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They employed a ticket system, so we had to buy a book of tickets. Each ticket was worth 100 yen and the food was priced from 100 to 500 yen.77 views
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It is indeed like an art museum with numerous galleries on campus open to the public.77 views
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The design is also characterized by having a pair of creatures and a Japanese kanji character. Together, they indicate a clever meaning based on word play.77 views
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Kite train, called rendako 連だこ, based on Awa Odori dancers in Tokushima Prefecture.77 views
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Japan's largest dotaku bronze bell on a special homecoming display at Dotaku Museum in Yasu, Shiga.77 views
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Nagahama Castle's Sotobori outer moat still here.77 views
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Top floor of the old Nagahama Heiwado store is being cleared out. The restaurants are gone by June 2014.77 views
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You can even enter and sit in the driver's seat.77 views
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Boat landing.77 views
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Inside the entrance of Rakurakuen.77 views
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Main building of Rakurakuen.77 views
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They all carry the torches on their shoulders.77 views
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Children's choir in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan in Feb. 2008 rehearse singing Lake Biwa Rowing Song (Biwako Shuko no Uta) in English. They sing the first verse.77 views
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Mainichi Shimbun article (April 12, 2017) announcing our upcoming Lake Biwa Rowing Song mini concert to be held in Imazu on April 16, 2017. 77 views
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Biwako Shuko no Uta Shiryokan (Lake Biwa Rowing Song Museum), Imazu 琵琶湖周航の歌資料館77 viewsThe museum has various panel exhibits, videos, etc. Currently, no explanations in English. Tokiko Kato scored a national hit with the song in 1971.
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Verse 3 Song Monument, Nagahama. Built and unveiled on June 25, 2017 by a non-profit citizens group in Nagahama formed to build this new song monument for the song's 100th anniversary. 三番の歌碑。長浜城のそば77 viewsThe new Verse 3 Song Monument is near Nagahama Castle near the lake shore. It was unveiled with great fanfare by singer Kato Tokiko and others.
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Northern Lake Biwa as seen from Mt. Shizugatake.77 views
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With shrines and temples, Chikubushima is a sacred island in northern Lake Biwa.77 views
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Chikubushima77 views
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南浜76 views
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Going down to the lake shore of Sugaura.76 views
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Mikoshi portable shrine76 views
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Shakunage or rhododendron76 views
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Rice paddies near the castle76 views
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Shakunage or rhododendron76 views
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Tea bushes grown organically76 views
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Hikone View Hotel, formerly known as Hikone Prince Hotel.76 views
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Sandal store76 views
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Entrance hall and palanquin 玄関76 views
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Komyo ga Tsuji exhibit showing Chiyo and Yamauchi Kazutoyo76 views
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Okinoshima Port76 views
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Misty Omi-Hachiman coast76 views
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Sumiyoshi Shrine torii. Notice the torches inside the shrine. 住吉神社 MAP76 viewsEvery Jan., both this shrine and Katsube Shrine light giant torches for the festival's climax. Unfortunately, you cannot see the festival at both shrines since they are held around the same time. Sumiyoshi Shrine's fire festival is smaller with fewer (six) torches which represent the head of the slain dragon.
