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The opening ceremony started at 12:30 pm with a line of Caffy flags each representing a different sport.62 views
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Yasu's booth had a replica of an ancient bronze bell, Japan's largest discovered in Yasu.62 views
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Cherry tree path to Tokugen-in Temple.62 views
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Ibukiyama Driveway62 views
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Lemon yellow lilies ユウスゲ62 views
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Shiga LakeStars CEO speaks.62 views
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This is where kids can play in the water and catch fish, etc. After observing and identifying the fish, prawns, etc., the kids return the fish back into the water. Fishing is prohibited here.62 views
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Migratory patterns in the Kohoku area.62 views
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Large exhibition rooms.62 views
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Tokyo Apache's corner62 views
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Lobby of Shiga Prefectural Cultural and Industrial Exchange Hall.62 views
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Inside the Shiga Prefectural Cultural and Industrial Exchange Hall prepared for the bj-league pro basketball game. 62 views
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Bobby Nash for a free throw.62 views
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Robert Pierce interviewed.62 views
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High fives with the crowd.62 views
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The three floats were lined up at the foot of a hill.62 views
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The Miko dancer used these bamboo leaves in his dance.62 views
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Tall bamboo poles called O-nobori at Tsuno Shrine for the Kawakami Matsuri in Imazu, Takashima. They are about 20 meters tall. 大幟62 views
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Mikoshi being blessed.62 views
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They noisily carried the mikoshi around the neighborhood.62 views
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The mikoshi leaves the area amid a spectator-lined road.62 views
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Beauty Queens62 views
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This Community Center also houses a hikiyama float.62 views
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Daitokuji Temple Hondo Hall.62 views
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A tree shows where the Ichirizuka marker was. It served as a milestone and distance marker for travelers.62 views
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Daikoji temple's bell tower. 「木造千手観音立像」と「木造阿弥陀如来立像」は寺の関係者が勝手に持ち出したあと第三者に売り渡された。62 views
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Pine tree62 views
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Looking toward Sakata Station which is on the right of the white roof near the center of the picture.62 views
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The Maibara Omi Public Library also houses the Maibara Omi Haniwa Museum. 米原市近江はにわ館62 views
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A model of a burial mound. Go inside and it becomes a video projection room where you can see an entertaining video.62 views
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Introduction of Takamatsu Five Arrows players.62 views
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GO! GO! LAKES!!62 views
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The Lakestars take the lead in the 2nd period.62 views
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During a break, a little game for these two little kids.62 views
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Near the school is this residence where Vories and his wife Makiko lived during the latter half of their lives. The house is normally not open to the public. Sometimes you can see inside the house if you make an appointment. ヴォーリズ記念館62 views
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The building is now used to care for the elderly and handicapped and for missionary activities. There is also a meeting room for rent. It is next to a church.62 views
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Hiko-nyan shakes hands with Shiga Lakestars Head Coach Robert Pierce as amused players look on. Note that Hiko-nyan is not related to Hello Kitty. The Japanese really love their cats. Shiga has other mascots modeled after cats.62 views
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Tip-off at about 5 pm between the Shiga Lakestars and Takamatsu Five Arrows in Hikone.62 views
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Sometimes they wear this silver dress, and sometimes a black cowboy outfit.62 views
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Luke and Bobby rest up.62 views
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Coach Pierce gives a heated pep talk during a break.62 views
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Shiga Lakestar cheerleaders always do a great job when firing up the crowd, whether it's "DEFENSE!!" or "GO GO LAKES!!"62 views
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She's glowing.62 views
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Final score: 93-79. The Shiga Lakestars win their fifth home game in a row. However, on the next day, they lost their first home game of the season as Takamatsu took revenge and won handily 81-91.62 views
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Myorakuji Temple in Kinomoto. 明楽寺62 views
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Front of station still under construction.62 views
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Men's restroom made of wood. Very nice.62 views
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Osasahara Shrine's Haiden Hall is what you first see when you enter the shrine grounds.62 views
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Introduction of Tokyo Apache's starting five.62 views
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Cohey always passes the ball in a direction where his eyes are not looking.62 views
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Fujiwara Takamichi62 views
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Whenever Cohey (left) is playing defense one-on-one, I notice that he's always staring into his opponent's eyes. It seems that he's trying to gauge his opponent's next move.62 views
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Joho Masashi scrambling.62 views
