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Takehana Betsuin temple belongs to the Jodo Shinshu Sect's Otani School (Higashi Hongwanji).77 views
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Imasu-juku's most notable shukuba-era building called the Toiyaba. It is the only Toiyaba still existing among the 16 post towns in Mino (Gifu). 今須宿問屋場76 views
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Shinshuji temple 真宗寺76 views
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Site of Ogaki Castle's Takebashi-guchi Gate76 views
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Statue of Takenaka Hanbei (1544-1579). 竹中重治（竹中半兵衛）76 views
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Turning the float.76 views
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The floats gather on Eki-dori road.76 views
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Arched bridge too steep to cross over.76 views
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Lining up to pray at Haiden Hall.76 views
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Karakuri puppet.76 views
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This float just decorated the street.76 views
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Sink76 views
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Path to Myooji temple. 妙応寺75 views
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Imasu-juku on the Nakasendo75 views
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Near JR Ogaki Station75 views
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Starting line. The entire track is ringed by a fence, making it difficult to shoot close-ups of the racers.75 views
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Wrapping the rope around the utility pole??75 views
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Banners read Inaba Shrine.75 views
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View of Romon Gate from Shinmon Gate.75 views
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People buying good luck charms.75 views
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A few of the floats stopped in front of Takehana Bestuin and performed again.75 views
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Cemetery next to the main hall.75 views
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View from the Hondo main hall.75 views
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My YouTube video of Takehana Matsuri showing all the performances on the floats.75 views
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Imasu-juku's Ichirizuka or milestone on the west end of Imasu. 今須宿の一里塚74 views
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Eki-dori shopping street74 views
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Outside the Ogaki cycling stadium which was first built in 1952. On race days, free shuttle buses run often between Ogaki Station and the stadium. It takes 10 min.74 views
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Starting line. On a race day, a series of races are held from morning to late afternoon.74 views
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Aikawa River and koinobori streamers in Tarui, Gifu. 相川74 views
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Inaba Shine is a short bus ride from Gifu Station. Get off the bus on the main road, then walk through this path to the shrine. Can't miss it during New Year's.74 views
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For the Year of the Rabbit.74 views
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Floats parading near the train station.74 views
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In autumn (Oct.), approaching rice harvest season.74 views
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Imasu-juku's Toiyaba. 今須宿問屋場73 views
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Imasu-juku's Toiyaba. 今須宿問屋場73 views
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The fallen cyclists are taken away by stretcher. The first bicycle race I see in Japan occurs with two riders taking a fall. How dramatic.73 views
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Along the Aikawa River are koinobori carp streamers and cherry blossoms which come out in early April. 相川73 views
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Made of steel, the main torii stands 21 meters high. 南宮大社の大鳥居73 views
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Inside Haiden Prayer Hall 拝殿73 views
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We waited around for about 30 min. until someone gave the signal, and suddenly men appeared on all three floats to hang the paper lanterns in a race to light up the float first.73 views
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Posing for a group photo.73 views
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Float ornament with a phoenix in the background.73 views
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Godzilla in Hashima Movie Museum 羽島市 映画資料館73 views
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My room73 views
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Irori hearth in Hisamatsu minshuku73 views
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Panoramic view of the Ogaki Cycling Stadium bicycle racetrack as seen from the free seating section.72 views
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Tarai-bune wooden tub boats and cherry blossoms.72 views
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Romon Gate72 views
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The third and last float arrives.72 views
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黒龍社72 views
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Romon Gate side view.72 views
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Front wheel72 views
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Hashima Movie Museum 羽島市 映画資料館72 views
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Old washing machines72 views
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And they're off.71 views
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After entering the Romon Gate, you see this Dance Stage. 舞殿71 views
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Looks quite new now.71 views
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Hanrinkaku 攀鱗閣（西町）一谷嫩軍記（いちのたにふたばぐんき）71 views
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The float pullers started acting crazy and went wild with the ropes.71 views
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Old word processors71 views
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Dinner at Hisamatsu near the irori hearth while the friendly proprietress chatted with us. I asked her about the difficulty of having a successor to take over the minshuku.71 viewsShe said it was a common problem among the minshuku operators there and hoped that one of her daughters would take over. She explained the Three Golden Rules that they follow: Do not sell, do not rent, and do not destroy the farmhouse. They are trying to change the rule about "do not rent." Perhaps if they rent it, the owner family can have another family operate their lodge.