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阿弥陀堂76 views
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Kitchen area76 views
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Fire dept.76 views
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Maid's room76 views
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Anegawa River Battle Memorial, rear view with the battle date engraved.76 views
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Next to the battle memorial is another monument.76 views
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The battle site is next to Nomura village. Nobunaga and the Azai called it the Battle at Nomura.76 views
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Sign indicating the site of the Battle at Anegawa River.76 views
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Position of the Azai clan76 views
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Mt. Ibuki76 views
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Center exhibition panel with song location images76 views
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Title: Lake Biwa Rowing Song in English 「琵琶湖周航の歌」英語版76 views
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7th panel showing Verse 6 (Chomeiji)76 views
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The pasted pieces are laid to dry.76 views
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Dragon boat76 views
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A plastic bucket (the same kind used when you take a bath) with paint and a brush is used.76 views
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Spots of white are made on purpose to give a brush stroke effect.76 views
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The red and ornage colors are painted first on the kite, while the black and gray colors are painted later.76 views
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The sketch of the hawk is completed.76 views
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This intricate bamboo frame supports the kite paper so it does not flap around like normal paper.76 views
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Wing76 views
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Exhibition title even on the rear side of the exhibition panels.76 views
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Imazu is also noted for zazenso Eastern Skunk Cabbage flowers blooming in Feb. and March.76 views
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Woman worker76 views
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The shrine grounds was filled with cars on New Year's Day. Apparently, the shrine has no parking lot.76 views
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Ice sculpture of two rats. 2008 is the year of the rat.76 views
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Omikuji tied on tree branches76 views
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Fire bringing warmth76 views
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Inside Tokaido Tenmakan Museum. The first floor has a large display case showing a model of Tsuchiyama-juku.76 views
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A few videos about Tsuchiyama and the Tokaido can be viewed.76 views
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All the dolls have different faces. Some of them are even smiling. They are probably happy to have arrived in Tsuchiyama. They must be tired after climbing the Suzuka mountains.76 views
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Tsuchiyama Folk History Museum (Rekishi Minzoku Shiryokan) 甲賀市土山歴史民俗資料館76 views
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Site of the Waki Honjin on the right. 旧脇本陣76 views
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A private house sits on the Honjin site.76 views
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Takamiya temple76 views
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The art theme was "Lake Biwa: Life-giving Water." The show was from June 1 to July 20, 2008.76 views
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"Ai no Tsuchiyama" is a phrase you will see most often. But no one knows for sure what it means. There are numerous theories. "Ai" could mean "in-between," "love," "koi fish," or "soon"...76 viewsPhoto of a display panel at the Tsuchiyama Tokaido Tenmakan Museum.
Entire lyrics of Suzuka Mago-uta song in Japanese:
○坂は照る照る 鈴鹿は曇る あいの土山 雨が降る
○馬がもの言うた 鈴鹿の坂で お参宮上﨟（おさん女郎）なら 乗しょと言うた
○坂の下では 大竹小竹 宿がとりたや 小竹屋に
○手綱片手の 浮雲ぐらし 馬の鼻唄 通り雨
○与作思えば 照る日も曇る 関の小万の 涙雨
○関の小万が 亀山通い 月に雪駄が 二十五足
○関の小万の 米かす音は 一里聞こえて 二里ひびく
○馬は戻（い）んだに お主は見えぬ 関の小万が とめたやら
○昔恋しい 鈴鹿を越えりゃ 関の小万の 声がする
○お伊勢七度 おたがわ八度 関の地蔵は 月参り
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Inside the former toiya-ba.76 views
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Crystal-clear Jizogawa River 地蔵川76 views
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Samegai-juku and Nakasendo Road. The main part of Samegai-juku is near JR Samegai Station on the JR Tokaido Line. Short walk. 醒井宿76 views
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Rainbow trout must be happy to be swimming in such clean water.76 views
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Tourist map signboard in English too.76 views
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This waterwheel has become one of the symbols of this area. It's in front of the Amenomori Hoshu-an museum.76 views
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Starting line76 views
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Imazu Junior High School female students rowing in the 3rd Imazu Regatta.76 views
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Sports Recreation Shiga 2008 opening ceremony at Kibogaoka Park, Yasu on Oct. 18, 2008. It was a sunny, cloudless day, and quite hot in sun. スポレク滋賀 開会式76 views
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A Caffy doll in front of the hall. Aerobics participants from all over Japan gathered in the hall. The Sports Recreation event is held annually in a different prefecture. It is open to adults of all ages.76 views
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At 2 pm, all the teams sat in the front to listen to the announcement of the winners.76 views
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Awards ceremony with the winning teams on stage.76 views
