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On the first day (Sat.), the floats are paraded along the streets as they arrive at the shrine and undergo judging for best design. Ishin-cho float. 為心町 55 views
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Ishin-cho float. 為心町55 views
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Sanwakai float decoration was very elaborate. 参和会55 views
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They shout "Cho-yare!" or "Masse-masse!" It's related to food.「チョウヤレ」「マッセマッセ」55 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会55 views
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Ikeda-machi float. 池田町55 views
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This was the winning float design. Another Tosa fighting dog. Sure looks like a lot of work went into this. I didn't have a chance to ask what the yellow braids were made of. Dai-Juikku float. 第十一区55 views
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Dai-ikku children's float. 第一区55 views
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Dai-niku float 第二区55 views
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Ikeda-machi float. 池田町55 views
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Jukku-kai float at the shrine. 十区会55 views
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Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町55 views
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Tarobogu-mae Station's rundown bicycle lot. How rustic.55 views
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This is where the shrine holds the rice-planting festival on the third Sunday of May.55 views
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If you don't have a car or if there'sno shuttle bus, you get to climb up 700 stone steps to the shrine. This is the entrance to the climb up.55 views
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Nice visit to Tarobogu.55 views
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Shin-Yokaichi Station on the Ohmi Railway, the stop before Yokaichi Station terminal.55 views
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Train ticket window is manned only in the mroning.55 views
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I wonder how old these benches are. Older than my mom perhaps.55 views
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in Temple's garden in autumn.55 views
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On the left is the Hondo. The building on the right is the entrance. Pay the small admission and see the inner garden on weekends and spring/fall season.55 views
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in Temple garden in autumn.55 views
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View of Tokugen-in Temple's garden in autumn.55 views
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Altar inside Tokugen-in temple's Hondo main hall.55 views
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After 3 days, the three of us disassembled the collapsed wall and produced seven large bags of kawara roof tiles, three bags of dirt and plaster, and two big piles of bamboo and scrap wood. 55 views
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Nagahama Port is within walking distance (15 min.) from Nagahama Station. Nagahama Port building next to the dock is where you buy your ticket. Map here55 views
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Kannon-do ceiling and transom carvings.55 views
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After photo of the restored wall flowers near the statue of Pindola Bharadvaja.55 views
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Inside Benzaiten-do Hall which houses one of Japan's three major statues of the Goddess Benzaiten.55 views
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In front of Benzaiten-do is Fudō Myōō 不動明王55 views
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Display case in the corner shows a few pieces from the wrecked train in the 1991 accident.55 viewsOn the morning of May 14, 1991, a Shigaraki Kogen Railway train bound for Kibukawa collided head on with a special JR West train traveling from Kyoto to Shigaraki. It left 42 people, including five SKR employees, dead and 614 injured. Also see photos below of the monument near the accident site.
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In winter, dramatic snowscapes around Lake Yogo. The Yogo area sees the most snow in Shiga. 55 views
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About the legend of Princess Kikuishi and the Dragon Eyeball Stone. 菊石姫と蛇の目玉石55 views
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Same spot as previous photo, but in winter.55 views
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Hydrangea plants here. They bloom in late June.55 views
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Lake Yogo cherry blossom petals.55 views
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Lake Yogo's mirror surface.55 views
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Lake Yogo's mirror surface in winter.55 views
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Trail up the mountain to Mt. Shizugatake.55 views
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Yogoko-so Kokuminshuku lodge closed.55 views
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Lake Yogo sakura.55 views
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Lake Yogo cherry blossom trees in winter.55 views
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Lake Yogo green with algae in late Sept.55 views
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Lake Yogo Tourist Center exhibition space. 55 views
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Very impressive, although Takatsuki has no connection with Egypt.54 views
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Trail to camping grounds..54 views
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Lookout tower on Toragozen-yama.54 views
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Camping grounds for tents.54 views
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Two-story Romon Gate, Important Cultural Property. 楼門54 views
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The island in the middle has a Bamba-juku monument.54 views
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Finally a small sign on the left declaring "Nakasendo Bamba-no-juku."54 views
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Marker for site of a Toiya-ba which was a travel logistics office where you can get pack horses, forward your baggage, and find a place to stay in Bamba. 問屋場54 views
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Bamba-juku stone monument.54 views
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Place where Emperor Meiji took a break. It was the site of another Toiya-ba.54 views
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Rest assured, it's very peaceful in the temple. Rengeji's Sanmon Gate (right) and bell tower on left.54 views
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One of Takatsuki's famous trees.54 views
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Other end of the second tunnel. This tunnel is no longer used for Yogo River. It is now mainly used by people wanting to go fishing.54 views
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View of Mt. Toragozen-yama from the Hokuriku Line train. Cherry blossoms on the mountain.54 views
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Flags for all the prefectures.54 views
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Dove balloons in the sky.54 views
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More yabusame.54 views
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Other side of Takawa Culvert.54 views
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The Takawa River flows on to Lake Biwa.54 views
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Rainfall gauge54 views
