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Anegawa River was the site of a major battle with Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu defeating Azai Nagamasa and the Asakura clan on Aug. 9 1570. The area was left with so many dead that the river ran red.139 viewsLocal place names such as Chibara (Blood Field) stuck. Looking toward Nomura-bashi Bridge where the Anegawa battle monument stands.
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Megan: "And Japan's nature is also beautiful..." This show was broadcast live from Mitoyo, Kagawa Pref., near Megan's town.139 views
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The show's Champion is announced. This high school girl from Takamatsu, Kagawa Pref.139 views
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Everyone waving goodbye at the end of the show. Singer Fuji Ayako on the extreme right.139 views
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Megan and Jamie Thompson about to board the boat. トンプソン姉妹139 views
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Eight exhibition panels in the spacious lobby.139 views
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New Year's prayers amid snow.139 views
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Entrance to Cafe de Genji, an open-air garden where you can sit and have tea.139 views
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Inside 明王院 is an exhibition space showing works by award-winning novelist Tanabe Seiko 田辺聖子 who wrote a new version of Genji Monogatari.139 views
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Katata pier139 views
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Mt. Ibuki in the background.139 views
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The Otsu Matsuri is a festival of Tenson Shrine in Otsu. The path to the shrine is packed with worshippers. 139 views
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During Yoimiya at night, each float had musicians performing.139 views
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The Chuo Odori road is wide, making it easy to view the floats. It's not as crowded as Gion Matsuri in Kyoto. There's a more earthly atmosphere at Otsu Matsuri.139 views
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Biwako Bunkakan museum is right on the shore, even over the water. It's a landmark, but a tacky-looking castle replica housed a cultural and art museum and gallery.139 views
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Mail box139 views
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Greenery at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park.139 views
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Banner for the 150th anniversary of Lord Ii Naosuke opening Japan to the world.139 views
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Left end of Tenbin Yagura turret.139 views
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Tenbin Yagura's right side has natural, unshaped stones (gobo-zumi 牛蒡積み) with small stones in the gaps.139 views
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Before embarking on the journey from Kyoto to Saiku in Mie Prefecture near Ise Grand Shrine where she was to serve as High Priestess, the Saio would undergo a three-year purification period in Kyoto.139 views
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The woman in purple is a court lady called the Myobu (命婦), an assistant who tends to the immediate needs of the Saio princess.139 views
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THe Flower Procession is held to celebrate the birth of the shrine's child god. Therefore, this event centers on the parent-child connection.139 views
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Sign saying that Harie is not a tourist spot, that a guide is required to see the kabata.139 views
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Gardening seemed to be a popular pasttime in Harie. With all that free and clean water, I can think of many things to do besides gardening.139 views
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Shodenji temple also has a spring feeding this pond with various fish.139 views
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The heart of Harie has this waterwheel.139 views
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Shin Asahi Windmill Village closed in April 2016 due to aging facilities and low attendance. It has been replaced with a glamping facility called STAGEX Takashima in July 2018.139 views
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Hinade Shrine is dedicated to a god called Sukunahikona-no-Mikoto and Okinaga-sukuneo. 少毘古名命（すくなひこなのみこと）・息長宿禰王（おきながすくねおう）MAP139 views
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Koka Station's 2nd floor corridor has shuriken (ninja throwing knives) design on the floor.139 views
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Red swamp crayfish (アメリカザリガニ) - Invasive species, destroys water plants, outcompetes others for food.139 views
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People and Lake Biwa - Exhibition Gallery B 人と琵琶湖の歴史（B展示室）139 views
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Awazu Shell Mound of food waste from 4,500 years ago excavated in 1990-91 near Seta River. 粟津貝塚139 views
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The sail is made of thick cotton material, replacing the old straw mat that didn't last long.139 views
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Hachiman-yama map138 views
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Path to shrine. Omi Shrine is a short walk from Omi Jingu-mae Station on the Keihan Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line.138 views
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The waiting crowd.138 views
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Warehouse for one of the floats138 views
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Local Artifacts Museum (Kyodo Shiryokan) 郷土資料館。近江商人・西村太郎右衛門の宅地跡にある資料館138 views
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Temple walls as seen from the Hokkoku Kaido road.138 views
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Shopfront with shopkeeper's desk.138 views
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Battle map showing the position of the opposing armies.138 views
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The old Biwako Shuko no Uta Shiryokan (Lake Biwa Rowing Song Museum), Imazu 琵琶湖周航の歌資料館、今津町138 viewsThis museum dedicated to this song opened in April 1998 in Imazu. It is a 3-min. walk from Omi-Imazu Station on the JR Kosei Line. Closed in March 2020 and moved to a new building.
