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Temple garden before the cherries reached full bloom.70 views
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The hall has a few exhibition rooms. 70 views
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Yuya-machi hikiyama 湯屋町70 views
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Higashi-machi float's decoration was a model of Okayama Castle in Minakuchi.70 views
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Here comes Higashi-machi hikiyama making a wide and grand entrance to the shrine.70 views
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Momotaro decoration on the Tenno-cho hikiyama. 天王町70 views
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The floats arrive one after another. This is the Tenno-cho hikiyama. 天王町70 views
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Minakuchi Ishibashi Station. When you exit, go right until you see the train tracks on the right. Cross the tracks and you will be heading toward Minakuchi-juku.70 views
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Inside Minakuchi Folk History Museum70 views
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This is the rock which Tokugawa Ieyasu sat on when he visited the temple in May 1600. He sat on it while talking to the temple priest. Anyone can now sit on it. Called Tokugawa Ieyasu koshi-kake ishi. It was moved here in 1900. 腰掛石70 views
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Minakuchi Public Library and folk history museum. 水口歴史民俗資料館70 views
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This is the site of Minakuchi-juku's Toiyaba which was like a travel logistics office and lodging reservations agency. Staffed by one or more people, it handled horses, messengers, luggage, helpers, etc. 問屋場70 views
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A more traditional-looking part of the former Tokaido Road.70 views
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Another intersection.70 views
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Minakuchi Castle Museum is open 10 am to 4 pm, closed on Thursday and Fri. 水口城資料館70 views
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Old Tokaido Road70 views
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Flower arrangement using reeds.70 views
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The huge explosion was followed by loud whistles and smaller pops and crackles.70 views
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The drummers formed a few different formations. They lined up in front of the shrine and let the fukube-furi children to march through to the shrine.70 views
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They also had a seated drumming performance.70 views
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Fukube-furi comes through (again).70 views
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Finally, the bow twirling ceremony (called Yumitori-shiki). Notice that he faces the shrine.70 views
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The plaza has this Statue of Lord Yamauchi Kazutoyo and Chiyo. 「なでしこ」山内一豊と千代70 views
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Now walking toward Naganoya.70 views
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Bobby Nash fan.70 views
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Team huddle before tip-off.70 views
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One corridor in the gym is lined with large cutouts of the Lakestars.70 views
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His nickname is "Wara."70 views
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Mike Hall #2370 views
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Shiga Lakestars cheerleaders in their other outfit.70 views
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Mike Hall #2370 views
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Bobby Nash #3370 views
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Gary goes up to score.70 views
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Evessa head coach Tennichi Kensaku (center) talks to his team during a timeout.70 views
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The Vories residence has three chimneys. Web site: http://vories.com/70 views
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About the Andrews Memorial Hall. Web site: http://www.vories.or.jp/fukushi_no_sato/andrews.html70 views
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From JR Yasu Station, take a bus to Oshinohara which is this intersection. 大篠原70 views
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Food mascots70 views
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Shiga Lakestars70 views
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Introduction of Tokyo Apache players as they make a grand entrance on stage as the curtain lifted.70 views
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Tokyo Apache players' traditional huddle70 views
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Practice shot70 views
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Ray Schafer takes it down.70 views
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Joho goes for 3 points.70 views
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Gary Hamilton70 views
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Mikey and Rasheed70 views
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Chris Schlatter70 views
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Ray sure has long arms.70 views
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Basketball court at Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium. Not a sellout crowd. Tokyo Apache has been doing poorly this season without Joe Bryant as head coach.70 views
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Mikey Marshall70 views
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Dancers from Muromachi Period (1337-1573)70 views
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Ii Clan's "Red Devil" samurai vassals wearing their trademark red armor.70 views
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Hikone Traditional Fireman Preservation Group70 views
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About Hyozu Taisha's Japanese garden. The garden dates back to the Heian Period. It was here even before the shrine moved here. The original garden was built by a local aristocrat named Harima-no-Kamisukeyori 播磨守資頼 who lived here in the Kama70 views
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The Ayame girls return.70 views
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Yasu River.70 views
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These kenketo dancers got a lot of goodies. They deserve it since they practiced hard for the dance.70 views
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Kenketo dancers dancing around Tagi Daimyojin-no-Miya Shrine.70 views
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Nearer to the shrine, the horse track is lined with spectator seating. Apparently, people donated money for a seat to view the procession and galloping horses.70 views
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At about 2:40 pm, the yabusame horseback archery began with the yakko-furi boys running down the path.70 views
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The mikoshi was hauled on a cart.70 views
