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Gokasho was home to many Omi merchants who plied up and down Japan during the Edo Period to sell and trade their wares. They became quite successful selling medicines, lacquerware, sake, etc.195 viewsWall of former home of Omi merchant Tonomura Shigeru (1902-1961) (外村 繁邸).
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Namako wall195 views
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May 27, 2007 was a bad day for giant kite flying in Yokaichi, as the giant kite crashes head-first into a bamboo grove on its first and last flight during the Yokaichi Giant Kite Festival.195 views
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Pouches, etc., made of indigo fabric, for sale. Coming to this place really made me aware of how beautiful the indigo color is. Take a bus or taxi from Kosei or Mikumo Stations on the Kusatsu Line. Get off at Shimoda and walk 50 meters. Parking also avail195 views
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Miyabiyama stands near the entrance gate to sign autographs.195 views
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Tanuki faces. This one is probably the most typical in the modern age.195 views
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A dance by the Warawame child attendants. 195 views
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Then a torch touches a few places to set it afire.195 views
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Cubby hole195 views
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Looking toward the school auditorium.195 views
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Before the new Toyosato Elementary School building was completed, the school held classes in this temporary structure in front of the old school building.195 views
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During the weekend of Oct. 24-25, 2009 on Yume-Kyobashi Castle Road near Hikone Castle, the mascot character festival was held amid product PR booths. ゆるキャラ ふれあい物産展195 views
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Sakata Shinmeigu Shrine, near JR Sakata Station on the Hokuriku Line. The site of the annual Yakko-buri Procession held on April 29. I saw it in 2010. MAP195 views
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I was impressed with Seian University's slogan of being an ”Art Museum on Campus.” These colorful men are gazing at Lake Biwa.195 views
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Map of Hikone. Hikone Castle is famous as being only one of five castles in Japan designated as a National Treasure. The tenshu castle tower is original, and you can enter it to get a good idea of what a real castle looked like.195 views
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Ito-kiri mochi, a famous local confection in Taga, Shiga.195 views
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Kusatsu town map. Kusatsu basically developed along the old Nakasendo and Tokaido Roads as they intersected before going on to Kyoto, Shiga's neighboring prefecture.194 views
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Kyoto Univ. alumni crew at start line194 views
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Imazu in winter194 views
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Gichuji temple is known for the grave of Haiku poet Basho Matsuo (1644-94). National Historic Site near JR Zeze Station, 300 meters from Gichuji JR膳所駅194 viewsGichuji is a short walk from Zeze Station.
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View from the bridge to Ukimido Floating Temple, Katata, Shiga. The building houses altars and 1,000 small Amida Buddha figures supposedly carved by Priest Enshin. Dedicated to transportation safety on the lake.194 views
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Also on the 2nd floor is an information room about Lake Biwa and Shiga.194 views
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The photo exhibition was held at the Biwako Shuko no Uta Shiryokan museum. Many of the photos were also contributed by Philbert Ono.194 views
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Numerous Shigaraki pottery vendors display and sell their wares. MAP194 views
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The stone in fall.194 views
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Tahoto's ground floor has a dome-shaped ceiling and a square pent roof, a round second floor and square roof.194 views
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Heron with a frog at Lake Yogo, Nagahama, Shiga.194 views
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At the Omizo Matsuri in Shiga, I couldn't get used to the people in casual clothes pulling a traditional float. Maybe they can't afford to buy happi coats for all these people.194 views
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The float is about 5.6 meters high. Maibara Hikiyama Matsuri, Shiga. 壽山194 views
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Ishibe High School. Rare to see a Japanese high school whose name is shown in English.193 views
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Later, the top division Makunouchi wrestlers started practice. They wear white mawashi belts.193 views
