 Last additions - Hino 日野町 |
Hino Station in 1974.Jan 27, 2022
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Ad for a shipping company in front of Hino Station.Jan 27, 2022
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On the left are old flyers advertising local businesses in Hino while mentioning Hino Station. Lower right is a roof ornament that has the old crest of Ohmi Railways.Jan 27, 2022
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Magneto telephone with a crank (磁石式電話機), signal light, and red signal flag to signal the train.Jan 27, 2022
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Implements used by Hino Station staff. Lower left is a paper ticket holder. Preprinted tickets were organized according to the destination.Jan 27, 2022
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L-R: Holder for rubber date stamps used to stamp the date on the ticket. Dating machine to imprint the date on the ticket. Clippers to cutout a small square on the ticket when boarding the train. Magneto telephone with a crank.Jan 27, 2022
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The red instruments are signalling block instruments for preventing collisions between trains. (タブレット閉塞器)Jan 27, 2022
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Old Hino Station signage.Jan 27, 2022
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Many of the old artifacts on display can only be recognized or understood by hardcore train fans and people who worked at a train station. It's quite specialized.Jan 27, 2022
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During the renovation, the entire train station building was jacked up to reinforce the foundation against earthquakes.Jan 27, 2022
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Remnants of the old days still remaining in the renovated Hino Station.Jan 27, 2022
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Upper left is a photo of Hino Station's opening day. The back of the station building can be seen. The building was rebuilt in 1916.Jan 27, 2022
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Chronology of the history of Ohmi Railways (founded in 1896) and Hino Station (first built in 1900).Jan 27, 2022
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Inside Hino Station Railway Museum. History of the station on panels, and old train and station-related artifacts. No English captions.Jan 27, 2022
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About the entire Hino Station being a "Railway Museum."Jan 27, 2022
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Hino Station Railway Museum. 日野駅鉄道資料展示室Jan 27, 2022
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Hino Station (left) and the smaller building on the right used to be the tourist information office. It's now the Hino Station Railway Museum. 日野駅と日野駅鉄道資料展示室Jan 27, 2022
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Outside the station is the bus stop for Omi-Hachiman Station.Jan 27, 2022
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Old ticket window.Jan 27, 2022
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Old ticket window and counter have been retained.Jan 27, 2022
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My teishoku lunch.Jan 27, 2022
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Cafe menu. Low prices. Udon, soba, and teishoku complete meals.Jan 27, 2022
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Counter seating has a view of the train platform.Jan 27, 2022
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Friendly ladies wait on you for the food or drink. The clock seen on the right was actually used in the train station office.Jan 27, 2022
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Nanairo cafe has a Western-style truss ceiling from the Taisho Period.Jan 27, 2022
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Hino Station now has a nice community space named "Nanairo" that serves as a cafe, tourist information space, and waiting room for passengers. Tourist pamphlets are on the left.Jan 27, 2022
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Nanairo cafe menu.Jan 27, 2022
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Entering the train building from the platform. Exit ahead.Jan 27, 2022
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Hino Station has three sets of railway tracks, very rare. The unused middle track is vintage, made by Barrow Steel from the UK. Train platform No. 2 (for Yokaichi/Maibara) across the tracks has a roofed benches also renovated.Jan 27, 2022
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On Hino Station's train platform No. 1. Original wooden columns still usable are retained.Jan 27, 2022
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Hino Station train platform.Jan 27, 2022
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Old Hino Station sign has been in use since the Showa Period (ended in 1989). Displayed on train platform No. 1.Jan 27, 2022
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Ticket window (closed). This is new.Jan 27, 2022
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Ticket window on the right (closed).Jan 27, 2022
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The ticket window used to be on the left corner. Now it's in the right corner. The exit goes to the train platform. The latticed ceiling came from the station's VIP room which was on the right side of the building.Jan 27, 2022
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Hino Station's entrance hall. Not so many seats here, but there are benches on the platform. You can also wait inside the cafe on the left.Jan 27, 2022
