nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Moreover, its corridor-style stone chamber is 28.4 meters in total length, ranking first in size across the country.
Japanese: また、横穴式石室の全長は28.4メートルで、全国第1位の規模である。
English: The dromos with its ceiling covered with six pieces of huge natural stone 4.8 meters in length is 20.1 meters in length, more than 1 meter in width and 1.5 meters in height.
Japanese: 羨道は一枚の長さ4.8メートルの巨大な自然石6枚で天井を覆い、長さ20.1メートル、幅1メートル以上、高さ1.5メートルほど。
English: The burial chamber is 8.3 meters in length, 4.1 meters in maximum width, in which two hollowed-out house-shaped stone coffins were placed in an L-letter shape.
Japanese: 玄室の長さ8.3メートル、最大幅4.1メートル、高さ4.5メートルで、二つの刳抜式家形石棺がＬ字型に置かれている。
English: In the chamber about one-meter-high earth and sand is piled up, and though the details of the bodies of the coffins are unknown, the coffin at the back has a lid 2.42 meters in length, 1.44 meters in width and 0.4 meters in height.
Japanese: 玄室内には約1メートルの土砂が堆積しており、石棺の身については詳細は不明だが、奥棺は蓋の長さが2.42メートル、幅1.44メートル、高さ0.42メートル。
English: The coffin at the front has a lid, 2.75 meters in length, 1.41 meters in width and 0.63 meters in height.
Japanese: 前棺は蓋の長さが2.75メートル、幅1.41メートル、高さ0.63メートル。
English: As shown in the name of Maruyama (round mountain), many people had regarded this tomb simply as an old round tomb or a round barrow, and in old days this tomb was called Gojyono Maruyama Kofun.
Japanese: 丸山という名前が示すように多くの人達はこの古墳を単なる丸い古墳、円墳と考えており、古くは五条野丸山古墳と呼称されていた。
English: Since the Meiji period it has been called by the present name, but locally it is still called Maruyama Kofun because its back round part lies in Gojyono-town and a large portion of its front part in Ogaru.
Japanese: 明治時代になり現在の名称で呼ばれるようになったが、地元においては後円部は五条野町、前方部は大軽町が大部分を占めているので、現在でも丸山古墳と称されている
English: In 1790 Sadamasa KITAURA recorded that the stone chamber, in which some water were staying, was an extremely long one, 28 meters in maximum length.
Japanese: 1790年（寛政2）の北浦定政による記録においては、石室内には水が溜まっており、長さは最大で28メートルと極めて長大なものであったとされている。
English: In 1796 Korenori TSUTSUMI noted in "Korenori Jikken-ki (Diary)"that he, standing waist deep in the water, measured the stone chamber and found that it was 3 jyo (about 30.3 centi meters) in length and 1.5 jyo in width.
Japanese: 1796年（寛政8）の惟徳実見記で堤惟徳（つつみこれのり）は水が腰に及ぶ中、玄室の長さを3丈、幅1丈半と計測した。
English: "Seiseiki Zushi" written by Kiyokage TSUKUI in 1854 says as follows.
Japanese: 1854年（嘉永7）津久井清影が著した『聖蹟図志』によると、以下が記されている。
English: There were two house-shaped stone coffins left, the first one from the entrance being placed to the right of the chamber, parallel to the axis and the second one sideways.
Japanese: 石室内には2つの家形石棺が残されており、入り口側は石室右に寄って主軸と平行に、奥側は横を向いておかれている。
English: In 1855 Awaji no kami WAKISAKA measured the tomb and noted that the dromos was '11 ken (about 1.8 meters) 3 shaku (about 30 centimeters) 4 sun (about 3 centimeters)'.
Japanese: 1855年（安政2）には脇坂淡路守が羨道の長さを「奥行11間3尺4寸」、玄室は3間、幅と高さ2間半と計測している。
English: With the start of the Meiji period William Gowland, who visited Japan as an employed foreigner and researched ancient tombs in Nara, praised the tomb as 'the greatest dolmen (corridor-style stone chamber) in Japan'.
Japanese: 明治時代に入ると、お雇い外国人として来日し、奈良の古墳調査を行ったウィリアム・ゴーランドは「日本最大のドルメン（横穴式石室）」と評価した。
English: His records show that the dromos had six huge natural stones (the largest one reaching 16 feet), is about 60 feet in length, 8 to 10 feet in height and 4 to 8 feet in width, and the walls were built of piled-up huge coarse natural stones.
