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Pulling a hikiyama at night in Maibara.68 views
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Inside the ift shop. This is the expo's largest gift shop. Buy your Azai sisters souvenirs and guide books here next to the Azai pavilion.68 views
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Bridge in Osugi-cho. 大杉町68 views
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Near Hakuunbashi Bridge, you can see two of the giant torches to be lit for the Hachiman Matsuri fire festval later in the evening.68 views
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View from Hakuunbashi Bridge. 白雲橋68 views
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Kawara Roof Tile Museum's ground is covered with roof tiles, looking like cobblestones.68 views
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Smaller torches.68 views
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The torches leave a trail of fire.68 views
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Cherry blossoms and Amanogawa River famous for fireflies in June.68 views
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Torii gate to Isame no Shimizu spring waters.68 views
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The second of Samegai's famous Three Spring Waters. This one is called Juo-sui. 十王水68 views
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Otsu City Hall. The clock plays Lake Biwa Rowing Song.68 views
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Heading for Ogoto.68 views
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Although it was during the rainy season, the rowers endured minimal rain and bad weather. The tour went on every day as scheduled. If it were Aug., it would have been really hot and humid.68 views
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Group in front of Konpon Chudo Hall, a National Treasure and Enryakuji's main worship hall and largest building.68 views
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Heading for Takeshima, a small island about 6.5 km off Hikone. 68 views
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The procession incudes a group of shrine officials and shrine priests on horseback. They follow a rural route.68 views
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The south entrance has community room serving as an exhibiiton space. It also displays medicines made by Koka medicine makers. Many ninja families in Koka were medicine makers.68 views
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Sign on south side of Koka Station. There's a ninja character climbing up the sign, but the map does not show the ninja village or ninja house.68 views
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Splendid work of Azai sisters made of small rolls of paper.68 views
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Pray here in front of the Honden Hall. Normally, you cannot enter beyond this point.68 views
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Omote path in Kannonji temple in Maibara.68 views
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Corridor connecting the Hondo to the Yakushido Hall.68 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu68 views
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Nakasendo Road: Kashiwabara (Maibara). Depicts Kameya, a shop selling mugwort from Mt. Ibuki used for moxa. The shop is still there, the last surviving maker of moxa cautery in Kashiwabara, the 60th station on the Nakasendo.68 views
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Mt. Ibuki at the top.68 views
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The city of Maibara has pursued a slogan of stressing "Kizuna" or human bonds. Bruce's longtime oyako project fits in well and he was invited to exhibit his parent-child photos in Maibara Station.68 views
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Inside Blacksmith's shop.68 views
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Second floor of Azai Pavilion has mannequins of the Azai family with the three Azai sisters as infants.68 views
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Nagahama Pavilion68 views
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Mini theater68 views
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Monument in front of the train station.68 views
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Stone bridge, closed due to snow.68 views
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Lockers68 views
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During Oct. 5 to Nov. 24, 2013, for the first time since its discovery in Yasu in 1881, Japan's largest bronze bell was exhibited at the Dotaku Bronze Bell Museum. Buses to the museum ran from Yasu Station.68 views
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Assembly Hall, a stately building.68 views
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Notogawa Station, East side68 views
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Rear view of the main Maibara Station building under construction.68 views
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Toyotomi Hidetsugu (豊臣 秀次 1568 – 1595) was a nephew and retainer of warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi who lived during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.68 views
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Restaurant in the Otsu Station building 2nd floor before renovation in 2016.68 views
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Shiga Kaikan68 views
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Entrance to Nagahama Castle History Museum. Small admission charged.68 views
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About the ride-on tractor, a step up from the power tiller.68 views
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Current model of a Ride-on tractor.68 views
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This was the most fun thing. It's a Hydraulic excavator that you can operate. 68 views
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The museum's 2nd floor.68 views
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Nagahama Castle can be seen from the Yanmar Museum rooftop. 68 views
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Heiwado near Nagahama Station can be seen from the Yanmar Museum rooftop. 68 views
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Red maples greet you as you approach Zensuiji's main hall.68 views
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Zensui natural spring water. Donate small change to get a bottle to fill up with this healing water.68 views
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Scale model of University of Shiga Prefecture.68 views
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Auditorium68 views
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Auditorium68 views
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The central buildings are encircled by a circular moat lined with cherry trees.68 views
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Cafeteria seats over 600. Crowded during lunch time. Visitors can eat here too.68 views
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A new lecture hall and offices.68 views
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Second floor entrance to Mondecool (Heiwado), a new two-story shopping center that opened in Feb. 2015.68 views
