青春18切符の季節の到来。久しぶりに早朝から出動です。
18切符でちょっと手間なのが、駅が無人の場合、インターホンで駅員さんを呼び出して、改札を開けてもらわなければならないこと。そんなこんなをひっくるめてたのしみます。
ゆるりと電車の旅に行きましょう。
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Above Otsu and Lake Biwa by Laura Otsuka
2017.03.07
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I painted a photo I took in Japan for my Japanese teacher's present :") In it are her little niece, nephew, and daughter.
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【滋賀県】海津大崎 . 桜のトンネル . (2019/04/12撮影) . #海津大崎 #桜 #琵琶湖 #海津大崎の桜 #海津大崎の桜並木 #桜並木 #滋賀県 #桜のトンネル #桜のトンネル🌸 #滋賀県高島市 (海津大崎) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpY4wW2vldi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Hikone Sawayama: summit & castle
It's not about what is there today, as much as it's about what was there. Sawayama was the original location of Hikone Castle, and it is quite possibly the most important castle in Japan to have been completely lost, as it was the castle of Ishida Mitsunari, the leader of the Western Army which lost the battle to unite Japan following the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. There are so few traces of the castle, no obvious tell-tale structures... This small altar may trace its roots back to the days of the castle, or maybe not, but this is just about it.
Sawayama Castle was thoroughly dismanted after 1600 following the defeat of Ishida, as the new lord of the area, Ii Naomasa, appointed by the victorious Tokugawa clan, relocated the castle to a smaller hill closer to Lake Biwa. Hikone Castle, which still stands today, basically recycled the materials from Sawayama, and the view of the "new" castle complex and the lake is the main draw for hikers today.
The summit offers good views of the mountains on the other side too, with the industrial complexes near Maibara, most noticeably Fujitec and their 170 m-tall elevator test tower, in the foreground.
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琵琶湖の浜へ。
波の音を聞きながら、ビーチコーミング。
拾いもの、かなり地味です。でもそれがまた、いいのです。わたしにとっては、きらきら。
すっかり暑くなってしまったので、次は秋になる頃かなぁ。
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A view of Lake Biwa from Chikubushima Island
Photo by K S (Muutyo), September 2022
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