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Looks like Suganuma, another village in Gokayama area.

JR Okaya Station. There is no tourist info office here.

Numerous azalea bushes

About the song and rowing route...　この歌について（日本語解説）

JR Okaya Station platform. JR岡谷駅

Canora Hall, venue for the Okaya International Exchange Association's 15th anniversary festival.

JR Okaya Station platform

Lobby of Canora Hall

View from train station overpass

Entrance to the smaller hall

Lala store in front of Okaya Station. A small city hall office inside might be able to give tourist info.

Reception counter with programs and newsletters in different languages.

Exhibition area featuring native costumes, photos, etc.

Lake Biwa Rowing Song (Biwako Shuko no Uta) exhibition panel by Philbert Ono at Okaya, Nagano.

Lake Biwa Rowing Song Exhibition panels. 「琵琶湖周航の歌」英語版の展示コーナー

Exhibition panels 展示コーナー

New Zealand panel

Okaya map

Brazilian school

Taiko drummers from Okaya Roman Taiko

Full-house audience. Many international groups provided free entertainment.

Indonesian dance by Miyazaki Ani

Brazilian Dance by Ashinaga Gakuen Brazilian School

African drumming and dance

African dance, a real crowd pleaser.

In Okaya, Nagano, Nakamura Naoko singing "Lake Biwa Rowing Song." This is the first time this English version was sung in public outside Shiga Prefecture.

Nakamura Naoko singing "Lake Biwa Rowing Song." The first Japanese person to sing the song in public. 「琵琶湖周航の歌」の英語版も歌われた。

Nakamura Naoko singing "Lake Biwa Rowing Song" up to verse 3. 中村直子さんが三番まで歌われた。

Canora Boys and Girls Chorus

Grand finale dance called Itomachi Ko-uta

Mar. 4, 2007 Nakamura Naoko sings "Lake Biwa Rowing Song" at Canora Hall in Okaya, Nagano Pref.

The first Japanese person to sing the English song in public. This was at the Okaya International Exchange Association's 15th anniversary festival.

Photos of the song monument and Taro Oguchi statue in Okaya, Nagano, his hometown.

Korakuen Garden, Okayama 後楽園

Okayama Castle 岡山城

Willow tree-lined canal

Seto Ohashi Bridge under construction in 1986.

Little Mermaid at Kurashiki Tivoli Park. 倉敷チボリ公園

Lake Suwa

Doga-kan-dori street leading to Ilf Plaza.

Okayama Castle

Just like Copenhagen.

Ilf Plaza, with shops and a culture center.　イルフプラザ

Lake Suwa

Korakuen Garden

Bridge to Archeological Museum 倉敷考古館

建設中の瀬戸大橋

Tivoli Park opened in 1998.

Lake Suwa and mountains

Ilf Doga Museum イルフ童画館

Okayama Castle and Asahi-gawa River serving as a natural moat. 旭川

Bridge to Archeological Museum 倉敷考古館

View from ferris wheel.

Lake Suwa and mountains

Ilf Doga Museum, works by Takei Takeo 武井武雄作品展示室

Okayama Castle as seen from Korakuen Garden

Foggy Okayama Port and ferry from Shodoshima.　岡山港

Ilf Douga Museum, works by Takei Takeo 武井武雄余技作品展示室

Okayama Castle as seen from Korakuen Garden, Okayama

Okayama Castle and bridge to Korakuen Garden

Looking toward Ohara Art Museum.

Ilf Doga Museum

View of Korakuen Garden from Okayama Castle tower

Azalea bushes

Namako-kabe wall

Kurashiki end

View of roller coster from the ferris wheel

Ramu-ramu Coffee Shop in Ilf Doga Museum 喫茶ラムラム

Okayama Castle as seen from Korakuen

The double decker still not installed.

Seto Ohashi Bridge under construction in 1986, Kurashiki.

