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Genkyuen
彦根市 湖東
The daimyo garden of Hikone Castle. The keep is seen across the pond.
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Hachimanbori
近江八幡市 湖東
A canal that joined Lake Biwa to the castle town. White-walled merchant storehouses line it.
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Kurokabe Square
長浜市 湖北
Built around a black-plastered former bank, the district was reborn as a town of glass.
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Shigaraki
甲賀市 湖南
One of the six ancient kilns of Japan. Tanuki figures, and the remains of climbing kilns.
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Metasequoia Avenue
高島市 湖西
Five hundred trees along 2.4 kilometres. The colour changes completely with the seasons.
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Biwako Valley
大津市 湖南
Looking down on Lake Biwa from 1,100 metres.
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Nagahama Hikiyama
長浜市 湖北
Children perform kabuki on the stage of the floats. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Omi Beef
近江八幡市 湖東
Held to be the oldest wagyu brand in Japan. The Hikone domain presented it to the shogun, cured in miso.
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Miho Museum
甲賀市 湖南
Designed by I. M. Pei. It appears at the far end of a tunnel and a suspension bridge.
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Gion Matsuri
京都市 京都市内
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The townspeople have kept it going for over a thousand years.
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Arashiyama
京都市 京都市内
The Togetsukyo bridge and the bamboo grove. A villa district of the nobility since the Heian period.
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Gion
京都市 京都市内
Teahouse buildings run the length of the street. It grew up as the gate town of Yasaka Jinja.
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Nijo-jo
京都市 京都市内
The Ninomaru palace is a National Treasure. This is where the return of power to the emperor was declared.
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Nishiki Market
京都市 京都市内
The kitchen of Kyoto. More than 130 shops along 400 metres.
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Philosopher's Path
京都市 京都市内
Two kilometres along the Lake Biwa Canal. Nishida Kitaro used to walk it.
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Aoi Matsuri
京都市 京都市内
The oldest of the three great festivals of Kyoto. A procession in Heian dress moves from the palace to the shrine.
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Jidai Matsuri
京都市 京都市内
A procession in costume from the Heian period through to Meiji. The festival of Heian Jingu.
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Amanohashidate
宮津市 丹後
One of the three great views of Japan: 8,000 pines on a sandbar 3.6 kilometres long.
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Ine no Funaya
伊根町 丹後
The ground floor is a boathouse, the upper floor a home. Two hundred and thirty of them ring the bay.
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Uji Tea
宇治市 山城
Gyokuro and matcha are made by shading the plants before harvest. The trade grew up to meet the demand of the tea ceremony.
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Kurama Fire Festival
京都市 京都市内
People carrying torches parade through the village. One of the three strange festivals of Kyoto.
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Sagano Romantic Train
京都市 京都市内
A disused stretch of the old Sanin main line, turned into a sightseeing railway. It runs through the Hozu gorge.
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Mozu Kofun
堺市 泉州
The tomb of Emperor Nintoku is the largest in Japan. Part of the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group World Cultural Heritage site.
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Osaka-jo
大阪市 大阪市
Hideyoshi's castle was buried by the Tokugawa, and the stone walls you see today are from the Tokugawa period.
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