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The focal point of the Kurokabe Square shopping area is this "black wall" Kurokabe Glass Shop in a former bank building. MAP
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Inside Kurokabe Glass Shop in Kurokabe Square.
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Studio Kurokabe, a glass factory and shop
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Glass factory
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Glass artists make their works.
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Glassware workshop
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Kurokabe Square intersection
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Toward Otemon-dori arcade. Kurokabe Square on the left.
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Entrance to Otemon-dori shopping arcade. It is right near Kurokabe Glass Shop. See shops and restaurants. 大手門通り
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Otemon-dori arcade 大手門通り
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NHK Taiga Drama "Komyo ga Tsuji" souvenirs.
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Canal
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Nagahama Hikiyama Museum 曳山博物館
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Nagahama Hikiyama Museum and the Hikiyama storehouse door.
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Entrance to Nagahama Hikiyama Museum. Hikiyama floats are on display. The Nagahama Hikiyama Festival is held in spring. 長浜曳山博物館
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Inside Hikiyama Museum
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Hikiyama Museum
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Portrait of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Nagahama Hikiyama Museum
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Storehouse for hikiyama floats.
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Approaching Kurokabe Square intersection.
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Traditional buildings near Kurokabe Square
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Ando House, a Japanese-style house built in 1905. The Ando family was one of the local administrators of Nagahama while Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the Nagahama Castle lord. 北国街道 安藤家
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Inside Ando House. This house was rented from the Ando family by Nagahama and used as a tourist attraction for 10 years until March 31, 2008 when it was closed. It reopened in April 2012.
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Room inside Ando House. The city operated the house in the red, the main reason it closed the house in 2008. Reopened in April 2012.
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Room with Hama Chirimen display. Ando House MAP
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Hama Chirimen 浜ちりめん
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Tokonoma alcove in Ando House
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Signboard in Ando House
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Ando House also has a uniquely-designed room painted by Kitaoji Rosanjin who once lodged in the house while designing the room around 1912. Sometimes the room is opened to the public, but photography is not allowed.
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Room in Ando House
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Tokonoma alcove and scroll in Ando House
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Tokonoma alcove in Ando House
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2nd floor of Ando House
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Kaichi Gakko school was Shiga's first elementary school built in 1874, the early Meiji Period. Moved here in 1936. Now houses a restaurant and other facilities. 開智学校
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Outdoor sculpture
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Sculpture in a small park
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Outdoor sculpture
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Nude sculpture, Gaia 大地
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Manhole in Nagahama, Shiga. Gourd design.
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Square manhole with gourds in Nagahama, Shiga.
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