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New event space called "Coco," opened in March 2008, across from Torahime Station54 views
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Mt. Ibuki and a "tiger stripe" barrel.54 views
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The Asahi Honen Taiko Odori dancers at Hachiman Shrine on a beautiful, sunny day on Oct. 4, 2009.54 views
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Children's mikoshi return to the shrine.54 views
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Niagara Falls fireworks were lit up. Remember that string that was hung across the poles?54 views
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Niagara Falls fireworks changed color.54 views
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The procession started at around 2 pm with the children's mikoshi (portable shrine).54 views
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Offerings on the mikoshi.54 views
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This was good, from Kora.54 views
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Takatora Park was decorated with these banners.54 views
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From Kameyama, Kyoto. Kameyama Castle was built by Akechi Mitsuhide and Takatora contributed to later construction. Only castle walls and moats remain. Now occupied by a religious group.54 views
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Entrance to Odani Castle Sengoku Historical Museum (小谷城戦国歴史資) opened in fall 2007. The museum is in the valley adjacent to Mt. Odani. Although the castle was atop the mountain, the castle lord and his family (Azai sisters) normally lived i54 views
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After viewing the garden, you can see inside the temple.54 views
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Omi Ohashi Bridge near Seta Rowing Club. (Not to be confused with a larger Biwako Ohashi Bridge more north.)54 views
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Heading for Sugaura, a small lakeside town in northern Lake Biwa.54 views
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Leaving Sugaura.54 views
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Front side of Chikubushima is a complex of temples and shrines.54 views
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Rowing to Hikone.54 views
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At the Odani pavilion at the foot of Mt. Odani, a shuttle bus to Odani Castle with a tour guide is provided for 500 yen roundtrip during 2011. A lot easier than walking up the mountain.54 views
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From the 2nd floor of the Kohoku Mizudori Station.54 views
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A new Nagahama Heiwado store "Mondecool" is being constructed next to Nagahama Station.54 views
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Omi Hino Shonin Furusato-kan was purchased and restored by Hino Town. It opened in April 2015.54 views
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Lunch at Omi Hino Shonin Furusato-kan. 54 views
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Western-style room in Omi Hino Shonin Furusato-kan.54 views
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Very sparse crowd.54 views
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The torch procession route will be lined with paper lanterns in front of the shrine.54 views
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Weeping cherry blossoms on the way to Toragozen-yama.54 views
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Top of Mt. Toragozen54 views
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Toragozen-yama camp grounds.54 views
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For the elderly, these many, but not impossible, steps might be difficult. Enjoy the fall colors in Nov.54 views
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Gingko leaves.54 views
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The float decorations are all made of edible materials especially grains (soybeans, black beans, adzuki beans, sesame seeds, etc.) and seafood (dried bonito, kelp, aoi-nori seaweed powder, cuttlefish, dried fish, etc.).54 views
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This is one of the three children's floats which are smaller than the normal floats. Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町54 views
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Sanwakai float. 参和会54 views
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Float bearers spin around while shouting "Cho-yare" or "Masse masse!" Dai-niku float 第二区54 views
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会54 views
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Azuchi Castle on Jukku-kai float. 十区会54 views
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Dai-niku float 第二区54 views
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Ishin-cho float. 為心町54 views
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Dai-Juikku float's Tosa dog. 第十一区54 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会54 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会54 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会 Lots of peas and beans.54 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会54 views
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Honmachi float 本町54 views
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Jukku-kai float. 十区会54 views
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Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町54 views
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Sanwakai float. 参和会54 views
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Dai-niku float sold this hand towel and mini Sagicho for ¥500. 第二区54 views
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This clashing (or crashing) of floats is called "kenka" (fight). It lasts until 5 pm in front of the shrine (parking lot).54 views
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Lots of straw on the ground, serves up lots of dust.54 views
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They held the bonfire festival in Dec. (See the separate album for this.)54 views
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Way back.54 views
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Lots of torii along the way.54 views
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Tarobogu Shrine on this mountain holds a bonfire festival on the first Sunday in December. Near Tarobogu-mae Station on Ohmi Railways Line from Omi-Hachiman or Yokaichi Stations.54 views
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Konan Railway originally operated the railway between Yokaichi and Omi-Hachiman before it merged with another company that later merged with Ohmi Railways.54 views
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Ceiling light.54 views
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Shin-Yokaichi Station looks brown from the sides, but it's green on the front.54 views
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Looks like no one will repair this building.54 views
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"Uminiko" means "Child of the Lake," a phrase made famous by the rowing song, "Biwako Shuko no Uta."54 views
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View of Tokugen-in Temple's garden in autumn.54 views
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in Temple's garden in autumn.54 views
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The temple's front wall (about 20–30 meters long) collapsed in the Sept. typhoon and as of late Oct. they still had no plans to remove the debris due to a lack of manpower and funds. 54 viewsI couldn't bear the thought of tourists (often by the busloads) coming to see the foliage in Nov. and also see this unsightly mess of collapsed wall. Doesn't reflect well on the neighborhood and on the city.