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Lake Biwa Canal and cherry blossoms.193 views
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Camellias and Mt. Ibuki, Maibara, Shiga Prefecture.193 views
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Upper level of old school library.193 views
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Fireman's ladder acrobatics193 views
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Mihogasaki harbor, Otsu. The arrow points to the boat house.192 views
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Hanamichi to the sumo ring192 views
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Ozeki Kotomitsuki signs autographs.192 views
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The sand is not as nice.192 views
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Yoshibue reed flute, made from reeds growing in Lake Biwa (Lake Nishinoko).192 views
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Ii clan samurai armor and helmet. Remember this helmet because it also appears on Hikone's official mascot Hiko-nyan (photos below).192 views
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Senko-sai video (embedded).192 views
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Funa-roka boat corridor connects Tsukubusuma Shrine and the Kannon-do Hall. Important Cultural Property. From the Momoyama Period. 船廊下191 views
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Near Imazu, Takashima191 views
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Northern Lake Biwa (Sugaura)191 views
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Giant Jizo statue and incense burner, Kinomoto Jizo-in, Shiga 木之本地蔵院191 views
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Front view of Anegawa River Battle Memorial where Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated Azai Nagamasa and the Asakura clan on Aug. 9 1570.191 views
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Lunch and dinner buffet for 1500 yen.191 views
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It had rained the night before and in the morning. The ground would've been muddy, but they spread a layer of rocks to make the ground dry. It must have been hard to pull the kite and run on these rocks.191 views
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Hakuho vs. Kotomitsuki, the last bout of the day.191 views
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Shigaraki Toki (Pottery) Matsuri banner191 views
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The Ceramic Art Market in Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park has ceramics artists having their own booth to sell their wares.191 views
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Inside Ninomaru-Sawaguchi Tamon Yagura Turret.191 views
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Further right of Saito is the third complex called Yokawa (横川). The three complexes are connected to each other by a road and walking path. It is possible to visit all three complexes in one day.191 viewsEnryakuji is also part of a World Heritage Site called Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto.
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The Nagahama Hikiyama Matsuri's main highlight are boys age 5 to 12 performing kabuki plays on a few ornate floats at Nagahama Hachimangu Shrine and other locations in central Nagahama. MAP191 views
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On the second floor, a mural depicting a train station.191 views
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School auditorium.191 views
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Spiral staircase191 views
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Near the south of JR Mikumo Station (Kusatsu Line) is Fudo-no-taki Waterfall. One of two noted waterfalls in Konan. The waterfall's trail entrance is right along the road, marked by a stone monument. MAP191 views
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Garden of Keiunkan190 views
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"Umi no Ko" (Child of the Lake) Lake Biwa training boat for kids190 views
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Boat house where Taro Oguchi and crew departed on their rowing trip. No longer used by the university's boat club. Mihogasaki, Otsu190 views
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"Let's make an English version of Biwako Shuko no Uta," Dec. 11, 2005, Asahi Shimbun, Shiga News190 views
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Kannon-do complex at Miidera temple, Shiga.190 views
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Karakuri puppet from Ryumon Taki-yama on display. At Otsu Station, maps and pamphlets about the festival are available.190 views
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Time-Keeping Bell. The bell was recast in 1844. 時報鐘 - Jihosho. Next to the bell is a tea house called Choshoan. The 13th lord of the castle, Ii Naosuke was a diligent practitioner of the tea ceremony.190 viewsThe famous phrase "Ichigo Ichie" (One Encounter, One Chance) was coined by him in a tea ceremony book titled "Chanoyu Ichie-shu" （茶の湯一会集）.
