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Chikubushima Hogonji
The whole island afloat in Lake Biwa is an object of worship. Its karamon gate, a National Treasure, was moved here from the Hokoku mausoleum.
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Tsukubusuma Jinja
The shrine on Chikubushima. Its main hall, a National Treasure, is said to be a surviving structure from Fushimi Castle.
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Kurokabe Square
Built around a black-plastered former bank, the district was reborn as a town of glass.
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Nagahama Hikiyama
Children perform kabuki on the stage of the floats. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Nagahama Hikiyama Museum
Floats built as stages on which children perform kabuki, covered in lacquer, metal fittings and embroidered hangings.
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Doganji Kannon
One of only seven National Treasure eleven-headed Kannon; villagers buried it in the earth to save it from war, and still keep it.
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Kannon Villages of Kohoku
Where villagers, not monks, have kept the temples open and the images safe for centuries - an unusual form of custodianship.
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Shrine Cabinets of Kohoku
The cabinets that house the Kannon images survive village by village - the container itself a work of craft.
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Azai Sanshimai no Sato Roadside Station
A roadside station in Nagahama, in country connected with the three Azai sisters, selling local produce.
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Biwako Bunka Gakushu Center
A cultural centre in Nagahama, staging performing arts and events.
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Grand Mercure Lake Biwa Resort & Spa
A resort hotel on the shore of Lake Biwa in Nagahama, five minutes' walk from Nagahama Castle.
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Kuroda Kannonji Temple
A temple in Nagahama, keeping a standing thousand-armed Kannon of the early Heian period.
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Oyama Shakado (Hakusan Shrine)
A Shaka hall in Nagahama. Its mid-Heian seated Shakyamuni is a national important cultural property.
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Akago-yama Ski Resort Snow Pal
A small ski area in Nagahama, mainly for sledging, with no lifts.
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Kohoku Mizudori Station Roadside Station
A roadside station in Nagahama, inside the Kohoku waterfowl park, where wild birds gather.
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Woodypal Yogo
A centre at Yogo in Nagahama, with cottages, a campsite and a woodworking studio.
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Azai Bunka Sports Park
A park in Nagahama with a baseball ground and other sports facilities.
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Hokoku Shrine
A shrine in Nagahama, raised by townspeople after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death in memory of him.
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Odaniji Temple
A temple in Nagahama, said to have been founded by Taicho in 728, which served as the Azai family's prayer hall.
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Hikiyama Museum
A museum in Nagahama preserving and showing the floats of the Nagahama Hikiyama festival.