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Inside old Kinomoto Station, apparently used as an occasional exhibition space.65 views
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Tiger costumes were popular since 2010 is the year of the tiger.65 views
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I thought I had seen everything, but Jesus Christ!! The cross was made of styrofoam.65 views
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Katsuura Lighthouse was not open to the public.65 views
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A water drop and water faucet pose together.65 views
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Tokyo Apache Dance Team "Superstar" (cheerleaders) performed also. 65 views
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Dancers from Muromachi Period (1337-1573)65 views
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Sitting like royalty, local politicians such as the mayor sit in a special stand on the right in front of the horse stable. The rest of us stand and watch like peasants.65 views
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Top of Tokyo Skytree so far. That's 338 meters into the air, already taller than the old Tokyo Tower's 333 meters by April 2010 when these photos were taken.65 views
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The ceiling has hand-painted flowers.65 views
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Paintings on the ceiling.65 views
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Layout of the excavated pillar holes.65 views
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I finally realized what was wrong. Their footwear didn't match the period.65 views
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The Ayame taiko girls turn back for the last time and head for the shrine.65 views
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Large sacred tree.65 views
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Kenketo dancers wearing peacock, pheasant and other bird feathers. Their feathered cap is called shagama. シャガマ65 views
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They wear home-made armor.65 views
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Looking at plankton through a microscope.65 views
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First was a children's mikoshi (portable shrine).65 views
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About the Sakaki tree.65 views
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Rest house exhibition space on the 2nd floor.65 views
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Outdoor stage in Hibiya Park.65 views
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Hibiya Kokaido, an outdoor concert venue. If it rains, everyone uses an umbrella. 日比谷公会堂65 views
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Hawaiian concert at Hibiya Kokaido.65 views
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Mt. Hachiman-yama is in the background. An aerial tramway goes up the mountain which was the site of Hachiman Castle.65 views
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There are torches for the villages which partake in this festival. This is in front of Taneya, a local confection shop.65 views
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Free moxa cautery treatments at Ibuki-do during Yaito Matsuri, Kashiwabara-juku. You can hardly feel anything. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店65 views
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Gifu side.65 views
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Heading for Ogoto.65 views
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Mt. Hiei affords great views of southern Lake Biwa. Enryakuji was founded by the priest Saicho to protect Kyoto from the demons of the northeast.65 views
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Heading for Takeshima, a small island about 6.5 km off Hikone. 65 views
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Scenery on the way to Kannonji temple in Maibara. Mt. Ibuki and rice paddies.65 views
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Little shrine nearby.65 views
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A little path lined with little Kannon statues at Kannonji.65 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)65 views
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Nakasendo Road: Musa (Omi-Hachiman), 66th of the 69 stations on the Nakasendo Road. A bridge of boats.65 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Snow at Mt. Hira65 views
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Panasonic Arena, the venue of the practice game between the University of Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors and Panasonic Trians, a pro team in the Japan Basketball League. Near Hirakata Koen Station.65 views
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Tama Cemetery Fountain tower.65 views
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Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura65 views
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Benzaiten Shrine65 views
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Somon Gate. 10-min. walk from Kamakura Station.65 views
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Model of Odani Castle.65 views
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Kinomoto expo pavilion. 戦国大河きのもと館65 views
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Buses leave Kinomoto Station every 30 min. from 9:45 am to 4:15 pm. It takes less than 10 min. to Mt. Shizugatake.65 views
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Japanese garden at poet Takamura Chieko's birth home. 高村 智恵子65 views
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Dairinji temple.65 views
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About Nihonmatsu Shrine.65 views
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Yonezawa Station platform on the JR Yamagata shinkansen.65 views
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Motsu-ji's Hondo main hall.65 views
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Site of Kashoji temple at Motsuji, Hiraizumi. 嘉祥寺65 views
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Former Jomo Muslin Office is one of Tatebayashi's 100 Famous Spots.65 views
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Stones from Tatebayashi Castle.65 views
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This area was part of Tatebayashi Castle.65 views
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About Benzaiten Shrine65 views
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Wisteria tree behind the torii and in front of the shrine.65 views
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Site of a former castle called Uzura Kojo which closed in 1590. 鶉古城65 views
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Temple cemetery.65 views
