Most viewed - Kurokabe Square 黒壁スクエア |

The focal point of the Kurokabe Square shopping area is this "black wall" Kurokabe Glass Shop in a former bank building. MAP327 views
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Nude sculpture, Gaia 大地307 views
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Outdoor sculpture247 views
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Inside Kurokabe Glass Shop in Kurokabe Square.189 views
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Manhole in Nagahama, Shiga. Gourd design.141 views
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Studio Kurokabe, a glass factory and shop132 views
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Kurokabe Square intersection127 views
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Square manhole with gourds in Nagahama, Shiga.125 views
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Glass factory122 views
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Toward Otemon-dori arcade. Kurokabe Square on the left.111 views
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Otemon-dori arcade 大手門通り111 views
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Glass artists make their works.102 views
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Glassware workshop95 views
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NHK Taiga Drama "Komyo ga Tsuji" souvenirs.92 views
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Entrance to Otemon-dori shopping arcade. It is right near Kurokabe Glass Shop. See shops and restaurants. 大手門通り88 views
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Canal79 views
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Outdoor sculpture74 views
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Tokonoma alcove and scroll in Ando House73 views
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Sculpture in a small park72 views
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Inside Ando House. This house was rented from the Ando family by Nagahama and used as a tourist attraction for 10 years until March 31, 2008 when it was closed. It reopened in April 2012.71 views
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2nd floor of Ando House70 views
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Inside Hikiyama Museum69 views
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Tokonoma alcove in Ando House69 views
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Hikiyama Museum68 views
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Room inside Ando House. The city operated the house in the red, the main reason it closed the house in 2008. Reopened in April 2012.68 views
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Room with Hama Chirimen display. Ando House MAP68 views
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Portrait of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Nagahama Hikiyama Museum66 views
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Storehouse for hikiyama floats.62 views
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Tokonoma alcove in Ando House62 views
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Hama Chirimen 浜ちりめん58 views
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Room in Ando House58 views
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Ando House also has a uniquely-designed room painted by Kitaoji Rosanjin who once lodged in the house while designing the room around 1912. Sometimes the room is opened to the public, but photography is not allowed.57 views
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Signboard in Ando House53 views
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Nagahama Hikiyama Museum 曳山博物館33 views
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Approaching Kurokabe Square intersection.31 views
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Entrance to Nagahama Hikiyama Museum. Hikiyama floats are on display. The Nagahama Hikiyama Festival is held in spring. 長浜曳山博物館29 views
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Traditional buildings near Kurokabe Square29 views
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Nagahama Hikiyama Museum and the Hikiyama storehouse door.28 views
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Ando House, a Japanese-style house built in 1905. The Ando family was one of the local administrators of Nagahama while Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the Nagahama Castle lord. 北国街道 安藤家28 views
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Kaichi Gakko school was Shiga's first elementary school built in 1874, the early Meiji Period. Moved here in 1936. Now houses a restaurant and other facilities. 開智学校27 views
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