nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: This mountain is an erosion landform, a part of a volcanic rock, which had been eructated in Tertiary period, remained after erosion.
Japanese: この山は第三紀に噴出した火山岩が侵食されてその一部のみが残存した侵食地形である。
English: During the way to the mountaintop, a few spots have a view through trees, while there are spots where Mt. Unebi, one of the three Mountains of Yamato, can be viewed.
Japanese: 登山途中、木々の合間から眺望が出来る箇所がいくつかあり同じく大和三山である畝傍山を傍観できる箇所もある。
English: From the train of Kintetsu Osaka Line running between Yamato-Yagi Station and Miminashi Station, an almost perfectly triangle shaped Mt. Miminashi can be viewed.
Japanese: 近鉄大阪線の大和八木駅～耳成駅間の車中からは、そのほぼ完全な三角形の耳成山を眺めることができる。
English: Nara Basin is a fault basin which has an altitude of below 100 meters and is located in the northwestern area of Nara Prefecture in Japan.
Japanese: 奈良盆地（ならぼんち）とは、日本の奈良県北西部に位置する標高100メートル以下の断層盆地を指す。
English: It has an area of approximately fifteen kilometers from east to west, and approximately thirty kilometers from north to south, and is rhomboid-shaped.
Japanese: 東西に約15キロメートル、南北に約30キロメートルの面積を持ち、菱形をなしている。
English: Also, rivers running in this basin such as Saho-gawa River and Tomio-gawa River meet Yamato-gawa River and flow westward into Osaka Bay.
Japanese: またこの盆地を流れる佐保川・富雄川などは大和川に合流し、西流して大阪湾に注いでいる。
English: Generally speaking, the term "Nara Basin" often refers to the area including Yata-kyuryo Hills, Akahada-kyuryo Hills, Keihanna-kyuryo Hills (in Nara Prefecture), and Umami-kyuryo Hills, etc. other than the basin region.
Japanese: 一般的には盆地部の他に矢田丘陵・赤膚丘陵・京阪奈丘陵（奈良県域）・馬見丘陵などを含むことが多い。
English: Furthermore in the postwar period, the population in the basin region increased as it became a commuter town to the center of Nara City, and to Osaka City and Kyoto City, etc.; in northern part of Yata-kyuryo Hills and Akahada-kyuryo Hills, Japanese new towns developed significantly.
Japanese: また、戦後は奈良市中心部や大阪市、京都市などへのベッドタウンとして盆地部の人口が増加し、矢田丘陵北部や赤膚丘陵や馬見丘陵では日本のニュータウンの開発がかなり進められた。
English: A part of Keihanna-kyuryo Hills is being developed as an area of Kansai Science City which belongs to Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 京阪奈丘陵の一部は関西文化学術研究都市の奈良県域として開発されている。
English: A part of these hills includes rivers flowing into Yodo-gawa Water System such as Amano-gawa River and Kizu-gawa River (Kyoto Prefecture).
Japanese: これら丘陵地の一部には天野川や木津川(京都府)など淀川水系に注ぐ河川もある。
English: It has the population of 1.2 million, which is eighty-six percent of the population of the whole area of Nara Prefecture (approximately 1.4 million).
Japanese: 人口は奈良県全域（約140万人）の86%に当たる約120万人を占める。
English: Before the transfer of the capital to Heiankyo (ancient capital in current Kyoto) until the Nara period, this area flourished as the political and cultural center.
Japanese: 平安京への遷都以前、奈良時代までは政治・文化の中心地として栄えた地域である。
English: The place in the old Yamato Province which corresponds to Nara Basin is also called Kunnaka, and the sankanbu (mountain-ringed region) is also called Sanchu.
Japanese: 旧大和国の内で、奈良盆地に当たる場所を国中（くんなか）、山間部を山中（さんちゅう）とも呼ぶ。
English: The eight views are selected from the southern part of Biwa Lake, being modeled after Shosho Hakkei-zu (Eight views of the Xiao and the Xiang in China) (completed in the Northern Song Dynasty period).
Japanese: 琵琶湖の南部から八箇所の名所を選んだもので、瀟湘八景図（北宋時代成立）になぞらえて選定されている。
English: The paintings show a series of typical water landscapes seen in the Lake Dotei and the river running from Shoko to its tributary, Shosui in Hunan Province.