Hours: 9 am to 5 pm, closed Mon. (open if Mon. is a national holiday, and closed on Tue. instead)
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One half of the exhibition. It is similar to the exhibition held here a year before, but many new photos have been added. They include photos of the Kyoto Univ. Rowing Club and our activities in the past year.138 views
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"13 contestants in Japanese speech contest by foreigners in Shiga," Feb. 26, 2007, Kyoto Shimbun, Shiga News138 views
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On July 29, 2007, this regatta was held for the second time. It targets mainly beginner rowers. Organized by the Seta Rowing Club which seeks to have more people enjoy water sports on Lake Biwa. Seta-Karahashi Bridge was the regatta's starting line.138 views The Lake Biwa Rowing Song CD was awarded to all the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in all five categories.
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Daikokudendo temple dedicated to Daikokuten. 大黒天堂138 views
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Inside Daikokudo temple.138 views
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Next is the 明王院, another temple building.138 views
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Those people in the windows get a lot of chimaki thrown in. Otsu Matsuri.138 views
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Central Otsu lakefront is rocky most of the way, with no beaches.138 views
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JR Otsu Station, with AL Plaza shopping complex on the left. 大津駅138 views
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Moat as seen from Ninomaru-Sawaguchi Tamon Yagura Turret. Iroha pine trees on left.138 views
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Inside Tenbin Yagura turret138 views
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Path to Taikomon Gate.138 views
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Front view of Hikone Castle tower 天守閣138 views
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Entrance to castle tower138 views
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Saio princess on a pedestal. The woman in the green kimono behind her was always with her, helping her with her kimono as she moved about.138 views
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Snail trails. These snails are food for the fireflies in June.138 views
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This stream with baikamo has not been muddied by the rice paddies.138 views
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Shin Asahi Windmill Village closed in April 2016. It has been replaced with a glamping facility called STAGEX Takashima.138 views
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View from cable car.138 views
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If you go by bus, this is the entrance to Enryakuji from the parking lot.138 views
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Roof corner of Konpon Chudo Hall, a National Treasure.138 views
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Monjuro altar with Manjusri bodhisattva (Monju bosatsu).138 views
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Offer 50 yen to ring the bell.138 views
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Picture panels telling the stories of Saicho and other founders.138 views
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Soundscape garden in front of Amida-do Hall.138 views
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Monk with a nice car. 138 views
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Ishiyama-dera's stone is a National Natural Monument.138 views
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First, sake is sprinkled over the float.138 views
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Lakestars Head Coach Robert Pierce speaks.138 views
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The neighboring house, the Waterhouse Memorial House, was built in 1913 for Paul B. Waterhouse, who was an English instructor at Waseda University before becoming a missionary with the Omi Mission. Designed by William Merrell Vories. ウォーターハウ138 viewsWaterhouse and his wife Bessie lived here for six years. He was also a yachtsman and used a boat on Lake Biwa to visit lakeside villages for missionary work. After he returned to the States, the house was used for Omi Mission cooking classes and later as a girls' school in Omi Brotherhood.
