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Military band101 views
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He thanked the girls and asked them to help clean up. He also gave away the iris flowers.101 views
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Tora-nyan, Kora's official mascot.101 views
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The Uminoko boat was moored next to the Bianca (left), Lake Biwa's largest cruise boat. While Crown Prince, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko once visited Uminoko in Aug. 1984. Prince Akinoshino and Princess Kiko visited in Nov. 2001.101 views
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The boat has four floors. The upper three floors are made of aluminum alloy to make the ship lighter. We first entered the 2nd floor where there was a small lobby for us to change into indoor shoes.101 views
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Wooden staircase on the Michigan paddlewheel boat.101 views
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Mt. Mikami (Omi-Fuji).101 views
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Those rough spots can be exceptionally steep or difficult to pass for the men carrying the mikoshi portable shrine down the mountain. It's only 500 meters, but very steep and rocky.101 views
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Quite a few people climbed up, and they seemed to be locals who have been climbing up the mountain a number of times even with young kids in hand.101 views
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The third and red mikoshi Ninomiya passes through the torii. 二の宮101 views
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The Iba Goten Palace was a rest house for shoguns traveling between Tokyo and Kyoto during the early Tokugawa Period. 伊庭御殿遺跡101 views
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Maibara Station is Shiga's sole shinkansen bullet train station and transfer station for the Hokuriku region.101 views
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Sacred dance is performed during the ceremony.101 views
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Chikubushima island is officially included in the Sengoku Expo. Accessible by boat from Nagahama Port.101 views
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Official yabusame website here.101 views
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The archers first held a prayer ceremony in the Naihaiden Hall.101 views
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After the ceremony, they leave the worship hall and head for the horses.101 views
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Moat has lotus.101 views
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Under Biwako Ohashi Bridge 101 views
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Hondo main temple hall101 views
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Dainichi Nyorai. 大日如来101 views
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豊浄院 temple museum101 views
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Statue of Lady Murasaki writing Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari).101 views
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Keihan Ishiyama-dera Station101 views
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Maruko-bune crew.100 views
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Omi-Imazu Station, west exit has bus stops for local buses.100 views
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Veil of autumn leaves. Only several people can fit inside the first floor of the pagoda at one time, so you may have to wait in line.100 views
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Temple bell, donate 50 yen to ring it100 views
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Nishinomaru100 views
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Inari-do Shrine 稲荷堂100 views
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Inn100 views
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Guest name plates in the inn100 views
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Inn kitchen100 views
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Mikoshi closeup100 views
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Hino was home to many Omi merchants who plied up and down Japan during the Edo Period to sell and trade their wares. They became quite successful selling medicines, lacquerware, sake, etc. Those from Hino were called Hino shonin (Hino merchants).100 views
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Official Web site here.100 views
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Practicing for the local sanyare festival. The Kusatsu Sanyare dance has been inscribed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2022 as one of Japan's furyu-odori (風流踊) ritual dances.100 views
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Cooling off100 views
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Hokuriku Line Electrification Memorial Hall 北陸線電化記念館100 views
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Yume-Kyobashi Castle Road of shops near Hikone Castle. Shops look nice, but the road is busy with cars.100 views
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Plaque100 views
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Renmyo was here.100 views
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Giant Jizo statue stands 6 meters tall.100 views
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Small Jizo statues100 views
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Hachiman Shrine is next to the Ishida Mitsunari memorial.100 views
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Horse ride with a guide guiding the horse.100 views
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Reception desk for passengers. A little over 100 people joined the cruise. クルーズの受付100 views
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This showcase showed things from the old Daisan Koto Gakko college.100 views
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After about an hour, our first on-shore break, nears Sports no Mori in northern Nagahama.100 views
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Fixed-seat boat フィックス艇100 views
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Cox seat and rudder (removed). Beautiful boat, and I'm darn happy to have rowed on this rare boat. Felt almost like Oguchi Taro.100 views
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Halfway point called Uchikoshi 打越. It's a small clearing and crossroads for multiple trails. Also a good place to harvest matsutake mushrooms during the fall (Sept. 23-Nov. 3).100 views
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Mushrooms100 views
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Homanji temple Hondo hall in Echigawa-juku, Shiga. 宝満寺100 views
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Homanji Hondo100 views
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Entrance to Takeheiro. It's not open to the public unless you want to dine there. 竹平楼100 views
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Page from the Honjin's guest book. Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last shogun, also lodged here and signed the guest book. Saigo Takamori also stayed here.100 views
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Bonkei of Otsu-juku. This was the first one Mr. Mikami made. He liked the picture because it included a mochi shop using a famous spring water which his shop (taken over by his son) also used.100 views
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The 70 rice planters are junior high school girls in colorful costumes. They are called Taume. 田植女100 views
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On the left of the Kancho-do is the Chonichi Goma-do Hall. Important Cultural Property. 長日護摩堂100 views
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In summer, the park has lots of green.100 views
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Awards for nine racing categories. The Lake Biwa Rowing Song CD was also donated by Philbert Ono as one of the prizes.100 views
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Votive prayer tablets with frog design.100 views
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Inside Toju Shoin Study (drawing room). 藤樹書院100 views
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Kamo River empties into Lake Biwa.100 views
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Habatan is phoenix from Hyogo Pref. to promote a national sports meet. はばタン (兵庫)100 views
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Yanagase Shopping Arcade booth.100 views
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Local-chan from Takatsuki, Osaka. A giant chili pepper?? ロコちゃん (大阪 高槻市)100 views
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Caffy doll100 views
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Arch gate to festival grounds.100 views
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Okinawan group performs. Also see the video at YouTube. 伊礼哲&サンクルバーナー100 views
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Risa リサ100 views
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"Bunka Zone" (Culture Zone). This zone has this Japanese garden and the Museum of Modern Art and Shiga Prefectural Library.100 viewsThe Museum has several exhibition halls, rental gallery, an inner courtyard, lecture hall, reading room, museum shop, and restaurant. Admission charged.
