 Most viewed - Torahime 虎姫 |
Torahime manhole, Nagahama, Shiga Pref.527 views
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Cherry blossoms along the Kasumitei riverbank.356 views
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Inside the new Torahime Station310 views
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Memorial for the war dead294 views
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Tiger Princess Shrine at Torahime Station. (Torahime literally means "Tiger Princess.")255 views
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Arrival at JR Torahime Station on the JR Hokuriku Main Line.249 views
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Tiger Princess statue 248 views
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Torahime High School in the distance, next to rice paddies.247 views
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Mt. Ibuki can be seen from almost everywhere in Torahime.246 views
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Kannon-do Hall housing a seated Kannon statue. 観音堂240 views
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Maruyama Tumulus monument239 views
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Maruyama Tumulus next to Jiyukan Hall. MAP239 views
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Torahime Station238 views
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Torahime Station platform and sign236 views
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Front entrance to Torahime High School, one of Shiga's most excellent schools, boasting Shiga's highest rate of college-bound students.236 views
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Exhibition inside Jiyukan Hall235 views
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Jiyukan Hall234 views
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Inside the Italian restaurant at Torahime Station.233 views
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Gomura Betsuin, Hondo Main Hall. Torahime's most noted sight and an Important Cultural Property is a Buddhist temple of the Jodo Shinshu Sect's Otani School (Higashi Hongwanji).231 views
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Mt. Ibuki as seen from Torahime in winter.230 views
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Bridge over Kojigawa River.229 views
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Built in a loghouse-style. All wood.225 views
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Monument marking the site of Lord Yamauchi Kazutoyo's first fief which was in Torahime.224 views
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Tourist map of Torahime222 views
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Gomura Betsuin Gate. The Hondo main hall was reconstructed in 1730 and the front gate was built in 1674. MAP222 views
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Jiyukan Hall is a gathering place with rooms for rent and an exhibition space. 時遊館221 views
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The new Torahime Station on JR Hokuriku Main Line221 views
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Bicycle parking at Torahime Station221 views
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Gansan Daishi221 views
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Seated Kannon statue inside Kannon-do Hall. The hall is not normally open, so permission is needed to view it. 木造聖観音坐像 221 views
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Kojigawa River. The Takawa Culvert is directly below this river.219 views
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Maruyama Tumulus in Torahime, Nagahama.218 views
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The Takawa River flows on to Lake Biwa.218 views
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Other side of Takawa Culvert.217 views
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Gansan Daishi217 views
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In Oct. 2005, some people came here to pray for Osaka's Hanshin Tigers baseball team to win the Japan Series against the Chiba Lotte Marines who later won the series in a four-game sweep. The Tigers never won a game in the series.216 views
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Be photographed as a Tiger Princess216 views
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Mt. Ibuki as seen from Torahime. Gansan Daishi temple can also be seen.214 views
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Tiger Princess statue outside the Torahime Station214 views
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Lounge with picture windows showing views of Mt. Ibuki.213 views
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Panels explaining local history.213 views
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Entrance to Takawa River Culvert originally built in 1885 to direct the Takawa River to flow under another river called Kojigawa. The current culvert was rebuilt in 1966. MAP213 views
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Gomura Betsuin belfry212 views
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Takawa River 田川211 views
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Gansan Daishi temple, the current Hondo main hall was reconstructed in 1780.211 views
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Gyokusenji or Gansan Daishi temple 玉泉寺207 views
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Gansan Daishi belfry206 views
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Main drag of Torahime205 views
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Takawa River 田川205 views
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Garden at Jiyukan Hall204 views
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Gyokusenji is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai Sect, commonly called Gansan Daishi, after the priest Gansan Daishi 元三大師 (912-985) whose birthplace is near the temple. MAP203 views
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Takawa River Culvert monument202 views
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Rainfall gauge202 views
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Mt. Ibuki and a "tiger stripe" barrel.200 views
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Map of the culvert project. The culvert was built to prevent flooding from three rivers flowing through the town.199 views
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Umahashi Bridge うまはし198 views
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Maruyama Tumulus 丸山古墳197 views
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Tourist map of Torahime197 views
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Gansan Daishi entered the priesthood at age 17 on Mt. Hiei's Enryakuji temple. In 966, he became the 18th head priest of the Tendai Sect at Enryakuji.196 views
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Exhibition inside Jiyukan Hall195 views
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New event space called "Coco," opened in March 2008, across from Torahime Station195 views
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Jiyukan Hall193 views
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Mizuhiki Shrine near the Takawa River Culvert. 水引神社193 views
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Gansan Daishi191 views
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Roadside shrine190 views
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Mizuhiki Shrine. "Mizuhiki" means "to draw water."187 views
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"Torahime Tiger Princess, the Goddess of Victory"183 views
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