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The canopy over the entrance was also renovated. It is supported by entasis columns.Jan 27, 2022
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The building is now earthquake-resistant and painted dark brown. It now has a community space for a cafe, tourist information, and waiting room for passengers.Jan 27, 2022
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Ohmi Railways Hino Station building was completey renovated in 2017. Very impressive job. Other structures were also renovated including a small railway museum. Renovations were completed by May 2020. 近江鉄道 日野駅Jan 27, 2022
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Western-style bathroomOct 12, 2015
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KitchenOct 12, 2015
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Notice the safe.Oct 12, 2015
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Western-style room in Omi Hino Shonin Furusato-kan.Oct 12, 2015
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Intricate transom in the Japanese-style room.Oct 12, 2015
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Intricate transom in the Japanese-style room.Oct 12, 2015
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GardenOct 12, 2015
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The food was prepared by a group of local ladies calling themselves the "Society for Continuing Traditional Cooking" (伝統料理を継続する会).They use locally grown vegetables and other ingredients made in Japan. They say that everything is "wholeheartedly handmade." Oct 12, 2015
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Dessert was fig. Yummy!Reservations are required to have lunch here. Prices are affordable, starting at around ¥1,500. Call 0748-52-0008 (in Japanese). Address: 1264 Nishioji, Hino-cho, Gamou-gun, Shiga-ken 529-1628 (滋賀県蒲生郡日野町大字西大路1264番地)Oct 12, 2015
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Lunch at Omi Hino Shonin Furusato-kan. Oct 12, 2015
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Japanese-style rooms.Oct 12, 2015
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This room is the home's largest and also where you can have lunch.Oct 12, 2015
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Omi Hino Shonin Furusato-kan was purchased and restored by Hino Town. It opened in April 2015.Oct 12, 2015
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Entrance to the Omi Hino Shonin Furusato-kan (近江日野商人ふるさと館). On the road leading to the entrance of Umamioka Watamuki Shrine.Yamanaka Shokichi was a Hino merchant born in 1809. He became a sake brewer in Shizuoka Prefecture. By the 1920s, his family became one of Shizuoka's most successful sake brewers.Oct 12, 2015
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Another Hino merchant home to visit is the Omi Hino Shonin Furusato-kan (近江日野商人ふるさと館). Former grand residence of Hino merchant Yamanaka Shokichi (旧山中正吉邸).Oct 12, 2015
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This is what Hino Station looked like before it was renovated in 2019. This old train station building was built in 1916.Apr 24, 2014
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Local souvenir shop uses a former Omi shonin home in Hino.Apr 15, 2014
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Entrance to a kura storehouse inside a former Omi shonin home in Hino.Apr 15, 2014
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Inside a former Omi shonin home in Hino. A garden view in most rooms.Apr 15, 2014
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Inside a former Omi shonin home in Hino. Apr 15, 2014
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Hino's Shimizu-cho neighborhood also has a traditional townscape.Apr 15, 2014
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About Hino's Shimizu-cho neighborhood.Apr 15, 2014
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The Rikutoku float from Shimizu-cho prepares to leave the shrine.Apr 22, 2012
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The first of three portable shrines leave the shrine in a procession for the Otabisho resting place across town.Apr 22, 2012
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Sacred dance is performed during the ceremony.Apr 22, 2012
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A Shinto ceremony is held in front of the three portable shrines.Apr 22, 2012
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Since this was soon after 3/11 Tohoku disasters, a black and white curtain (used for mourning) was put up.Apr 22, 2012
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All the while at the shrine, festival music was played.Apr 22, 2012
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Tapestry on the back of the Shimizu-cho float.Apr 22, 2012
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Rikutoku float from Shimizu-cho arrives at the shrine.Apr 22, 2012
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Note the bus schedule for Hino Station. Leaves only once an hour.Apr 21, 2012
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Shuttle bus going back to Hino Station.Apr 21, 2012
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A stream runs through the gorge.Apr 21, 2012
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Pink Rhododendron.Apr 21, 2012
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The Rhododendron species is this gorge are called Hon-shakunage. (Rhododendron makinoi Tagg ex Nakai)Apr 21, 2012
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View from the lookout deck.Apr 21, 2012
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Way up to a lookout point.Apr 21, 2012
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