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Matsudo Shrine omikuji paper fortunes.71 views
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About the Former Imperial Audience Hall in English.71 views
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Phoenix atop the Takamikura Throne.71 views
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There are several large mikoshi carried by men. All the mikoshi and taiko drums have a name.71 views
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Sculpture on Minato hikiyama float.71 views
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The main thoroughfare lined with gingko trees which turn color in autumn.71 views
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About once a year, the old Uminoko was open to the public for free while moored at Otsu Port. You could freely go inside and look at most of the rooms. I went on Aug. 18, 2010. This is the flyer for the tour called Kengakukai.71 views
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More cutter boats. They accommodate ten kids and two adults. They use these boats only in calm waters. カッター艇71 views
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Other boats follow. They all proceeded to the shrine's Otabisho near the Nango sluice on Seta River. A Shinto ceremony would be performed there before they returned back to Seta Karahashi Bridge at 8 pm.71 views
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Entrance to Yutani Shrine, the first location where the two floats perform kabuki on the festival's second and main day. MAP71 views
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Stone wall of castle gate.71 views
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Bonsai chrysanthemums.71 views
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After you exit Honmachi arcade, you see Masumida Shrine across the street.71 views
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Honden hall. Masumida Shrine worships a deity called Amenoho no Akari no mikoto. 天火明命71 views
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Leaning torch. Unfortunately, I had to catch the last train home so I didn't have time to see this torch burning. Maybe next time.71 views
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There are steps to go up the hill where there are more Kyogoku graves. These are for the older Kyogoku members, starting with the founder of the Kyogoku Clan.71 views
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Nemonogatari-no-Sato is where the prefectural boundary between Gifu (Imasu) and Shiga is located. The inns are no longer here, but guests at both inns used to talk to each other across the border before sleeping.71 views
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Prefectural boundary between Gifu (Imasu) and Shiga (Kashiwabara) is this narrow groove. The cross-border bedtime chatter in the old days gave this place the name Nemonogatari-no-Sato.71 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Otsu-juku from his "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road" series. 71 views
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T-shirt with "Biwako" written was given to all rowers. "Biwako" means Lake Biwa. Rowing is most common at the southern tip of the lake, along Seta River in the capital city of Otsu. A few rowing clubs row partially around the lake. 71 views
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Rowers casting off at Seta Rowing Club.71 views
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Inside the cable car going up to Enryakuji temple. One of the largest temple complexes in Japan, Enryakuji is the headquarters of the Tendai Buddhist sect atop Mt. Hie in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture. 71 views
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Leaving Nagahama.71 views
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A small park outside the mall next to the pond.71 views
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Near the turnstile entrance. These ninja wall murals are called "Trick Art." They look three-dimensional and you can interact with the paintings. You can pose within the painting itself. A brilliant idea. トリックアート71 views
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About the temple's sumo connection.71 views
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Namura Jinja Shrine is noted for its Nishi Honden hall which is a National Treasure. The shrine's architecture is from the Kamakura Period. 楼門71 views
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Fudo-no-taki Waterfall in Mikumo, Konan, Shiga Prefecture.71 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu71 views
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Nakasendo Road: Echigawa (Aisho), the 65th post town on the Nakasendo. A bridge across Echigawa River. It was toll-free (Muchin-bashi). On the left across the river is Mt. Kannonji (Kinugake).71 views
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Maibara Station's east exit has a bus stop.71 views
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The top dolls are actually screwed on to the pyramid so they won't fall during an earthquake.71 views
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Antique hina dolls were also displayed. These are from the 1920s.71 views
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This stairway was also filled with dolls.71 views
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The three portable shrines were first carried from Asakusa Shrine to neighboring Sensoji temple on March 17 where it stayed overnight. On the 18th, they were carried outside and a procession around Asakusa was held. 71 views
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And the mikoshi are off on its first boat procession in 54 years. 71 views
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Old Kinomoto Station has been totally renovated.71 views
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Nihonmatsu History Museum 二本松市歴史資料館71 views
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Cherry trees along Lake Jonuma shore.71 views
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About the old castle site.71 views
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Ise Tourist Information across from the Geku entrance. Very helpful.71 views