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Looks sturdy enough so the sub won't roll away in a large earthquake.65 views
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Toneri Park as seen from the train.65 views
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Free shuttle buses ran from JR Notogawa Station to the park which had no public parking. 65 views
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They're even wearing a lei and a flower in their hair!!65 views
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Lunch time! In the middle of the park are food booths and an entertainment stage.65 views
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Giant kite displayed until 2004.65 views
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After writing their wishes, kids paste their wishing stickers on the kite.65 views
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About Kannon-dai temple 65 views
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Little too early for lotus in June.65 views
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Hashima Shiyakusho-mae Station 羽島市役所前駅65 views
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Waterwheel objects on Notogawa Station's west side.65 views
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Torii in front of the train station. "Otaga-san" is the shrine's nickname.65 views
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Bath for men. The sign says "Bath for Nagamasa" and the women's sign says "Bath for Ichi."65 views
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Hot spring water composition. The water supposed to be good for a variety of ailments.65 views
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Mishima Pond with Mt. Ibuki and cherry blossoms.65 views
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Going up Mt. Ibuki on the gondola.65 views
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Memorial for the workers at the Hitachi Aircraft engine factory who died from aerial bombings by the US during World War II.65 views
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Lady Penelope undressed (!), but headless.65 views
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Statue of Toyotomi Hidetsugu at Hachiman Park in Omi-Hachiman, Shiga.65 views
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This is on Setsubun day, Feb. 3. Very crowded.65 views
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Issaikyodo Hall (Buddhist Scriptures Hall) 一切経堂65 views
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Tekomai child guardian at Ome Taisai, Tokyo65 views
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Two floats head for JR Ome Station.65 views
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Ome Taisai poster for 201465 views
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Before and after having farm machinery.65 views
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Marine diesel engine used in a boat in Ishinomaki up until the Tohoku disaster in March 2011.65 views
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New Tokyo Station structures on the Yaesu side.65 views
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Daimaru entrance65 views
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For Chinese restaurants65 views
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Shiragaki tanuki also commonly displayed at the restaurant entrance.65 views
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You can get off at Owakudani and see some steamy puddles.65 views
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Then in Oct. 1964, to celebrate the Tokyo Olympics and the shrine's 1,200th anniversary, the shrine hung a large framed calligraphy with the word "Heiwa" (Peace). 65 viewsIt's on the front of the torii. The "Heiwa" kanji characters were written by Yoshida Shigeru, Japan's prime minister who signed the Treaty of San Francisco for Japan. The official name of this torii is "Peace Torii of Hakone Shrine" (平和の鳥居).
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My video of Koenji Awa Odori 2015 第59回高円寺阿波おどり 40連の総集編65 views
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My video of Koenji Awa Odori 2009 Part 2/3 - Kikusui-ren 菊水会菊水連65 views
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My video of Koenji Awa Odori 2009 Part 3/3 - Asuka-ren 飛鳥連65 views
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Hama-rikyu holds New Year's events on Jan. 3.65 views
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Magnificent birds. The local crows were quite alarmed by the presence of these hawks.65 views
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Yokosuka curry65 views
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Large Kaiten Sushi restaurant65 views
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The float pullers enter the shrine grounds for a short prayer.65 views
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They really make you feel welcome while shaking their pom-poms.65 views
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Baseball field at Chiba Marine Stadium or QVC Marine Field.65 views
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Oshogatsu Panel 1 - History of Japanese New Year's in Hawai’i65 viewsBefore WWII, the Japanese immigrants (mostly sugar plantation workers) were free to practice their own culture and religion so they celebrated Oshogatsu and other traditional Japanese holidays. However, the war changed all that as the Japanese immigrants were viewed as associates of the enemy. Japanese community leaders were arrested and detained. Japanese language schools, Buddhist temples, and Shinto shrines were shut down and dissolved. Using the Japanese language in public was banned, and gatherings of 10 or more Japanese people were prohibited. Therefore, the Japanese immigrants could no longer hold their festivals like Oshogatsu.
However, after the war, these restrictions were lifted and Japanese immigrants could again celebrate New Year's by visiting temples and shrines, pounding mochi, etc. We can see how their New Year's traditions developed in Hawai’i.
Panel photos: Upper left photo is Hawai’i Daijingu Shrine in Honolulu during New Year's, upper right is mochi pounding at Kahului Hongwanji on Maui, lower left is New Year's decorations at a Japanese American's home (Stephanie Ohigashi), lower right is a family at home having ozoni soup for New Year's (Stephanie Ohigashi).
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Bon Dance Panel 1 - The Japanese in Hawai’i65 viewsHow did the Japanese culture and lifestyle continue in Hawai’i up to today?
The Japanese was originally the largest ethnic group, accounting for over 40% of Hawai’i's population. This percentage began to shrink from the 1930s with the influx of other ethnic groups. By Dec. 1941, they still accounted for 37% of Hawai’i's population. According to the 2000 US Census, they comprised 20% of Hawai’i's population. Today, they are still a major ethnic group in Hawai’i.