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They ran while pulling the float into the shrine grounds.70 views
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Toramaru from Tsu, Mie.70 views
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Sleeping quarters for boys have a blue carpet. There are six rooms like this one for boys, each one is named after a lake fish like Moroko, Ayu, and Funa.70 views
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More teacher's quarters on the 3rd floor. This is for two. 70 views
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The main mikoshi arrives at the boat pier.70 views
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Heading for the boat.70 views
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Lansing going to rendezvous with the other boats. Most of Lake Biwa's cruise boats are named after Shiga's sister states (like Michigan) or cities. Lansing is in Michigan.70 views
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The hikiyama float is then pulled along the narrow road heading for the next location where it will perform again.70 views
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Group photo of Sho-ouzan float in Oct. 2008. 松翁山70 views
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A lot less people at night.70 views
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The festival started at noon near the Ueno Kaikan Hall (brown building on right). MAP70 views
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Mt. Hachiman-yama is in the background. An aerial tramway goes up the mountain which was the site of Hachiman Castle.70 views
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You can easily walk along the entire moat except for this section which is a little flooded. My waterproof shoes came in handy.70 views
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Torches near Himure Hachimangu Shrine's Romon Gate. This is also one location where the film Idai Naru, Shurararabon (偉大なる、しゅららぼん The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom) was filmed. The ceremony for baby Ryosuke.70 views
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At 8 pm, there's supposed to be fireworks, but due to the East Japan earthquake/tsunami, the fireworks were cancelled this year in 2011.70 views
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Another giant torch is set on fire. They use long bamboo poles mounted with small torches to light the giant torch. They first light the crown of the giant torch.70 views
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Approaching Ibuki-do on the left. A side entrance on the left opens to a private garden as seen in Hiroshige's print. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店70 views
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Main venue of Yaito Matsuri next to Ibuki-do, the moxa shop.70 views
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Mt. Ibuki as famed haiku poet Basho must have seen it.70 views
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Tokugen-in's garden. Admission 300 yen.70 views
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Terutehime-kasa Jizo is the smaller statue on the right. 照手姫笠地蔵70 views
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In front of Kamo Shrine is crystal clear water from a natural spring called Isame no Shimizu. This is the source of Samegai's famous Jizogawa River and one of Japan's 100 Famous Springs of the Heisei Period.70 views
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Masaki Unose, tour director and member of the Seta Rowing Club in Otsu, gives a welcome speech. The rowing tour was organized and hosted by the Seta Rowing Club.70 views
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Omi-Maiko Beach, a rest stop.70 views
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Shirahige Shrine's torii gate in the lake is one of Lake Biwa's best-known landmarks. It faces the shrine on land.70 views
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The Scenic Water Channel boat ride uses traditional-looking motorized boats for large groups.70 views
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Azaleas in spring.70 views
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Every few minutes, the Nagamochi yakko-furi unit stops and sings the song as people in the neighborhood come out and watch.70 views
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Red bridge near Rakuyaji temple.70 views
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Rakuyaji temple entrance 櫟野寺 MAP70 views
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Honden Hall offerings.70 views
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Kannon statue at Kannonji.70 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu. A rest house and servants are depicted. Kusatsu-juku was the 52nd station on the Tokaido Road (following Ishibe-juku) and the 68th station (following Moriyama-juku) on the Nakasendo Road.70 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu70 views
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Nakasendo Road: Takamiya (Hikone). The sixty-fourth of the sixty-nine stations or shukuba post towns on the Nakasendo Road.70 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Snow at Mt. Hira70 views
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An easy walk up a hill.70 views
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Rhododendron normally grow at much higher elevations so it is unusual to see them here.70 views
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The Rhododendron species is this gorge are called Hon-shakunage. (Rhododendron makinoi Tagg ex Nakai)70 views
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Video room explaining the Battle of Anegawa River.70 views
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This is Itohime no Yakata which shows Azai's silk production history. 糸姫の館70 views
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Buses leave Kinomoto Station every 30 min. from 9:45 am to 4:15 pm. It takes less than 10 min. to Mt. Shizugatake.70 views
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This team is from Higashi-Omi City Hall's young employees group.70 views
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Kite trains (連凧) are the crowd favorite.70 views
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They were going to pull the kite across the width of the park since the way blew that way.70 views
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We visit the giant kite at rest. The back of the kite has many stickers written with kids' wishes.70 views
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Kids could also make a small kite for 300 yen.70 views
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The little kites flew well.70 views
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Waterwheel objects on Notogawa Station's west side.70 views
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New Year's Day at a large shrine in Japan is such a spectacle.70 views
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Going up Mt. Ibuki on the gondola.70 views
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Experts have concluded that the lake bottom has become too sandy instead of having the fine clay-like soil that the lotus require.70 viewsMethane gas is also on the increase and there's a lack of oxygen due to the layers of dead lotus plants.
