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Biwako Marine Sports Auto Campsite
Biwako Marine Sports Auto Campsite is located at the very back (northern side) of Omi Shirahama Swimming Pool, a beautiful shallow beach with white sand and green pines that stretches for about 1 km. You can drive your car right up to the tent, which is especially convenient for people who enjoy windsurfing.
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Shiga Prefecture Lake Biwa Children's Country
Biwako Children's Land is a large park on the shores of Lake Biwa, and features a grassy area, a large playground with a total length of 40 meters, athletic equipment that stimulates children's creativity, an adventure waterway, a campsite, and the Rainbow House. The Rainbow House has table tennis, a trampoline…
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Mount Amida
At the entrance to the Amidayama approach in the Taisanji village in Azumigawa Town, there is a gazebo called "Tsubaki no Ya." Starting from there, there are many things to see, such as the stone Buddha under the pine tree, the Taisanji Castle ruins, Amidayama, and many plants and birds. Amidayama…
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Yomeiyuan
In commemoration of the friendly exchange between Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province, China, the birthplace of Professor Wang Yangming (1472-1528), and Azumigawa Town, Takashima County, Shiga Prefecture (currently Azumigawa Town, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture), the birthplace of Professor Nakae Toju (1608-1648), the founder of Japanese Yangmingism, the Heisei…
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Nakae Toju and Takashima Museum
Takashima City has many cultural assets created by the rich nature and the lives of the people, and these are the assets of Takashima City that our ancestors protected, fostered local love, and passed down. The Nakae Toju Takashima Museum disseminates and exhibits these cultural assets…
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Placenta mound
Emperor Keitai was born in Takashima, and it is said that this placenta mound is where his mother, Princess Furihime, buried the emperor's umbilical cord after giving birth. The placenta is said to be the placenta. This mound is a circular tumulus with a diameter of about 11.5m and a height of about 2.5m...
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Tanaka Castle Ruins
Tanaka Castle, the castle of the Tanaka clan, lords of Tanaka-go, is a mountain castle built in the late Middle Ages at the tip of a tongue-shaped hill that stretches out from the Taisanjino Plateau. Its remains can still be seen today in the mountains to the west of Uedera Ward. The castle is believed to have been the site of the main bailey.
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The Tomb of King Hikoushihito
It is located in the so-called "Ozuka" at the back of the approach lined with cypress trees. Its area is about 2840 square meters. It is a two-tiered circular tumulus, much larger than the three surrounding tumuli, and is thought to date back to the middle of the Kofun period. The person buried there is Emperor Keitai (Keitai…
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Safe birth support stone
It is said that Princess Furihime, the wife of King Hikobushihito, leaned on this stone when giving birth. There is still a tradition of stroking this stone and rubbing one's stomach to pray for an easy delivery.
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Fujiki Graveyard (Gyokurinji Temple)
Located in front of the gates of the Tendai sect Shinsei-ha Gyokurin-ji Temple, it is surrounded by a hedge of cedar and Japanese photinia, and the inside is surrounded by a stone sacred fence. There are three gravestones within, the grave of Fujiki sensei on the left and the grave of Fujiki sensei's mother on the right, facing south, and in the foreground to the right...
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