they slowly enter the shrine.59 views
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They also had a seated drumming performance.59 views
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They had quickly spread four strips of straw mats on the ground for the drummers.59 views
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They face the shrine.59 views
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Fukube-furi comes through (again).59 views
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If you look carefully, you might notice a manmade structure on Mt. Hinade. Too small to be a castle, doesn't look like a house, looks like a lookout deck.59 views
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Omi Branch of Maibara City Hall is near the foot of Hinade-yama.59 views
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Map of Mt. Hinade. There are short hiking trails on this low mountain.59 views
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While hiking up, you'll see a few views like this.59 views
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The hikiyama float is then pulled along the narrow road heading for the next location where it will perform again.59 views
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The festival started at noon near the Ueno Kaikan Hall (brown building on right). MAP59 views
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Kashiwabara-juku History Museum's mini theater shows a short movie about Kashiwabara-juku's history. The museum was a private residence built in 1917. The local government bought it and made this museum.59 views
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During the Yaito Matsuri, the Ibuki-do has an open house and sells their moxa. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店59 views
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Kiyotaki in the background.59 views
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Altar inside Hondo.59 views
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Corridor connecting the Hondo to the Yakushido Hall.59 views
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Kannon statue at Kannonji.59 views
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Window wall from the outside.59 views
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The city of Maibara has pursued a slogan of stressing "Kizuna" or human bonds. Bruce's longtime oyako project fits in well and he was invited to exhibit his parent-child photos in Maibara Station.59 views
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Sannomiya Shrine59 views
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Mt. Ibuki and rice paddies59 views
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Exhibition space in Mizunoeki arcade 2nd floor58 views
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Adjacent to Tokugen-in temple is Kiyotaki Jinja Shrine with stone lanterns.58 views
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Bridge to Kiyotaki Jinja Shrine58 views
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People from Miyazaki Prefecture which will host the next Sports Recreation meet in 2009, do some PR.58 views
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Ibukiyama Driveway58 views
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Late afternoon and the parking lot is almost empty.58 views
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Bridge in the middle of the pond leading to a stone lantern.58 views
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Ibuki no Mieru Bijutsukan. See Mt. Ibuki from the museum.58 views
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Kamo Ike-so Bihada-no-yu hot spring bath 鴨池荘 美肌の湯58 views
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Auto camping area58 views
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Mini golf58 views
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The procession started at the Otabisho on a narrow road near Akiba Shrine. Just follow the crowd or the sound of the drums/bells.58 views
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Yutani Shrine is a short walk from the east exit of JR Maibara Station. Its history spans many centuries. It once was the guardian shrine for the Kyogoku castle lord living on the hill above it. 湯谷神社58 views
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The Juzan hikiyama float is hauled toward the shrine exit.58 views
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The taiko drum procession is headed by this large banner saying, "Ibuki-yama Hono Taiko Odori" which means Ibuki-yama Taiko Drum Offertory Dance.58 views
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They spent most of the summer practicing for this festival. They are entirely voluntary.58 views
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These kids are called fukube-furi.58 views
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The taiko drummers include a good number of grade school boys who practiced hard during the summer for this festival.58 views
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Stone lantern where the bulletin board was. Kashiwabara-juku was most famous for mogusa (moxa cautery) picked from Mt. Ibuki.58 views
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All-girl rock band at Yaito Matsuri.58 views
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Site of Ochaya Goten, a small palace built for shoguns to rest during the early Edo Period. Tokugawa Ieyasu, Hidetada, and Iemitsu all stayed here. 御茶屋御殿跡58 views
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Sign and stone marker indicating the site of the Ochaya Goten in Kashiwabara-juku.58 views
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Cherry blossoms and Amanogawa River famous for fireflies in June.58 views
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Mt. Ibuki as famed haiku poet Basho must have seen it.58 views
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Tokugen-in's garden. Admission 300 yen.58 views
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Large stone marker pointing the way to Kashiwabara and a neighboring village.58 views
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Yamato Takeru was a legendary prince and warrior who traveled a lot and defeated his enemies. However, he met his demise at Mt. Ibuki when he battled an evil god disguised as a white boar.58 views
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Omote path in Kannonji temple in Maibara.58 views
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Steps to the Hondo main hall of Kannonji temple.58 views
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The interior is basically white.58 views
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Mt. Ibuki at the top.58 views
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The old Ohmi Railways Maibara Station. Torn down in 2007. It was slightly apart from the old Maibara Station. Now it's closer to Maibara Station.58 views
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Old Ohmi Railway Maibara Station.58 views
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JR Biwako Line to Nagahama58 views
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Oyako (Parent-child) photo exhibition by Bruce Osborn held at Maibara Station's corridor from July 2011 to March 2012. The large window wall is now covered with his portraits.58 views
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About the exhibition. Architecturally, Maibara Station has nothing to boast about. But at least it now has something pretty.58 views
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This says, "Okaeri" or "Welcome home!" Perfect artwork for people returning to their hometown from the cities for spring vacation.58 views
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The 3rd station is halfway up Mt. Ibuki. A small plateau.58 views
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View of 3rd station. Higher up the mountain are the 4th and 5th stations.58 views
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At the 3rd station is a statue of Nakayama Saijiro, a pioneer who spread skiing in the Kansai region via Mt. Ibuki.58 views
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Statue of Nakayama Saijiro, principal of a high school in Kyoto who brought his students to learn how to ski on Mt. Ibuki. Erected in Sept. 1964 by the alumni of his school to mark the 50th anniversary of him starting skiing on Ibuki.58 views
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The old Ibuki Kogen Hotel.58 views
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Procession along the shore of Lake Biwa57 views
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Hachiman Shrine57 views
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