Japanese: 記録によると羨道は巨大な自然石6枚（最大のものは16フィート）で天井を覆い、長さ約60フィート、高さ8～10フィート、幅4～8フィート、壁は巨大な粗い自然石を積んでいる。
English: Because of a pool 4 feet in depth at the point 40 feet away from the entrance of the dromos, he couldn't reach the burial chamber, but observed two house-shaped stone coffins whose tops were only just above the water.
Japanese: 羨道を40フィート進んだところで、内部に4フィートほどの深さで水が溜まっており、玄室には進めなかったが、かろうじて水面に顔を出している二つの家形石棺様子を観察した。
English: Based on the research mentioned above, the Tenno-ryou-hitei work project at the end of the Edo period mistakenly concluded that it was a joint Mausoleum of Emperor Temmu and Emperor Jito.
Japanese: 上記のような調査に基づいて、江戸時代末に行われた天皇陵比定作業においては、天武天皇および持統天皇の合同陵であると誤認された。
English: Later in 1880 the discovery of "Afukinosanryoki", the record of looters of Emperor Temmu Mausoleum in the Kamakura period led to the transfer of a designated joint mausoleum from this kofun to another.
Japanese: その後鎌倉時代における天武天皇陵盗掘犯の調書である『阿不幾乃山陵記』（あふきのさんりょうき）が1880年（明治13）に発見されたことで、二人の天皇の合同陵指定は他の古墳に移された。
English: Misemaruyama Kofun had its designation as a joint tomb canceled by the Imperial Household Ministry, but a part of the upper stage of the back circular part was designated as a site for a ryobosanakochi (site possibly related to an imperial tomb).
Japanese: 見瀬丸山古墳は宮内省によって天皇陵指定を解かれ、後円部上段の一部が陵墓参考地に指定された。
English: Later a Chinese-style mirror was unearthed from the back circular part and now is in the possession of the Museum of Kyoto University Literature Department.
Japanese: その後、後円部より出土した唐式鏡が現在京都大学文学部博物館に所蔵されている。
English: From the facts that fragments of unglazed ware assumed to be TK43-type in Tanabe Chronology from their characteristics were unearthed in the measurement survey by the Imperial Household Agency and that no haniwa (clay figure) found in kofun built by the 5th century to the latter half of 6th century has been discovered, the theory that this kofun was constructed in the latter half of the 6th century has been highly probable.
Japanese: 宮内庁の実測調査時に特徴から田辺編年のTK43型式の須恵器片が出土しており、5,6世紀半ばまでに築造された古墳に見られる埴輪は一つも発見されていないことからも、築造時期は6世紀後半であるとの説が有力視されている。
English: When a child living Kashihara City was playing with his friends in 1991, he found an entrance to the dromos of a corridor-style stone chamber outside the hedge of this ancient tomb.
Japanese: 1991年に橿原市在住の児童が友人と遊んでいた際、同古墳の柵外において横穴式石室羨道への入り口を発見した。
English: The father of the child who heard this story entered the inside through the dromos with his child on the early morning of May 30 before he went to work, and took photographs of the inside of the stone chamber.
Japanese: この話を聞いた児童の父親は、5月30日早朝の出勤前に自身の子と共に羨道を通って内部に入り、カメラで石室内部を撮影した。
English: Osaka Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, which was reported by the father, worked together with Tokai University Information Center and Konica to analyze the photographs.
Japanese: 父親から連絡を受けた大阪の朝日放送が撮影写真の解析を、東海大学情報技術センターとコニカの共同作業によっておこなった。
English: Measurements were determined on the basis of the child of the photographer in the photographs
Japanese: 寸法については、撮影者の子供が写っている写真を基に解析し決定された。
English: Both of the house-shaped stone coffins which had been placed as recorded in the Edo period document were covered close to the lid with mud and from their characteristic projects for roping the coffins the front coffin was presumed to be a hollowed-out type and made in the third quarter of the 6th century and the back one in the first quarter of the 7th century.