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The soybeans were thrown in little paper bags, so we could still pick them up and eat them even if they fell to the ground.100 views
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The oblong pond's circumference is about 780 meters. It was first created about 700 years ago as a water reservoir for agriculture. It is also a bird sanctuary.100 views
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Portrait panels of Nagamasa, Ichi, and their three daughters.100 views
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Inside Kondo Hall.100 views
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Third dance called Ogi-no-Mai (Folding Fan Dance), he holds a folding fan and a gohei sacred staff. 稚児の舞 扇の舞100 views
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Garden at a temple in Sakamoto.100 views
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Shirahige Shrine faces a very busy road with no crosswalk to the lake. 100 views
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Shirahige Shrine. Official Web site here. MAP100 views
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Tent selling local goods during spring.100 views
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Prayer in front of the shrine by Tenjin-machi hikiyama float100 views
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A mikoshi stands by to be carried during the festival.100 views
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Omiya Bridge happens to be an Important Cultural Property. 大宮橋100 views
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In summer, the cherry trees are very green.100 views
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The trail then goes down to the Osaki Camping Grounds.100 views
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Mii Bell Pavilion (Mii-no-Bansho) on the right. The small building on the left is a gift shop where you buy a ticket to ring the bell.100 views
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Inside Nagahama Castle, a local history museum.100 views
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Tiger man.100 views
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Entrance and torii to Hinade Shrine with banners announcing the sumo festival held on the third Mon. of September in Maibara.100 views
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The station building does have an office and few tourist pamphlets. They also rent bicycles. 500 yen for a few hours. If you want to go to Mt. Hinade (about 2 km away), renting a bicycle is recommended.100 views
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Chin-tiger shoots but misses.100 views
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Mike Hall #23100 views
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Staircase inside former Minakuchi Public Library.100 views
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Asisstant Coach Ishibashi Takatoshi. Also see my other Lakestars photos and player info here.100 views
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Two of the dotaku were acquired by the Tokyo National Museum. The remaining dotaku were scattered among various people. Their whereabouts were unknown until an investigation found 12 of them at temples and Japanese and overseas museums.100 views
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Ogoton from Ogoto Onsen, Otsu100 views
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An earlier photo of the Michigan. Notice the different trimmings.100 views
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Featuring an entertainment stage, Becky's Square on the 3rd floor is the largest area for passengers. Unfortunately, it's not air-conditioned.100 views
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The cherry trees start from near the Omi-Hachiman Public Library. They continue all the way to the main torii of Himure Hachimangu Shrine.100 views
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It is the first outlet mall in the Kyoto-Shiga area. The two-level mall has 165 stores, 145 of which are outlet shops.100 views
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People start to gather near the bottom torii, a point called Sakashita (Slope Bottom). 坂下100 views
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The second mikoshi Hachioji hits the pavement.100 views
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They put the ornaments back on.100 views
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Fried fish and sweet beans over rice. Interesting combination.100 views
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The first of three portable shrines leave the shrine in a procession for the Otabisho resting place across town.100 views
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The hanjimon (判じもん) kite design always has a twin pair of creatures and a large kanji character. Together they form a thematic catch phrase.100 views
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Moat boat departure times and fares as of May 2013. Board the boat near the Genkyuen Garden entrance.100 views
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Monument about the Nishikori place name, originating from brocade weavers in this area. 錦織100 views
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Resupply of arrows on the way back.100 views
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From March 18 to Dec. 4, 2016, Ishiyama-dera held a special display of their hidden Buddha. Shown only once every 33 years.100 views
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Inside Hondo100 views
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After staying in the temple for seven days, this is the room where Lady Murasaki Shikibu got inspired by an autumn moonlit night and started writing Genji Monogatari.100 views
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Statue of Lady Murasaki writing Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari).100 views
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Ukimido floating temple in Katata, one of Shiga's most famous and picturesque buildings. One of the eight Omi Hakkei Views made famous by ukiyoe prints by Hiroshige.100 views
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Rudder hangs down from a torii-like brace (かさ木), also used as a mast rest when the mast is laid down. Most of the wood is Japanese conifer (槇の木).99 views
