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Cheerleaders perform.63 views
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Mike Hall #23 with the ball.63 views
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Many homemade banners cheering the Lakestars.63 views
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Kojima Yuta #03 going up.63 views
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Mike Hall #2363 views
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Bobby Nash #3363 views
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Caught in the act. Joho being fouled.63 views
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Joho Masashi #31 for a free throw.63 views
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Joho Masashi #3163 views
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Firing up Lakestars fans.63 views
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Going for the rebound.63 views
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Kyoiku-kan is attached to the Hyde Building. 教育会館63 views
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Map of the tour route.63 views
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About Ikeda-cho in English and Japanese.63 views
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Special guest Hiko-nyan enters the gym and gives high fives to spectators. A most welcome guest for the Lakestars' for the first time in Hikone.63 views
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Introduction of starting five. This is Gary Hamilton #2. Unfortunately, team captain Fujiwara Takamichi got a dislocated shoulder and is on the disabled list.63 views
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Free throw by Takamatsu Five Arrows.63 views
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Stone on which Rennyo sat in the 15th century. It felt comfortable enough.63 views
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Corridor63 views
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Meanwhile, outside the Hikone Bunka Plaza Hall were hordes of people crowding around the mascot characters.63 views
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Mito Komon63 views
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Ray Schafer63 views
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Chris Schlatter63 views
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Coach Robert Pierce63 views
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Tokyo Apache Dance Team in formation.63 views
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The Hikone Gun Battalion in formation for a firing demo.63 views
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Haiden Hall was rebuilt anew in 2005.63 views
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Kenketo procession passing by tea field.63 views
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They perform the baba odori kenketo dance at the baba area.63 views
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The fun part of the festival was when the hanagasa is offered to the crowd who fight over the spoils of the flower umbrella.63 views
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It starts with a Shinto ceremony at 1 pm.63 views
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About Oarahiko Shrine in Japanese.63 views
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Yabusame horseback archer.63 views
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A procession of musicians went up the steps and walked around the shrine.63 views
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Eight horses waiting.63 views
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And they run again ahead of the horse.63 views
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Each float has a tapestry on the back. This is the Ryu hikiyama float.63 views
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At 3 pm, the keynote speaker gave a talk about Takatora.63 views
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A ninja show performed by an Iga-ryu ninja trouope called Kurondo from Iga, Mie. 黒党63 views
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Storehouse for the Juzan hikiyama float.63 views
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About Maibara Hikiyama Matsuri.63 views
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The procession consists of various people including these two torch bearers.63 views
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The path to Tokugen-in temple in Kiyotaki is lined with cherry blossoms.63 views
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About the Kyogoku Clan graves at Tokugen-in temple. It was Kyogoku Takatoyo, lord of Marugame in Shikoku, who in 1672 acquired the temple land and gathered all the Kyogoku graves scattered in the area to Tokugen-in.63 views
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Kyogoku Clan graves at Tokugen-in temple. Kyogoku Takatoyo, the 22nd Kyogoku Clan leader, renamed the temple Tokugen-in after the posthumous Buddhist name of his father Takakazu.63 views
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Kashiwabara-juku History Museum in a beautiful Japanese-style home with a garden and kura storehouse. Besides exhibits of local history, there is a restaurant and gift shop. 柏原宿歴史館63 views
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Kashiwabara-juku History Museum has more exhibits in the detached kura storehouse.63 views
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Kashiwabara has one long main street called Nakasendo.63 views
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Toward the west end of Kashiwabara is this site called Ochaya Goten, a small palace built for shoguns to rest. 御茶屋御殿跡63 views
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Ochaya Goten well.63 views
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About Ochaya Goten. 御茶屋御殿跡63 views
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Map of Kashiwabara-juku63 views
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Kashiwabara has been converting its buildings into a traditional look.63 views
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About the West Guard Gate.63 views
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Kashiwabara-juku stone marker.63 views
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Directions63 views
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Way to Kitabatake Tomoyuki-kyo Grave63 views
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple used to be Kashiwabara Castle. 清滝 徳源院63 views
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Tokugen-in is famous for two beautiful cherry blossoms trees. This one is a weeping cherry tree.63 views
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About Isame no Shimizu and Yamato Takeru.63 views
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Jizo-bon in Samegai, Maibara.63 views
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Dragon boat ride at Ogoto. Ogoto is a major hot spring town.63 views
