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Hikone Slideshow
Top Hotels in Hikone
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Comfort Hotel Hikone
29 reviews -
Business Hotel Hikone
1 review -
Grand Duku Hotel Hikone
5 reviews
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Hikone Art Hotel
5 reviews
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Hikone Station Hotel
9 reviews
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Hotel Lakeland Hikone
1 review
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Hotel Southern Village Hikone
4 reviews
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Hotel Sun Root Hikone
10 reviews
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Hikone Biwako Hotel
3 reviews
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Hikone Castle Hotel
13 reviews
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Super Hotel Minamihikoneekimae
9 reviews
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Hikone North Art Hotel
1 review
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Casa Estacion Hikone
1 review
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Business Hotel Serikawa Hikone
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Business Hotel Oumi Hikone
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Hotel Route Inn Hikone
11 reviews
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Travel Blogs from Hikone, Japan
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Dirty Water
Yeah so we went to the wrong part of the lake...still found a nice spot to relax in the sun, just shame no swimming to be had without serious risk of ...
Snooping around Japan's largest lake
... ). In the meantime though, we had another distraction to detain us beforehand: the annual Hikone Castle Festival. The Hikone-jō Matsuri is not one of Japan's most famous by any stretch. By appearance, it doesn't even seem to show on the national ...
Yoji takes us to Hikone!!
... next day we travelled to Kyoto. Yoji took the scenice route for our benefit, driving alongside the largest lake in Japan and stopping in Hikone to see the castle. Here we also tried matcha - traditional green tea which is thicker and made from ground ...
The land of music
... our predeccesors). I have no idea what to expect, and they'll be here in 20 minutes! AHH! On Friday we visited Hikone Castle and had a JET barbeque in Nagahama afterwards. There was this amazing 10 year old kid Benjamin from New Zealand there. ...
Hikone-Jo
... 15 minuten mit dem (normalen) Zug entfernt von Nagahama (aber auf der anderen Seite von Maibara). In Hikone steht eine der originalen Burgen von Japan, 1622 erbaut. Einiges wurde abgerissen, aber der zentrale Turm hat ueberdauert und steht heute noch ...
Japan Birdman Rally 2011
Up at 6 to get a train 2 Hikone for the 34th annual Japan Birdman Rally. Basically its like the Bognor birdman competition where everyone throws themselves off a pier attached to ridiculous flying machines but the Japanese take on it is that the flying ...
Hikone Castle & Mt. Ibuki
... of the sites and a natinal treasure. So much more natinal and international tourists may visit Himeji castle. In my opinion, however, Hikone castle was better than Himeji in its historic appearance, although it was a little bit younger than Himeji. It is ...
The Way of the Samurai: A Wander Through Hikone
... at the station, I look back one last time at the bronze, horse-mounted samurai statue now bidding me farewell. During my time in Japan, Hikone is the closest I have come to observing the legendary samurai, and an experience I will surely not soon ...
Letters Home - Japan - Day 2
Letters Home – Japan – 2012 Day 2 It is a rainy Sunday morning in Hikone, Japan. Victor is trying to squeeze 9 months of dorm life into a few suitcases, and say goodbye to classmates to whom he has become close. Very ...
Letters Home-Japan-Day 1
... was wonderful to see his face. The travel day was not yet over as there was still a 2-3 hour trip from Nagoya to Hikone. Immediately outside of the arrivals lounge, was the airport train station. They helped me purchase a ticket with ...
Road Trip!
... of Ishikawa-ken through Fukui Prefecture and into Shiga Prefecture. Our previous plans included a one night stop in Hikone along Lake Biwa however with the Typhoon changing the party, we decided to return home on ...
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