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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335 views
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Takeshima in Hikone, Shiga. Map330 views
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View of Takeshima, an island with many shapes.320 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.318 views
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Nichiren temple272 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.258 views
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Another view of Takeshima227 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.193 views
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View of Takeshima183 views
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Cormorants. There are to many of them and they deplete fisheries in the lake and cause forest damage.182 views
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Nichiren statue is next to the giant stone monument.171 views
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View of Takeshima171 views
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Enter Takeshima169 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.164 views
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View of Takeshima163 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.158 views
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Nichiren statue. Nichiren was the founder of the Nichiren Sect of Japanese Buddhism.157 views
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Almost no one in the boat156 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.156 views
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Hikone Castle as seen from Lake Biwa.149 views
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Hikone Port138 views
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To Takeshima137 views
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