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View of Lake Biwa and Otsu. Omi Ohashi Bridge in the background. The towering building is Otsu Prince Hotel.190 views
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Turning the float at Omizo Matsuri.190 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Minakuchi (51st post town on the Tokaido) from his "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road" series. A summer scene of a few women drying gourd shavings to make kanpyo.190 views
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Cycling path map in Notogawa, Higashi-Omi.189 views
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Symbol of Notogawa189 views
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Takamisakari wins. He declined to sign any autographs, and just ran back to the dressing room. He must be tired of being mobbed all the time.189 views
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Makino Sunny Beach is a major swimming beach on Lake Biwa in summer. MAP189 views
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Sushikiri Matsuri (sushi-cutting festival) in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture.189 views
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Ishiyama-dera's Hondo Hall, a National Treasure. 本堂189 views
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The school auditorium also has an upper level.189 views
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Interlaken boat to Imazu at Chikubushima.188 views
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The garden served as the location of one scene in the TV mini-series "Shogun."188 views
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8-man crew alumni in their 20s and 30s at starting line188 views
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Pine trees at Omi-Maiko188 views
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Biwako Ohashi Bridge188 views
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A great time to visit Shigaraki is during the Shigaraki Pottery Festival (信楽陶器まつり) and Ceramic Art Market in mid-Oct. Bridge to the Shigaraki Pottery Fair in mid-Oct.188 views
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Ryuo is accessble by bus from JR Omi-Hachiman Station, North exit bus stop. 近江八幡駅 北口バスターミナル. Catch a bus at stop 4 going to Okaya Minami 岡屋南. Or catch the Ryuo Daihatsu-mae bus.188 views
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Another reconstructed classroom on the 2nd floor. This one was for homemaking.188 views
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2nd floor corridor188 views
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Kenketo Odori dance at Tagi Shrine, Tsuchiyama, Shiga.188 views
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Boat with the main portable shrine pass under Seta-no-Karahashi Bridge.188 views
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Ibukiyama Taiko Odori Dance, Maibara, Shiga.188 views
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Lake Biwa Rowing Song (Biwako Shuko no Uta) monument. One of the verses mentions Chikubushima. This monument commemorates the song and that verse. 琵琶湖就航の歌 歌碑187 views
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Takatsuki-cho187 views
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Echibashi Bridge over Echi River. Nice views of the river can be had from this bridge.187 views
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Garden and pond. This house has a nice garden.187 views
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"Umi no Ko" (Child of the Lake) Lake Biwa training boat187 viewsThe bow of Shiga Prefecture's "floating school." The name of this boat was obviously taken from the song. The boat is owned by Shiga Prefecture and used to educate elementary school kids about the lake. Since 1983, this ship has been serving as a floating school for kids where they stay overnight and spend two days conducting experiments to learn more about the lake. Picture was taken at Hikone Port.
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Ripples lap white sands of Omi-Maiko.187 views
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More pictures of Mt. Toragozen taken years earlier.187 views
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Quilt from Echigawa's sister city of West Bend, Wisconsin.187 views
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Bamba Chutaro Jizo-son statue, based on a character in the novel "Mabuta-no-Haha" 瞼の母 by Hasegawa Shin (1884-1963) 長谷川伸. 番場忠太郎187 views
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Demonstration of putting on the yokozuna rope belt on Yokozuna Hakuho.187 views
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Inside a large pottery shop.187 views
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Cherry blossoms, castle moat, and Ninomaru-Sawaguchi Tamon Yagura Turret.187 views
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School auditorium.187 views
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My video of Imazu Junior High School Rowing Club on Lake Biwa.187 views
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Chikubushima and Mt. Ibuki as seen from Imazu.186 views
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Otsu shoreline and Mt. Hiei186 viewsAs seen from the Otsu Prince Hotel.
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Inside Hondo temple hall186 views
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Note: The following photos were taken years ago. More recent photos are at the beginning of this album. Kongorinji is a Tendai Buddhist temple established in 741 and the middle temple in the Koto Sanzan Temple Trio. 186 viewsThe main temple hall is a National Treasure housing an 11-faced Kannon statue and 13 other statues designated as Important Cultural Properties.
They come by the busloads. If possible, you should avoid visiting the Koto Sanzan Temple Trio and Eigenji during the weekend in fall. If possible, you should avoid visiting the Koto Sanzan Temple Trio and Eigenji during the weekend in fall.
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3-story pagoda, reconstructed in 1978186 views
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Chojuji temple Hondo temple hall, National Treasure186 views
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Todai's 4-man crew rowing186 views
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Many boats are made in Italy.186 views
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After a neat rowing trip, the boat is lifted out of the water.186 views
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Altar in Amida-do hall, Jizo-in, Kinomoto, Shiga 阿弥陀堂186 views
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The photo above shows part of the stone monument for the first verse of the song. It reads "Ware wa Umi no Ko" (We're children of the lake). [url=http://photoguide.jp/txt/Lake_Biwa_Rowing_Song]More info about Lake Biwa Rowing Song here.[/u186 viewsThis is the song's first and most famous line. The monument is in a small park near the former boathouse in Mihogasaki pier. The photo has been digitally altered (the colors are not real).