Lakeside park

Seto Ohashi Bridge under construction in 1986, Kurashiki. 瀬戸大橋

Lakeside park

Shimotsui Seto Bridge to Hitsuishijima island

Lake Suwa

Start of the double decker from Kurashiki.

Lake Suwa

Start of the double decker bridge.

Lake Suwa and bridge

Bridge across Kamaguchi Floodgate

Boat cruise for seeing the bridge.

Bridge across Kamaguchi Floodgate

Passed under the bridge.

Kamaguchi Floodgate

Carp caught from Lake Suwa

Lake Suwa during a warm winter.

Shimotsui Station

Oguchi Taro monument

The logs are pulled by people from various districts or parishes in the Suwa region including Chino, Shimosuwa, Okaya, and Suwa.

Locomotive from Ohio, USA used in the 1930s.

Sculpture in lakeside park

Water fountain

Lakeside park

Ducks

Ducks fly away

Ducks fly to safety.

Sculpture

Mother and child sculpture

Lakeside park

Playground

Lakeside park

Water fountain and azaleas in spring

Map of lake shore area

Tenryu River at sunset

Along Tenryu River in winter.

Okaya One-Day Exhibition, Mar. 4, 2007 at Canora Hall, Okaya, Nagano.

Bridge with a mountain design, over Tenryu River.

Exhibition during the Okaya International Exchange Association's 15th anniversary festival.

Onbashira manhole

Okaya City Hall 岡谷市役所

Water lilies from Okaya, Nagano Pref., near the entrance to the song museum.

Fourth panel showing all the song monuments in Shiga and Okaya, Nagano.

10th panel showing Oguchi Taro song monument and his grave and house in Okaya, Nagano.

Oguchi Taro Statue and Biwako Shuko no Uta Song Monument. On the shore of Lake Suwa, Okaya, Nagano. 歌碑と小口太郎銅像

Taro Oguchi Statue and Song Monument in winter.

About Taro Oguchi.

Statue of Oguchi Taro

Statue of Oguchi Taro 小口太郎銅像

Water lilies from Okaya, Nagano Prefecture

Closeup of Taro Oguchi statue

Rear view, looking toward Lake Suwa.

Side view of Taro Oguchi Statue and Song Monument in spring with azaleas.

Side view of Taro Oguchi Statue and Song Monument in winter. 小口太郎顕彰碑

Music box. Three versions of the song can be heard through a speaker by pressing a button. Also see the video at YouTube to hear the song.

Song monument with the entire lyrics of Biwako Shuko no Uta. On the shore of Lake Suwa in Okaya, Nagano. 琵琶湖周航の歌　全歌詞碑

Biography of Oguchi Taro. 小口太郎顕彰碑

Area of the Oguchi Taro monument (seen on left), in winter.

Road sign pointing to the Oguchi Taro statue

Smaller statue of Oguchi Taro inside Okaya City Hall, next to the entrance.

Neighborhood of Minato where Oguchi Taro lived.

Oguchi Taro's house (red roof). He lived on the 2nd floor. On the left is a storehouse.

Path to shrine

Behind this small shrine is a large graveyard full of Oguchi family gravestones.

Oguchi Taro's grave on right.

Oguchi Taro's gravestone. He is buried together with his younger brother Sadao.

Oguchi Taro's gravestone in foreground.

Oguchi cemetary. This neighborhood is full of Oguchi families, not necessarily related to each other.

Oguchi graves.

Scenic view of Lake Suwa from graveyard.

About Taro Oguchi.

Oguchi Taro song monument

Higashi-machi float's decoration was a model of Okayama Castle in Minakuchi.

This is the hill where the Minakuchi-Okayama Castle was originally built in 1585 by Nakamura Kazuuji 中村一氏, a vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It fell into ruin after the Battle of Sekigahara where the castle lord lost.

Pieces from Minakuchi Okayama Castle ruins.

After it ended, the wrestlers rode on these buses. The next stop was Kyoto. Their autumn exhibition tour lasting till Oct. 26 would then take them to Tokushima, Kochi, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi Prefectures.

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.

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