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Lake Biwa Rowing Song (Biwako Shuko no Uta) monument at Hikone Port. [url=http://goo.gl/maps/kM5AO]Map[/url]
In June 1917, a song called [i]Biwako Shuko no Uta[/i] (Lake Biwa Rowing Song) was composed by college student Taro Oguchi during a boat rowing trip around Lake Biwa. He was a member of the rowing club at Dai-san High School (now Kyoto University). He composed it in [url=http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumbnails.php?album=127]Imazu, Shiga Prefecture[/url] during the second night of the trip.
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Lake Biwa Rowing Song (Biwako Shuko no Uta) monument at Hikone Port. Map

In June 1917, a song called Biwako Shuko no Uta (Lake Biwa Rowing Song) was composed by college student Taro Oguchi during a boat rowing trip around Lake Biwa. He was a member of the rowing club at Dai-san High School (now Kyoto University). He composed it in Imazu, Shiga Prefecture during the second night of the trip.

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