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Memorial for the war dead

Maruyama Tumulus 丸山古墳

Maruyama Tumulus in Torahime, Nagahama.

Maruyama Tumulus monument

Maruyama Tumulus next to Jiyukan Hall. MAP

Jiyukan Hall

Jiyukan Hall is a gathering place with rooms for rent and an exhibition space. 時遊館

Jiyukan Hall

Garden at Jiyukan Hall

Exhibition inside Jiyukan Hall

Panels explaining local history.

Lounge with picture windows showing views of Mt. Ibuki.

Mt. Ibuki as seen from Torahime. Gansan Daishi temple can also be seen.

Mt. Ibuki as seen from Torahime in winter.

Gomura Betsuin Gate. The Hondo main hall was reconstructed in 1730 and the front gate was built in 1674. MAP

Gomura Betsuin, Hondo Main Hall. Torahime's most noted sight and an Important Cultural Property is a Buddhist temple of the Jodo Shinshu Sect's Otani School (Higashi Hongwanji).

Gomura Betsuin belfry

Gyokusenji or Gansan Daishi temple 玉泉寺

Gyokusenji is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai Sect, commonly called Gansan Daishi, after the priest Gansan Daishi 元三大師 (912-985) whose birthplace is near the temple. MAP

Gansan Daishi temple, the current Hondo main hall was reconstructed in 1780.

Gansan Daishi entered the priesthood at age 17 on Mt. Hiei's Enryakuji temple. In 966, he became the 18th head priest of the Tendai Sect at Enryakuji.

Gansan Daishi belfry

Gansan Daishi

Kannon-do Hall housing a seated Kannon statue. 観音堂

Seated Kannon statue inside Kannon-do Hall. The hall is not normally open, so permission is needed to view it.　木造聖観音坐像

Takawa River Culvert monument

Entrance to Takawa River Culvert originally built in 1885 to direct the Takawa River to flow under another river called Kojigawa. The current culvert was rebuilt in 1966. MAP

Map of the culvert project. The culvert was built to prevent flooding from three rivers flowing through the town.

Bridge over Kojigawa River.

Kojigawa River. The Takawa Culvert is directly below this river.

Other side of Takawa Culvert.

The Takawa River flows on to Lake Biwa.

Mizuhiki Shrine near the Takawa River Culvert. 水引神社

Mizuhiki Shrine. "Mizuhiki" means "to draw water."

Rainfall gauge

Arrival at JR Torahime Station on the JR Hokuriku Main Line.

Torahime Station platform and sign

The new Torahime Station on JR Hokuriku Main Line

Built in a loghouse-style. All wood.

Torahime Station

Inside the new Torahime Station

Tiger Princess Shrine at Torahime Station. (Torahime literally means "Tiger Princess.")

In Oct. 2005, some people came here to pray for Osaka's Hanshin Tigers baseball team to win the Japan Series against the Chiba Lotte Marines who later won the series in a four-game sweep. The Tigers never won a game in the series.

Be photographed as a Tiger Princess

Inside the Italian restaurant at Torahime Station.

Bicycle parking at Torahime Station

"Torahime Tiger Princess, the Goddess of Victory"

New event space called "Coco," opened in March 2008, across from Torahime Station

Tiger Princess statue outside the Torahime Station

Tiger Princess statue

Tourist map of Torahime

Main drag of Torahime

Roadside shrine

Umahashi Bridge うまはし

Takawa River 田川

Mt. Ibuki and a "tiger stripe" barrel.

Monument marking the site of Lord Yamauchi Kazutoyo's first fief which was in Torahime.

Cherry blossoms along the Kasumitei riverbank.

Front entrance to Torahime High School, one of Shiga's most excellent schools, boasting Shiga's highest rate of college-bound students.

Torahime High School in the distance, next to rice paddies.

Mt. Ibuki can be seen from almost everywhere in Torahime.

Torahime manhole, Nagahama, Shiga Pref.

On the Sports Day national holiday in Oct., top-notch street performers perform from 10 am to 4 pm in Torahime, at the Torahime Ikigai Center parking lot (虎姫いきがいセンター). 15-min. walk from JR Torahime Station. Website: http://torass.com/

Mascot Torapi shows the way.

Entrance to the site. 15-min. walk from JR Torahime Station.

For kids.

Street performers were very good. But it's hot under the sun.

Flame juggling.

Also on stage.

Street performance schedule from 10 am to 4 pm.

Food stalls.

Local mascot Torapi.

Rice paddy art in Torahime.

Tobidashi boya

Torahime manhole.

Mt. Toragozen is near JR Torahime Station on the Hokuriku Line. Mt. Toragozen is an easy walk. MAP

Cherry blossoms almost right outside the train station.

Weeping cherry blossoms on the way to Toragozen-yama.

More cherry blossoms along the river. Amazing how much cherry blossoms there are, but so few people enjoying them.

Buddha statue in a cemetery framed by cherry blossoms.

Cherry blossoms even in the middle of the river. So picturesque.

Toragozen-yama cherry blossoms

Cherry blossoms near Toragozen-yama in Nagahama.

Cherry blossoms in the middle of the river near Toragozen-yama, Nagahama.

Near Toragozen-yama

Gansan Daishi temple in the distance near Toragozen-yama, Nagahama.

Entrance to Toragozen-yama in spring during cherry blossoms season in mid-April.

Tumulus on Toragozen-yama.

Yaai Shrine torii on Toragozen-yama. 矢愛神社

Yaai Shrine torii on Toragozen-yama.

Yaai Shrine

About Yaai Shrine torii on Toragozen-yama. Dedicated to a water god since people in this area needed water which did not come easily in the old days. 矢愛神社

Toragozen is a historic battle site during warlord Oda Nobunaga's siege of Azai Nagamasa's Odani Castle in October 1573. Before the siege, Nobunaga placed his troops on Mt. Toragozen with clear sights on Mt. Odani.