Japanese: 江戸時代の記録通りに配置されていた家形石棺はどちらも蓋近くまで泥で埋まっており、蓋に付く縄掛け突起の特長から、手前の石棺は刳抜式で6世紀の第3四半世紀に、奥の石棺は7世紀の第1四半世紀にそれぞれ造られたと推定された。
English: The granite megalith configurating the front of the stone chamber is presumed to weigh more than 100 tons, larger than the 75-ton stone in the Ishibutai Kofun.
Japanese: 石室正面を構成する花崗岩の巨石は重量が100トンを越えると推定されており、石舞台古墳の75トンの石をもしのぐ大きさである。
English: From its stone masonry pattern, the stone chamber was thought to have been built from the end of the sixth century to the beginning of the 7th century.
Japanese: 石室はその石積様式から6世紀末から7世紀初めに構築されたと考えられた。
English: Later, Koichi MORI, the professor of Doshisha University (at that time) took up this story in his Osaka lecture on December 10, and TV Asahi also introduced thirty photographs of them in the News Station.
Japanese: その後、森浩一同志社大学教授(当時)が12月10日の大阪講演でこの話を取り上げ、12月26日テレビ朝日のニュースステーションの番組内においても撮影された30枚の写真が放送された。
English: People who probably had a chance of having a glimpse into an real imperial tomb showed a keen interest.
Japanese: おそらくは本物の天皇陵内部を垣間見る機会を得た国民からは強い関心が寄せられた。
English: Kofun research experts also praised highly its academic values of these photographs.
Japanese: 古墳研究の専門家の間においてもこれらの写真の有する学術的価値は極めて高いと評価された。
English: Later from August 10 through September 15 in 1992 the Kunaicho Shoryoubu (the Library of Kunaicho) conducted closure works of an opening, along with an additional simple measurement investigation and after the work and research they published the written report.
Japanese: その後1992年8月10日から9月15日まで宮内庁書陵部による開口部の閉塞工事にあわせて簡単な実測調査が行われ、後日報告書が作成、公表された。
English: Study results to date and the size of the kofun have been making the theory widely accepted by scholars that this kofun is the mausoleum of Emperor Kimmei and Soga no kitashi hime.
Japanese: これまでの研究成果および古墳の規模から、研究者の間では欽明天皇と蘇我堅塩媛の陵墓であるとの説が有力視されるようになっている。
English: However, according to the "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan) the Emperor Kimmei died in 571, his funeral ritual was given in Furuichi, in Kawachi and he was buried in the Hinokumaskaairyou, but there is a theory that the Misemaruyama Kofun is not located in the Hinokuma district, and also in "Nihonshoki" it is recorded that the Kimmei Mausoleum was covered with stones and the ground level was raised, but there is no trace of fukiishi (a layer of stone covering the soil over a burial mound).
Japanese: しかし『日本書紀』では、571年（欽明32）に没し、河内の古市で殯（もがり）がいとなまれ、檜隈坂合陵（ひのくまさかあいりょう）に葬られたとされているので欽明陵は桧隈の地にあることになっているが、見瀬丸山古墳は桧隈の地にあると言えないとの説があり、もうひとつ『日本書紀』には628年に欽明陵に石を葺き、盛り土をしたとの記録があるが、見瀬丸山古墳には石を葺いた形跡は見られない。
English: In this respect the Umeyama Kofun, whose possibility of it being Kimmei Mausoleum is now being discussed, is located in Hinokuma and a large-scale fukiishi has also been found there.
Japanese: この点、現在欽明陵に比定されている梅山古墳は場所的にも桧隈の地にあり、大規模な葺石も発見されている。
English: Therefore, there still remains a theory that the Umeyama Kofun, which was built almost at the same time when the Misemaruyama Kofun was built may be the Emperor Kimmei's Mausoleum.
Japanese: そのため、見瀬丸山古墳に近い時期に築造されたと見られている梅山古墳が欽明陵であるとの説も残っている。
English: If the deceased persons of Misemaruyama Kofun are not Emperor Kimmei and Kitashi hime, the next candidate will be Soga no iname in view of the time when it was constructed.
Japanese: 見瀬丸山古墳の被葬者が欽明天皇と堅塩媛でない場合、古墳の築造時期から考えて、被葬者候補としては蘇我稲目の名も挙げられている。
English: Uwanabe-kofun Tumulus is a large keyhole-shaped mound located in Hokkeji Town, north of Heijo-kyu Palace Site in Nara City.