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Banners line the way back to Maibara Station.76 views
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Steep hiking trail going to the 3rd station (san-gome).76 views
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Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus カワラナデシコ76 views
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Festival grounds after dark.76 views
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Omi Ohashi Bridge and Mt. Mikami76 views
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Old postcard showing the pine trees of Awazu.76 views
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Scoreboard76 views
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Pregame attractions included a cheerleading lesson for kids taught by the cheerleaders. (Shiga LakeStars Kids Cheer School)76 views
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Fukuoka Rizing practicing.76 views
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GO GO LAKES!!!76 views
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People cheering for Fukuoka roar as the ball goes through the hoop.76 views
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Model of silkworm racks.76 views
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Ray gives a very high, high five.76 views
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The Hana-yakko part of the procession was included during the late Edo Period, designed to liven up the festival.76 views
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They were followed by the mikoshi portable shrine. Although it looks new, it was made in 1762.76 views
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The Juhozan float's decoration depicted the legendary warrior Iwami Jutaro (岩見 重太郎) who got rid of the baboon (top of the decoration) tormenting a village.76 views
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Near the entrance to Niu Shrine was one of the three festival floats (called dashi 山車 or hikiyama 曳山) named Juhozan (寿宝山). The festival started at 10 am with a Shinto ceremony at the shrine.76 views
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The first cut. The knife is about 45 cm long and the chopsticks over 40 cm long.76 views
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Wearing hanagasa flower hats, the dancers performed here near the shrine before proceeding to Ozu Shrine. MAP76 views
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Before leaving Ozu Wakamiya Shrine, the boys performed their naginata dance which were more acrobatic than a dance.76 views
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After a wooded path, you will see this.76 views
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Very graceful roof lines.76 views
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This was 1 or 2 days before the cherries reached full bloom.76 views
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Looking at Sugaura in Nishi-Azai.76 views
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Getting ready for the procession from Minakuchi Shrine to the Otabisho.76 views
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Prayers at the Otabisho.76 views
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Kids gathered to caryy their mikoshi portable shrine.76 views
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Gofuku-machi76 views
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Shrine priests give prayers before the procession starts.76 views
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Five hikiyama are parked in the shrine.76 views
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Walk a little further east and north to visit the former Minakuchi Public Library designed by William Vories and built in 1928.76 views
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Pipe engraved with "Minakuchi."76 views
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Basho Matsuo Haiku monument at Daikoji temple.76 views
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Hoinobori paper flower.76 views
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Meanwhile, they had a good number of fireworks-shooting torches.76 views
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Mt. Ibuki76 views
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Finally the taiko drummers. It took about 30 min. for everyone to enter the shrine.76 views
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Mt. Hinodeyama with Hinode Jinja Shrine holds an annual sumo festival on the third Mon. of Sept. It features mainly children's sumo and a sumo jinku dance by about 16 men. 76 viewsFor the sumo festival, the sumo ring is decorated with four pillars and pieces of cloth. Near JR Sakata Station (Hokuriku Line) in former Omi-cho town.
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The men performing the ring-entering ceremony for the west side.76 views
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Halftime entertainment by Hannaryz cheerleaders.76 views
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Lakes still leading in the 3rd period.76 views
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Mike Hall and Lakestars head coach Robert Pierce.76 views
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Jun and Wara again.76 views
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Reda scores76 views
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Final score: Hannaryz 73, Lakestars 82. I can sympathize with Kyoto losing its debut game in the bj-league. The Lakestars also lost its debut game a year ago.76 views
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Joho was the Lakestars' crowd favorite. They were shouting his name (JOHO! JOHO!) a few times, even after the game ended.76 views
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Another worn out monument on Shizugatake.76 views
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Hachiman Commercial High School was where Vories taught English when he arrived in 1905. However, he was dismissed after two years due to his Bible study group seen as a disturbance. By hiring Vories as the architect, the school made peace with Vories.76 views
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Cohey gives the signal.76 views
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Kawase Junior and Senior High School band.76 views
