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Chacha, the oldest Azai sister who at age 19 became 51-year-old Toyotomi Hideyoshi's concubine.38 views
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Go was the youngest Azai sister.38 views
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Chiyo, another native of Shiga, was the devoted wife of samurai Yamanouchi Kazutoyo.38 views
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Chiyo was the devoted wife of samurai Yamanouchi Kazutoyo.38 views
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Chiyo was the devoted wife of samurai Yamanouchi Kazutoyo.38 views
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Gifu city's main shopping arcade named Yanagase, made famous by enka songs. It's usually like a ghost town, but not on this day. Was bustling for a change.38 views
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The festival included a Cosplay Procession from 2 pm to 3 pm. ぎふコスプレパレード38 views
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Nakasendo Road in Kano-juku.38 views
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Marker for Kano-juku's Waki Honjin. 脇本陣38 views
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine. 38 views
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Former Kano Town Hall. 旧加納町役場38 views
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Kano Castle stone walls.38 views
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Local students also dressed in historical costumes. 少年少女時代行列37 views
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Local students also dressed in historical costumes. 少年少女時代行列37 views
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Go, the youngest Azai sister, married the second Tokugawa shogun Hidetada and gave birth to Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa shogun. The Azai sisters are perhaps Japan's most famous trio of sisters.37 views
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Saito Dosan who was once Gifu Castle lord. 斎藤道三37 views
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Chiyo was the devoted wife of samurai Yamanouchi Kazutoyo.37 views
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Yamanouchi Kazutoyo37 views
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Marker for Kano-juku's Waki Honjin. 脇本陣37 views
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Monument for the poem Princess Kazunomiya composed while in Kano-juku. This is her handwriting. Monument was built in 2002.37 views
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About Princess Kazunomiya's poem and monument.37 views
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine's Haiden worship hall. 拝殿37 views
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Marker for a gate at Kano Castle.37 views
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About Kano Castle's Honmaru stone foundation built in the early 1600s.37 views
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Nobunaga's sister Oichi who married Azai Nagamasa and gave birth to three famous daughters in Shiga Prefecture.36 viewsOichi's three Azai daughters: Chacha, Hatsu, and Go. Oichi and her daughters escaped to Gifu Castle after their Odani Castle in Shiga was attacked by Nobunaga.
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Flea market at a small park. 金公園、金公園噴水前広場36 views
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Gifu University Wind Ensemble perform on a narrow street.36 views
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At JR Gifu Station, some outdoor entertainment in front of Nobunaga's golden statue. JR岐阜駅前信長ゆめ広場36 views
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Nobunaga's golden statue at JR Gifu Station.36 views
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Way to Kano Tenmangu Shrine. 36 views
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Kano Castle as it looked originally on a map. All the moats were later filled in. 加納城36 views
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Another entrance to Kano Castle. Thanks to my friend Satomi for driving me around Kano.36 views
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Flags of Gifu's sister cities.35 views
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This year, Oda Nobunaga was played by actor Hiroshi Fujioka. Nobunaga is one of Japan's most famous historical figures who started the unification of Japan's warring states in the 16th century. Gifu city really plays up Nobunaga as a hero and to35 views
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine worships Tenjin, aka Sugawara no Michizane, the god of scholarly learning. This is the Honden hall. 本殿 35 views
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Chiyo was the devoted wife of samurai Yamanouchi Kazutoyo.34 views
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And the parade proceeded to Gifu Castle park.34 views
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Taxi with Nobunaga design.34 views
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Map of Kano-juku in English. Gifu Station is on the upper right, and Kano Castle is on the left.34 viewsIt had the Honjin, Waki-Honjin, and 35 lodges. The population was 2,728.
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Marker for Kano-juku's Honjin where Princess Kazunomiya once stayed on Oct. 26, 1861 on her way from Kyoto to Edo to marry Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi. 本陣34 views
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About Kano Tenmangu Shrine. 加納天満宮34 views
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Kano-juku road marker.34 views
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About the Nakasendo road marker at Kano-juku. It was at the intersection of the Nakasendo and Gifu Roads.34 views
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About the Kosatsu bulletin board in Kano-juku. It posted local laws and regulations and other official notices from the local ruler. 高札34 views
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About Kano Castle. As ordered by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, it was built soon after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Parts from Gifu Castle were used to build Kano Castle.34 views
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Kano Castle has a large grassy area surrounded by stone walls. No buildings. 加納城34 views
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Yamanouchi Kazutoyo33 views
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Gifu Yanagase shopping arcade.33 views
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Awa Odori dance troupe from Nagoya also gave a street performance.33 views
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Wash basin.33 views
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Monument marking the birthplace of Gifu's Boy Scouts.33 views
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Kano used to have nine festival floats, but all except one was destroyed by World War II bombing of Gifu in 1945. The shrine buildings were also destroyed.33 views
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Road directions and map in English in Kano, Gifu.33 views
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Kano Castle parking lot.33 views
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Kano Castle stone foundation.33 views
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Lots of outdoor stalls.32 views
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Koma-inu lion dog.32 views
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Nakasendo road marker at Kano-juku. "Go left for Nakasendo." Originally built in 1750. 加納宿 中山道道標32 views
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Spot where the Kosatsu bulletin board was in Kano-juku. It was originally on a stone foundation. This spot used to have many people passing by as it was near the castle's front gate. 加納宿 高札32 views
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In 1601 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu dismantled Gifu Castle, he ordered Kano Castle to be constructed here south of Gifu Castle.32 viewsKano-juku then thrived as a castle town and became Nakasendo's fifth largest shukuba lodging town.
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine office.31 views
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine's ema prayer tablet.30 views
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Kano-juku was the 53rd station or lodging/post town of the Nakasendo Road. Hiroshige's print of Kanō-juku was part of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series. Kano Castle can be seen. 24 viewsShort walk south of JR Gifu Station.
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