Hikone - City

Hikone - a castle town in Shiga Prefecture a short distance northeast of Kyoto	West gate exit from Hikone Station for Hikone Castle	Map of Hikone	The first glimpse of Hikone Castle from the JR Station
The square in front of JR Hikone Station	In front of JR Hikone Station	Statue of Ii Naomasa, Hikone	Ii Naomasa (1561-1602), a general of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
Ii Naomasa (井伊 直政) - one of the four guardians of the Tokugawa	Statue of Ii Naomasa, Hikone	Il Naomasa outfitted his troops in blood red armor earning them the name "Red Devils"	Statue of Ii Naomasa, Hikone
Statue of Ii Naomasa, Hikone	Statue of Ii Naomasa, Hikone	The square in front of Hikone Station	Statue of Ii Naomasa, Hikone
Model of Hikone Castle in front of the JR Station	Clock Tower, JR Hikone Staiton	Old-style stele on the back of a turtle, Hikone	The main street of Hikone's modern town center, Sawacho
Sawacho, Hikone's Main Street	Stone carving shop along Sawacho, Hikone	A little large for my carry-on bag	Hikone's Samuri Kitty mascot
Welcome to Hikone with the Samuri Kitty mascot	Hikone, Shiga Prefecture	Building in Hikone flying the Japanese and American flags	Statue, Hikone
Guardian figure, Hikone	Perhaps one of the Four Heavenly Kings	Japanese Shakyamuni Buddha, Hikone	Statue of Ii Naosuke (1815-1860), Daimyo of Hikone
Ii Naosuke rose to besome Chief Minister of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1858 and helped open Japan to the outside world	In 1858, Ii Naosuke signed the 2nd Treaty of Amity and Commerce with the USA, an unequal treaty heavily in the favor of the USA	Ii Naosuke was assassinated outside Edo Castle in 1860 by Mito loyalists	Monument to the Life of a Cherry Blossom, 1964, commemorating novelist Seiichi Funabashi's story about Tairo Naosuki Ii
Japanese postbox with a bronze sculpture of the keep of Hikone Castle	Japanese postbox with a bronze sculpture of the keep of Hikone Castle	Japanese license plate - Hikone	Southwest of Hikone Castle is a nice street, Honmachi
Hikone, Japan	Honmachi, Hikone	Honmachi, Hikone	Honmachi, Hikone
Honmachi, Hikone	Honmachi, Hikone	Honmachi, Hikone	Japanese woman with a puppet of Hikone's mascot
Hikone, Japan	Honmachi, Hikone	Honmachi, Hikone	Honmachi, Hikone
Honmachi, Hikone	A statue with a tradition Japanese tile roof, Hikone	Hikone, Japan	Autumn colors, Hikone
Temple roof with a blue sky, Hikone	Temple roof, Hikone - 宗安寺	Temple gate off Honmachi, southwest Hikone	Temple roof, Hikone - 宗安寺
2-3-7 Honmachi, Hikone, Shiga Prefecture 522-0064, Japan	Statue in the temple on Honmachi Street, Hikone	Sun shining through a statue, Hikone	Honmachi - Hikone
Honmachi - Hikone	Honmachi - Hikone	Statue - wandering monk, Hikone	Statue - wandering monk, Hikone
Temple bell tower, Hikone	Honmachi Street, Hikone	Honmachi Street, Hikone	Honmachi Street, Hikone
Autumn colors, Hikone	Japan Self-defense Forces, Hikone	Motor Psycho Japanese Kustom Kulture	Samurai Jeans - Made in Osaka, Japan
Headed back to the JR Station, Hikone	Special Rapid Service - Hikone to Kyoto