Japanese: ウワナベ古墳とは奈良市の平城宮跡北方、法華寺町に存在する前方後円墳。
English: It is located in the east end of the Sakitatenami-kofun Tumuli Cluster (Uwanabe-kofun Tumuli Cluster) consisting of just over 60 large or small tumulus in the vicinity.
Japanese: 付近に存在する大小60あまりの古墳集団である佐紀盾列古墳群（ウワナベ古墳群）の東端に位置している。
English: In the Meiji period investigation was made by William Gowland, who was a British engineer in Osaka Mint Bureau and also a mountaineer.
Japanese: 明治時代には英国出身の大阪造幣局(日本)技師で登山家でもあるウィリアム・ゴーランドによって調査が行われた。
English: After returning to the United Kingdom in 1897, he published a monograph, 'The Dolmens and Mounds in Japan,' in which he referred to a certain tumulus (of which the name was not mentioned), but now the tumulus he mentioned has been analogically considered as the Uwanabe-kofun Tumulus.
Japanese: 英国への帰国後1897年に発表された論文「TheDolmensandMoundsinJapan」の対象となった古墳（名称は記されていない）は現在ウワナベ古墳であると比定されている。
English: The Izuka-kofun Tumulus is an escallop-shaped, large keyhole-shaped mound called Makimuku type tumulus in the latter half of the early Kofun period, but now its existence cannot be confirmed because the site was completely flattened after the Middle Ages.
Japanese: イヅカ古墳（いづかやまこふん）は古墳時代前期後半の纒向型といわれるホタテ貝型の前方後円墳であるが、現在は中世以降に全て削平されたその姿は確認できない。
English: Tomb shape: A Makimuku type keyhole-shaped mound (as the result of computer analyses of the buried tumulus, underground research and electromagnetic wave measurement)
Japanese: 墳　形：纒向型前方後円墳（埋没古墳・地中探査・電磁波測定をコンピューター解析した結果）
English: Size: Approximately 80 meters in full length, the back circular part approximately 50 meters in diameter, the shugo (surrounding moat) approximately 10 meters in width (however, the full length could be more than 100 meters)
Japanese: 規　模：全長約80m・後円部径約50m、周濠幅約10m（但し全長に関して100mを超える可能性もある）
English: Gosashi-kofun Tumulus is an ancient tomb belonging to the Sakitatenami-kofun Tumuli Cluster in Nara City, Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 五社神古墳（ごさしこふん）は、奈良県奈良市にある佐紀盾列古墳群に属する古墳。
English: It is recorded as 'Sakitatanamiike no e no Misasagi' in the list of Shoryoryo (the Bureau for managing imperial mausoleums) in "Engishiki" (an ancient book for codes and procedures on national rites and prayers), and the Imperial Household Agency analogically considers it as present Empress Jingu Mausoleum.
Japanese: 『延喜式』諸陵寮のリストに「狭城楯列池上陵」（さきたたなみいけのえのみささぎ）と記されており、宮内庁は現・神功皇后陵に比定している。
English: In 2008 the Imperial Household Agency for the first time permitted the request of 16 academic societies and associations fronted by the Japanese Archaeological Association to enter the mausoleum for research, which was conducted on February 22 of the same year by 16 people.
Japanese: 2008年、宮内庁が陵墓としては初めて日本考古学協会を窓口とする16学・協会の要望による立ち入り調査を許可し、同年2月22日に実施され16名が立ち入った。
English: A row of cylindrical haniwa (clay figure) which had not been known before were found in their original position at the mound hem and outside of the east side of the front square part.
Japanese: 前方部東側の墳丘裙やや外側ではそれまで知られていなかった円筒埴輪列が原位置のまま確認された。
English: Size: Full length is approximately 275 meters, the back circular part approximately 195 meters in diameter and 23 meters in height, the front square part 155 meters in width and 27 meters in height
Japanese: 規　模：全長約275m・後円部径約195m、後円部高さ23m、前方部幅155m、前方部高さ27m
English: Koseyama-kofun Tumuli Cluster is a largest-class cluster of tumuli clusters in Japan with approximately 700 tumuli being built on the hilly land of Mt. Kose in Gose City, Nara Prefecture from around the middle of the Kofun period (Tumulus period) to the end of the period.