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Infirmary 保健室138 views
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Plaque about the Michigan.138 views
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Utsusemi-kajika sculpin (ウツセミカジカ) - Endangered endemic species138 views
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Tanago bitterling and clam (タナゴ) - Endangered native species, endemic to Japan, lays eggs in living clams.138 views
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Hariyo three-spined stickleback - Endangered native species (ハリヨ)138 views
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Tinfoil barb (シルバーバルブ) from Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia138 views
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Geological History of Lake Biwa - Exhibition Gallery A 琵琶湖のおいたち（Ａ展示室）138 views
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At 19 meters long, 2.4 meters wide, and 12 meters high.138 views
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The museum's maruko-bune was built by Shiga's last maruko-bune builder, Matsui Sanshiro (松井三四郎) and his son in 1995 in Seta, Otsu.138 views
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Freshwater jellyfish (マミズクラゲ) - Likely the world's longest exhibit of freshwater jellyfish (since Aug. 2, 2012). (No longer displayed in the Discovery Room).138 viewsAlthough these delicate jellyfish live all over Japan, they appear and disappear at a whim. So it's hard to catch them for a continuous exhibit.
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Yanmar Museum is open 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (enter by 5 pm), Closed: Mondays (or Tuesday if the Monday is a national holiday) and from December 29 to January 3.138 views
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Maruko-bune, a traditional wooden boat mainly for shipping cargo across Lake Biwa in the old days. This used maruko-bune was donated by a local resident. 丸子船137 views
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Poster for dragon canoe race in June137 views
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Bottom of Keage Incline in Kyoto137 views
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Top of Keage Incline137 viewsThe boat would be loaded onto the trolley here, then taken down the incline. Or vice versa.
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Chikubushima has some steep steps.137 views
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Entrance to Chomeiji Temple. MAP137 views
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Genkan Hiroma entrance hall straight ahead. It was the entrance for daimyo feudal lords. 玄関広間137 views
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Withdrawing the burnt-out torch137 views
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Shrine worshippers137 views
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Portable shrine (mikoshi) at Nishinomiya Shrine. The mikoshi are carried to this nearby shrine from Watamuki Shrine. 西之宮137 views
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Ito Miki, a member of Japan's moguls team at the Turin Winter Olympics, is from Hino.137 views
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Carrying the boat.137 views
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Toriimoto Station building built in 1931 when the station opened and still in use.137 views
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There's also the 金龍社 shrine in a pond.137 views
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Next, we go out and head for the 明王院.137 views
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Concrete stilts reinforce the wooden stilts.137 views
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Biwako Ohashi Bridge as seen from Biwako Ohashi Kome Plaza in Katata. 琵琶湖大橋137 views
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Caffy, mascot for Sports Recreation Shiga 2008. It was his final appearance, but he has been resurrected in March 2009 to serve as another official mascot of Shiga Prefecture. キャッフィー（滋賀）137 views
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Behind the horse stable and Ninomaru-Sawaguchi Tamon Yagura Turret in the background.137 views
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Top floor. The windows are small and it's difficult to get a good shot of the view. There is also no balcony to go outside on the top floor.137 views
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The Saio princess was an unmarried family member of the emperor, often the daughter. Chosen by divination, she was sometimes very young, like age 8. The palanquin bearers are called Yocho (輿丁) who were chosen from the best gentlemen. 斎王137 views
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Kamogawa Katsuno Enchi park in Takashima. 鴨川勝野園地137 views
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Inside Yokawa Chudo Hall137 views
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Construction of Hikone Castle started in 1604 as an urgent national project ordered by Ieyasu to deter any rebellious daimyo in western Japan and to protect Kyoto, the Imperial Capital.137 views
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Central compounds like the Kanenomaru and Honmaru and the main castle tower were completed within a few years and teenager Lord Naotsugu moved in from Sawayama Castle.137 views
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View from castle tower, looking toward Nishinomaru during cherry blossoms season.137 views
