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Setagawa River boat cruise modeled after the Ichiban-Maru paddlewheel steamboat which cruised on Lake Biwa in the 19th century. In operation during warmer months from Ishiyama-dera port and stopping at Nango Aqua Biwa and Seta-no-karahashi ports.68 views
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Sumiyoshi Taisha Hongu No. 2 shrine, National Treasure. Worships Nakatsutsu no Onomikoto (中筒男命). (第二本宮)68 views
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The friction between the boat hull and pallets makes it smoke each time the boat is dragged. The pallets are scorched.68 views
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Everyone here are volunteers, includng the festival staff behind the scenes. The festival is directed by a group (named Komachi 小町) of former Saio princesses and other characters who train the current year's festival participants.68 views
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My video of Tsuchiyama Saio Princess Procession held in 2018.68 views
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Lakeside park with a nice, long cycling path.67 views
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Bicycle rental sign. Most stations along Lake Biwa offer bicycles for rental.67 views
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Gate67 views
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Path back to Ritto Station67 views
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Inscription in English67 views
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Cherry blossom tunnel across Shinobazu Pond.67 views
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Hallway67 views
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Weeping plum trees part of the "waterfall"67 views
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Sculptures67 views
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Garden67 views
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Children's procession 子供奴道中67 views
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Huge crowd at Kakunori pond in Kiba Park.67 views
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi meets Ishida Mitsunari67 views
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Biwako Shuko no Uta song monument map67 views
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Komyo ga Tsuji exhibit showing Chiyo and Yamauchi Kazutoyo67 views
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Small shells along the river67 views
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Seta Riverbank and shinkansen bullet train67 views
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Seta Castle site67 views
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Seta Castle site67 views
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Seta Castle garden67 views
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Near the head of Seta River67 views
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Girl with nabe-kanmuri helmet, Nabe-kanmuri Matsuri, Maibara, Shiga Pref.67 views
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Chikuma Shrine ceremony67 views
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Misty Omi-Hachiman coast67 views
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Waiting room. Smaller than the old one. This room has been removed and replaced by a walkway to the new Mondecool Heiwado store. 67 views
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Sumiyoshi Shrine and the six giant torches.67 views
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More men light the torches. The straw ignited almosty immediateely and no kerosene was used.67 views
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Great way to warm up.67 views
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This trail was much more scenic.67 views
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Another Kuri-chan bus.67 views
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Bus stop in front of city hall with the timetable torn off.67 views
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Ohmi Railways Gokasho Station, waiting room.67 views
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Omi merchant display67 views
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Guest meeting room 客間67 views
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Western-style room67 views
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Scenery along the route to the Omi Merchant Museum 15 min. walk away.67 views
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Ohmi Merchant Museum is on the 3rd floor of this building. 近江商人博物館 Map67 views
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Ohmi Merchant Museum67 views
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Fire dept.67 views
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Exhibits of Itoh Chube'e II, the son of the founder Chube'e (1842-1903).67 views
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Trail to Hossawa Falls is very lush67 views
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Small river below, fed by the waterfall67 views
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Finally, a sign of the waterfall.67 views
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Crystal-clear water67 views
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Akikawa River67 views
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Last flight of steps to the summit.67 views
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Mt. Hinode-yama summit has a little picnic pavilion67 views
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Looking up a slope...67 views
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This is the famous Shiraiwa Waterfall. 白岩の滝67 views
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Lookout point 清涼台67 views
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Nagahama Station before the wedding hall was built.67 views
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There were many hikers on the bus, and I wondered where they were going, so I followed them.67 views
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Anegawa River67 views
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Position of the Azai clan67 views
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Verse 5 song monument photos (Hikone)67 views
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Photo exhibition panels67 views
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The little park has a side of an old building on the ground, serving as a stage.67 views
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The shaded part of the map shows the area of the original estate and the black square shows the area of this park. It was a huge estate.67 views
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Second panel explaining Verses 3 and 4.67 views
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Fourth panel showing all the song monuments in Shiga and Okaya, Nagano.67 views
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5th panel showing Verse 4 (Chikubushima)67 views
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4th panel showing Verse 3 (Imazu)67 views
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11th panel showing photos of our song-related activities. Our first public performance, appearance on NHK Nodo Jiman, CD recording, etc.67 views
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13th panel showing photos of Kyoto University Rowing Club rowing around Lake Biwa in Aug. 2006.67 views
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Starting at 9:30 am, members of the giant kite preservation society began pasting and joining about 400 sheets of washi paper to make the giant kite paper.67 views
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Vermilion painting of "sei" is complete.67 views
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Another grand grave67 views
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Tiny chrysanthemum67 views
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Pile of coal67 views
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Prices ranhe from 1000 yen to hundreds of thousands of yen.67 views
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Inside JR Date-Mombetsu Station67 views
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Miyao Tomiko Literature Museum. Admission 120 yen. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to enter it. 宮尾登美子文学記念館67 views
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Samurai armor displayed on the first floor veranda of the Geihinkan.67 views
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Site of a Toiya-taku which was the residence of a town official staffing the toiya-ba. This building is not original, not open to the public.67 views
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The Tokaido Tenmakan Museum is a local history museum centering on Tsuchiyama and the Tokaido Road. It is near the center of Tsuchiyama, near the Omi-Tsuchiyama bus stop (20 min. from Kibukawa Station via Aikuru bus).67 views
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Tokaido Tenmakan Museum. "Tenma" is Japan's old transportation system using horses to transport people and goods. The museum is a complex of four Japanese-style buildings. 東海道伝馬館67 views