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The JMSDF Kure Museum is JMSDF's submarine and minesweeping museum. It also has a surface ship museum in Sasebo, Nagasaki and an aircraft museum in Kanoya, Kagoshima.71 views
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Model of the SS Kuroshio sub.71 views
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Tokyo Station Marunouchi North Entrance dome in Oct. 2012.71 views
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Hiko-nyan kite train and hula girl arch kite71 views
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Wind Goddesses fanning wind the traditional way.71 views
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Afternoon flying session from 2:30 pm to 3 pm when the festival ended.71 views
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My video of shot on May 5, 2013 of kids visiting the kite museum and pasting wishing stickers.71 views
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Old word processors71 views
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Going out the other end of Nakasendo Road in Yagihashi Dept. Store.71 views
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Taga Taisha Shrine is a short walk from Taga Taisha-mae Station on the Ohmi Railways Line. It's Shiga's most popular shrine during New Year's.71 views
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Rooftop garden for rent.71 views
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Narita-san's Three-story Pagoda was first built in 1712.71 views
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Nicknamed Miraikan, The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation is a science and technology museum in the Odaiba area in Koto, Tokyo. US President Barack Obama visited here on April 24, 2014.71 views
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Emperor Hirohito once visited a Yanmar factory in rural Nagahama.71 views
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Bridge to Okayama Castle from Korakuen Garden.71 views
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Akazu-no-mon Gate71 views
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East entrance to Genkyuen Garden. Small admission charged or you can buy a combination ticket with the castle admission.71 views
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Scenic river71 views
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Firing matchlock guns at Chimoto at 2 pm. 小田原北條鉄砲衆71 views
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Irwin's decorative saber.71 views
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The upper left is a woodblock print showing foreigners vacationing in Ikaho in 1882.71 views
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Irwin's summer villa apparently included a garden like this.71 views
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Shigaraki Fire Festival: Burned hot and high. It got quite hot even at this distance. I thought my camera would melt.71 views
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The old Biwako Shuko no Uta Shiryokan (Lake Biwa Rowing Song Museum), dedicated to the Lake Biwa Rowing Song, Shiga's most famous song. 琵琶湖周航の歌資料館 MAP71 viewsThis old museum closed in March 2020, and moved to the Imazu-Higashi Community Center on April 1, 2020. Museum photos on this page show the old museum.
Photos of the new museum is here: https://shiga-ken.com/blog/2022/01/lake-biwa-rowing-song-museum/
In June 1917, a song called Biwako Shuko no Uta (Lake Biwa Rowing Song) was composed by college student Taro Oguchi during a boat rowing trip around Lake Biwa. He was a member of the rowing club at Dai-san High School (now Kyoto University). He composed it in Imazu, Shiga Prefecture during the second night of the trip.
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Irori hearth in Hisamatsu minshuku71 views
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Near the shrine are potted flowers for sale.71 views
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Uchibori moat71 views
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This humdrum-ness of Nagoya Castle is about to disappear as it is on track to regain its former glory as they reconstruct the original Honmaru Palace next to the main castle tower. 71 views
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Aftermath of the war. Main castle tower gone.71 views
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Scale model of Hommaru Goten palace and main tower.71 views
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Omote Ni-no-mon Gate can be seen.71 views
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Approximate site of the Aomatsuba Incident near the East Gate. Wjere three chief Tokugawa retainers were executed.71 views
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Karate71 views
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Kendo71 views
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Sumo wrestlers71 views
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Martial artists line up for free shiruko.71 views
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Video of James Kunichika singing an Iwakuni Ondo song called "Sakuma Teicho" about Tsutomu Sakuma, the brave commander who died when his submarine that sank off Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1910.71 views
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The back of the exhibition room was this large cloth panel listing all the places (mostly Buddhist temples) on each island that hold a bon dance.71 viewsUpper right photos are of Waialua Hongwanji on Oahu and lower left photos show Daifukuji Soto Mission in Kona.
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Ducks71 views
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They were constructing a new international facility next to the first torii.71 views
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Poem about Mt. Fuji71 views
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"Fujinomiya" means "Shrine of Mt. Fuji," so the city was named after this shrine.71 views
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Video of Jamie and Megan Thompson singing "Lake Biwa Rowing Song" at Spo-Rec Shiga on Oct. 18, 2008 at Kibogaoka Park in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture.71 viewsThe performance was part of the side entertainment on the opening day of the sports festival. The MC is Chiho Ono, radio personality at e-radio (FM Shiga) which organized this stage entertainment.
