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Nishi Azai-cho Town Hall in winter68 views
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Seta no Karahashi Bridge, one of the Eight Views of Omi ( Omi Hakkei )68 views
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Small shells along the river68 views
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Seta Castle garden68 views
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Before the torches burnt out completely, the men hauled away each torch one by one.68 views
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To Mt. Yukinoyama68 views
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Tenjin Shrine 天神社68 views
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Map of hiking trails on Yukinoyama. It takes about 90-120 min. to go up and down the mountain. There are some fine views from the trails.68 views
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This trail was much more scenic.68 views
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Hokuriku Line train to Omi-Shiotsu Station and new train station68 views
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Inside Amida-do hall68 views
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Earrings68 views
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Another Kuri-chan bus.68 views
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Bus stop and sign to the Fujii house. Gokasho has good signs showing you the way to the Omi merchant homes.68 views
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Omi merchant profiles68 views
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Sign showing the way to Omi merchant homes.68 views
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Joeiji temple68 views
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Exhibits of Itoh Chube'e II, the son of the founder Chube'e (1842-1903).68 views
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In 1998, the house was donated to a local foundation. In 2002, the house was opened to the public.68 views
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Trail to Hossawa Falls is very lush68 views
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Side view of Dai-Hondo68 views
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Chigo Daishi 稚児大師68 views
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Niomon Gate68 views
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Countless little Jizo statues 千体地蔵堂68 views
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This is the famous Shiraiwa Waterfall. 白岩の滝68 views
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Lookout point 清涼台68 views
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Basho haiku monument 芭蕉句碑68 views
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Mogusaen Station with plum decoration on top68 views
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Statue of Hideyoshi in front of the place where the station was.68 views
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Anegawa River is a shallow river.68 views
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Anegawa River, looking upstream68 views
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Verse 5 photos (Hikone)68 views
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Verse 2 photos (Omi-Maiko)68 views
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Opening ceremony for the Culture Festival (Bunka-sai) at this public hall near Chomeiji temple in Omi-Hachiman.68 views
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Entrance to my photo exhibition in Shima Kominkan Public Hall during their day-long Bunka-sai Culture Festival.68 views
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Pleasant walking path.68 views
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Small hill68 views
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Greenery greets you first.68 views
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Benten Pond68 views
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Another nearby shrine is Tenso Jinja, a 5-min. walk from Ontakesan Station. This is the schedule for their annual Negi-no-Mai Dance held on April 21.68 views
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"Mt. Fuji" with azalea bushes blooming in early May.68 views
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10th panel showing Oguchi Taro song monument and his grave and house in Okaya, Nagano.68 views
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Last panel showing news articles and Web pages and people singing the song.68 views
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We were then invited to sign our names on the kite paper.68 views
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The size of the room almost exactly matches the size of the giant kite which is 12 meters by 13 meters or 100 tatami mats.68 views
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Sixty rowing teams (300 people) rowed in five categories, including beginner and expert rowers, ranging in age from junior high to senior citizens.68 views
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A taiko drummer sits at the front of the dragon boat.68 views
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The "yorokobu" or "ki" kanji is also painted on the same day.68 views
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"Yorokobu" or "ki"68 views
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Group photo of those who worked on the kite this time. This session was 9:30 am to noon.68 views
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Besides the diagonal grid of bamboo rods, a bamboo rod is also fastened along the edges of the design where the paper will be cut out (or carved out). These bamboo rods keep the edges of the cut-out paper taut. Otherwise it would flap around in the wind.68 views
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1st panel for Verse 1 and explanation about the exhibition and English song.68 views
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2nd panel showing Verse 2 (Omatsu or Omi-Maiko)68 views
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Waikiki Beach68 views
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Convention Hall Omi at Otsu Prince Hotel. 第11回滋賀県人会世界大会のメイン会場。68 views
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Opening ceremony started at 10:30 am on Nov. 13, 2007.68 views
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Otaka Tokio, Chairman of the National Federation of Shiga Kenjinkai, delivers a welcome message. 大高時男68 views
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Pine trees and pond68 views
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Tiny white chrysanthemum68 views
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Veranda. The home used to be owned by the Arai family.68 views
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Another entrance to the shrine68 views
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Ichiro68 views
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Prices ranhe from 1000 yen to hundreds of thousands of yen.68 views
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The stone has three rows with seven names each.68 views
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Names of yokozuna inscribed on the back of the centerpiece stone.68 views
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Ohmi Railways Echigawa Station platform.68 views
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Kiri-e and souvenirs of Tsuchiyama-juku68 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68 views
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The dolls were special ordered from Kyoto.68 views
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They are replacing the foundation and foot of the columns.68 views
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These girls will sing the rice-planting song. 歌女68 views
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The cross at the center.68 views
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I feel sorry for the launderer of the costumes after they finish.68 views
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Keeping the hat on seemed to be common problem.68 views
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Rice seedlings in hand68 views
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Nakasendo Road in Takamiya-juku, near the Taga-michi road.68 views
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Kamiko Memorial has a piece of Haiku poet Basho's paper garment (his raincoat) buried here. 紙子塚68 views
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Nakasendo sign68 views
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Takamiya temple68 views
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"Lake Biwa: Life-giving Water"68 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.68 views
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Kawauchi stone monument68 views
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Site of Honjin lodge. 本陣跡68 views
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Emperor Meiji rested here.68 views
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Natural spring called Saigyo-sui. 西行水68 views
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Samegai Station, on JR Tokaido Line 醒ケ井駅68 views