I visited and photographed all the places mentioned in the song as well as all the song monuments in Otsu, Omi-Maiko, Imazu, Chikubushima, Hikone, Chomeiji, and Okaya (Nagano). I also created some digital images to match the scenes mentioned in the song.
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Lookout point along Hie-zan Driveway. This was my favorite.186 views
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Prices are quite reasonable. They sell pottery for any type of budget.186 views
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Ducks186 views
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At Hachiman Shrine, which was much more spacious than Nyu Shrine, everyone danced again.186 views
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Lady Murasaki supposedly wrote the novel in this room at Ishiyama-dera in Otsu.186 views
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About the No. 4 High School (Yonko) cherry blossoms planted in 1977. 四高桜186 views
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Poster for the Suijo taiko dance.186 views
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Classroom door186 views
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JR Koka Station north (Kitaguchi) side. 186 views
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K-ON! fan's car.186 views
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Mt. Mikami across Lake Biwa from Karasaki.185 views
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Temple roof of Jorakuji temple.185 views
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Seta Rowing Club's clubhouse. Boats are stored on the bottom floor, while the 2nd floor has office space, ergo machines, meeting room, locker room, etc. Web site here185 views
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Near the rowing club is the Lake Biwa Rowing Course where regattas are held. 滋賀県立琵琶湖漕艇場185 views
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Nishikawa residence.185 views
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Side entrances of noborigama kiln. 登り窯185 views
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Off the shore of Takashima, with Shirahige Shrine's torii in the lake. "Shirahige" means white beard, and so people pray here for long life and longevity. The shrine is dedicated to a god named Sarutahiko. 白鬚神社185 views
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Finally we see Ishiyama-dera's beautiful Tahoto pagoda, a National Treasure in Otsu.185 views
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Old camera that was used to take the school pictures on display.185 views
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School auditorium entrance.185 views
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Julius Ashby185 views
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Waiting room on the platform. It had peeling paint.185 views
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Yokaichi Giant Kite Preservation Society. This is the group responsible for producing, maintaining, and flying the giant kite. 大凧保存会184 views
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View of Takeshima184 views
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Rowing exercise machines called "ergometers" or "ergo" or "indoor rower." In Japan, they call it "ergo." エルゴ184 viewsThe machine measures the energy you expend rowing. Also measures how fast and far you rowed if you were on water. They even have ergo rowing contests which is a sport itself.
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Every Jan.-Mar., the Keiunkan (慶雲館), a former guesthouse originally built in 1887 to accommodate Emperor Meiji when he visited Nagahama, holds the Nagahama Bonbaiten exhibition (Nagahama Bonsai Plum Blossom Trees). 184 views
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The twins pose with the high school girl who went on to be the show's Champion.184 views
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Indigo placemats on stairs. It's possible for the shop to handle up to 20 people to try indigo dyeing in their shop. Call 0748-75-0128. Address: Shimoda 1530, Konan-shi, Shiga184 views
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Yokozuna Hakuho signs autographs. Unfortunately, Yokozuna Asashoryu was in Mongolia recovering from an injury.184 views
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A frozen Mishima Pond (Mishima-Ike) and Mt. Ibuki in winter. The pond is small, but quite picturesque with Mt. Ibuki in the background. MAP184 views
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Sign for Oichi-no-Sato, a complex consisting of a public library and folk history museums. Named after Ichi, the wife of Lord Azai Nagamasa who resided at Odani Castle. She was also the younger sister of warlord Oda Nobunaga.184 views
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The Lakestars shake hands with fans as they leave the court.184 views
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On the opposite side of the auditorium is the old library.184 views
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Cherry blossoms along the Kasumitei riverbank.184 views
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Yabusame horseback archer.184 views
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Nichiren statue is next to the giant stone monument.183 views
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Musa-juku was the sixty-sixth of the sixty-nine stations or shukuba post towns on the Nakasendo Road. It is the seventh Nakasendo station in Shiga (following Echigawa-juku in Aisho). MAP183 viewsMusa was one of ten Nakasendo stations in Shiga. There is very little left. Near Ohmi Railways Musa Station, a short ride from Omi-Hachiman.
