 Most viewed - Takeshima 多景島 |
Nichiren Monument on Takeshima. This giant stone monument is inscribed with the prayer words "Namu Myo-horenge-kyo" from the Lotus Sutra. 南無妙法蓮華経330 views
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Takeshima in Hikone, Shiga. Map325 views
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View of Takeshima, an island with many shapes.314 views
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Kawau cormorants. Shiga has over 40,000 of these birds, and 30,000 of them live on Chikubushima whose trees are being destroyed by the droppings and branches broken off to make bird nests.312 views
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Nichiren temple271 views
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View of Takeshima. Before the boat left, it circled around the island to show how different it looked from different angles.252 views
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Another view of Takeshima222 views
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Takeshima ("Island of Many Views") is a small island (600 m circumference) in Lake Biwa off Hikone, accessible by a short boat ride from Hikone Port.187 views
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View of Takeshima179 views
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Cormorants. There are to many of them and they deplete fisheries in the lake and cause forest damage.178 views
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View of Takeshima169 views
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Nichiren statue is next to the giant stone monument.167 views
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Enter Takeshima164 views
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Takeshima shows many different shapes depending on your viewpoint. A Nichiren temple and the priest's family are on the island. Boat for Takeshima at Hikone Port. The island is only 6.5 km from Hikone.160 views
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View of Takeshima159 views
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It says that the stone monument oozed blood when Ii Naosuke, Lord of Hikone, was assassinated in Tokyo by samurai radicals from Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture.155 views
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Almost no one in the boat154 views
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Nichiren statue. Nichiren was the founder of the Nichiren Sect of Japanese Buddhism.153 views
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Lotus Sutra monument. In the early 17th century when the temple was built here, it took 3 years to carve out these characters on this stone slab. According to legend, this monument oozed blood when Ii Naosuke, Lord of Hikone, was assassinated in Tokyo.152 views
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Hikone Castle as seen from Lake Biwa.145 views
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Hikone Port134 views
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To Takeshima131 views
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