Japanese: この瀟湘八景図は、中国湖南省の洞庭湖および湘江から支流の瀟水にかけてみられる典型的な水の情景を集めて描いたものである。
English: Some historical materials describe that Masaie KONOE (a court noble) who stayed in Omi Province in 1500 made waka (a genre of classical Japanese verse) relating to Omi.
Japanese: 明応9年（1500年）近江国に滞在した近衛政家（公家）が、近江に因んでの和歌八首を詠んだ、とする史料もある。
English: However, studying "Gohokoinki", Masaie's Diary found that he stayed in his house all day on September 16, 1500 when he was considered to stay in Omi and make waka for Omihakkei.
Japanese: しかし、当時の政家の日記『後法興院記』の調査により、政家が近江に滞在して近江八景の和歌を詠んだとされる明応9年8月13日_(旧暦)（1500年9月16日）は、外出せず自邸にこもっていたことが判明している。
English: Moreover, Kokei BAN saw a scroll of Omihakkei waka written by a chief adviser to the Emperor, Nobutada KONOE, himself during the Keicho era in his acquaintance's home.
Japanese: また伴蒿蹊は慶長期の関白・近衛信尹自筆の近江八景和歌巻子を知人のもとで観覧した。
English: The colophon of the scroll explains the details about how the eight views that are the same places of the present eight views were selected.
Japanese: その奥書に、現行の近江八景と同様の名所と情景の取り合わせに至る八景成立の経緯が紹介されている。
English: With this scroll and its colophon, the theory that the present Omihakkei was established by Nobutada KONOE is prevailing (the original of the colophon has not been confirmed).
Japanese: この記事により、現行の近江八景の成立は、近衛信尹によるものという見方が有力である（奥書の原本は未確認である）。
English: Actually, if Masaie had established Omihakkei, some historic evidence of Omihakkei drawings produced in the Muromachi period should have existed.
Japanese: 実際、政家によって近江八景が成立したとなると、室町時代に制作された近江八景図の遺例が存在してもよい。
English: Regarding the fact that art work relating to Omihakkei appeared in the late 17th century, it is natural that waka which should be ahead of art work was established in the early 17th century.
Japanese: 近江八景の絵画作品の登場が17世紀後期以降であることを考えると、先行すべき和歌の成立が17世紀初期であるのは自然である。
English: In the first series, Tokaido of "Tetsudo Shoka (Songs of Railways)" written by Takeki OWADA in 1900, the views of Omihakkei appears in the all lyrics.
Japanese: 1900年に大和田建樹が作詞した『鉄道唱歌』第1集東海道編では、近江八景が歌詞に登場する。
English: The reason of this was that Takaki seemed to be deeply interested in Omihakkei and make an extra effort to insert the views into the lyrics.
Japanese: これは、建樹が強い関心を持っていたため、近江八景をわざわざ歌詞を割いてまで全て歌いこんだとみたれている。
English: It is said that when Nanpo OTA visited Lake Biwa, he was offered that if he could make a tanka containing all eight views of Omihakkei into thirty-one words, he could get a basket free of charge from an owner of a basket shop, then, he made it.
Japanese: 大田南畝が琵琶湖を訪れた際、近江八景8つすべてを31文字の歌の中に入れて詠んだら籠代をただにしてやると籠屋に問われ歌ってみせたとされる。
English: Nosetakara sakiwaawazuka tadanokago (it became just a basket, because putting something on it ruins its function).
Japanese: のせた（瀬田）から　さき（唐崎）はあわず（粟津）か　ただ（堅田）のかご
English: Mt. Kongo (also known as Kongo mountain range) is a mountain located between Gose City, Nara Prefecture and Chihaya Akasaka Village, Minamikawachi County, Osaka Prefecture.
Japanese: 金剛山（こんごうさん）は、奈良県御所市と大阪府南河内郡千早赤阪村との境目にある山。
English: The exact top of the mountain is located on the hill at the back of Honden (main shrine) of Katsuragi-jinja Shrine in Gose City and it is a forbidden zone.
Japanese: 正確な山頂は御所市の葛木神社(御所市)の本殿の裏山で立ち入ることはできない。
English: It is the highest mountain peak in Osaka Prefecture, and the highest peak of the prefecture (1,056 meters) is located at the half way up of this mountain.
Japanese: 大阪府の最高峰であり、大阪府の最高地点(1,056m)がこの山の中腹にある。
English: Kongo-san Ropeway which connects the point in the foot of a mountain in Osaka Prefecture side and the mountaintop, is the only cable way operated by a village in Japan.