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It took three days to disassemble the wall into scrap wood, dirt and plaster, bamboo, and kawara roof tiles.54 views
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After removing the plaster and dirt from the wall, we could see the bamboo framework. The bamboo could be easily pulled out.54 views
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Thescrap wood would be hauled away separately from the waste bags.54 views
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In mid-November, a shuttle bus runs to Saimyoji and two other temples of the Koto Sanzan Temple Trio of Tendai temples. All three are famous for fall foliage.54 viewsThe shuttle bus starts from Hikone Station, west exit.
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Front gate. This is where you pay the admission fee.54 views
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Map of Hogonji Temple. All within walking distance. Not wheelchair accessible. 1. Chikubushima: Boat dock, 2. Lake Biwa Rowing Song monument, 3. Souvenir shops, 4. Admission ticket gate (also restrooms), 5. *Tsukubusuma Shrine, 6. Haiden Hall,54 views7. Funa-roka boat corridor, 8. *Karamon Gate, 9. Benzaiten-do Hall, 10. Three-Story Pagoda, 11. Rest house. *National Treasure.
A few buildings are for temple priests only.
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Take your trash with you.54 views
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Next to Tsukubusuma Shrine is this entrance to the Funa-roka corridor.54 views
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Hall of 33 Kannon Statues. 三十三所奉安所54 views
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Rice paddies at Lake Yogo in late May.54 views
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Lake Yogo Visitors Center where you can sell your catch of invasive fish. No English. There's a better tourist center on the other part of the lake.54 views
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Autumn wildflowers at Lake Yogo.54 views
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White flowers along Lake Yogo in late May. 54 views
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Winter.54 views
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Road along Lake Yogo.54 views
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Lake Yogo rules. No fishing without permission, no motorboats, no jet skis, and no swimming. That's why it's so nice and serene.54 views
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This substantial-looking monument is for another legend related to Lake Yogo. The legend of Princess Kikuishi and the Dragon Eyeball Stone. 菊石姫と蛇の目玉石54 views
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Restaurant menu of the Yogoko-so Kokuminshuku lodge.54 views
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Entrance to the long hiking trail to Mt. Shizugatake.54 views
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Lake Yogo Tourist Center exhibition space. 54 views
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Nature trail53 views
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Tokyo Shiga Kenjinkai New Year's Party 2007 平成19年 東京滋賀県人会 新年賀詞交歓会53 viewsParty fee was 7,000 yen.
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Drawing for prizes donated by Shiga businesses. 抽選会53 views
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Taga Taisha-mae Station platform and Ohmi Railways train.53 views
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View from Toragozen-yama toward Lake Biwa. Hokuriku Line in foreground.53 views
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Haiden worship hall 拝殿53 views
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Kora Shrine's Gonden Hall is on the left of the Honden main hall. This is an Important Cultural Property. It used to be the Honden before the shrine was renovated in 1883. 権殿53 views
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Bamba-juku monument marking the location of the Kure Ichirizuka milestone. 久禮の一里塚 MAP53 views
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Intersection with a Bamba-juku stone monument. A good place to rest and eat your box lunch.53 views
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The gravestones have five levels. In fall, the surrounding maple leaves turn blood red.53 views
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Graves of Hojo Nakatoki and his men from the Rokuhara Tandai. 北条仲時一行の墓53 views
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