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Heading south on the Nakasendo in Echigawa-juku.183 views
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Biwako Ohashi Bridge is a toll road (200 yen for ordinary passenger cars), but free for bicycles and pedestrians who can go on the sidewalk. There are actually two parallel bridges, making it a four-lane bridge. The additional bridge was built in 1994.183 views
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Cherry blossoms and the Niomon Gate at night in April.183 views
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Takamisakari183 views
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Empress Jingu183 views
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Inside the kiln. This one was open and empty, but some were closed and you could feel the warmth on the door.183 views
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A short bus ride takes you to Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, opened in June 1990. Open from 9 am to 5 pm, closed on Mon. (open if a national holiday and closed on Tue.). This is Shigaraki's main attraction and home of Shigaraki-yaki pottery.183 views
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The left building is an Important Cultural Property rebuilt in 1771. It has a corner turret on the left end and we used to be able to enter it through a side entrance from behind. 183 views
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Ducks seek the protection of the reeds.183 views
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Taiwanese Association of America183 views
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Inside Ishiyama-dera's Hondo Hall 本堂183 views
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Zeze Castle Park, Otsu.183 views
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Enter Takeshima182 views
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Sugaura in northern Lake Biwa182 views
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PR poster designed by Tetsuo Oshiro182 viewsPoster for the race.
京都大学ボート部OBの尾城徹雄様に作成したポスター。大学内や大津市石山商店街などで張り出された。
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Street performer in front of the steps to Azuchi Castle ruins.182 views
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Entrance to former home of Omi merchant Tonomura Shigeru.182 views
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Reeds bid rowers farewell for now...182 views
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Chojiya ryokan inn, Imazu. This is probably the inn where Taro Oguchi and crew stayed in Imazu and created the song in 1917. 丁子屋182 viewsIt is along the lake shore and still in business today.
It was on June 28, 1917 in Imazu, after dinner on the second day of their rowing trip, when a boatmate named Jiro Nakayasu exclaimed, "Hey everyone, listen up! Oguchi has written this song," and showed everyone the song. Then another boatmate named Taniguchi, who knew a popular song called Hitsuji Kusa (Water Lilies), began singing Oguchi's lyrics to the melody. Since the melody went well with the words, the seven boat crewmates sang the song together that night. It was the birth of the Lake Biwa Rowing Song. The boys worked on the song further and sang it while rowing.
See more photos of Imazu here.
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"Tell us my friends your stories, with your fervent hearts."「語れ我がが友 暑き心」 Also see my YouTube video here.182 views
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Pottery vendor182 views
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Originally built in 1622, the Ninomaru-Sawaguchi Tamon Yagura Turret is designated as an Important Cultural Property by the Japanese government. Part of it was rebuilt in 1960.182 views
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Time-Keeping Bell or Jiho-sho. It is rung five times daily at 6:00, 9:00, 12:00 noon, 15:00, and 18:00. Also see my YouTube video here.182 views
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For about 660 years from the 7th century, over 60 Saio princesses served at Ise Grand Shrines. Each time there was a new emperor, a new Saio princess would be appointed to serve at Ise.182 views
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Yatsu-kaeshi-no-Mai. 八つ換しの舞182 views
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Flower hat dancers at Naginata Matsuri, Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture.182 views
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Entrance to castle. The ticket office is where you pay castle admission. You can also buy a ticket set which includes admission to Genkyuen Garden (recommended). Open 8:30 am to 5 pm.182 views
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One activity they held during the tour was plankton observations through a microscope, held in sleeping quarters for girls.182 views
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Otsu Port as seen from Hama-Otsu Station. It's a 3-min. walk from the station. MAP182 views
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Water Birds 水辺の鳥 Little Grebe (カイツブリ) - Native species, Shiga's official bird (県の鳥).182 viewsIn classic literature like Tale of Genji, Lake Biwa is called, "Lake of Little Grebes" (Nionoumi).