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Leaving the beach in front of Hotel Laforet.63 views
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That's Hotel Laforet in the background, where the rowers stayed every night during the rowing tour and commuted to/from the rowing start/end points.63 views
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Omi-Maiko is Lake Biwa's most famous and popular beach. Well-known for white sands and green pine trees. In summer, people from Kyoto come here to swim and sun bathe.63 views
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The torii in the water is perfectly aligned with the torii on land and the shrine's main worship hall.63 views
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Entertainment stage63 views
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Red kon-yaku or devil's tongue.63 views
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Romon Gate of Aburahi Shrine. MAP63 views
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Keyari-yakko carrying fur-tipped spears enter the Romon Gate. 毛槍奴63 views
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God of Medicinal Herbs63 views
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Rakuyaji temple gate and paper lantern.63 views
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Portable shrine storehouse dating from the Muromachi Period, also an Important Cultural Property.63 views
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Short, wooded path to the Higashi Honden shrine.63 views
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Namura Shrine's Higashi Honden, an Important Cultural Property in Ryuo, Shiga. Dedicated to a major god called Ōkuninushi (大国主) and Susano-o (素盞嗚尊). 苗村神社東本殿63 views
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They carried the mikoshi around the Haiden Hall, then went around the neighborhood.63 views
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She shoots the arrow...63 views
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At least two riders took a spill and fell from the horse. No injuries though, and I filmed one of the riders who fell. See my video below.63 views
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Well where Ishida Mitsunari fetched water for tea he made for Toyotomi Hideyoshi in three servings. 観音寺 水汲みの井戸63 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Returning Boats at Yabase63 views
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Escalators going to the east exit of Maibara Station.63 views
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THe east exit has a nice, wooden, relief sculpture of Maibara's major sights. Made by woodcarvers in Kami-nyu in Samegai.63 views
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Maibara PR posters.63 views
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3. Joining train cars on the Tokaido Line, Maibara Station.63 views
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More Oyako photos in the corridor toward the east side. Maibara Station finally looks better with these photos.63 views
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The Maibara oyako portraits are in four panels, one for each season.63 views
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Oyako photos taken by people with their cell phones.63 views
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Old Maibara Station's shinkansen turnstile entrance.63 views
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Old Maibara Station's comfortable waiting room was accessible by all. Now, only shinkansen passengers have a nice waiting room. The waiting room is near the shinkansen turnstile. It had a TV, noodle shop, vending machines, and air conditioning.63 views
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Model of Odani Castle on Mt. Odani.63 views
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Since the main expo pavilion is in Kinomoto, I started in Kinomoto. The expo focuses on the Battle of Shizugatake and Anegawa River.63 views
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Model of the Battle of Shizugatake site at Mt. Shizugatake and Lake Yogo. It explained how the forces of both sides gathered in this area and fought/retreated.63 views
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Top of Mt. Shizugatake accessible by chair lift. Great views at the top of Lake Biwa and Lake Yogo.63 views
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Money pit for monetary offerings. A few days from now, we will see happy bank employees counting the money from shrines.63 views
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Kaguraden stage where they performed sacred dances. They would dance on Jan. 1 and 2, in the morning and early afternoon.63 views
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Preparing gallons upon gallons of amazake (sweet sake, non-alcoholic). 300 yen/cup.63 views
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This gondola was built in 1989 to take people from the foot of the mountain directly to the 3rd station.63 views
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Statue of Nakayama Saijiro, principal of a high school in Kyoto who brought his students to learn how to ski on Mt. Ibuki. Erected in Sept. 1964 by the alumni of his school to mark the 50th anniversary of him starting skiing on Ibuki.63 views
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The old Ibuki Kogen Hotel.63 views
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Archives Museum (経済学部附属史料館) at Shiga University.63 views
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The new Maibara Station building being built in late May 2007.63 views
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Bus at Omi-Imazu Station with localized design.63 views
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Corridor to east exit.63 views
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Kinomoto Jizo-in temple in the evening of ennichi festival.63 views
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Traditional townscape in Kinomoto63 views
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Rice transplanter is also something we see in early summer in rural Japan.63 views
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Inside the boat simulator. It's an easy ride. You can't go off course...63 views
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The museum's rooftop is also open to the public. The museum also holds various hands-on activities like rice planting/growing.63 views
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Another boat mate matched Oguchi's lyrics to the melody based on the old song called Water Lilies as modified by a young Chiaki Yoshida.63 viewsIt soon became a popular dormitory song. The song became a national hit in 1971 when singer Tokiko Kato recorded it. Numerous famous Japanese singers and groups have since released cover versions of the song. The town of Imazu even holds an annual song contest in June when choir groups from around Japan sing the song in a competition. The town even has this museum dedicated to the song.
