Culture & History
This little island has a circumference of 2 kilometers, and lies 6 kilometers off the coast of Hikone. It is home to Hogon-ji Temple and Tsukubusuma Shrine, and is frequened by many visitors throughout the year.
Chikubu Island is also counted amongst the famous "Eight Views of Lake Biwa."
Toriimoto-juku was the sixy-third of sixty-nine way stations (including Kusatsu and Otsu along the old Tokaido Road) alo…
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"Lifetime of a Flower" ("Hana no Shougai") is a novel by Seiichi Funahashi (designated a "number one" honorary citizen o…
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This bronze statue of Naosuke Ii, a high-ranking officer in the shogunate, stands before Konki Park. Naosuke Ii was born…
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