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Black copper plates decorate the bow (ダテカスガイ). This checkered pattern was unique to Lake Biwa boats. The wood seams are stuffed with conifer fiber (槙縄) to repel water.99 views
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On the shore is a small stone wall and foundation, the remains of the Kaga Clan's magistrate's office. Imazu was within the Kaga domain (centering on Ishikawa Prefecture) during the Edo Period.99 views
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View from gate99 views
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3-story pagoda, a National Treasure99 views
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San-mon Gate 山門99 views
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Tomon-in temple built by Buddhist Priest Saicho (Dengyo Daishi) to protect his Enryakuji temple on Mt. Hiei from demons from the east. 東門院99 views
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Slabs of ice99 views
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Entrance to Hibarino Otabisho ひばり野 お旅所99 views
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Sake containers99 views
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The Kusatsu-juku Honjin is decorated with curtains. MAP99 views
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Welcome aboard!99 views
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Torches99 views
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Song monument and snow99 views
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Song monument buried in snow at Imazu Port in winter.99 views
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Hondo main hall altar, Important Cultural Property 大通寺 本堂阿弥陀堂99 views
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Misty Horikiri Port in Omi-Hachiman. Boats leave here for Okishima island, Lake Biwa's largest island.99 views
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Kawara roof tile donations, 2000 yen per tile. You get to write on it too. 奉納瓦99 views
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Hachiman Shrine torii99 views
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The tour includes a ride on a retired race horse.99 views
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The old Sugatani Spa in mid-2004 before the new building was completed.99 views
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A closer look at the accident scene. The kite suffered significant damage, and it took about 20 days to repair.99 views
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After the boat cruise, there was a walking tour of Imazu. A special exhibition was held at the local community center in Imazu. 「周航の物語展」今津東コミセン99 views
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Daisan Koto Gakko Rowing club towel99 views
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Inside Chojiya. The inn is famous for serving duck.99 views
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They introduced the three best designs. 最優秀作品はなく、3点の優秀賞作品を参考に保存会が決めた。99 views
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Approaching Sugaura99 views
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Rowing away from Sugaura99 views
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Road to Taga Taisha Shrine99 views
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Entertainment with a dragon dance99 views
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Some laquerware sold in a renovated Hino merchant home converted into a store.99 views
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The smoke was all over the platform.99 views
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Inside a passenger car. Almost the same as an ordinary train. Should be a wooden floor...99 views
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Beware of snakes (mamushi). Never saw any. Never saw any monkeys either.99 views
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Cherry blossoms and softball field99 views
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Path to 豊浄院99 views
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It costs 300 yen to ring this bell once. (Not supposed to ring it more than once unless you pay again.) Also see my YouTube video here. 三井晩鐘99 views
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Inside Kannon-do Hall99 views
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Goho Zenjin-do Hall worships a guardian deity for children. Pray here for a safe childbirth and healthy growth of your kids. 護法善神堂99 views
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Shoreline near Nagahama Castle.99 views
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Trout at Samegai Trout Farm (Yosonjo). The water flows from the Suzuka mountains and it's quite cold which is good for the fish.99 views
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Jizo-zaka as seen from Jizo-in temple. On the last day of the festival (Aug. 25)., fireworks is held from 8 pm to 8:30 pm.99 views
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Caffy-yaki sweet bean bun.99 views
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Kaorin カオリン99 views
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LakeStars and Evessa player shake hands after the game.99 views
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Biwako Motorboat Race Course. Biwako Kyotei びわこ競艇場99 views
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Then the oni ran on the elevated hanamichi making threats to an amused crowd. MAP99 views
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The oni costumes were gorgeous and impressive.99 views
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A large crowd was on hand to catch the beans and mochi. The bean-throwing is called mame-maki. They held two mame-maki sessions that day, at 11 am and 2 pm. This was at 2 pm.99 views
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Oichi or Ichi (1547–1583) gave birth to three daughters who associated with famous men. They were Chacha (Toyotomi Hideyoshi's concubine), Hatsu (married Kyogoku Takatsugu), and Ogo (married Tokugawa Hidetada).99 views
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Next to Kondo Hall is a small building called the Onjoji Akaiya, an Important Cultural Property. 閼伽井屋99 views
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