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The Kaizu-Osaki welcome sign marks the start of the cherry tree-lined road. Beware of cars. MAP137 views
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A Tahoto pagoda has two stories, a square roof, and a round building. 多宝塔137 views
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Zeze Castle monument. This park was part of the Honmaru. The castle was on a peninsula jutting into Lake Biwa. It was one of Japan's greatest lakeside castles. 膳所城跡公園137 views
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On the second day of the festival, the floats clash with each other. Sagicho floats pass through the torii of Himure Hachimangu Shrine, near Hachiman-bori Canal.137 views
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Entrance to Miho Museum which has an excellent collection of art from most parts of the world. Photography is not allowed inside the museum. MAP137 views
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Welcome sign and phone No. for a volunteer tour guide. But even if you call, you have to make reservations and it makes no sense if you're already there.137 views
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Kannonji temple Hondo main hall in Maibara, Shiga. Ishida Mitsunari was suppsedly a young monk here where he met Toyotomi Hideyoshi.137 views
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Racks and racks of Shigaraki tanuki or racoon dogs.137 views
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Donko sleeper (ドンコ) - Native species endemic to Japan.137 views
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Sturgeon is also famous for caviar.137 views
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Sturgeon feeding137 views
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Lake Biwa and the Lakes of the World137 views
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Born in 1913, Mr. Matsui built several maruko-bune until the 1930s. The completed boat sailed to the museum.137 views
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See how our lives have changed during 1955 to 2005. Represented by technology and pop culture. わたしたちくらし50年137 views
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Ostracod from Lake Biwa. Dr. Robin J. Smith from the UK is the ostracod specialist at Lake Biwa Museum.137 views
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Throwing mochi rice cakes on Toka Ebisu, Hokoku Shrine, Nagahama, Shiga Pref.137 views
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Shigaraki taiko drummers' main competitor for attention was the smartphone (or maybe Pokemon Go).137 views
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megumi at Kaizu-Osaki Port, Takashima, Shiga.137 viewsThe cruise I went on docked at the port so we could get off and walk around for 30 min. If you go on a cherry blossom cruise, go on a cruise that will dock at Kaizu-Osaki. Some cruises only cruise and do not dock.
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Taiko drummer sculpture at Ogoto Onsen Station.137 views
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Oiwake Guidepost road marker at the intersection of the Tokaido and Nakasendo Roads. The left side says "Left for Nakasendo Road" and the right side says "Right for Tokaido Road."136 views
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At around 8 pm, the three taiko drums return to Katsube Shrine (たいこ みやいり 太鼓宮入り)136 views
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A total of 12 torches are then in the shrine.136 views
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Snuffing out the last flames136 views
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Lake Biwa shore136 views
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Ferris wheel from the Biwako Tower amusement park, now defunct. 琵琶湖タワー（廃墟）136 views
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2nd floor with more Hina dolls.136 views
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Viva City, a shopping mall and theater complex near Minami Hikone Station.136 views
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Path to Ishiyama-dera temple with Genji Millenium banners. In Otsu, the Genji Millenium event will be held from March 18 to Dec. 14, 2008.136 views
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Cafe de Genji, which is actually a Japanese-style garden called Kofuen 公風園.136 views
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Inside 淳浄館. A collection of hanging scrolls written with waka love poems from Genji Monogatari. Free admission.136 views
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Entering 明王院.136 views
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Ishiyama-dera temple Hondo main hall 本堂136 views
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Kotooshu136 views
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A mass of people come to watch Lake Biwa Fireworks in summer. Free seating, finally. But located somewhat faraway from the prime site. びわ湖大花火大会136 views
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A small shrine stands as a memorial.136 views
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Another theory says that this is the ruins of Kokaji temple. 甲賀寺136 views
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Rear view of Tenbin Yagura turret. 136 views
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Rear view of Tenbin Yagura turret. The middle door also serves as an entrance.136 views
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The bean-throwers for 2009 pose for a group shot in front of Taga Taisha Shrine.136 views
