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    Hikone (彦根市, Hikone-shi) is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2021[update], the city had an estimated population of 111,958 in...
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    Hikone Castle (彦根城, Hikone-jō) is a Japanese Edo-period Japanese castle located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is considered the most...
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    Hikone Domain (彦根藩, Hikone-han) was a fudai feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It was located in eastern Ōmi Province, in...
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  • Hikone, Shiga is a city in Japan. Hikone may also refer to: Hikone Domain, a feudal domain of Japan during the Edo period Hikone Station, a railway station...
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    Japan. Shiga Prefecture is home to Ōmi beef, the Eight Views of Ōmi, and Hikone Castle, one of four national treasure castles in Japan. Shiga was known...
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    The Hikone screen (彦根屏風, Hikone byōbu) is a Japanese painted byōbu folding screen of unknown authorship made during the Kan'ei era (c. 1624–44). The 94-×-274...
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    created by the city government of Hikone, Japan. He was created in 2007 to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of Hikone Castle. The character design...
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    20 May 2024. Ii Hikone Museum. "Hikone Castle Museum". ii-museum.jp (in Japanese). Kanakicho, Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture: Hikone Castle Museum. Retrieved...
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    Hikone Station (彦根駅, Hikone-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Hikone, Shiga, Japan. It is operated jointly by the...
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    folklore of Ii Naotaka and the maneki-neko of Gōtoku-ji Temple. Hikone City is home to Hikone Castle, a National Treasure that was the base of the Ii clan...
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