By the early 1900s, as much as 70% of sugar plantation laborers were Japanese immigrants. Hawai’i's sugar industry saw explosive growth as it catered to the world market. There was a major labor shortage so they brought in cheap laborers from overseas starting with the Chinese. Later Japan and the Kingdom of Hawai’i signed the Kanyaku Imin agreement which allowed Japanese to emigrate to Hawai’i from 1885.
The early immigrants who worked on the sugar plantations as contract laborers had planned to make money in Hawai’i and return to Japan as rich men. They did not intend to live in Hawai’i permanently. The early Japanese immigrants lived together in their own plantation camps. People from the same hometown or prefecture would form an association and help each other. This lifestyle contributed to the transference of Japanese New Year's traditions and the bon dance to Hawai’i.
Panel photo: 1885 Kanyaku Imin contract for an immigrant named Otsuki.
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Top photo is some of the soldiers in the 100th Infantry Battalion at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin.65 viewsBottom photo are 100th Infantry Battalion soldiers taking a short break in Menton, France in 1944.
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Bus schedule on Umihotaru. You can either go back to Kawasaki or go on to Kisarazu in Chiba.65 views
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We were very lucky to get Lake Reed to perform with us. Mr. Kikui (far right) basically invented the Lake Biwa reed flute in 2000.65 views
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After performing at Imazu Port, we also performed inside the Biwako Shuko no Uta Shiryokan song museum's 2nd floor.65 views
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Yokohama Chinatown's main temple called Kwan Tai Temple (Kanteibyo in Japanese 関帝廟). Busy with Chinese New Year worshippers. Dedicated to Kwan Tei, a famous general in the ancient Chinese Imperial army and Taoist symbol of integrity and loyalty65 views
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Top floor of Hikone Castle's Nishinomaru turret.65 views
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About the Otorii.65 views
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Inside Izumo Taisha-mae Station on the Ichibata Taisha Line. Opened in 1930, now a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan.65 views
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Shrine library built in 1667 and moved here in 1914. 文庫65 views
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About the shrine library. Mito Komon once donated books to this library.65 views
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Southern Basin is shallow compared to the Northern Basin.65 views
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Yanagi-yu public bath in Kinosaki Onsen, Toyooka, Hyogo. "Yanagi" means willow tree. The third public bath I've seen (but didn't enter). Open 3:00 pm–11:00 pm, closed. Thu. 柳湯65 views
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Ichinoyu, perhaps the most famous public bath in Kinosaki Onsen. Looks like a kabuki theater. 一の湯65 viewsToyooka, Hyogo Prefecture.
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This is monkfish hot pot (dobojiru ankou-nabe) どぶ汁 with monkfish parts in a miso broth. I didn't have any problem eating it. The flavor was certainly not objectionable, it's just another kind of fish.65 viewsIt was already prepared for us and it wasn't the fish we saw carved.
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The Departure Ceremony at Saiku Heian-no-mori Park gathered all the people in traditional costume. 出発式65 viewsSaiku Heian-no-mori Park (Saiku Heian Era Park) recreates one of the many rectangular blocks of the Saiku Palace area. This one reconstructs three buildings used by the head of the Saikuryo, the government office of the Saiku Palace. This main building is the Seiden (正殿) dating from the 9th century used to conduct important ceremonies by the head of the Saikuryo and to welcome official messengers from Ise Grand Shrines and Kyoto. Saio Matsuri is a tourist/community festival, not a religious festival held by any shrine. Run by a volunteer committee.
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Rishiri is one of Japan's northernmost islands off Wakkanai, Hokkaido. Round island with a distinctive cone-shaped mountain Mt. Rishiri (photo) in the middle. Part of Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park.65 views
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We stopped in Kutsugata Port in Rishiri briefly on our way to Rebun. 沓形港65 views
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Bicycling to Sugaura.64 views
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Path back to Ritto Station64 views
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The park is 35,000 sq. meters.64 views
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I think the white ones smell the sweetest...64 views
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Marker commemorating a "Plum Summit" held in Ome by representatives of cities well-known for plum blossom gardens, such as Mito, Ibaraki; Atami, Kanagawa; and Annaka, Gunma.64 views
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Statue of Lord Gamou 蒲生氏郷公像64 views
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Lake Biwa Rowing Song (Biwako Shuko no Uta) monument at Hikone Port. Map64 viewsIn 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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2006 NHK Taiga Drama "Komyo ga Tsuji" Exhibition map64 viewsThe temple was one of the venues for the special exhibition held for the NHK Taiga Drama "Komyo ga Tsuji" in 2006.
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Crossing Seta Karahashi Bridge64 views
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