Japanese: 大阪府側山麓から山頂付近までを結ぶ金剛山ロープウェイは、日本で唯一の村営索道である。
English: From the Edo period through until 1964, koyadofu (freeze-dried bean curd) was greatly produced along the foot of the mountain, taking advantage of the winter cold.
Japanese: 冬の寒さを利用して、山麓では江戸時代～昭和30年代まで高野豆腐の生産が盛んであった。
English: Mt. Kongo is known as a mountain where EN no Gyoja, the founder of mountain asceticism, who started practicing at the age of 16 when it was 1,300 years ago, and visited sacred mountains across the country, practiced mountain asceticism.
Japanese: 金剛山は修験道の開祖、今から約1,300年前、16歳の時から、この山で修行し、全国各地の霊山へ駆け巡ったと伝えられる役行者（えんのぎょうじゃ）が修行した山として知られている。
English: In the vicinity of the mountaintop, there is Tenporin-ji Temple (Gose City) (Daigoha school of Shingonshu sect, Grand Head Temple of Katsuragi Shugendo [Katsuragi Mountain Ascetic]).
Japanese: 山頂付近には役行者が開いたとされる転法輪寺(御所市)（真言宗醍醐派、葛城修験道大本山）がある。
English: On July 7, the death anniversary of EN no Gyoja, in every year, Renge Matsuri (Lotus Flower Festival) was held by Tenporin-ji Temple, whose principal image is Hoki Bosatsu and by Katsuragi-jinja Shrine where Hitokotonushi no Okami is worshipped, which is syncretization of Shinto with Buddhism and is a rare case.
Japanese: 毎年7月7日の役行者のご命日には一言主ノ神を祀る葛木神社と法起菩薩を本尊とする転法輪寺との珍しい神仏習合のれんげ祭りが行われている。
English: In the vicinity of Mt. Kongo, historic sites that are associated with Masashige including Chihaya-jo Castle which used to be the castle of Masashige KUSUNOKI, a hero of Taiheiki (The Record of the Great Peace), Kamiakasaka-jo Castle, sites of Shimoakasaka-jo Castle, and his birth place are scattered.
Japanese: 金剛山周辺には太平記の英雄楠木正成の城であった千早城、上赤坂城、下赤坂城の城跡や楠公誕生地など、正成ゆかりの史跡が点在している。
English: In Kanshin-ji Temple which was a family temple of Masashige KUSUNOKI, there is a record that shows that Masashige spent his boyhood at Kanshin-ji Temple.
Japanese: 楠木正成の菩提寺であった観心寺には、正成が少年期を観心寺で過ごした記録が残っている。
English: Today, Mt. Kongo has a recording system of the number of climbing the mountain, which is rarely used in other mountains.
Japanese: 現在の金剛山には、他の山ではあまりみられない珍しい登山回数の記録システムがある。
English: Since it is 60 minute-car ride from the Osaka City, it is known as a mountain for health and for counting the number of climbing.
Japanese: 大阪市内からでも車で60分程度の距離にある為、健康登山、回数登山の山としても有名。
English: At the viewing platform, Kansai International Airport, followed by Awaji-shima Island on the Osaka Prefecture side could be clearly viewed.
Japanese: 展望台からは、大阪府側は関西国際空港や、その向こうの淡路島も見える事がある。
English: Get on the bus, 'Chihaya Ropeway-mae bound' and get off at 'Kongo Tozanguchi' (the starting point to Kongo-san Mountain ascent) bus stop or at the last stop, 'Chihaya Ropeway mae.'
Japanese: 「千早ロープウェイ前行き」に乗車し、「金剛登山口」バス停または終点「千早ロープウェイ前」バス停下車。
English: From Kawachinagano Station of Nankai-Koya Line or Kintetsu Nagano Line, take the bus on Kobuka Route of Nankai Bus Co., Ltd., 'Kongosan Ropeway mae bound' (8 or 11 system), and get off at 'Kongo Tozanguchi' bus stop or at the last stop, 'Kongosan Ropeway mae.'
Japanese: 南海高野線および近鉄長野線河内長野駅から南海バス小深線「金剛山ロープウェイ前行き（8、11系統）」に乗車し、「金剛登山口」バス停または終点「金剛山ロープウェイ前」バス停下車。
English: Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range is a World Heritage (Cultural heritage) registered for the three sacred sites and pilgrimage routes (Kumano-kodo Road, Omine Okugake-michi Road, Koyasan Choishi-michi Road) in Kii Mountain Range straddling Wakayama, Nara, Mie Prefectures.