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However, in summer 2016, these lotus plants died. Cause remained a mystery for a while until experts concluded it was due to sandy soil.70 views
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Dinner at a restaurant in the Otsu Station building.70 views
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The Shiga Prefectural Government Building is designated as a Tangible Cultural Property (登録有形文化財) in summer 2014. Designed by Sato Koichi. 建築家の佐藤功一氏が設計しました。70 views
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Steps to Nagahama Castle's main tower (donjon).70 views
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Nagahama Station wedding hall entrance70 views
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Use the levers to bring the shovel down/up or swivel it left/right and to scoop up or release the little balls.70 views
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The museum's 2nd floor mainly has outboard engines on display.70 views
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The meals are cheap.70 views
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Hassaka neighborhood near Lake Biwa shore. Short walk from the University of Shiga Prefecture. Hassaka is an old fishing village.70 views
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A pen with USP imprinted. The only USP merchandise I found in the university store.70 views
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Miyagahama is a quiet, spacious beach to enjoy Lake Biwa.70 views
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2011 FISA World Rowing Tour at Lake Biwa, Japan. "Lake Biwa Rowing Song" was played as they rowed.70 viewsAbout 40 rowers from overseas rowed around Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, Japan on June 5-11, 2011 for the annual FISA World Rowing Tour held for the first time in Asia. This video was taken on June 9 when they rowed from Nagahama to Hikone in northeastern Lake Biwa. The tour was hosted by the Seta Rowing Club in Otsu. FISA is the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron, the International Rowing Federation which is the governing body for international Rowing.
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We were very lucky to get Lake Reed to perform with us. Mr. Kikui (far right) basically invented the Lake Biwa reed flute in 2000.70 views
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Central area of The Calendar restaurant.70 views
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Outdoor terrace on part of the west-end rooftop.70 views
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The Calendar terrace as seen from Otsu Station platform.70 views
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Right outside Ogoto Onsen Station is this foot bath hut. Dip your feet into hot spring water for free.70 views
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On June 26, 2017, alumni of the Kyoto University Rowing Club rowed around Lake Biwa and took a break at Nagahama where they sang in front of the new song monument.70 views
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Verse 3 Song Monument in Nagahama's Hokoen Park near Nagahama Castle is engraved with Verse 3.70 views浪のまにまに 漂えば
赤い泊火 懐かしみ
行方定めぬ 浪枕
今日は今津か 長浜か
Nami no mani mani, tadayoeba
Akai tomaribi, natsukashimi
Yukue sadamenu, nami makura
Kyo wa Imazu ka, Nagahama ka
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Operated by Shiga Prefecture's Board of Education, the Uminoko "Biwako Floating School" is an educational boat going on overnight voyages year-round on Lake Biwa, taking Shiga's 5th graders.70 viewsThe first and original Uminoko ship was in operation from Aug. 2, 1983 to spring 2018 when it was retired. It was replaced by a new Uminoko ship (same name) in May 2018.
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Kawau cormorants. Shiga has thousands of these birds, and most of them live on Chikubushima whose trees are being destroyed by the droppings and branches broken off to make bird nests.70 views
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Ukiyoe woodblock print by Hiroshige showing "Descending Geese at Katata" with Ukimido in the background. 近江八景「堅田の落雁」70 views
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Omi Ohashi Bridge in southern Lake Biwa leading to Seta River.70 views
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Nightly water fountain show at Otsu Port.70 views
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Statue of the goddess Benzaiten at Hogonji, Chikubushima. She plays the biwa lute.70 views
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Mt. Kanakuso-dake (金糞岳 or Azai-dake) behind Takatsuki in Nagahama. The peak to the left is Shirakura-dake (白倉岳). The orange/white smokestack is from the Nippon Electric Glass factory (日本電気硝子) in Takatsuki. 70 views
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Shigaraki Station on the Shigaraki Kogen Railway Line. One-car train, diesel powered.70 viewsTo reach Shigaraki by train, first get on the JR Kusatsu Line, get off at Kibukawa Station where you transfer to the Shigaraki Kogen Railway Line.
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Lakeside park with a nice, long cycling path.69 views
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Bicycle rental sign. Most stations along Lake Biwa offer bicycles for rental.69 views
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Senryo Matsu pine tree69 views千両松
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Old Nagahama Station platform.69 views
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Inside old Nagahama Station69 views
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Biwako Shuko no Uta song monument map69 views
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Nishi Azai-cho Town Hall in winter69 views
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Seta Castle ruins 瀬田城跡69 views
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Misty Omi-Hachiman coast69 views
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Waiting room and tourist info office. This room has been removed and replaced by a walkway to the new Mondecool Heiwado store.69 views
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Head of torch. Different shape from Katsube Shrine's torches.69 views
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Top of Yukinoyama. 雪野山 頂上69 views
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Another broken sign.69 views
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Another Kuri-chan bus.69 views
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Bust of Itoh Chube'e II (1886-1973), his walking sticks, bag, and shoes.69 views
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