 Most viewed - Moriyama-juku 守山宿 |
Kaeru frog to wish you a safe return. 東門院282 views
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Road marker. Established in 1642, Moriyama-juku was the sixty-seventh of the sixty-nine stations or shukuba post towns on the Nakasendo Road. It is the eighth Nakasendo station in Shiga (following Musa-juku in Omi-Hachiman).128 views
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Unoke is the former home of the late Prime Minister Uno Sosuke. Now owned by the city, it has been renovated as an exhibition space and restaurant/cafe.123 views
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Old Nakasendo Road and Dobashi Bridge. Supposedly, this is the bridge from where Hiroshige drew his print of Moriyama-juku.117 views
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Tenmangu Shrine110 views
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Tenmangu Shrine109 views
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Dobashi Bridge108 views
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Stone for safe childbirth107 views
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Road marker. Go right for the Nakasendo Road. MAP106 views
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Tomon-in temple built by Buddhist Priest Saicho (Dengyo Daishi) to protect his Enryakuji temple on Mt. Hiei from demons from the east. 東門院103 views
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Marker for the Kabuto-ya inn99 views
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樹下神社99 views
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Rear of road marker98 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Moriyama-juku (68th post town on the Nakasendo) from his Kisokaido series. Tea houses in spring.94 views
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