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Comments about the song are welcome.63 views
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Souvenirs also sold in the museum.63 views
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JR Hira Station on the Kosei Line63 views
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Miyagahama beach63 views
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Seta-no-Karahashi Bridge over Seta River63 views
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Renovated Otsu Station63 views
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Otsu Tourist Information Center63 views
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Before renovation.63 views
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Ping-pong room. Play for free.63 views
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Ogoto Onsen Station platform has a nice view of the lake.63 views
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Plum blossoms63 views
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Floor plan63 views
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The song monument is made of glass and functions as a park bench for four people. Glassware is one of Nagahama's signature products. Verse 3 is engraved in the middle. It reportedly cost several million yen.63 viewsAfter the unveiling, local singers sang the song with Kato Tokiko before everyone released balloons.
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Chikubushima and Mt. Ibuki as seen from Imazu.63 views
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Chikubushima on Lake Biwa 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.63 views
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Gourd city62 views
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Window62 views
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Terrace facing south.62 views
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As seen from the train platform.62 views
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Hino River 日野川62 views
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Ryuoji Temple 龍王寺62 views
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1st lookout point, too many trees in the way.62 views
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View from Yukinoyama62 views
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Top of Yukinoyama at 308 meters elevation. The views are obstructed by many trees. 雪野山 頂上62 views
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Lookout point62 views
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West side of station as seen from the train platform.62 views
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Verse 4 song monument photos (Chikubushima)62 views
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Verse 3 song monument photos (Imazu)62 views
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Verse 1 song monument photos (Otsu)62 views
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Going under Otemon Bridge. Wooden boards protect the bridge posts from the boat.62 views
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Castle tower as seen from the moat62 views
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A rowing team leaves the dock for Seta-Karahashi Bridge seen in the background.62 views
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Seta-Karahashi Bridge, the start line.62 views
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Finish line.62 views
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Entrance to convention hall at Otsu Prince Hotel. Every few years, all the Shiga Kenjinkai in Japan and overseas gather for a convention for a few days.62 views
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A representative for Mekata Makoto, Chairman of the Shiga Prefecture City Mayors' Association and also the mayor of Otsu.62 views
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On Nov. 13, there was a symposium called "Shiga and Cultural Exchanges."62 views
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Door prizes were given out in a drawing. There were so many prizes donated by various Kenjinkai that it took almost an hour to give them all out.62 views
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Mini presentation by the Biwako-no-Kai from Mexico.62 views
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For the first hour (6 pm - 7 pm), we suffered through endless speeches by politicians. (Speeches should not be longer than 20 min. total at any event.)62 views
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Egypt Pavilion at Kitaoumi Resort. The Pavilion was originally at the Aichi Expo in 2005.62 views
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Maruyama Tumulus in Torahime, Nagahama.62 views
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Mt. Ibuki as seen from Torahime. Gansan Daishi temple can also be seen.62 views
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Girl planting rice, Taga Taisha O-taue Matsuri, Shiga Prefecture62 views
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Unfinished work.62 views
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Monument marking the birthplace of Yamaoka Magokichi (1888-1962) 山岡孫吉, founder of Yanmar Diesel, Co. In 1933, he developed the world's first compact diesel engine.62 views
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Hoshu rightly believed that language represented the culture, and learning the language was thus essential to understand the country.62 viewsIn 2017, Amenomori Hoshu's documents related to Japan-Korea relations during the Edo Period will be inscribed as a UNESCO Memory of the World.
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Toju Jinja Shrine. 藤樹神社62 views
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