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After the Misosugi purification ceremony, they formed a procession again and headed for the Ono Elementary School gymnasium.136 views
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A small stream empties through Haginohama Beach136 views
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JR Shin-Asahi Station west side.136 views
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Shodenji temple has its own spring spewing drinkable water.136 views
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Nakajima. An old fisherman departed from this dock and went around to catch fish to eat at home. He also gave a few fish to the birds which waited for him. 中島136 views
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Sakamoto-Enryakuji Cable Car136 views
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Steps to Kaidan-in temple136 views
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Amida-do Hall altar136 views
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Jodo-in temple136 views
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Since Naomasa's son Naotsugu (井伊 直継) was too young, Chief Retainer Kimata Morikatsu (家老 木俣守勝) acted on his behalf to plan the new castle's construction. Upon the approval of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, Mt. Hikone on the shore of 136 views
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Ishiyama-dera stone marker during sakura season in April.136 views
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Ishiyama-dera's stone is wollastonite (硅灰石) which looks gray or white when dry and black when wet. Tahoto pagoda can also be seen.136 views
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Built in 1933, the Matsuoka Residence was designed by William Merrell Vories. This house was not open to the public.136 views
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This local municipal museum was originally the Hachiman Police Department built in 1886. In 1953, it was renovated by Vories and continued to house the Omi-Hachiman Police Department. In 1974, it was converted to the museum it is today. 近江八幡市立136 views
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Hachiman Matsuri in Omi-Hachiman is Shiga Prefecture's biggest fire festival. Impressive even without the fire. Just look at these giant torches made of rice straw. There are more in front of Himure Hachimangu Shrine.136 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Autumn Moon at Ishiyama from his "Omi Hakkei" (Eight Views of Omi) series. The Moon-viewing Pavilion is visible.136 views
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Inside Kawake Station.136 views
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Feeding time for sturgeon.136 views
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Humans appeared around Lake Biwa about 9,000 years ago, mainly along the South Basin. They ate nuts, lake fish and shellfish, and wild animals.136 views
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Seta-no-Karahashi Bridge on the old Tokaido Road over the Seta River in Otsu. It was the eastern gateway to Kyoto. 瀬田の唐橋136 views
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They grow from polyps and feed on plankton for a 6-month lifespan. They like non-filtered and non-circulating water. The museum succeeded in breeding and raising freshwater jellyfish. This display will continue as long as possible.136 views
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Uses a water wheel to grind rice.135 views
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Inside Benzai Tendo135 views
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About Taro Oguchi.135 viewsThe song was written as a collaboration among boatmates, but Taro Oguchi (小口太郎) (1897-1924) is credited as being the main song writer. He was born in 1897 (Meiji 30) in Minato-mura village, now part of Okaya city on the shores of Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture.
He grew up in a loving and respected family and demonstrated an early talent for writing, music (violin and shakuhachi), and sports (judo, skiing, skating). Since he was the eldest son expected to take over the family home, there was opposition for him to go away for college. However, his father was persuaded to allow Taro to apply for college at the elite No. 3 High School (later to become Kyoto University). It was one of nine college-level schools in Japan, the No. 3 school being one of the most elite.
Contrary to family expectations, Taro passed the entrance exam, went school in Kyoto in 1914 and joined the rowing and speech clubs. In 1917, he wrote the famous song about Lake Biwa which first went public in 1918.
After the rowing trip in June 1917, school started in September and they had the usual student welcoming event where the school clubs would try to recruit new members. The music club gave a performance and boatmate Taniguchi (who suggested the Water Lilies melody for the song) also sang the Lake Biwa Rowing Song. He had such a beautiful voice that the boating club got several new members who were taken by the song. However, they quickly regretted joining the rowing club after being subjected to harsh training and practice.
The song itself was never considered to be a masterpiece by the boating members, even Oguchi himself. It was just a dormitory song written informally. For example, there's the famous error about calling Chomeiji the 10th Temple of the Saigoku Pilgrimage when it is actually the 31st temple. None of the rowing members ever told their family about the song either. Oguchi's parents found out that their son wrote the song only after he had passed away.
