 Most viewed - Takeshima 多景島 |
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605 views
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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.603 views
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Takeshima in Hikone, Shiga. Map573 views
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View of Takeshima, an island with many shapes.553 views
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Nichiren temple507 views
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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.462 views
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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.425 views
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Another view of Takeshima402 views
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Enter Takeshima377 views
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View of Takeshima376 views
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Cormorants. There are to many of them and they deplete fisheries in the lake and cause forest damage.368 views
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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.365 views
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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.363 views
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Nichiren statue is next to the giant stone monument.360 views
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View of Takeshima358 views
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Hikone Castle as seen from Lake Biwa.357 views
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View of Takeshima352 views
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Nichiren statue. Nichiren was the founder of the Nichiren Sect of Japanese Buddhism.344 views
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To Takeshima341 views
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Hikone Port338 views
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Almost no one in the boat338 views
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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.336 views
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