Japanese: 紀伊山地の霊場と参詣道（きいさんちのれいじょうとさんけいみち）は、和歌山県・奈良県・三重県にまたがる3つの霊場と参詣道（熊野古道、大峯奥駈道、高野山町石道）を登録対象とする世界遺産（文化遺産_(世界遺産)）。
English: Specifically, (2) monuments and sites, which form cultural scenery in Kii Mountain Range, are unusual syncretization of Shinto with Buddhism, while it illustrates the interaction and development of religious culture in the east Asia.
Japanese: 具体的には、(2)紀伊山地の文化的景観を形成する記念碑と遺跡は神道と仏教のたぐいまれな融合であり、東アジアにおける宗教文化の交流と発展を例証する。
English: (3) The shrines and Buddhist temples in Kii Mountain Range, together with their associated religious rites, are regarded as particularly excellent evidence on the development of Japanese religious culture over 1000 years.
Japanese: (3)紀伊山地の神社と仏教寺院は、それらに関連する宗教儀式とともに、1000年以上にわたる日本の宗教文化の発展に関するひときわ優れた証拠性を有する。
English: (4) Kii Mountain Range served as a foundation to create shrine and temple architecture with a unique style, and they significantly influenced shrine and temple architecture out of Kii Mountain Range in Japan.
Japanese: (4)紀伊山地は神社・寺院建築のたぐいまれな形式の創造の素地となり、それらは日本の紀伊山地以外の寺院・神社建築に重要な影響を与えた。
English: In addition to (6), the remains and forest scenery of Kii Mountain Range reflect the tradition of sacred peak which has been continuously and extraordinarily recorded over the past 1,200 years.
Japanese: (6)と同時に、紀伊山地の遺跡と森林景観は、過去1200年以上にわたる聖山の持続的で並外れて記録に残されている伝統を反映している。
English: Among registered heritages, 'Yoshino, Omine,' 'Kumano Sanzan' (three major shrines, Kumano-Hongu-Taisha, Kumano-Hayatama-Taisha and Kumano-Nachi-Taisha) (excluding Fudarakusan-ji Temple), a part of 'pilgrimage routes' (Omine Okugake-michi Road and a part of Kumano Pilgrimage Routes) are included in Yoshino-Kumano National Park.
Japanese: 登録資産のうち、「吉野・大峯」、「熊野三山（補陀洛山寺除く）」、「参詣道」の一部（大峯奥駈道および熊野参詣道の一部）は吉野熊野国立公園に含まれる。
English: In Owase City, Mie Prefecture, the land owners of the area which is registered as world heritage protested against the registration and drew graffiti on the trees of sando (an approach to the temple).
Japanese: 三重県尾鷲市で遺産登録地域の地権者が抗議の意を込めて参道の樹木などに落書きをしており問題になっている。
English: Since it was not a common graffiti but intended to protest, therefore, dialogue is planned to solve the problem instead of taking a forceful action.
Japanese: 一般的ないたずらの落書きとは違い抗議が目的であるために強硬な措置は取られず話し合いにより解決する方向である。
English: This is because their lands were registered as world heritage without explanations in advance, and forestry, which is their occupation, came to be prohibited.
Japanese: これは、地権者に対する事前説明がなされずに遺産登録されたため、地権者の職業である林業ができなくなったためである。
English: There are constant damages on the body of heritage, a buffer area, and even the area in the vicinity of the heritage (not included in the world heritage).
Japanese: 遺産本体部分やその緩衝地帯、さらには（世界遺産には含まれないが）その周辺地域での損壊が絶えない。
English: Some people pointed out that some heritages have been further devastated due to rush of tourists since it was registered as world heritage.
Japanese: また、世界遺産登録後、観光客の殺到によって一部の遺産では荒廃が進んでいるとの指摘もある。
English: In January 2005, The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. announced the plan to construct wind turbines on the Hatenashi mountain range to generate wind power
Japanese: 2005年1月、関西電力は果無山脈に風力発電のための風車を建設する計画を発表した。
English: The Hatenashi mountain range is neither a world heritage nor a buffering zone, but Kumano-kodo Road has an easy view of the Hatenashi mountain range.