Oguchi also wanted to use a different melody for his words, a song called "Nara no Miyako" 寧良の都. It is obvious that this song melody was too long for his lyrics, but since he had musical composition talents, it looked easy to slightly modify the song to fit the lyrics perfectly. Alas, this was not to be as the song gained much love and fame while being based on the Water Lilies melody.
He graduated in 1919 and furthered his studies at Tokyo Imperial University (now University of Tokyo) in the science department. In 1921, he invented the wired and wireless multiplex telegraph and telephone system which was patented in eight countries. He was an extremely bright young man with a promising future.
In 1922, he entered the university's aeronautical research institute as a researcher. However, his life soon took a downturn from 1923 when he received a military conscription notice. A love interest for marriage also did not work out as desired. His physical health deteriorated and he died the following year in 1924 at age 26.
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Sun dial. Another one in the background as well. Hidokei I (日時計1: Sundial I)135 views
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The boats are wooden, and a few decades old.135 views
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Picture of Tonomura Shigeru in the Literature Museum (Bungakukan). 外村 繁文学館135 views
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A newer annex to the Keiunkan. This is the exit.135 views
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The twins talk with the host of the 61-year-old TV program. NHKのど自慢出場、合格135 views
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"This journey fills my heart with intense happiness..."「さすらいの 旅にしあれば しみじみと」135 views
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The main path to Ishiyama-dera temple has been converted to the Genji Yume Kairo (Genji Dream Path). Along the way are a few buildings open to the public. 源氏夢回廊135 views
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Gate to 密蔵院.135 views
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Inside 密蔵院 was a robot exhibition. Only two robots on display, no resemblance to anything.135 views
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Everyone took off their straw sandals and went into the paddies barefoot.135 views
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Ready to sink into the paddy.135 views
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Balcony facing the lake.135 views
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Bamba-juku monument135 views
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Nightly water fountain show at Otsu Port. MAP135 views
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Frog is "Kaeru" which means to "return." A popular ornament at house entrances (exits) and gardens.135 views
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Inside Tenbin Yagura turret, looking toward the left turret.135 views
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Tenbin Yagura's left side has shaped stones fitting together using a newer technique (otoshi-zumi 落し積み) when repaired in 1854. 135 views
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View of the bridge from Tenbin Yagura turret.135 views
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Under the right turret inside Tenbin Yagura. Stairway (closed to public) to 2nd floor of right turret.135 views
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You can enter Taikomon Gate which is an exhibition room for photos of Japanese castles and a model of Hikone Castle.135 views
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They wear Heian Period costumes. Although Tsuchiyama's Saio festival is not as big as Kyoto's Aoi Matsuri or Meiwa's Saio Matsuri in Mie, it is still very colorful and enjoyable.135 views
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The Tendai Zasu Abbot proceeds to Nishi Hongu.135 views
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Ray's fan (maybe wife?)135 views
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Enryakuji has numerous monuments.135 views
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Inside Monjuro135 views
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Inside the pagoda.135 views
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Path to Ruri-do, the only building that was not torched by Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century. Unfortunately, it was too far for me to reach.135 views
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Inside Yokawa Chudo Hall are numerous little Buddha statues.135 views
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After the demise of the Tokugawa and the restoration of Imperial rule in 1868, castles were ordered to be demolished. Hikone Castle was also being dismantled when Emperor Meiji visiting in 1878 spared the castle.135 views
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San-mon Gate Deva King (left side)135 views
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The Kannon-do Hall stores many Kannon statues.135 views
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The festivities and summit ended at 6:30 pm.135 views
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Illustration of the Ochaya (on the lower left terrace). The area was divided into two by a dirt wall and had an L shape. It was a military outpost and included a small garden. 御茶屋跡135 views
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Scale model of Hikone Castle in Kaikoku Kinenkan museum.135 views
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