Japanese: 巨勢山古墳群（こせやまこふんぐん）は、古墳時代中期中葉から終焉期にかけて、奈良県御所市の巨勢山丘陵に約700基が築かれた国内最大級の群集墳である。
English: Biwa-ko Lake Paradise is a complex including recreational and amusement park facilities with a spa resort (health center), established next to the former Biwa-ko Lake Spa Resort (the Hotel Koyo (currently the "Ryotei Koyo") located in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture).
Japanese: びわ湖パラダイス（びわこパラダイス）は、かつて滋賀県大津市にあったびわ湖温泉（ホテル紅葉（現在　旅亭紅葉））と併設されていた、温泉宿泊施設（健康センター）併設型のレジャー施設・遊園地である。
English: When the business of these facilities opened, it won a popularity for its various recreational services including spa, amusement, gourmet food and theatrical show activities provided to the visitors.
Japanese: 開設当時は遊んで食べて温泉も入れ、ショーも見られると言うことで人気を博していた。
English: The amusement park had a roller coaster with its track projected over the surface of the lake.
Japanese: 遊園地は琵琶湖に一部レールが露出したジェットコースターが特徴であった。
English: In 1978, the "Hotel Orient Express" was opened on the site of these facilities and drew attention of people, by setting up a train with a German made steam locomotive and eight sleeping cars made by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.
Japanese: 1978年、ドイツ製蒸気機関車とワゴンリー社製寝台車(鉄道)8両を連ねた「ホテル・オリエント急行」を敷地内に開業し話題となった。
English: However, this train was also disassembled when the facilities went out of business (also refer to the article, "Steam locomotive hotels").
Japanese: しかし廃業に伴いこれら客車も解体されてしまった（SLホテルも参照）。
English: The TV spots broadcasted during the Koyo Paradise period were unique and publicly well-known, by introducing and advertising its "Jungle Bath" and the "Hotel Orient Express," and especially the next TV spot, played by several adult actors saying, "A naked paradise! The Koyo Paradise!" made a big impact on the TV audience of the Kansai and the Chubu regions (The TV spot of the adjacent facility, the "Hotel Koyo," became also legendary as an advertisement, and it is still talked about today for its quality.)
Japanese: 紅葉パラダイス時代のCMは「ジャングル風呂」や「ホテル・オリエント急行」の紹介の後に「は～だか天国！紅葉パラダイス！」と言いながら数人の大人がポーズをとるユニークなものであり、関西・中部地区を中心にお馴染みであった（なお、隣接施設「ホテル紅葉」のCMは、今も語り草となっている。
English: The facilities began to show their age, and most of them except the spa facility were closed in December 6, 1998.
Japanese: 時代とともに古くささが露呈され1998年12月6日に温泉施設を除く部分が閉鎖された。
English: Gradually the number of visitors decreased because the public transportation network was developed for travelling various locations, and the surrounding area was also developed with more attractions for visitors--in the end, this spa facility was also closed.
Japanese: 交通網の発達と周囲の発展により徐々に客足は遠のき、ついに温泉施設も閉園になった。
English: The Marutama Tourism Co. Ltd., (Kyoto City) the previous management and operation body of the "Koyo Paradise" and the "Ryotei Koyo," went into bankruptcy on March 1, 2006 for the financial difficulties caused by the redevelopment of the Ryotei Koyo and the Koyo Paradise.
Japanese: 上記の紅葉パラダイス、旅亭紅葉のかつての運営主体の丸玉観光株式会社（京都市）は、ホテル紅葉の旅亭紅葉へのリニューアル、紅葉パラダイスの経営不振などが原因で2006年3月1日に倒産。
English: The Ryotei Koyo was sold off to the Japan Leisure Service Group (Kyoto City, abbreviated name is JLS) prior to the bankruptcy of the Marutama Tourism Co. Ltd..
Japanese: 旅亭紅葉は倒産に先立って、ジャパンレジャーサービスグループ（略称：JLS/京都市）へ売却した。
English: The Kinoshita Museum, built for exhibiting the collection of the founder of the Hotel Koyo, Mayusaburo KINOSHITA, (including the sculpture of Greece and Rome, traditional Japanese paintings and Western style paintings) was preserved for operation even after the bankruptcy of the Marutama Tourism, but the museum was closed for moving to a new building.