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Over 50 people attended our mini concert. Sorry about the kids not being able to see well.68 views
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A special guest was Kitagawa Akihiro who is the vocalist of the Nagahama-based duo ~Lefa~. He sang in English with the girls.68 views
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After a few years of uncertainty and about a year of major renovations, a new lease on life has been bestowed on the JR Otsu Station building that reopened on Oct. 1, 2016.68 views
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In this corner, the door to the capsule hotel.68 views
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Koi68 views
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We love Shiga in Otsu.68 views
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The glass bench actually consists of several glass pieces. A few are largely transparent.68 views
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It's a beautiful design, but quite expensive. The non-profit group was unable to garner enough donations for the monument. They fell far short of the ¥10 million goal.68 views
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Chikubushima is home to Hogonji Temple first built in 724 as ordered by the Emperor to worship the Goddess Benzaiten. It belongs to the Shingon Buddhist Sect (Buzan School) and it is the 30th temple in the 33-Temple Pilgrimage of Saigoku. 宝厳寺68 views
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Biwako Shuko no Uta song monument at Imazu Port. In June 1917, a song called Biwako Shuko no Uta (Lake Biwa Rowing Song) was composed by college student Taro Oguchi during a boat rowing trip around Lake Biwa.68 views
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A small stream empties through Haginohama Beach on the western shore.68 views
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Maibara beach.68 views
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Aisho, Shiga manhole68 views
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On the Shigaraki Kogen Railway Line, get off here at Shigaraki Station at the end of the line. 信楽駅 MAP68 views
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Ryokyo Shrine 凉橋神社67 views
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Suzuka Quasi-National Park marker67 viewsThe area is within this park.
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Entrance to castle grounds, now a picnic and playground.67 views
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Iron skeleton of new Nagahama Station67 views
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Main hall roof67 views
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Seta Castle site67 views
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Corridor as seen from the west (Lake Biwa) side.67 views
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West side as seen from the platform.67 views
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Sumiyoshi Shrine67 views
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Kawamori bus stop, nearest to Mt. Yukinoyama.67 views
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Mt. Yukinoyama and Hino River 雪野山と日野川67 views
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Mt. Yukinoyama and Ryuoji Temple. MAP67 views
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Hino River 日野川67 views
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Hiking trail on Mt. Yukinoyama.67 views
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Trail flanked by ferns67 views
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View from top of Yukinoyama67 views
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Sky over Ryuo-cho town67 views
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Verse 4 photos (Chikubushima)67 views
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Exhibition room on the 2nd floor of the Biwako Shuko no Uta Shiryokan song museum.67 views
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Photos of the song monument and Taro Oguchi statue in Okaya, Nagano, his hometown.67 views
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Former Echi Town Hall67 views
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The Jodan-no-Ma has elevated tatami mats on which the VIP sat and slept. This is called the Gyokuza. The room size is 8 tatami mats. Tsuchiyama Honjin address: 滋賀県甲賀市土山町北土山1628 玉座67 views
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Toiya-taku stone marker. The building next to it is not original and not open to the public.67 views
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Spectator tents were set up on both sides of the rice paddy. There weren't so many people. Not all the benches were filled.67 views
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After everyone is in place, on the stage, the Oyushiki ceremony is performed to purify the sacred rice paddies. 御湯式67 views
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The work continues, without the singing and dancing.67 views
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The shrine priests and taume girls return to Taga Taisha Shrine.67 views
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The third of Samegai's famous Three Spring Waters. This one is called Saigyo-sui, named after the famous poet. 西行水67 views
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The novel "Hoshi to Matsuri" 星と祭 mentions Kannon statues in Takatsuki and northern Shiga. In 1950, he won the Akutagawa Prize, one of Japan's most prestigious literary prizes.67 views
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Yomeien Garden 陽明園67 views
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Wooden sculpture of Nakae Toju67 views
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Giant balls were tossed to the audience. They slapped the balls toward the front, but many of them popped like a balloon.67 views
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Free shuttle buses took us from Kibogaoka Park and Yasu Station (or nearby parking lots).67 views
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Bridge to Kiyotaki Jinja Shrine67 views
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Ibuki town (Ueno) below67 views
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East Hiking Trail. Takes 60 min. to the parking lot.67 views
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Lemon yellow lilies on Mt. Ibuki. ユウスゲ67 views
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Mt. Ibuki as seen from Imazu.67 views
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Entrance to Shiga Prefectural Gym.67 views
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I thought the LakeStars uniforms were nice, but the advertising was too prominent and "LakeStars" was hardly to be seen. It's hard to see what the name of the team is.67 views
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Sato Hirotaka on defense67 views
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Cleanup67 views
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The LakeStars trailed Osaka for most of the game.67 views
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Bobby Nash67 views