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Monument commemorating famed novelist Mori Ogai's visit to Tsuchiyama in 1900 to visit his grandfather's grave in Jomyoji temple. The grave was later moved to Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture.67 views
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Inside Tokaido Tenmakan Museum67 views
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Together with the kiri-e cut-out pictures are each station's famous edible product.67 views
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Inside the Daimyo Procession Hall are about 100 dolls depicting a daimyo procession called the Daimyo Gyoretsu. 大名行列67 views
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They are replacing the foundation and foot of the columns.67 views
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Painting on bridge wall67 views
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According to one legend, Shogun Sakanoue Tamuramaro was requested to eliminate mountain bandits robbing travelers on Suzuka Pass. After doing so, he shot an arrow from the top of the Suzuka mountain. The arrow landed here, where bamboo then sprouted.67 views
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These girls will sing the rice-planting song. 歌女67 views
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On the lower right, the guy in blue tries to shield himself from the spray of boiling water. The crowd laughed.67 views
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O-taue rice-planting dancers take a break.67 views
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Takamiya Post Office and a giant torii for Taga Taisha Shrine.67 views
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Gate to Enshoji temple, established in 1498. It belongs to the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji Sect. 円照寺67 views
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On the right is a pine tree. A similar pine tree before this one was here when Emperor Meiji stayed over. An Imperial official told the temple to cut down the pine tree because it was a hindrance to the Emperor entering the temple.67 views
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The priest refused to cut down the pine tree. Turns out that Emperor Meiji did not mind walking around the tree to enter the temple.67 views
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Takamiya temple67 views
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On the right of the flooded section are rice paddies not yet flooded. Shiga wants to eventually purchase all the reclaimed land and flood the entire area to restore Hayasaki Naiko.67 views
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Nakasendo stone marker. Go left to enter the old Nakasendo Road.67 views
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Site of Ichirizuka milestone on left.67 views
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Inside the former toiya-ba.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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River along the way to the trout farm.67 views
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The starting point was here, at the foot of the sloping Kagurazaka-dori near Iidabashi Station.67 views
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Even shave ice.67 views
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Central entrance to Mizumoto Park67 views
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Entertainment stage (I was too late to see any entertainment.)67 views
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Way to Nakae Toju's hometown.67 views
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Yomeien Garden 陽明園67 views
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Adogawa also has a shoreline road and cycling road. This is how it looks. Entering Adogawa from Shin-Asahi.67 views
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A side attraction was a tea session (ocha-seki) performed and served by two geisha (or hangyoku). It cost 700 yen for tea and sweets. お茶席67 views
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Toward the end, they threw hand towels to the audience. Also see my YouTube video here.67 views
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Banners guide the way to the Shiga Prefectural Cultural and Industrial Exchange Hall (Shiga Kenritsu Bunka Sangyo Koryu Kaikan) 滋賀県立文化産業交流会館67 views
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The hall lobby also had articles and snapshots of the aerobics event the day before.67 views
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At 2 pm, all the teams sat in the front to listen to the announcement of the winners.67 views
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Ibukiyama Driveway carved on the side of the Ibuki mountain range.67 views
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No entry. From Hama-Otsu, it was very difficult to figure out where the free viewing area was. These photos were taken on Aug. 11, 2006.67 views
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Team bench67 views
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Brayden Bilbe for free throw.67 views
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The game started at 6 pm.67 views
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Iwasa Jun67 views
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Now on the lake shore heading toward Omi Ohashi Bridge.67 views
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Pine trees of Awazu. This road is near the lakeshore. 粟津67 views
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Lake Biwa as seen from Nishinomaru.67 views
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People cheering for Fukuoka roar as the ball goes through the hoop.67 views
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All these ducks love me.67 views
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The ducks welcome feeding by humans. Cat food works well.67 views
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A mannequin spinning silk thread.67 views
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Room with a hearth.67 views
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Entrance to Ariake Colosseum for the game between Tokyo Apache and Toyama Grouses on Dec. 27, 2008.67 views
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A few words by Apache head coach Joe Bryant. He said that bj league games are fun, and we should all come out to see the games. I agree.67 views
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Next to Shichiri-no-watashi was Kuwana-juku's Waki-Honjin.67 views
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Boat landing67 views
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This was the last LakeStars game I watched for the 2008-09 season.67 views
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Ray gives a very high, high five.67 views
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The procession was headed by a boy dancing with a naginata sword.67 views
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The Chawan Festival started when a potter in Yogo's Hashimoto area believed that he received his pottery skills from the gods and so gave an offering of pottery at Niu Shrine in appreciation. The festival started to be held by 1160.67 views
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The climax of the festival was when they detached the bamboo support poles (called sasu サス) from the float decorations.67 views
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At around 2:30 pm, the procession headed to Hachiman Shrine, a short walk away. Banner holders and hoko spear bearers behind them.67 views
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View of the shrine grounds from the steps.67 views
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Inside Chawan Matsuri no Yakata Museum is a life-size replica of a festival float.67 views
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The children carried the smaller poles called ko-nobori.67 views
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They run around the shrine with the mikoshi and shout.67 views
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On the west side of Makino Station, you can visit Makino Highland. I went by bicycle.67 views
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The first cut. The knife is about 45 cm long and the chopsticks over 40 cm long.67 views
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Flute players pose for a picture.67 views
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Very fluffy wool.67 views
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You can buy a bunch of carrots to feed the sheep. You have to go through the museum to get here. 動物ふれあい広場67 views
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After a wooded path, you will see this.67 views
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Very graceful roof lines.67 views
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One spring from which the temple got its name.67 views
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Zensuiji stone marker.67 views
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Nigori-ike Koen Park, local park with a pond noted for cherry blossoms. MAP67 views
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Former Honjin moved building from Kashiwabara-juku in Maibara, Shiga.67 views
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Carving on Romon Gate.67 views
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