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Eigenji Temple76 views
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Painted (and fading) wooden tablets75 views
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Hinokawa Dam Park 日野川ダム公園75 viewsThe dam is right behind the castle ruins. These pictures were taken in early May when flowers were in bloom.
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Statue of Lord Gamou 蒲生氏郷公像75 views
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Children's procession 子供奴道中75 views
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1:00 pm: Rest stop at Oshioi Shrine. 小汐井神社75 views
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Waiting room for 1st-class passengers75 views
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Sinking yakata-bune boat75 views
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Small shells along the river75 views
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Bishamonten Temple75 views
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Sea wall75 views
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Turnstile entrance75 views
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Waiting room. Smaller than the old one. This room has been removed and replaced by a walkway to the new Mondecool Heiwado store. 75 views
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More men light the torches. The straw ignited almosty immediateely and no kerosene was used.75 views
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Side of Hondo main hall and entrance to the basement corridor. 御戒壇巡り75 views
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Pine tree in garden75 views
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Spacious garden and Fujii Hikoshiro house75 views
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Statue of Fujii Hikoshiro75 views
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Cable TV notice.75 views
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Ohmi Merchant Museum is on the 3rd floor of this building. 近江商人博物館 Map75 views
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Shopkeeper's desk75 views
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Nagahama Station before the wedding hall was built.75 views
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Built in 1882 as Nagahama Station's first station building.75 views
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The design of the new Nagahama Station is based on this original building.75 views
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Anegawa River, where thousands lay dead after the battle.75 views
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Anegawa River75 views
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Verse 6 Song Monument facing Chomeiji pier75 views
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Omi-Hachiman One-Day Exhibition, Oct. 29, 2006 at Shima Kominkan Public Hall, Omi-Hachiman, Shiga. 島公民館文化祭75 views
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Photos of Kyoto University Rowing Club's Lake Biwa rowing trip, including a picture of them posing with the Chomeiji song monument.75 views
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4th panel showing Verse 3 (Imazu)75 views
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"So how does it look?" "It looks pretty bad, boss."75 views
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They joined two sheets of kite paper together. This marked the first step in making the kite. The finished kite paper will consist of a few hundred washi paper sheets pasted together.75 views
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Anybody can help do this. The public is invited to sign their names on a sheet and paste it to the big kite paper.75 views
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A brush stroke effect75 views
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Hawk eye painted.75 views
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The bamboo grid is carefully aligned with the kite design.75 views
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Wing portion before paper cutting.75 views
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The BL Club B team placed 2nd in the Women's Category. 一般女子の部 2位 BLクラブB75 views
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3rd panel showing Verse 3 (Imazu)75 views
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Imazu Junior High School rowers on the shore of Sugaura. They row across the lake between Imazu and Nagahama every summer.75 views
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Haiden hall 拝殿75 views
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Weeping cherry tree75 views
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Hachiman Jinja Shrine Honden main hall is a Shiga Prefecture Cultural Property.75 views
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This dirt-floored entryway dates from the Edo Period. It's slightly bumpy and packed hard with a glossy black color. It definitely looks centuries old. Was happy to touch some earth of the Edo Period.75 views
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A short walk through the long Honjin brought me to the Jodan-no-Ma (Upper Class Room) where the shoguns, daimyo lords, and Emperor Meiji stayed. 上段の間75 views
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Model of a pack-horse puller called "mago." He made a living renting his horse to carry luggage and people along the old Tokaido Road. They sang songs like the Suzuka Mago-uta while going over the difficult Suzuka Pass. 馬子75 views
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Tamura Shrine is in lush woods. Shrine office on left. 田村神社75 views
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"Traverse Road" is painted on the fence.75 views
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The Rich Harvest Taiko Dance (Honen Taiko Odori) is an Intangible Cultural Property. Also see my YouTube video here. 豊年太鼓踊り75 views
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It was a marvelous performance. Although I think it would've been more impressive if they performed on the ground beside the paddies.75 views
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Taume girls proceed while holding rice seedlings.75 views
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She pours sacred sake into the boiling pot.75 views
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They plant the rice seedlings while walking backwards in the ankle-deep mud.75 views
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The rice paddy is not in a scenic location. Being next to a busy road, it was quite noisy.75 views
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Takamiya Post Office and a giant torii for Taga Taisha Shrine.75 views
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Nakasendo Road in Takamiya-juku, near the Taga-michi road.75 views
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Taga Taisha torii gate on Taga-michi road which goes to Taga Taisha Shrine in neighboring Taga town.75 views
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Waki Honjin on the right.75 views
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Poster for the annual Suzuka Mago-uta Song Contest held in Tsuchiyama in June. The picture shows a pack-horse puller (mago) going over Suzuka Pass. The song also mentions Seki-juku in Mie Prefecture where they have a song museum.75 viewsOver 100 contestants sing the same pack-horse puller's song all day long at the Ai no Tsuchiyama Bunka Hall.