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Products which use silk threads made in Azai. They were mainly used for the strings of string instruments such as the koto, samisen, and biwa lute.67 views
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GumQ performs during pregame activities.67 views
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Fujiwara and Joho67 views
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Ray Schafer shouting to Ryan.67 views
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Jump ball67 views
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LakeStars huddle67 views
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Ryan Rourke67 views
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Brayden Billbe67 views
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Shiga LakeStars merchandise.67 views
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Bobby Nash my kohai (後輩) from University of Hawaii. They are escorted by local kids who play basketball.67 views
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The starting lineup is introduced. Bobby Nash.67 views
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Fujiwara Takamichi67 views
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Ryan Rourke goes for a successful layup.67 views
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Shishi-no-Mai or Lion Dance. These Chigo-no-Mai dances were performed three times this day at different locations. So if you missed the first performance, you can still see them later in the day. 67 views
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The techniques used to makes these floats and decorations are top secret, known only by the hereditary craftsmen who make them.67 views
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Odaiko large taiko drummer67 views
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Two festival floats are ready to join the procession amid rice paddies.67 views
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The procession's final destination is Hachiman Shrine which is Niu Shrine's Otabisho (temporary resting point お旅所) before returning to Niu Shrine in the late afternoon..67 views
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At the end of the road at a bridge, they turned around and came back.67 views
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Delighted to find free Internet connection terminals if you have a your own computer.67 views
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The mikoshi portable shrines are taken out.67 views
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Naginata Festival Preservation Committee members.67 views
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Ozu Wakamiya Jinja Shrine torii. 小津若宮神社67 views
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Unfortunately, photography is not allowed inside. There is also a priest guide inside the Hondo Hall to give you a tour and explanation of the temple in Japanese.67 views
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At the top of the Oku Biwako Parkway road is a lookout point.67 views
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Sugawara Michizane doll on the Tenjin-machi hikiyama float.67 views
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Group photo in front of Yuya-machi hikiyama.67 views
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Inside Minakuchi Ishibashi Station, somewhat rundown.67 views
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After crossing the train tracks, you see this forked intersection. The road forks into three roads. The one in the middle is the old Tokaido Road. There is also a monument.67 views
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Monument indicating that Emperor Meiji who stayed here in 1869. He was the last guest since the Honjin was then closed and dismantled. The Waki-Honjin was also nearby, but no signs.67 views
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Monument for the rock which Ieyasu sat on.67 views
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Inside former Minakuchi Public Library. Now it is sometimes used as an art gallery.67 views
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Way to Shintokuji temple. 真徳寺67 views
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Reconstructed Higashi-Mitsuke Gate. 東見附跡67 views
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Kikui-san 菊井 了67 views
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Walking path along Zeze Castle Park.67 views
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A potpourri of firecrackers, twirling lights, and everything else lit up and blew up like pandemonium.67 views
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Bonbai (Bonsai Plum Tree) exhibition67 views
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Ibuki no Mieru Bijutsukan. See Mt. Ibuki from the museum.67 views
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They also painted the thighs.67 views
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Each man had a different painting.67 views
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The procession started at the Otabisho on a narrow road near Akiba Shrine. Just follow the crowd or the sound of the drums/bells.67 views
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One after another, they slowly enter the shrine.67 views
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One day in 2009, I finally investigated this mountain in Maibara. It's about 2 km from JR Sakata Station on the Hokuriku Line toward Nagahama. You can rent a bicycle at Sakata Station.67 views
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If you look carefully, you might notice a manmade structure on Mt. Hinade. Too small to be a castle, doesn't look like a house, looks like a lookout deck.67 views
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Within the Hinade Shrine grounds is this entrance to a hiking trail going up Mt. Hinade-yama. Elevation is only 240 meters so it's an easy climb.67 views
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GO! GO! LAKES!!67 views
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Gary Hamilton67 views
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FUJIWARA Takamichi #11 is also the team captain as he was last season.67 views
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It's always dramatic to watch Joho take the ball down the court.67 views
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Bobby tries to block a shot.67 views
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Shoji helps Gary up.67 views
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Tip-off at about 5 pm between the Shiga Lakestars and Osaka Evessa.67 views
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Free throw game. People who sunk the ball in received a small prize.67 views
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All eyes on the ball.67 views
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Mike Hall67 views
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Other side and entrance to the Hyde Memorail Building. Inside were panel exhibitions related to Vories' medical and educational activities.67 views
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Display of posters of past Vories exhibitions.67 views
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