 Most viewed - Samegai-juku 醒ケ井宿 |
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From Kashiwabara-juku, heading toward Samegai-juku.283 views
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Heart of tulips256 views
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Samegai tulips, Maibara, Shiga223 views
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Entrance to Samegai Trout Farm (Yosonjo). Established in 1878 and operated by Shiga Prefecture, the Samegai Trout Farm is Asia's largest trout farm with many trout ponds. 醒井養鱒場123 viewsFrom JR Samegai Station, it's a one-hour walk.
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Masu trout sushi at Mimasu in Samegai Trout Farm, Shiga Prefecture.104 views
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Samegai Museum in a former post office designed by William Merrell Vories, Samegai, Shiga Pref. 旧醒井郵便局局舎 MAP100 views
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Underwater baikamo flowers Jizogawa River, Samegai, Shiga Pref. Bloom in summer, only in very clean water. 梅花藻、バイカモ94 views
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Tenjin-sui Natural Spring Park 天神水広場82 views
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Trout at Samegai Trout Farm (Yosonjo). The water flows from the Suzuka mountains and it's quite cold which is good for the fish.81 views
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In May, a large field of tulips bloom.80 views
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Look! I caught one!78 views
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Underwater baikamo flowers Jizogawa River, Samegai, Shiga Pref. 梅花藻、バイカモ MAP77 views
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Trout-catching pond. Kids can freely catch a big trout.77 views
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The tulip field is along the road going to the trout farm.74 views
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Samegai-juku is the sixty-first station or post town (shukuba) of the sixty-nine stations on the Nakasendo Road. It is the second Nakasendo station in Shiga (following Kashiwabara-juku), MAP71 views
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Samegai Museum in a former toiya-ba. 米原市醒井宿資料館 醒井宿問屋場（旧川口家住宅）71 views
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Jizogawa River was also noted for a freshwater fish called hariyo or stickleback. However, researchers have found that the hariyo seems to have become extinct here by May 2010.71 views
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Crystal-clear Jizogawa River 地蔵川69 views
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Apparently someone released a similar species called itoyo into the river and they crossbred. Researchers found the hybrid fish, but no pure-breed hariyo. This has come as a shock to the locals. Hariyo is on Japan's endangered list.69 views
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Tenjin-sui Natural Spring with crystal-clear water.69 views
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Trout fishing for a fee69 views
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Rainbow trout must be happy to be swimming in such clean water.69 views
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Samegai-juku and Nakasendo Road 醒井宿68 views
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Samegai is famous for its Three Spring Waters and Four Rocks. 68 views
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Site of Ichirizuka milestone on left.67 views
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Samegai-juku and Nakasendo Road. The main part of Samegai-juku is near JR Samegai Station on the JR Tokaido Line. Short walk. 醒井宿67 views
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About 15,000 tulips (+sakura) bloom here. 上丹生チューリップ祭り67 views
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Jizogawa River was also noted for a freshwater fish called hariyo or stickleback. However, researchers have found that the hariyo seems to have become extinct here by May 2010.67 views
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Nakasendo stone marker. Go left to enter the old Nakasendo Road.66 views
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Ichirizuka milestone 一里塚66 views
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Samegai Wooden Sculpture Museum, open only on weekends and national holidays. Closed in winter. 醒井木彫美術館66 views
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Saigyo-sui must be clean enough to drink.66 views
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River along the way to the trout farm.66 views
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Kamo Shrine is one of the first things that catches your eye as you enter Samegai. It's shrine on a steep slope. 加茂神社65 views
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Since 2004, Kami-nyu in Samegai, Maibara grows tulips every spring for tourists. Kami-nyu Tulip Festival is also held on a Sunday with food booths and stage entertainment. 65 views
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Rock where Yamato Takeru sat.65 views
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Samegai-juku stone monument64 views
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Site of Honjin lodge. 本陣跡64 views
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Emperor Meiji rested here.64 views
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Natural spring called Saigyo-sui. 西行水64 views
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The Samegai Trout Farm raises trout species, perpetuates breeding techniques, researches trout species, and serves as a tourist attraction.64 views
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Tenjin-sui Natural Spring Park 天神水広場64 views
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In front of Kamo Shrine is crystal clear water from a natural spring called Isame no Shimizu. This is the source of Samegai's famous Jizogawa River and one of Japan's 100 Famous Springs of the Heisei Period.64 views
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Isame no Shimizu is the natural spring which is the source of Jizogawa River. The name "Samegai" also comes from this spring. 居醒の清水64 views
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Kawauchi stone monument63 views
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Inside the former toiya-ba.63 views
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Fire hose63 views
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The tulips come in various colors.63 views