Japanese: 果無山脈は遺産にも緩衝地帯にもあたらないが、熊野古道から容易に眺望しうる
English: In addition, the Hatenashi mountain range is a dividing mountain of neighboring rivers (the Kumano-gawa River, the Hiki-gawa River, the Tonda-gawa River, and the Hidaka-gawa River), and adverse effect caused by constructions on the rivers is concerned.
Japanese: また、果無山脈それ自体が近隣の河川（熊野川、日置川、富田川、日高川）の分水嶺となっており、工事による河川への悪影響が懸念されている。
English: Public projects (aiming to maintain Kodo) by local government bodies and cutting of vegetation in Kodo and the surrounding area have been conducted several times since around 2002 mainly in Nakahechi and Ohechi (Kumano-kodo Road).
Japanese: 中辺路・大辺路を中心に2002年頃から数度にわたり、地元自治体の公共事業（古道の整備を目的とする）、古道とその周辺での植生の刈り払いが何度か行われたが、
English: Adverse effects including devastation of scenery and loss of precious laurel forest are prominent and it is subject to criticism.
Japanese: 景観の悪化や、貴重な照葉樹林の損失など、むしろ弊害が大きく批判の対象となっている。
English: The attitude of administrative authorities on the protection of heritage or the adverse effect caused by 'vertically-segmented administrative system' are questioned in that Wakayama Prefecture is involved in some cases, and some projects were conducted as a part of Prefectural projects, 'Green Employment Project' under special subsidy for emergency regional employment creation of the nation.
Japanese: 加えて、いくつかの事例には和歌山県が関与している他、国の緊急地域雇用創出特別基金事業の下で行われた県の公共事業「緑の雇用事業」の一環であるものもあるなど、行政当局の遺産保護に対する姿勢や「縦割り」の弊害を問う声があがっている。
English: Kumanokodo Road (Kumana kodo) is a generic term of pilgrimage routes leading to Kumano Sanzan (three major shrines, Kumano-Hongu-Taisha, Kumano-Hayatama-Taisha and Kumano-Nachi-Taisha).
Japanese: 熊野古道（くまのこどう）は、熊野三山（熊野本宮大社、熊野速玉大社、熊野那智大社）へと通じる参詣道の総称。
English: In 2004, Kumanokodo Road was registered as a world heritage site (cultural heritage) of UNESCO, as `Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range,' but Kiiji route is not registered.
Japanese: 2004年に「紀伊山地の霊場と参詣道」としてユネスコの世界遺産（文化遺産）として登録されたが、紀伊路は登録されていない。
English: It is a rare example of roads which have been registered as a word heritage site, along with ` Way of St. James' (Spain).
Japanese: なお、これは「サンティアゴ・デ・コンポステーラの巡礼路」（スペイン）と共に珍しい道の世界遺産である。
English: However, some Kumanokodo Roads were merged into national routes or urban districts.
Japanese: しかし、熊野古道の中には、国道や市街地に吸収されてしまったものもある。
English: For instance, the route, which was once known as Totsukawa Road, was merged into National Route 168.
Japanese: たとえば、かつて十津川街道として知られていたルートは国道168号線に吸収されている。
English: Even in terms of routes which have been registered, most of Ohechi and Ise-ji Routes are taken by National Route 42.
Japanese: また、登録されたルートでも、大辺路・伊勢路の大部分は国道42号線に吸収されている。
English: The central part of Kii Peninsula has no visibly high mountains, but is covered in endlessly extending mountains and valleys.
Japanese: すなわち、紀伊半島の中央部は、際立った高山こそないものの、どこまでも続く山々と谷に覆われている。
English: For this reason, development of transportation facilities has been difficult since ancient times and areas for construction of traffic routes were limited.
Japanese: このため、古来より交通開発が困難であり、交通路が敷かれうる場所も限られていた。
English: With the exception of roads including Kohechi and Omine Okugake-michi (paths), roads developed by ancient people and current major traffic routes are often paralleled (examples: Nakahechi and National Route 311; portion of National Route 42 and the JR Kisei Main Line included in Kii Peninsula and Ohechi and Ise-ji Routes) or often overlapped (as prescribed earlier).
Japanese: そのため、小辺路や大峯奥駈道のような例外はあるものの、古人の拓いた道と現在の主要な交通路が、並行（中辺路と国道311号線、JR紀勢本線・国道42号線の紀伊半島部分と大辺路・伊勢路）していることや、重複（前述）していることが少なくないのである。
English: In addition, with rise and decline in popularity of pilgrimages to Kumano Sanzan, adequate routes are left unclear in some districts, and how to treat the routes derived from historical changes is not fixed.
