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Road to Kiyotaki Tokugen-in Temple in autumn. Tokugen-in is also noted for autumn leaves.
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Path to Tokugen-in Temple. The temple bell indicates that there was a temple here. Tokugen-in had a number of subordinate temples here. They have all gone.
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Cherry tree path to Tokugen-in Temple.
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Temple wall
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Stone marker
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Entrance to Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple.
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple's three-story pagoda in Maibara, Shiga.
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Three-story pagoda
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple's three-story pagoda
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple's three-story pagoda
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple's three-story pagoda.
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About Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple's three-story pagoda.
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Entrance to Kyogoku graves. 京極
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Kyogoku clan graves. Grave of Kyogoku Takatsugi is on the left.
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Grave of Kyogoku Takatsugi, husband of Hatsu, one of the Azai sisters.
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Graves of the Tadotsu Clan (多度津藩), a branch of the Kyogoku who ruled in Marugame. From left to right, Kyogoku Takateru (高琢), Takakata (高賢), Takabumi (高文), Takayoshi (高慶), and Takamichi (高通).
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Kyogoku clan graves
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The first Kyogoku grave, that of Ujinobu, the founder of the Kyogoku Clan.
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The first Kyogoku grave, that of Ujinobu, the founder of the Kyogoku Clan.
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View from the upper level Kyogoku graves.
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More autumn foliage outside the back corner of Tokugen-in.
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Little Shinto shrine and red maples.
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I had a great autumn photo shoot this day at Tokugen-in.
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Red maple leaves
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In Sept. 2018, this front wall of Tokugen-in temple collapsed due to a strong typhoon.
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In Sept. 2018, this front wall of Tokugen-in temple collapsed due to a strong typhoon. It fell face down as the winds blew from behind.
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It was pretty shocking to see this. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
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The wall tore off from this storehouse.
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The temple wall also hit and slightly damaged the temple's tourist signs.
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The temple's front wall (about 20–30 meters long) collapsed in the Sept. typhoon and as of late Oct. they still had no plans to remove the debris due to a lack of manpower and funds. I couldn't bear the thought of tourists (often by the busloads) coming to see the foliage in Nov. and also see this unsightly mess of collapsed wall. Doesn't reflect well on the neighborhood and on the city.
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So two of my friends and I volunteered to remove the fallen wall in mid-Nov. 2018. One friend John W. is an American experienced in disaster cleanups. Other friend was a nearby resident who had a handy chain saw. We were advised to take apart the wall and separate the materials into large bags and piles.
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It took three days to disassemble the wall into scrap wood, dirt and plaster, bamboo, and kawara roof tiles.
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After 3 days, the three of us disassembled the collapsed wall and produced seven large bags of kawara roof tiles, three bags of dirt and plaster, and two big piles of bamboo and scrap wood.
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It wasn't so bad nor strenuous.
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After removing the plaster and dirt from the wall, we could see the bamboo framework. The bamboo could be easily pulled out.
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At first, I thought we would need a power shovel. But we were able to take everything apart by hand (or crow bar, shovels, and chain saw).
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Some refreshments from the priest's wife during our lunch break.
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Thescrap wood would be hauled away separately from the waste bags.
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The bags of waste materials were taken away by a crane truck on the fourth day.
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Collapsed wall gone. Now the tourists comingto see the fall leaves won't be so shocked to see the mess that was here.
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Within walking distance from Kashiwabara-juku is Kiyotaki village in the distance at the foot of the mountain. 清滝
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Famous cherry tree (in fall)
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Path to Kannon statues on a slope next to the temple.
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Kannon statues
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Close-up of Kannon statue
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Kannon at the top of the slope.
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Bottom of slope
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Adjacent to Tokugen-in temple is Kiyotaki Jinja Shrine with stone lanterns.
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Kiyotaki Jinja Shrine
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Gingko leaves
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Bridge to Kiyotaki Jinja Shrine
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Kiyotaki Jinja Shrine 清滝神社
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Kiyotaki Jinja Shrine
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View from Kiyotaki Jinja Shrine
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Kiyotaki
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