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Lake Biwa Rowing Song (Biwako Shuko no Uta) monument at Hikone Port. MapIn 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.Nov 24, 2006
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Inside tourist busNov 24, 2006
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Hikone Castle and Genkyu-en Garden in fallDec 05, 2005
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Hikone Castle and Genkyu-en fall colorsDec 05, 2005
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From mid-Nov. to early Dec., the garden is beautifully lit up at night until 9 pm. Note that although the castle tower is also lit up, you cannot enter the castle grounds after 5 pm.Dec 05, 2005
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Genkyuen entrance gate at night in autumn.Dec 05, 2005
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Statue of Ii Naomasa in front of Hikone StationNov 23, 2005
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JR Hikone StationNov 23, 2005
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JR Hikone Station as seen from Heiwado.Nov 23, 2005
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In front of JR Hikone StationNov 23, 2005
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Hikone City HallNov 11, 2005
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Lake shoreNov 11, 2005
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Statue of Ii Naomasa in front of Hikone Station's west side.Nov 11, 2005
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Heiwado dept. storeNov 11, 2005
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Inside the main room at Rakuraku-en 楽々園Nov 11, 2005
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The garden served as the location of one scene in the TV mini-series "Shogun."Nov 11, 2005
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We cannot cross this bridge.Nov 11, 2005
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Vintage postcard of Genkyuen Garden. Little has changed except that boats no longer ply on the pond.Nov 11, 2005
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Built as a castle garden in 1677 by Ii Naooki, the fourth lord of Hikone Castle. The garden has representations of the Eight Views of Omi, Chikubushima island, and the Shiraishi rocks in Lake Biwa.Nov 11, 2005
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Hikone Castle overlooks the Hakkeitei teahouses Genkyuen Garden. Hakkeitei was built at around the same time as the garden.Nov 11, 2005
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Genkyuen Garden's tea houses named Hakkei-tei.Nov 11, 2005
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View of TakeshimaOct 23, 2005
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Another view of TakeshimaOct 23, 2005
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View of TakeshimaOct 23, 2005
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View of TakeshimaOct 23, 2005
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It says that the stone monument oozed blood when Ii Naosuke, Lord of Hikone, was assassinated in Tokyo by samurai radicals from Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture.Oct 23, 2005
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View of Takeshima, an island with many shapes.Oct 23, 2005
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View of Takeshima. Before the boat left, it circled around the island to show how different it looked from different angles.Oct 23, 2005
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Nichiren statue. Nichiren was the founder of the Nichiren Sect of Japanese Buddhism.Oct 23, 2005
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Lotus Sutra monument. In the early 17th century when the temple was built here, it took 3 years to carve out these characters on this stone slab. According to legend, this monument oozed blood when Ii Naosuke, Lord of Hikone, was assassinated in Tokyo.Oct 23, 2005
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Nichiren statue is next to the giant stone monument.Oct 23, 2005
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Nichiren templeOct 23, 2005
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Enter TakeshimaOct 23, 2005
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Nichiren Monument on Takeshima. This giant stone monument is inscribed with the prayer words "Namu Myo-horenge-kyo" from the Lotus Sutra. 南無妙法蓮華経Oct 23, 2005
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Takeshima in Hikone, Shiga. MapOct 23, 2005
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Kawau cormorants. Shiga has over 40,000 of these birds, and 30,000 of them live on Chikubushima whose trees are being destroyed by the droppings and branches broken off to make bird nests.Oct 23, 2005
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Almost no one in the boatOct 23, 2005
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Cormorants. There are to many of them and they deplete fisheries in the lake and cause forest damage.Oct 23, 2005
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To TakeshimaOct 23, 2005
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Hikone Castle as seen from Lake Biwa.Oct 23, 2005
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Takeshima shows many different shapes depending on your viewpoint. A Nichiren temple and the priest's family are on the island. Boat for Takeshima at Hikone Port. The island is only 6.5 km from Hikone.Oct 23, 2005
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Hikone PortOct 23, 2005
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Takeshima ("Island of Many Views") is a small island (600 m circumference) in Lake Biwa off Hikone, accessible by a short boat ride from Hikone Port.Oct 23, 2005
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