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Statue of Yamato Takeru in Samegai-juku's water spring. It is not certain that this was the spring which Yamato Takeru used. Another theory says that he used Tamakurabe Clear Spring in Sekigahara, Gifu.63 views
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Monument indicating that Emperor Meiji rested here.62 views
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Samegai Station, on JR Tokaido Line 醒ケ井駅62 views
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Nakasendo Road going to Samegai-juku.61 views
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Mizunoeki rest house next to Samegai Station61 views
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Torii gate to Isame no Shimizu spring waters.61 views
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Jizo-do temple houses a Jizo statue. Originally built by the Ogaki Castle lord Ishikawa Hyuga 石川日向守 in the Edo Period after he recovered from illness. The temple holds the Jizo-bon festival in Aug. 地蔵堂60 views
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Statue of Yamato Takeru at Samegai's water spring. He defeated the boar, but not before the boar showered him with poisonous rain. He went to Isame no Shimizu whose waters healed him. Then he went on to Ise, but died soon afterward. 日本武尊の60 views
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The second of Samegai's famous Three Spring Waters. This one is called Juo-sui. 十王水60 views
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Stone marker between Azusa and Kashiwabara-juku.59 views
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The third of Samegai's famous Three Spring Waters. This one is called Saigyo-sui, named after the famous poet. 西行水59 views
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Inside post office designed by William Merrell Vories.59 views
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Hiroshige's print of Samegai-juku in his Kisokaido series.59 views
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Samegai Museum in a former post office designed by William Merrell Vories, Samegai, Shiga Pref. 旧醒井郵便局局舎 MAP58 views
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Yamato Takeru was a legendary prince and warrior who traveled a lot and defeated his enemies. However, he met his demise at Mt. Ibuki when he battled an evil god disguised as a white boar.58 views
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Hachiman Shrine57 views
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Exhibition space in Mizunoeki arcade 2nd floor57 views
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Tokaido Line train near Samegai.57 views
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Next to Isame no Shimizu is a statue of Yamato Takeru.57 views
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Three of Samegai's famous rocks are here, indicated by these wooden signs. 鞍懸石57 views
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Samegai Kominkan Community Center56 views
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Road marker showing the way.56 views
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Stone marker pointing to Bamba-juku, the next post town.56 views
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This is one of Samegai's famous Three Spring Waters. This one, in front of Kamo Shrine, is called Isame-no-Kiyomizu. 居醒の清水56 views
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Natural spring called Saigyo-sui. 西行水55 views
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Jizo statues in Samegai. In 817, the priest Saicho carved a Jizo statue in Samegai and prayed for rain during a drought. It then rained heavily for three days. The Jizo was originally placed in the river to prsy for the souls of the fish.55 views
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On Aug. 23 and 24, Samegai's Jizo-do temple holds the annual Jizo-bon festival at night. The Nakasendo Road has food stalls and displays of paper mache figures. 地蔵盆55 views
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People line up at Jizo-do temple to pray to Jizo. 55 views
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Isame-no-Kiyomizu spring was supposedly where famed warrior Yamato Takeru bathed to heal his wounds after battling an evil boar on Mt. Ibuki.54 views
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Nakasendo Road on left, entering Samegai-juku. On the right is Route 21 going to Maibara Station.53 views
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About Isame no Shimizu and Yamato Takeru.52 views
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Jizo-bon in Samegai, Maibara.52 views
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Exhibition in Mizunoeki52 views
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Jizo altar at Jizo-do temple in Samegai, Maibara.51 views
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Fortune-telling octopus.51 views
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Jizo-bon is held along the Nakasendo road with various displays of paper mache figures made by local school children.50 views
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Some displays move.50 views
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Exhibition space in Mizunoeki50 views
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Entrance to Samegai Trout Farm (Yosonjo). Closest train station is JR Samegai Station on the JR Tokaido Line, but there's no public transportation to the trout farm from the train station. There are no taxis either. 50 viewsIf you need a ride from Samegai Station, call Omi Taxi Co. at 0749-52-8200 and reserve a taxi at least 1 hour before you want to ride. It's a joint-use taxi, meaning there might be other people in the taxi with you. It also leaves every hour and half hour. The fare is ¥800 per person one way to the trout farm. Another option is to take a taxi from Maibara Station. The ride is longer and will be more expensive.
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Exhibition in Mizunoeki48 views
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Jizo statues during Jizo-bon.47 views
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Figures at Isame-no-Kiyomizu spring during Jizo-bon festival.47 views
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Well-known trout restaurant in Samegai Trout Farm called Mimasu.47 views
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The Samegai Trout Farm raises eight types of fish, mainly river fish and trout/salmon species including Biwa salmon, rainbow trout, carp, char, and sturgeon.47 views
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