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Sagamihara kite team invited. Sagamihara city in Kanagawa Prefecture also has a giant kite festival, and they were invited to fly a smaller version of their kite at Yokaichi. (Yokaichi was also invited to Sagamihara's kite festival in April.)181 views
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Giant Kite sake. The food and souvenir booths sold a variety of merchandise including this locally-brewed sake, complete with a label showing this year's kite design.181 views
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Chikubushima used to be a lush green island. Now it is turning brown by the thousands of cormorants which nest on the island, beyond the reach of humans. 181 views
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"Rising mist evaporates, ripples come and go." のぼる狭霧や さざなみの181 views
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At slightly past noon with medium-force winds, the giant kite is launched. The kite immediately went straight up. The giant kite is 13 meters high and 12 meters wide, and weighs 700 kg.181 views
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Inside the front of the Rio Grande boat. 琵琶湖周航クルージング181 views
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"Lake Biwa Rowing Song CD on sale," June 17, 2007, Asahi Shimbun, Shiga Edition.181 views
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Near the entrance to the Hondo main hall is this Genji Monogatari folding screen replica.181 views
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Bargains to be found.181 views
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When I visited in mid-Oct., the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park was holding the Ceramic Art Market. Notice the tents for the ceramic artists selling their works.181 views
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"Noborigama" kiln181 views
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Inside Tanuki-kan store.181 views
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Detaching the pole from Kira (notice the cut on his forehead).181 views
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This is the first kabata we visited. There is a pipe which spews the spring water from 12 to 25 meters below the ground. The original water source is called moto-ike.181 views
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Genjihama Beach in Shin-Asahi.181 views
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Zeze Castle Park also has No. 4 High School cherry blossoms planted here in memory of the college rowers from Kanazawa University who died in a rowing accident on Lake Biwa in April 1941.181 views
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Sagicho Matsuri, Shiga181 views
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Statue of Lord Yamauchi Kazutoyo and Chiyo near Sakata Station in Maibara, Shiga. Unveiled on May 7, 2005. 「なでしこ」山内一豊と千代181 views
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Ayame mikoshi girls at Hyozu Matsuri Festival, Shiga. 兵主祭181 views
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Hachiman-bori is quite long and it even connects to Lake Biwa. The main part of moat is about 1 km long. I started walking here on the west end near the Omi-Hachiman Public Library. MAP181 views
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Colorful and artistic K-ON! postcards written by fans.181 views
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"Hiko" refers to Hikone, and "nyan" is a baby word for cat. Hiko-nyan's appearance schedule is here.181 viewsIf it rains, Hiko-nyan appears at the Castle Museum. Hiko-nyan is a white cat wearing a red samurai helmet with horns, modeled after the one worn by Lord Ii Naomasa, the first lord of Hikone Castle.
Hiko-nyan also makes guest appearances at various events to promote Hikone. He has even traveled to Hawaii to appear in a Japan parade in Waikiki.
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Lake Biwa Museum has a world-class freshwater aquarium showing Lake Biwa's endemic species and more. Open 9:30 am - 5 pm, closed Mon. and the day after a national holiday. Admission 600 yen for adults.181 viewsIt shows Lake Biwa's history, fish and wildlife, coexistence with people, and a large lake-fish aquarium. It is also a research facility with a number of researchers and curators.
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Ready for flight180 views
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Bell tower and offertory box. In front of the temple hall. 鐘楼180 views
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Hachiman-yama map180 views
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But the scenery is great atop Mt. Ibuki in summer. 東遊歩道180 views
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Push-ups180 views
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"Noborigama" kiln explanation in Japanese and English. 登り窯180 views
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JR trains no longer run to Shigaraki directly.180 views
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Vending machine trash bin with tanuki design at Shigarakigushi Station.180 views
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The bean-throwers for 2009 pose for a group shot with the shrine priests.180 views
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Shirahige Shrine's torii in Lake Biwa. The torii is a smaller version of the much more famous one in Miyajima (Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture).180 views
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Cable Enryakuji Station. This is the original Cable Enryakuji Station building that was used when the cable railway between Sakamoto and Mt. Hiei opened in 1927.180 viewsIt was Japan's longest cable car route (2025 meters) at the time. The first floor is the station, while the 2nd floor used to be a VIP room. The 2nd floor is now an exhibition hall and open to the public.
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Steps leading to Taikomon Gate. Before that, you can pay to have tea under the red umbrella front of the tea house and Time-Keeping Bell.180 views
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Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine's boat dock is used during the Sanno Festival when they carry the portable mikoshi shrines on a boat.180 views
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Classroom windows as seen from the outside.180 views
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