Japanese: 前身のホテル紅葉の創業者木下彌三郎が収集したギリシャ・ローマ彫刻、日本画、洋画などを展示している木下美術館は倒産後も存続していたが、現在、移転準備中のため休館中
English: The vacant lot of the facilities was sold off to the Tokyu Land Corporation, and the developer constructed a condominium with a resort-like atmosphere, the 'Buranz Nishi-Otsu Lake Front' with the total number of households in 275.
Japanese: 跡地は東急不動産へ売却され、リゾートのテイストを盛り込んだ総戸数275戸のマンション「ブランズ西大津レイクフロント」が建設された。
English: (The condominium was on sale in May, 2006; the completion of the construction was in mid-March, 2007; the residents started to move in at the end of March, 2007 (It is still on sale as of 2009.))
Japanese: （2006年5月に分譲開始。竣工は2007年3月中旬、入居は同年3月下旬開始（2009年現在、入居販売中。）
English: As of 2009, new facilities, "Pachinko Slot DREAM" and the "Restaurant Sagami," are under construction in the previous lot of the facilities.
Japanese: また、2009年現在、『パチンコスロットDREAM（ドリーム）』、『御食事処サガミ』などの施設が建設されている。
English: Kurokabe Square (also known as "Kurokabe" [black walls]), located in the old town area of Nagahama City in Shiga Prefecture, is a sightseeing spot where the traditional buildings are preserved effectively.
Japanese: 黒壁スクエア（くろかべ）は、滋賀県長浜市旧市街にある、伝統的建造物群を生かした観光スポット。
English: Kurokabe Square is the collective name for the black-plaster-wall Japanese-style buildings from 'Kurokabe 1st' to 'Kurokabe 3rd.'
Japanese: 黒漆喰の和風建築である「黒壁１號館」から「30號館」までの総称である。
English: It is generally introduced as the area centering on the intersection of Hokkoku-kaido Road and Otemon Street (Mino-tanigumi-kaido Road) where is known as 'Fudanotsuji,' whose name originated from the fact that the board called "kousatsu" was erected on the place for the official announcements during the Edo period.
Japanese: 一般に北国街道と大手門通り（美濃谷汲街道）の交差点である「札の辻」（江戸時代に高札が立った場所であることに由来）を中心とする区域として紹介されることが多い。
English: There are restaurants, cafes, and cultural facilities, such as museums, galleries, and art glass studios utilizing the historic streetscape and the old buildings.
Japanese: その町並みと古建築を活用した美術館、ギャラリー、ガラス工房等の文化施設、レストラン、カフェ等。
English: Former Dai Hyakusanju Bank (the completion of construction was 1899), popularly known as 'Kurokabe Bank,' is at 'Fudanotsuji,' where is the center of the old town area.
Japanese: 旧市街地の中心である「札の辻」に建つ「黒壁銀行」の愛称で親しまれてきた旧第百三十銀行（1899年竣工）。
English: When the building was facing the threat of demolition, the third sector, 'Kurokabe,' a joint venture of Nagahama City and eight local private companies, was established in 1988, holding up the museum city concept to preserve and renovate the old buildings in the old town area.
Japanese: その取り壊しの危機に際し、旧市街の古建築の保存と再生のための博物館都市構想を掲げた第三セクター（長浜市と地元民間企業8社が出資）「黒壁」が1988年に設立された。
English: The purpose was achieved when the building was opened as Kurokabe 1st, 'the Kurokabe Glass Shop,' in 1989.
Japanese: それは同建築が1989年に黒壁一號館「黒壁ガラス館」としてオープンすることにより達成された。
English: The company renovated ten old buildings stood around the Kurokabe 1st into museums, glass shops, studios, galleries, cafes, and restaurants one after another.
Japanese: さらに「黒壁」はこの一號館の周囲の古建築を、次々と美術館、ガラスショップ、工房、ギャラリー、カフェ、レストランへと再生してその数10館。
English: Including the other buildings which joined the 'Kurokabe town planning,' the company engaged in the renovation of a total of thirty old buildings.
Japanese: 「黒壁まちづくり」に参画する館を合わせると計30の古建築の再生に携わった。
English: This contributed to an increase in the number of tourists visiting the area and helped to promote the renovation and utilization of the other old buildings remained in the area.