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Kano Castle as it looked originally in Gifu. 加納城71 views
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The building in the background is the Oku no Hosomichi Musubi no chi Memorial Hall.70 views
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The place name "Tarui" got its name from this famous well spewing crystal-clear water. Haiku poet Basho also once sat here and composed a poem.70 views
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It was more like a castle than a palace. The actual castle was on a mountaintop some distance from here. It proved to be inconvenient, so the palace was built here.70 views
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Main torii with shinkansen tracks behind. The soundproofing wall along the tracks hides the trains passing by.70 views
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Hoo float ornament70 views
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Romon Gate 楼門70 views
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Hashima Shiyakusho-mae Station 羽島市役所前駅70 views
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Old movie posters70 views
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My room in Furusato. It was not the same room where the crown prince stayed.70 views
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Betting ticket counters inside the cycling stadium.69 views
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Two cyclists apparently collided and took a spill.69 views
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Nakasendo Tarui-juku marker.69 views
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Tarui town's official tree, the zelkova keyaki tree.69 views
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Haiku poem by Basho who once sat in front of this spring.69 views
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Lots of carp swim in the spring water.69 views
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The spring of Tarui.69 views
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Nakasendo Tarui-juku marker.69 views
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The site is now occupied by a school.69 views
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Votive tablets.69 views
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We will see more photos from this float later in the evening when they performed with lit paper lanterns (see bottom).69 views
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Hashima Shiyakusho-mae Station 羽島市役所前駅69 views
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Darkroom enlarger equipment69 views
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Old Japanese typewriter69 views
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Myozenji's temple bell69 views
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My room in Furusato.69 views
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There are three classes of spectator seats. At the bottom is open-air seating. Pay 500 yen for the glass-enclosed seating above, and a higher fee for suite rooms higher up.68 views
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End of the road/journey for Basho's Okuno Hosomichi.68 views
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The palace was built by Takenaka Hanbei's son Takenaka Shigekado (1573-1631) 竹中 重門.68 views
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Nakasendo Tarui-juku. This building, a ryokan, is one of the few remaining from the post town.68 views
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Haiden Prayer Hall 拝殿68 views
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Two floats are already here.68 views
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Yaegaki Shrine68 views
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Myozenji's Hondo Main worship hall68 views
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Inside the Myozenji temple Hondo worship hall. Tatami mats and looks like a typical Jodo Shinshu temple on the inside.68 views
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When you want to stay overnight in Shirakawa-go, it's hard to decide which minshuku (farmhouse lodge) to stay in. There's a good number of minshuku in Shirakawa-go.68 views
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It costs 10 million yen to rethatch the roof. They do it once every 30 years. The thatch is Japanese pampas grass (susuki) from the base of Mt. Fuji.68 viewsThe rethatch cost is subsidized by the national government and municipality. So the family only pays one-third the cost of 10 million yen. In the old days, they had family and friends gather the thatch and the roof was rethatched by the villagers as a community project. Not anymore. They have to hire professionals to do it which cost a lot of money.
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On the bank.67 views
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Former Honjin moved building from Kashiwabara-juku in Maibara, Shiga.67 views
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Behind the gate.67 views
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The big red torii ahead.67 views
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Map of Nangu Taisha Shrine.67 views
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Wood carving on corridor.67 views
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紫雲閣（中町）義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら） 67 views
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They started pulling the Shiunkaku float through the main street.67 views
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In front of Yaegaki Shrine, next to the elementary school.67 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Tarui-juku from his Kisokaido series. It shows a daimyo procession.67 views
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Hashima Folk History Museum and Movie Museum. 羽島市歴史民俗資料館・映画資料館67 views
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Irori hearth in Myozenji temple67 views
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Greetings in English by Furusato. ¥9,000 per night including a sumptuous breakfast and dinner. 67 views
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Next to Furusato is another minshuku named Hisamatsu in Shirakawa-go. Looks almost the same on the outside.67 views
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End of the boat ride.66 views
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Boat landing66 views
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