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Kamo Shrine is one of the first things that catches your eye as you enter Samegai. It's shrine on a steep slope. 加茂神社75 views
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Site of Honjin lodge. 本陣跡75 views
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Saigyo-sui must be clean enough to drink.75 views
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River along the way to the trout farm.75 views
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Since 2004, Kami-nyu in Samegai, Maibara grows tulips every spring for tourists. Kami-nyu Tulip Festival is also held on a Sunday with food booths and stage entertainment. 75 views
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In Aug. 2006, a local NPO called the Takashima-Imazu Rowing Club restarted the Imazu Regatta with the support of the rowing clubs from Imazu Junior High School and Takashima High School.75 views
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The regatta race course was 500 meters long off the Imazu Nakahama and Ichigasaki shore. It had four rowing lanes. 今津中浜〜市が崎沖合75 views
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Nice new quadruple boat owned by the Takashima-Imazu Rowing Club NPO.75 views
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Yomeien Garden 陽明園75 views
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Adogawa is also noted for the production of the bamboo ribs for Japanese folding fans.75 views
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Shiga Prefectural Cultural and Industrial Exchange Hall (Shiga Kenritsu Bunka Sangyo Koryu Kaikan) 滋賀県立文化産業交流会館75 views
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Banners guide the way to the Shiga Prefectural Cultural and Industrial Exchange Hall (Shiga Kenritsu Bunka Sangyo Koryu Kaikan) 滋賀県立文化産業交流会館75 views
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Dunk by Ray Schafer75 views
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Bobby Nash on defense75 views
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Bobby Nash75 views
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Lynn Washington of Osaka75 views
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Ray Schafer got him covered.75 views
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Shiga LakeStars boosters.75 views
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Most of the cheerleaders were recruited from Shiga and Kyoto.75 views
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Now on the lake shore heading toward Omi Ohashi Bridge.75 views
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Lake front near Zeze Castle Park. Finally we see reeds.75 views
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Find some gamblers here inside the Biwako Kyotei stands. It's a modern and comfortable indoor facility.75 views
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Start line. Note that you will need to apply for and obtain a permit to photograph the motor boat races. Otherwise, they will stop you from shooting.75 views
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Eight Views of Omi, Then and Now, exhibited on Otsu Post Office wall75 views
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Magnee fires up the crowd.75 views
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Cheerleader in the stands!75 views
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Ducks in winter. Mishima Pond is one destination in Shiga for migratory birds.75 views
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All these ducks love me.75 views
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Wooden bathtub75 views
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Photo of an unusual ax.75 views
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Dunk shot by Ryan Rourke.75 views
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Shiga LakeStars cheerleaders.75 views
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The Shinto ceremony ended and the shrine priest and co. emerged from the shrine and headed to the stage.75 views
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Chawan (tea cups and bowls) and other pottery are included in the balancing decorations which seem to defy gravity as they don't fall or collapse. 75 views
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For the Ogi-no-Mai (Folding Fan Dance), he holds a folding fan and a gohei sacred staff. The Miko-no-Mai, Suzu-no-Mai, and Ogi-no-Mai trio of Chigo-no-Mai dances are also called Sanyaku-no-Mai (三役の舞). 稚児の舞 扇の舞75 views
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Next dance was called Yatsu-kaeshi-no-Mai. 八つ換しの舞75 views
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Musical instruments and costumes used in the festival are also displayed.75 views
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At 1:45 pm, the lunch break was over and the three floats proceeded down the road and back. This was the main (but short) course for the float procession and a major photo op in front of the museum.75 views
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The festival started with these young men dressed like sumo wrestlers.75 views
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They run around the shrine with the mikoshi and shout.75 views
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Makino Station turnstile/gate75 views
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Road to Makino Highland. From here, it's an upward slope (if you're bicycling). Not too bad though. Otherwise, take a bus from Makino Station.75 views
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River in Makino Highland.75 views
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At times, the priest would give advice to the boy. 75 views
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The smell of the fish wafted through the air.75 views
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Local dignitaries attending the event. 75 views
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Mikoshi starts to leave.75 views
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Outside is a small area for animals.75 views
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Very fluffy wool.75 views
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You can buy a bunch of carrots to feed the sheep. You have to go through the museum to get here. 動物ふれあい広場75 views
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Zensuiji stone marker.75 views
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Little Grebe, Shiga's official bird.75 views
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Higashi-machi75 views
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Tamachi-Katamachi float's flute players. Each float's musicians practice playing the Minakuchi-bayashi festival music every night from late March.75 views
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Group photo of Tamachi-Katamachi float.75 views
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Minakuchi Hikiyama Festival is famous for Minakuchi-bayashi festival music with flutes, taiko drums, and bells. During the festival eve, they play the music in front of their floats in the storehouse. This is Komeya-machi. 米屋町75 views
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Poor guy waiting...75 views
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Woodblock prints which depict Minakuchi.75 views
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The only part of the castle that looks like a castle is the small, rectangular area (connected by a short bridge) seen on the left side of the map. The large square area on the right is now an athletic/sports ground as you can see in the next picture.75 views