Japanese: そのこともあって観光客が増え続け、その活況はエリア内の他の古建築の再生・活用へと波及していった。
English: The deserted shopping arcades and the old residential streets supported by 400-year tradition are now transformed into the largest sightseeing spot in the Kohoku area.
Japanese: 400年の伝統に支えられた寂れた商店街と古い住宅街が、今や湖北最大の観光スポットへと変貌を遂げている。
English: Saruishi are four unusual shaped rocks located in the tomb of Kibitsu-hime no Okimi adjacent to the west of Umeyama-kofun Tumulus (Currently designated as the Mausoleum of Emperor Kinmei).
Japanese: 猿石（さるいし）は、梅山古墳（現欽明天皇陵指定）の西に隣接する吉備姫皇女王墓内にある奇石で、全部で4体ある。
English: Although they are human-faced stone statues, it is said that they are not monkeys but statues of Toraijin (people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese).
Japanese: ユニークな人面石像であるが、サルではなく渡来人を象ったものであるといわれている。
English: They were dug out of a rice field called Ikeda of Hirata Village close to Umeyama-kofun Tumulus in 1702 and placed on the south of the tumulus, then around 1868 they seemed to be replaced to the present place.
Japanese: 1702年（元禄2年）に梅山古墳の付近にあった平田村池田という場所の田んぼから掘り出されて古墳の南側に置かれていたが、明治初年ごろに現在の場所に移されたらしい。
English: Each of the four statues are nicknamed from its appearance, as "Woman," "Sanno Gongen" (incarnation of Buddha), "Priest" and "Man" respectively from left to right.
Japanese: 4体の像にはその外見から左から順に『女』『山王権現』『僧（法師）』『男』とそれぞれに愛称がつけられている。
English: They are double-faced stones with a face carved on the back of the statues except for the Priest, on the back of which something like ribs are carved.
Japanese: 僧以外は像の背面にも顔が彫られている二面石で、僧の背面には肋骨らしきものが彫られている。
English: Since the tumulus is railed off, only a front view of the statues is available, however, in the garden of the Asuka Historical Museum of Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, there is a replica, on which the appearance of the back side and so on can be observed.
Japanese: 柵でしきられているため前からしか見ることはできないが、奈良文化財研究所飛鳥資料館の庭には、レプリカが置かれており背面の様子なども観察できる。
English: It is said that the statue was excavated from the same place as the above four were and later replaced to the present place, but it is not certain.
Japanese: もともと上記の4体と同じ場所から掘り出され、その後現在の場所に移されたのではないかといわれているが、確かなことは分かっていない。
English: Nara Hotel is an old established hotel which is located in Takabatake Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture and opened in October, 1909.
Japanese: 奈良ホテル（ならホテル）は奈良県奈良市高畑町にある、1909年（明治42年）10月に営業開始した老舗のホテルである。
English: It stands in the remains of the Daijo-in Temple on a small rise of land near Ara-ike Pond, and is near to the tourist spots such as Kofuku-ji Temple, Nara Park and so on.
Japanese: 荒池の畔の小高い丘にある、大乗院跡地に建っており、興福寺、奈良公園などの観光地にも近い。
English: The main building, designed by Kingo TATSUNO and Yasushi KATAOKA, is a tile-roofing two-storey building made of Japanese cypress in Momoyama style (luxurious, splendid and decorative style created during Momoyama period).
Japanese: 本館の建築は辰野金吾・片岡安による設計で桃山御殿檜造りの木造2階建て瓦葺き。
English: Once it was run by the government (the direct management of Ministry of Railways) to play a role of a state guesthouse in Kansai region.
Japanese: かつては国営（鉄道省直営）で関西における迎賓館的役割をになっていた。
English: Even today, many celebrities stay at this hotel; imperial families mainly use this hotel when they stay in Nara.
Japanese: 今日でも著名人が多く宿泊し、皇族の奈良宿泊の際にはこのホテルが利用されることが専らである。
English: When steam heaters were introduced during Taisho period these fireplaces were abolished and the chimney pipes were removed, but the mantelpieces furnished in each place such as in the lobby and so on still exist up until the present.
Japanese: 大正時代にスチームヒーターを導入した際にこれらの暖炉は廃止され、煙突は撤去されたものの、ロビーをはじめ各所に設けられていたマントルピースは現在に至るまで存続している。