Travel
.....Japan Odyssey
© 2002-2011 Z.Loy
7. OTSU, ISHIYAMA
From Kanazawa, we went to the Otsu area which is by
Lake Biwa. We stayed at a Japanese style inn, the Tsuki-no-ya, at
Ishiyamadera, a small town close by. Ishiyamadera refers to the temple in the vicinity which has very lovely grounds and gardens. This temple is listed as a National Treasure. 
 
 
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The Tsuki-no-ya Inn, Ishiyamadera. With a welcome board like that,
we had no problems locating this inn! 
Ishiyamadera - a national treasure, and place where Murasaki Shikibu wrote her famous "the Tales of Genji" over a thousand years ago and considered the greatest work of Japanese literature. 
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