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Heian Period (794-1185) women wearing veiled straw hats called ichime-gasa. 市女笠76 views
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They fire their matchlock guns.76 views
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About the Asahi Honen Taiko Odori. It originated in the latter 7th century in Ohara village when they started to cultivate new farming land. It was a rainmaking dance. Now held in Oct. in Maibara.76 views
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With Mt. Ibuki in the background, the Asahi Honen Taiko Odori dance troupe head for Hachiman Shrine.76 views
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At the end of the pine tree path, the second torii is red, right after the Taikobashi Bridge.76 views
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Many of the mikoshi are for children. The mikoshi come from smaller shrines in the area related to Hyozu Taisha.76 views
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Tagi Shrine's closest bus stop is Higashi Maeno. Buses run from Kibukawa Station.76 views
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The first hanagasa went directly to the kenketo dancers. They pulled out the little sticks attached with things like towels, gloves, and maybe some cash.76 views
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Reenacts the daimyo procession of Lord Ii Naonobu from Hikone when he came to worship at Sakata Shinmeigu Shrine in 1733 in Maibara. 76 views
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Sakata Shinmeigu Shrine Yakko-buri, Maibara, Shiga76 views
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Oarahiko Shrine worships Toyoki-iri-Hiko-no-Mikoto (豊城入彦命), Oaradawake-no-Mikoto (大荒田別命), and the four gods related to the Sasaki clan who ruled Omi (Shiga) in the 14th century.76 views
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Oarahiko Shrine was originally established to appease the god to prevent flooding from local rivers. The Sasaki clan worshipped here whenever they went off to war and when they returned triumphantly.76 views
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They paraded the mikoshi down the horse track (baba).76 views
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Shiromochi-kun from Tsu. シロモチくん76 views
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Reception counter at Otsu Port for the Uminoko tour (called kengakukai). We just had to sign our name and give a head count. We received a pamphlet and questionnaire.76 views
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All the mikoshi are loaded up on the boats and ready to go.76 views
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A yakata-bune shrine boat passes under Seta-no-Karahashi Bridge. This festival reminded me of the Tenjin Matsuri in Osaka, but on a smaller scale.76 views
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Near Yutani Shrine is a storehouse for the third hikiyama float (Shoouzan 松翁山). Every year, two of the three floats take turns to appear in the festival. Each float represents a neighborhood in Maihara.76 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.76 views
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Then they had smaller torches being dragged around by small groups of men and boys.76 views
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They light it from the top.76 views
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Kashiwabara-juku layout in the old days. Kashiwabara-juku was Shiga's longest post town (shukuba-machi) extending to about 1.4 km. 柏原宿歴史館76 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Evening Glow at Seta from his "Omi Hakkei" (Eight Views of Omi) series.76 views
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Wall mural sideways, showing ninja and a river.76 views
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Scenery on the way to Kannonji temple in Maibara. Mt. Ibuki and rice paddies.76 views
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Little shrine nearby.76 views
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Maibara Station as seen from a train platform. The station's focal point is the huge window wall at the center.76 views
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Seian University of Art and Design is Shiga’s sole art university. It’s a small university with about 800 students or 200 students per class from freshman to senior. It offers five programs/faculties and over half of the students belong to the Illustr76 views
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Then I stumbled across this arch kite.76 views
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Stall selling kites. The long kite trains were sold out.76 views
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This is the last flight of several that day.76 views
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Hikone Castle kite, displayed in 2007, the 400th anniversary of the castle.76 views
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Nagahama Castle's Sotobori outer moat76 views
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Entrance to JCMU. It is right next to the Hikone View Hotel (formerly Hikone Prince Hotel).76 views
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Biography of Yamaoka Magokichi who had a strong sense to help people. There is also a short video about him with English subtitles.76 views
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About the power tiller.76 views
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Life-size boat in the middle of the museum is actually a simulator.76 views
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Shingu Shrine (新宮神社) near Shigaraki Station holds the annual Shigaraki Fire Festival on the fourth Sat. of July closest to July 23.76 viewsIt is a torch procession of 700 people (including children) who carry wooden torches on their shoulders from Shingu Shrine to Atago Shrine on a hill and ending at the parking lot of the Shimin Center.
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YouTube video of our mini concert inside Biwako Shuko no Uta Shiryokan. 23 min.76 views
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Sankei Shimbun article (April 17, 2017) about our Lake Biwa Rowing Song mini concert held in Imazu on April 16, 2017. 76 views
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Oguchi Taro exhibit.76 views
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