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Hieda Shrine75 views
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Gift coupons in exchange for black bass and blue gill fish. If you catch a non-native fish like black bass and blue gill fish in the lake, don't throw it back into the lake. This was at Zeze Castle park.75 views
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Green Park Santo: Spark Santo. Large indoor space. Venue for the annual Bonbai (Bonsai Plum Tree) exhibition during Jan. to March.75 views
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Lodging75 views
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Higashi-Omi City Hall 75 views
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They reached the Suijo Hachiman Shrine at 1:30 pm, taking 2 hours to walk 1 km.75 views
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bj-league commissioner Kawachi Toshimitsu gives a few words to open the game.75 views
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Lakestars boosters.75 views
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Another slingshot.75 views
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Chris scoring another 2 points.75 views
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Shiga Lakestars pose with their escorts. They held a few children's basketball games before the main vent.75 views
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Shiga Lakestars cheerleaders wear the same outfits as last season.75 views
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Chris Schlatter #4 at work. 75 views
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Yogo mountains75 views
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Hiking trail to Lake Yogo.75 views
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Former Omi Mission Double House was built in 1920 and large enough for two families. Vories' parents from the US and an American architect were the first occupants. 75 views
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Like a big party.75 views
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It would be a matter of time before walls were constructed below the roof.75 views
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Singer Hashi Yukio then appeared on stage.75 views
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Castle parade route to Hikone Castle.75 views
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Chief retainer who started the construction of Hikone Castle upon the wishes of Ii Naomasa. 家老の木俣守勝75 views
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When I visited this shrine before, I wondered what these stone markers were for. Now I know. They have the name of a portable shrine, indicating the place where the respective portable shrines can be parked along this path during the festival.75 views
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There are several large mikoshi carried by men. All the mikoshi and taiko drums have a name.75 views
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They shout "Choitosa!" while carrying the mikoshi. チョイトサ75 views
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The lost mikoshi.75 views
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Minato hikiyama float (湊)75 views
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Capping the day's events was the Takatora Taiko troupe from Tsu. 高虎太鼓75 views
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On the 1st floor toward the stern are these sinks next to the shower room.75 views
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Sign says that people cannot enter the middle section of the bridge under which the mikoshi will pass.75 views
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More boats to be in the procession.75 views
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Shrine maidens75 views
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First was a children's mikoshi (portable shrine).75 views
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Interlaken passing under Seta-no-Karahashi Bridge.75 views
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Maibara Hikiyama Matsuri has three ornate floats, but usually only two of them appear in the festival. Both floats feature boys performing kabuki at few locations in the Maibara neighborhood shown here.75 views
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Started in the 18th century, the Maibara Hikiyama Matsuri was inspired by the Nagahama Hikiyama Matsuri which is a larger festival with boys performing kabuki on ornate floats. Path to Yutani Shrine.75 views
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This spectator area was set up, but the rain made it almost useless.75 views
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Finally, the kabuki performance started. Show time was 12:15 pm here at Yutani Shrine, but it was delayed by over an hour due to rain. This is the Juzan float from Minamimachi. 壽山75 views
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The second hikiyama is pulled into position at Yutani Shrine.75 views
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Keep away from the stone lanterns.75 views
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This is in front of Taneya. 75 views
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Leaving Kiyotaki amid cherry blossoms in Maibara.75 views
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Moxa made by Ibuki-do in Kashiwabara. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店75 views
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Free moxa cautery treatments at Ibuki-do during Yaito Matsuri, Kashiwabara-juku. You can hardly feel anything. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店75 views
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Rock where Yamato Takeru sat.75 views
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June 11, 2011 (Day 8): Rowing from Moriyama to Otsu (Seta River). Shiga Prefecture is one of Japan's 47 prefectures. A prefecture is similar to a US state like California, Texas, etc.75 views
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T-shirt with "Biwako" written was given to all rowers. "Biwako" means Lake Biwa. Rowing is most common at the southern tip of the lake, along Seta River in the capital city of Otsu. A few rowing clubs row partially around the lake. 75 views
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Leaving Imazu.75 views
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Inside the cable car going up to Enryakuji temple. One of the largest temple complexes in Japan, Enryakuji is the headquarters of the Tendai Buddhist sect atop Mt. Hie in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture. 75 views
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Arriving at the boat landing for the Scenic Water Channel boat ride (Suigo Meguri) in Omi-Hachiman.75 views
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Shrine priest on horseback.75 views
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The stairway on the south side of Koka Station has this dramatic mural of ninja in action.75 views
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A little path lined with little Kannon statues at Kannonji.75 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka). A summer scene of a few women drying gourd shavings to make kanpyo. Minakuchi-juku was the fiftieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Road.75 views
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Armor worn around the belly by low-ranking samurai to protect against spears and swords. Supposedly used in the Battle of Anegawa.75 views
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