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Tourist map of Takatsuki which has quite a few temples with a Kannon statue.68 views
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The public library's 2nd floor has this Inoue Yasushi Memorial Room. Inoue (1907-1991) was a famous novelist who visited Takatsuki a lot and wrote novels featuring Takatsuki's Kannon statues. 井上靖記念室68 views
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We rowed the boat to near the boathouse. It was a spanking-new boat, and felt good.68 views
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Way to Nakae Toju's hometown.68 views
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Entrance to Asakusa Kokaido and Asakusa Odori sign. In the 1950s, there were 550 geisha in Asakusa. Now there are only about 49 geisha in Asakusa. Not all of them appeared in the Asakusa Odori. The Asaji-kai dance was renamed Asakusa Odori in 1995.68 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68 views
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The 2nd floor had a booth selling Asakusa geisha souvenirs. The dance program was 1,000 yen.68 views
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The third part of 三枚続花の姿絵 was called Hana no Shojo 花の猩々 which means Flowery Heavy Drinker. This play comes from a Noh play.68 views
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The fourth and final number was the Finale called 江戸の心浅茅の賑い which consisted of six parts. They performed their zashiki dances.68 views
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Toward the end, they threw hand towels to the audience. Also see my YouTube video here.68 views
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Asakusa geisha bowing to the audience in three directions. Bravo!68 views
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Group shot68 views
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After lunch, everyone participated in a joint aerobics session at 1 pm with a well-known instructor.68 views
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Outside the hall were a few food booths and Spo-rec mascot Caffy walking around.68 views
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As each winner was announced, the respective team cheered and went backstage. The senior group was of course a winner.68 views
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Path to summit68 views
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These lilies start to bloom from twilight.68 views
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Mt. Ibuki as seen from Lake Biwa.68 views
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LakeStars merchandise for sale.68 views
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The cheerleaders form a gauntlet for the players appearing on court.68 views
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Defense!68 views
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Ryan goes for a 3-pointer.68 views
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Tokyo Apache basketball court. The bj League also focuses on entertainment and seeks fans in their localities through booster clubs. Ticket prices in Tokyo are quite cheap (as low as 2,000 yen for adults).68 views
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More rocky lakeshore68 views
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Otsu Police Station68 views
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Magnee (official mascot looking like a Lake Biwa catfish) and two cheerleaders greet fans entering the gym.68 views
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Ogawa Shinya, another local boy from Nagahama.68 views
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With Bobby Nash scoring at the last second, the game ends in a tie. This means a tiebreaker period of 10 min. was added.68 views
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The stunts gradually get more difficult and dramatic.68 views
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Fans entering Ariake Colosseum for the game between Tokyo Apache and Toyama Grouses on Dec. 28, 2008.68 views
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Autographed basketball.68 views
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Dunk shot by Ryan Rourke.68 views
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Boat landing68 views
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Statue of Matsuo Basho who ended his Okuno hosomichi journey in Ogaki.68 views
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Shiga LakeStars cheerleaders68 views
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Brayden Billbe dunks one.68 views
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The two baton twirlers (bo-furi 棒振り) are members of the juni-no-yaku musicians. They are followed by the drummers of the large taiko drum.68 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 1160.68 views
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Jutaro disguised himself as the daughter and put himself and a sword inside the offering box which was carried to the baboon's shrine as the human sacrifice offering. When the baboon opened the box, Jutaro fought and defeated the baboon.68 views
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The children carried the smaller poles called ko-nobori.68 views
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Children doing the sanyare dance at the Kawakami Matsuri in Imazu, Takashima. サンヤレ踊り68 views
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Some local people come out to watch.68 views
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Three centuries ago, the Kaizu was a port for small cargo boats plying Lake Biwa to deliver goods from Hokuriku to Kyoto. Local young men working for these boats started sumo wrestling in the shrine and making these kesho mawashi aprons.68 views
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On the west side of Makino Station, you can visit Makino Highland. I went by bicycle.68 views
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Makino Highland is quite large, includes a small skiiing ground and hiking trails to a waterfall. A great place to relax to get away.68 views
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Oh yummy! Looks delicious. There are ten fish, but the boys cut only three fish during the ceremony. We could readily smell the fermented fish.68 views
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Wiping off their sweat.68 views
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The shrne priest refuses another round of sake.68 views
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Inside a replica of a thatched-roof farmhouse.68 views
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One spring from which the temple got its name. Zensuiji means Efficacious Water Temple.68 views
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Path up the mountain slope to Zensuiji.68 views
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Nigori-ike Koen Park, local park with a pond noted for cherry blossoms. MAP68 views
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相川68 views
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Former Honjin moved building from Kashiwabara-juku in Maibara, Shiga.68 views
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Behind the gate.68 views
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Gate (closed).68 views
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Maiden Dance Stage at Nangu Taisha.68 views
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Corridor 回廊68 views
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In 2007, the Dance Stage and Haiden were being renovated.68 views
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Carving on Romon Gate.68 views
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At around 5:35 pm, the three floats headed for Yaegaki Shrine for the festival eve event.68 views
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Inside one of the streamers. See the origami cranes.68 views
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This Tanabata decoration is made of plastic PET bottles.68 views
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Mitsukoshi Dept. Store annex68 views
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Takashimaya Dept. Store 高島屋68 views
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You can also watch the race inside on a large monitor.68 views
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Each float has a different humanoid decoration called "dashi" (ダシ) on the roof.68 views
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Festival scene at Minakuchi Shrine68 views
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Putting up the rear tapestry.68 views
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Former Minakuchi Public Library is next to Minakuchi Elementary School. 旧水口図書館68 views
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Minakuchi Shrine68 views
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Inside Minakuchi Castle Museum 水口城資料館68 views
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Minakuchi Christian Church designed by Vories. 水口教会会堂68 views
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