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Kojima Yuta62 views
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Jerrell Smith62 views
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Shiga Lakestars boosters make noise.62 views
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Cheerleaders in the stands.62 views
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Cohey and Fujiwara Takamichi at it again. They must be tired of seeing each other's faces all the time.62 views
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Joho Masashi played for Tokyo Apache up until last season. He was welcomed back by Apache fans whom I'm sure miss Joho in Tokyo.62 views
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After the front torii, there is a 300-meter gravel path lined with pine trees.62 views
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Hyozu Taisha Shrine. It worships the same god as Izumo Taisha in Shimane Prefecture. Yachihoko is known as the god of military strength. Japan's famous warriors desired this god's blessings and so patronized this shrine.62 views
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This is the area (called baba 馬場) where the Kenketo Odori will be performed. The boys will proceed up this path toward the shrine, while a crowd will watch on both sides.62 views
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The main halls of both shrines: Tagi Daimyojin-no-Miya on the right and Tenmangu on the left. In 2005, both these shrine buildings were rebuilt anew. They look very new and nice.62 views
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Shrine parishioners from three districts (Maeno, Iwamuro, and Tokuhara (前野、徳原と甲賀町岩室) around the shrine participate in the Kenketo Matsuri. Each district takes turns providing the boys who dance each year. 62 views
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The boys were then taken to the other shrine.62 views
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Due to the tall peacock feathers, the boys have to put their head down when going through the gate.62 views
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Then this cute little boy wandered in.62 views
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Turned out that the umbrella holder was his papa whom he had missed.62 views
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The horseback archer faced the shrine and gave a ritualistic prayer with a bow at 2:20 pm. He was followed by the eight horseback riders who bowed to the shrine.62 views
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They pay their respects to the shrine.62 views
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At around 7:30 pm, they all gathered here near the hospital and took a break. 分部神社前62 views
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Pulling the Ryu (龍) hikiyama.62 views
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Omizo Matsuri float passing by Omi-Takashima Station.62 views
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Tapestry behind the Isamu hikiyama float.62 views
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Tomoe hikiyama float (巴)62 views
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Archer62 views
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Next, the boat carrying the main mikoshi is taken upstream. 62 views
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The kabuki plays are scheduled so that you can see kabuki on both floats consecutively at the same location. They are not performed at the same time.62 views
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Even if you don't understand what they're saying or the story, there's enough eye candy and theatrics to make it interesting to anyone.62 views
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At the shrine exit, the float stops to unload the kabuki actors.62 views
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Heading for the shrine entrance.62 views
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Two men on the hikiyama float's roof make sure overhead wires and cables are lifted out of the way.62 views
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Tapestry on rear of hikiyama.62 views
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They head for Sannomiya Shrine only about 120 meters away.62 views
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They started to form a circle and danced.62 views
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Women background singers.62 views
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The Odani pavilion's most impressive exhibit was this scale model of Mt. Odani with Odani Castle in its heyday. On the left, you can also see Mt. Toragozen where Nobunaga's troops were perched to attack Odani Castle. 62 views
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The third and main pavilion is in Azai. This is where the expo's opening ceremony was held on Jan. 15, 2011 with Shiga Governor Kada Yukiko and actor Tokito Saburo in attendance.62 views
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Palanquin62 views
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Site of Kashiwabara-juku's Honjin, now a private home. Many of the homes have signs indicating where the typical shukuba buildings were. MAP62 views
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Road marker62 views
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Former Kashiwabara Bank being renovated.62 views
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Kitabatake Tomoyuki-kyo Grave 北畠具行卿墓62 views
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Cross the train tracks to visit another temple.62 views
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Jobodai-in temple62 views
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Kashiwabara-juku's Honjin in Tarui, Gifu. During the Meiji Period while still in Kashiwabara, the former Honjin was used as a primary school before it was moved to Tarui.62 views
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Isame-no-Kiyomizu spring was supposedly where famed warrior Yamato Takeru bathed to heal his wounds after battling an evil boar on Mt. Ibuki.62 views
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Jizo-bon is held along the Nakasendo road with various displays of paper mache figures made by local school children.62 views
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Jizo altar at Jizo-do temple in Samegai, Maibara.62 views
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Exhibition in Mizunoeki62 views
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"Shirahige" means white beard, and so people pray here for long life and longevity. The shrine is dedicated to a god named Sarutahiko.62 views
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Final stop for the day was here at Shirahama Beach. "Shirahama" means white sand beach.62 views
