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This booth had ko-ayu sweetfish tempura.58 views
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Statue of Nakayama Saijiro at Mt. Ibuki's 3rd station.58 views
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The old Ibuki Kogen Hotel used as a rest house.58 views
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Near Omi-Nagaoka58 views
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The old Ohmi Railways Museum had indoor and outdoor (trains) exhibits. This museum in Hikone closed and reopened inside Yokaichi Station in Higashi-Omi.58 views
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Shrine priests.58 views
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Hikoneguchi Station platform.58 views
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Nagahama Station before the wedding hall was built. The empty space was where the old station building was.58 views
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A new Nagahama Heiwado store "Mondecool" is being constructed next to Nagahama Station.58 views
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The new Heiwado store will rise soon.58 views
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Omi-Shiotsu Station platform.58 views
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Ibukiyama coffee shop on 2nd floor.58 views
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Old Nagahama Heiwado store being torn down in Jan. 2016.58 views
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Inside Hokuku Shrine.58 views
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Giant sea bream float for Toka Ebisu58 views
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Tossing good luck rice cakes for Toka Ebisu58 views
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Shingu Shrine ready for the festival.58 views
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Shingu Shrine58 views
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Then they started lighting the torches one after another and proceeded along the route.58 views
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Now the kids light their torches and off they go.58 views
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The Shimin Center parking lot had a large fire where the torch bearers dumped their torches at the end of the route.58 views
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Inside the old song museum.58 viewsThe song is about the boys rowing around Lake Biwa while mentioning famous places like Otsu (the starting point), Omi-Maiko (Omatsu), Imazu, Chikubushima, Nagahama, and Chomeiji.
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Well-known trout restaurant in Samegai Trout Farm called Mimasu.58 views
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Signboard for Kashiwabara-juku's Honjin. Says that Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi once stayed here.58 views
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Maibara festivals58 views
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Drawings by local children.58 views
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Yanmar's research facility is near Maibara Station.58 views
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Konan Marché was like a michi-no-eki roadside station. It was a local shop selling local produce, crafts, and souvenirs. It has closed after the new Kocopia shop opened.58 views
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Upper Secret, a popular American-style local cafe specializing in Indian curry with Konan's yahei hot chili peppers and confections. Open 9 am-5:30 pm, closed Tue., Phone: 0748-60-507758 viewsNear JR Kosei Station.
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Inside Konan Marché (now closed). A variety of local produce and gifts.58 views
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My video introducing Konan also shows yahei-togarashi hot chili peppers.58 views
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Karahashi-mae Station on the Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line is the closest station to Seta-no-Karahashi Bridge.58 views
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With the pagoda in the background, the song monument can be seen on the lower right.58 views
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Inside the bell tower. Admission is free, but a small donation is requested to ring the bell.58 views
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You have to go up the steps to ring the temple bell.58 views
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Bell ringer log and rope.58 views
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Inside megumi with large picture windows.58 views
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Kaizu-Osaki coast ahead.58 views
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Potted ume bonsai trees.58 views
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The temple is built along the Echi River. Admission 500 yen. 58 views
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Scale model of Hyakusaiji in its heydey when the terraced hills had many plots for monk residences.58 views
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Another festival highlight are the cosplayer float bearers. Long before cosplaying became a fad in Japan, the festival had costumers. 58 viewsAccording to legend, warlord Oda Nobunaga disguised himself lavishly when he joined in the festival. Modern people took that as a hint and started cosplaying in the festival decades ago.
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Miyauchi-cho float 宮内町58 views
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Cleanup crew.58 views
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Honmachi float 本町58 views
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Dai-niku float 第二区58 views
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Dai-Juikku float's Tosa dog is a fighter. 第十一区58 views
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Cute doggie pouches. Suwai-cho. 仲屋町58 views
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Shinmachi-dori float. 新町通り58 views
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Dai-ikku float. 第一区58 views
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Shichikukai children's float. 紫竹会58 views
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Since they burn multiple floats at the same time, you can't photograph them all burning.58 views
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They run around the burning float.58 views
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Wish they offered Uminoko study cruises for the public too.58 views
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The bridge.58 views
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Shiga Prefecture flag on the bow.58 views
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This is the old Uminoko right after it was retired in March 2018. At Otsu Port.58 views
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The bridge of the old Uminoko.58 views
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Pay the small admission and enjoy the garden and see inside the Hondo main hall. This is inside the Kyakuden (Guest Hall). 客殿58 views
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In Sept. 2018, this front wall of Tokugen-in temple collapsed due to a strong typhoon.58 views
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Never noticed those white rabbits before...58 views
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Lots of reeds, essential for the lake's ecosystem. They cleanse the water among other things.58 views
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Ritto History Museum, stone buddha replica. 栗東歴史民俗博物館57 views
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Small shrine57 views
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1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winning teams received a trophy, certificate, and Lake Biwa Rowing Song CD. The CD was donated by Philbert Ono.57 views
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Western Canada, Yamaguchi, and Miyagi57 views
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Marker and sign indicating the site of the Ii clan residence in Edo (Tokyo) during the feudal era.57 views
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Rengeji is famous as the place where Hojo Nakatoki 北条仲時 and over 430 of his men committed suicide after being defeated by Ashikaga Takauji's forces during the fall of the Kamakura shogunate in 1333. This is a monument for this tragic event.57 views
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Rengeji temple belongs to the Jodo-shu Buddhist sect. The founding priest was Saint Ikko. With support from the lord of Kamaha Castle near Bamba, he was able to rebuild the temple and renamed it Rengeji. 一向上人57 views
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Inside Rengeji Hondo Hall, left altar.57 views