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Asahi Shimbun article (April 17, 2017) about our Lake Biwa Rowing Song mini concert held in Imazu on April 16, 2017. 71 views
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During Ishiyama-dera's display of the hidden Kannon Buddha, they also allowed the public to ring the temple bell for a small fee.71 views
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Inside the Tahoto is this altar for Dainichi Nyorai. 大日如来71 views
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Inside Keihan Line train.71 views
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Another highlight is this beautiful, classic Tobu bus from 1951. Cab-over type bus displayed at Tobu Museum in Sumida Ward, Tokyo.71 views
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Izumo Taisha's Honden built in the Taisha-zukuri style as seen from the left corner. National Treasure. 本殿71 views
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Haniwa figures71 views
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About the Izumo no Okuni dancer. Quite a mysterious historical figure.71 views
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Hello Kitty flowers71 views
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Enoshima is also a cat island. This park as a few stray cats.71 views
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Across the road from the Verse 2 song monument is this small music box. Press the button and you can hear the song play (sung by Kato Tokiko).71 views
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Amanohashidate is northern Kyoto's main attraction and very famous for centuries as one of Japan's Scenic Trio (Nihon Sankei 日本三景). 71 viewsThe other two in the scenic trio are Miyajima (vermillion torii and shrine on the ocean) in Hiroshima and Matsushima (pine tree islands) near Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. It's about 3.6 km long, totally flat, and you can cross it on foot or by bicycle (rentals available) on a dirt road in the middle. The road is lined with thousands of Japanese pine trees and closed to vehicular traffic. This view is from the northern end atop Kasamatsu Park. Near Amanohashidate Station.
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In Kita-Ibaraki, the Yo-soro Fishing History Museum's centerpiece exhibit is this wooden boat (祭事船) used in the Hitachi-Otsu Ofune Matsuri boat festival held every 5 years (常陸大津御船祭り). 71 views
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Hitachi-Otsu Ofune Matsuri fishing boat festival is Kita-Ibaraki's biggest festival, held only only once every five years on May 2 and 3 as the grand spring festival of Sawawachigi Shrine (佐波波地祇神社) in Otsu-cho, Kita-Ibaraki, Ibaraki Pre71 viewsHeld by local fishermen to pray for abundant fish and maritime safety. These photos were taken on May 3, 2019.
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This is the Saio princess sitting in a palanquin on wheels. In Saiku, the Saio's palanquin is called Sokaren (葱華輦), meaning "Onion Flower Palanquin" in reference to its onion-shaped giboshi roof ornament.71 viewsThe Saio palanquin bearers are called Kayocho (駕輿丁) who were chosen from the best gentlemen.
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Saio princess in a palanquin in Meiwa, Mie Prefecture. Very photogenic makeup and costume.71 views
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Mt. Io is Kawayu Onsen's hot spring source. It was also a sulphur mine from 1877 to 1896. At the time, sulphur was widely used in cigarette matches and gunpowder. 71 views
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Bird house70 viewsAttached to the sauna building.
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Gift shop70 views
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Turn-around point for another lap.70 views
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Shingyo-in Temple belongs to the Jodo-shu Buddhist Sect. It was the Gamou clan's family temple. 信楽院70 views
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Toriimoto-juku is the sixty-third of the sixty-nine stations or shukuba post towns on the Nakasendo Road. It is the fourth Nakasendo station in Shiga (following Bamba-juku in Maibara), and one of ten Nakasendo stations in Shiga.70 views
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Ohmi Railways Toriimoto Station building70 views
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Large Hall 大広間. This is also one location where the film Idai Naru, Shurararabon (偉大なる、しゅららぼん The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom) was filmed. The sleepover scene.70 views
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JR Tokaido Line train tracks crossing Seta River70 views
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Okinoshima in sight70 views
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Corridor to turnstile and west (Lake Biwa) side of the station.70 views
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Altar straight ahead.70 views
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Basement corridor of Hondo. 御戒壇巡り70 views
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Inside Amida-do altar70 views
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Ohmi Railways Gokasho Station building as seen from the train platform.70 views
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Omi merchant statue.70 views
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Foyer of house 玄関70 views
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Another guest meeting room 客間70 views
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Main guest room70 views
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Maid's room70 views
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Shopkeeper's desk70 views
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View from station window. The area in front of the station is now lined with shops like Heiwado department store.70 views
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Picnic pavilion near the waterfall.70 views
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Downstream of falls70 views
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Inside Hinohara Village Office70 views
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White plum blossoms70 views
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Sando path to temple from train station. 参道70 views
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Bentendo Hall 弁天堂70 views
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Entrance to Tora-san Museum where Tora-san is helping to install the museum sign.70 views
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Log bridge70 views
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Path from above.70 views
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Title: Lake Biwa Rowing Song in English 「琵琶湖周航の歌」英語版70 views
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Entrance to one walking path with a poem monument.70 views
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Tatsunami-beya sumo stable.70 views
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Iwasaki Yataro, the founder of the Mitsubishi Zaibatsu, acquired the estate in 1878 and developed the garden with a pond and famous stones brought from all over Japan.70 views
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