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Trees on a sandbar, a haven for birds.62 views
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Rough waves.62 views
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Approaching Matsubara Beach in Hikone.62 views
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Poster for Aburahi Matsuri in 2011. The Aburahi Matsuri festival ceremony is held every year on May 1, but the colorful yakko-furi procession of over 100 people is held only once every 5 years. 62 views
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The priest on horseback arrives at Aburahi Shrine. 頭殿62 views
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The Medicine Museum has a large permanent exhibition room.62 views
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Hino-shonin merchants based in nearby Hino town helped to sell Koka's medicines.62 views
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To make medicinal powder.62 views
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Kafuka Yume no Mori park across the street. 鹿深夢の森62 views
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Way to Rakuyaji temple.62 views
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Path to Namura Shrine's Romon gate. Shrine's address: 滋賀県蒲生郡竜王町大字綾戸467 MAP62 views
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Thatch roof of Romon Gate.62 views
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About Hachiman Shrine, an Important Cultural Property.62 views
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Affiliate shrine next to the Nishi Honden.62 views
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Babysitter sculpture 子守りの像62 views
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Sacred horse statue62 views
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Poster for Namura Shrine's Sekku Matsuri Festival held on May 5. May 5 is Children's Day and the festival prays for their healthy growth along with a good harvest.62 views
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She missed the target the first two times.62 views
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Bull's eye. Compared to other yabusame that I've seen, she rode the horse pretty slow.62 views
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After the yabusame, they carried the mikoshi back.62 views
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Pictures of their indigo plant farm in Konan.62 views
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Kannonji temple bell.62 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)62 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)62 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)62 views
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Corridor toward the east exit. White walls galore. There were plans for Hiro Yamagata, a famous artist from Maibara, to paint the walls here, but they never materialized due to the cost.62 views
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In the rear is the thatch-roofed Shichirinkan 七りん館62 views
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The thatched-roof house in the middle is Shichirinkan, a former blacksmith's house. 七りん館62 views
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Inside the gift and produce shop. This was where they displayed kimono in 2011. Now a gallery.62 views
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Go and Azai Sisters Memorial Hall62 views
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Hikiyama Festival Museum.62 views
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A fire to burn old New Year's decorations and to warm yourself up. 62 views
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Kohoku Mizudori Station, a local roadside shop/restaurant for tourists traveling by car.62 views
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View of 3rd station. Higher up the mountain are the 4th and 5th stations.62 views
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At the 3rd station is a statue of Nakayama Saijiro, a pioneer who spread skiing in the Kansai region via Mt. Ibuki.62 views
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Old ski lifts from the 2nd station rusting.62 views
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Shiga University's Archives Museum centers mainly on Omi shonin merchants.62 views
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Eatery decorated with beautiful wisteria in Hikone.62 views
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There was a small platform for an altar.62 views
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Tanabata decorations in Hikone.62 views
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Hikone Serikawa Station. ひこね芹川駅62 views
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Temple visited by Rennyo in the 15th century. 明楽寺62 views
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Nagahama Hikiyama Museum and the Hikiyama storehouse door.62 views
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Maruko-bune transported rice, fish, kelp, and many other northern Japan goods bound for Kyoto/Osaka. From Kyoto, came cotton, confections, soy sauce, sake, kimono, textiles, tobacco, and more.62 views
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Nagahara Station on the JR Kosei Line.62 views
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Gymnasium62 views
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Lunch at Joyfull. Food is good. *Sadly, Joyfull restaurant at Nagahama Station Mondecool closed on Jan. 21, 2019.62 views
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Old Nagahama Heiwado store being torn down in Jan. 2016.62 views
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Mondecool (Heiwado) supermarket opened in Feb. 2015 to replace the old Heiwado store.62 views
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Imazu Port in spring.62 views
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A little south of Omi-Maiko. Bicycled from Omi-Maiko and went south.62 views
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Hirata Station on the Ohmi Railways.62 views
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The old Maibara City Hall that was near Maibara Station. Replaced by the new city hall next to Maibara Station.62 views
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Miidera Station on the Keihan Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line is the closest station to Miidera temple (and Lake Biwa Canal).62 views
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Chomeiji is also part of the Lake Biwa Japan Heritage.62 views
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I dropped by in late Nov. 2016 to check it out.62 views
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Menu for The Calendar.62 views
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