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Side of the Hondo57 views
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View from Hondo hall.57 views
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Inside Takatsuki Kannon Temple (Daienji temple).57 views
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The problem is, it's pitch black on the inside, and the tunnel size is quite small and craggy. Hard hats required. Not recommended, especially if you are taller than a 10-year-old.57 views
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Map of Takatsuki57 views
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This giant kite is actually an old one, from several years ago. They took it down after the opening ceremony was over.57 views
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Toward the east side of the park was an area where you could try various new sports.57 views
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Sculpture for Humans.57 views
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Throwing Bingo57 views
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Grave of Kyogoku Takatsugi, husband of Hatsu, one of the Azai sisters.57 views
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Entrance to Kyogoku graves. 京極57 views
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Next to me were noisy fans.57 views
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The procession is led by a police car.57 views
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Mikoshi arrives at Taga Taisha and passes by.57 views
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Mikoshi over the bridge to the shrine.57 views
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With a long bamboo pole, the shrine priest gave a small tree branch to the head horseman. The branch came from a Japanese Judas tree at Totonomiya Shrine.57 views
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Taga town mayor.57 views
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Meanwhile, back at Taga Taisha, more people and horses wait to join the procession for the afternoon procession to the Otabisho in Amago, a short distance away.57 views
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It was a nice place though, with clean rivers and lush greenery.57 views
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Entering Kurusu.57 views
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He must be three years old. One of the youngest photographers I've seen unassisted. I wish I started that young.57 views
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Plaza in front of Moriyama Station, west side.57 views
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Crossing the Biwako Ohashi Bridge by bus which shuttles between Moriyama Station and Katata Station on the other side of the lake in Otsu. There's a sidewalk for pedestrians and bicycles. MAP57 views
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Southside High School Rebel Band from Fort Smith, Arkansas, marching in Pan-Pacific Festival parade in Honolulu, Hawaii.57 views
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Horizon High School from the mainland. (You guys should put the name of your town and state on the banner.)57 views
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Bobby Nash #33 looking to pass.57 views
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Ogawa Shinya #557 views
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Score after the 1st period. Lakestars trail by 1 point.57 views
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Mike Hall shoots.57 views
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Gary with the ball.57 views
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Ogawa Shinya #5, local boy from Nagahama.57 views
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Bridge over Kojigawa River.57 views
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Torahime Station platform and sign57 views
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The new Torahime Station on JR Hokuriku Main Line57 views
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Pond in front of Shakudoji57 views
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Torii to Zaiji Hachiman Shrine, the birthplace of Todo Takatora (1556-1630). Since 1998, the Takatora Summit has been held once every two years in one of four places (Kora, Tsu and Iga in Mie, and Imabari, Ehime) having a close connection with Takatora.57 views
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At 2 pm, the "Summit" was held on stage.57 views
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Words of thanks from a group leader.57 views
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Model of Odani Castle. The mountain is quite steep and it was a difficult place to live logistically so normally, the castle lord and his family lived in the valley on the left side of the mountain.57 views
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Outside the Odani pavilion is this outdoor stage. On weekends, a drama troupe performs.57 views
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Sagawa Art Museum has twin buildings housing works by painter Hirayama Ikuo, sculpture by Sato Churyo, and tea bowls by potter Raku Kichizaemon. 57 views
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Gate to Sagawa Art Museum. Admission 1000 yen for adults. Operated by the Sagawa Kyubin door-to-door courier company. 25-min. bus ride from JR Moriyama Station. MAP57 views
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Path to Tokugen-in temple in Kiyotaki. 57 views
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Tokugen-in temple's weeping cherry tree. The shape and color are outstanding and it's a noted tourist attraction in spring. MAP57 views
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Weeping cherries and Tokugen-in temple building in the background.57 views
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Tokugen-in is the family temple of the Kyogoku Clan. Inside the Kyakuden (Guest Hall). 客殿57 views
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Kyogoku Takanori (1718-1763) and Kyogoku Takanaka's (1754-1811) graves.57 views
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Kyogoku Takatsugu's grave.57 views
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Kyogoku Takanori's (1718-1763) grave. He was the fourth lord of Marugame in Shikoku. 京極高矩57 views
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Terutehime-kasa Jizo 照手姫笠地蔵57 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Boats Returning to Yabase from his "Omi Hakkei" (Eight Views of Omi) series.57 views
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Omi-Maiko is famous for Japanese pine trees lining the beach.57 views
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Two chigo girls and a court lady. 女房と稚児57 views
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This is the Itohime no Yakata which shows Azai's silk production history. 糸姫の館57 views
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The 3rd station is halfway up Mt. Ibuki. 57 views
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Yokai parade led by Gao.57 views
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Tree decoration at Nagahama Station in 2011.57 views
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Mt. Ibuki as seen from Gifu Station.57 views
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West side of train station.57 views
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Nagahama Station and wedding hall as seen from Heiwado.57 views
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West side of JR Nagahama Station with the wedding hall in view.57 views
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Nishi-Azai scenery from the train toward Nagahara Station.57 views
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Omi-Shiotsu Station platform.57 views
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple's three-story pagoda57 views
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Kiyotaki Jinja Shrine57 views
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Selling decorations for Toka Ebisu.57 views
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Good luck maidens ride in the parade57 views
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But it was full of kids.57 views
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Pile of wood to be lit as a bon fire to light the torches.57 views
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Three large torches.57 views
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The torch bearers end up at the Shimin Center parking lot (where the pottery festival is held in autumn).57 views
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Different artwork on the windows.57 views
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Junibo Onsen Yurara's mascot.57 views
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Yaai Shrine torii on Toragozen-yama. 矢愛神社57 views
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