#auto-translate Kairai Shrine (Kairai Daimyojin) The god of worship Fujiko Ryoko Yukura The god of worship Fujikura Ryoko is the daughter of Emperor Kanmu, the mother of the 53rd Emperor ...

#auto-translate Nakasendo Kashiwara-juku here Kashiwara-juku is the first of the sixty-nine avenues from Edo Nihonbashi (confluence with the Tokaido at Kusatsu-juku), and is about 112 ri ...

#auto-translate Signpost Left Yokaichi Road Right Tagahikone

#auto-translate Azuchi Castle, a special historic site, was built in 1576, the year after Oda Nobunaga defeated Katsuri Takeda in a battle of Nagashino. In building the castle, many husba...

#auto-translate Japanese heritage Shiga / Lake Biwa SHIGA • BIWAKO JAPAN HERITAGE Eigenji Temple is the main headquarters of the Rinzai Soeiji Temple and was built during the Kamakura per...

#auto-translate Constructed assets of traditional Japanese buildings “Lake Biwa and its waterfront landscape” Higashi-Omi-shi Gokaso Kindo Gokaso is located on the east side of Lake Biwa,...

#auto-translate The town subdivision of the downtown area Hikone city Hikone city Hakone town Hikone area Important traditional building group preservation district Shoka town Hikone'...

#auto-translate A phantom thousand yen bill "In August of the Showa twentieth, a thousand yen bill made for the first time in Japan. It was issued as the highest amount of paper mone...

#auto-translate Important Cultural Property Building Enryakuji Honjyo Temple (Osu-shi Sakamoto-machi) The Honkado Building is a building with five rows, five gates, one singles, one piece...

#auto-translate Important Cultural Property Building Yeonjeonji Shiki Auditorium (Osu-shi Sakamoto-machi) The Shiki Auditorium is a building with five rows of girders, four gangs, one san...