Japanese: また、熊野詣それ自体の盛衰もあって、正確なルートが不明になっている区間があること、歴史的な変遷から生じた派生ルートの扱いなどの問題もある。
English: It must be noted that not all the Kumonoko Roads are registered as a world heritage site.
Japanese: 世界遺産に登録されたものが熊野古道の全てではないことに留意する必要がある。
English: There are some movements to rediscover `the forgotten' routes by local people.
Japanese: また、そうした「忘れられた」ルートを再発見しようとする地元の動きもある。
English: It is said that Kumano Sanzan came to be frequently visited after a visit to Kumano by the retired Emperor Shirakawa was made in 1090.
Japanese: 熊野三山への参詣が頻繁に行われるようになったきっかけは、1090年の白河上皇の熊野行幸からと言われている。
English: In the Edo Period, a pilgrimage to Kumano Sanzan became popular among common people, along with a pilgrimage to Ise.
Japanese: 江戸時代に入ると、伊勢詣と並び、熊野詣は、広く庶民が行うようになったといわれている。
English: At one time, it seems that 800 travelers stayed in hatago (inn with meals) in the vicinity of Kumano in a day.
Japanese: 一時は、熊野付近の旅籠に1日で800人の宿泊が記録されたこともあったようだ。
English: Kumanokodo Road itself had been used as a community road for the neighborhood people until national routes were developed from the Taisho Period through the Showa Period.
Japanese: 熊野古道自体は、大正から昭和にかけて国道が整備されるまで、周囲の生活道路として使用されつづけた。
English: In Kumanokodo Road (especially in Kiiji route and in Nakahechi), there was Kujuku Oji, where nearly 100 Kumano Gongen were worshipped, extending from Watanabe-no-tsu (Kubotsu, Kubotsu) at the mouth of Yodogawa-river, the base of Osaka to Kumano Sanzan.
Japanese: 熊野古道（特に紀伊路、中辺路）には大阪の基点であった淀川河口の渡辺津（窪津、九品津）から熊野三山までに100近くの熊野権現を祭祀した九十九王子があった。
English: Mt. Ikoma (Ikoma yama, Ikoma san) is 642 meters in height, and is located on the border between ikoma City, Nara Prefecture and Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture.
Japanese: 生駒山（いこまやま・いこまさん）は、奈良県生駒市と大阪府東大阪市との県境にある標高642mの山。
English: The transmission stations of a TV station in Osaka Prefecture, which covers the Keihanshin area, and of a TV station in Nara Prefecture, which covers Nara prefecture (Mt. Ikoma TV FM Transmission Station) are separately located on the mountaintop and mountainside, respectively.
Japanese: 山上・中腹には、大阪府・奈良県にある各テレビ局の京阪神と奈良県をカバーする送信所（生駒山テレビ・FM送信所）が別々に設置されている。
English: There are several routes of the climb to Mt. Ikoma, from Nukata Station of the Kintetsu Nara Line (Osaka Prefecture), Ishikiri Station, Ikoma Station, and Shin-Ishikiri Station of the Kintetsu Keihanna Line.
Japanese: 登山道は、近鉄奈良線額田駅(大阪府)、石切駅、生駒駅、近鉄けいはんな線新石切駅からのコースがある。
English: Facilities including sites for practicing cold water ablutions by a fall (stand under a waterfall), or hokora (a small shrine) of large and small religious organizations centering on Hozan-ji Temple, which is known for belief in material benefits, are located on the mountainside.
Japanese: 山腹には現世信仰で知られる宝山寺を中心として、滝の修行場や祠など大小さまざまな宗教団体の施設が設けられている。
English: Many of these have not been reported as facilities of religious organizations, and the number of those facilities are not grasped.
Japanese: これらは宗教法人として届けられていないものも多く、その総数は把握されていない。
English: Korean Temple, a site for shamanism by Koreans in Japan is mainly located at the western foot of Mt. Ikoma.
Japanese: 在日コリアンによるシャーマニズム信仰の場である朝鮮寺は生駒山西麓を中心に存在している。
English: There is Ikomanimasuikomatsuhiko-jinja Shrine (Ikoma-taisha Shrine), where the God of Mt. Ikoma is worshipped, at the foot of Mt. Ikoma on the Nara Prefecture side.
Japanese: 奈良県側の山麓に、生駒山の神を祀る往馬坐伊古麻都比古神社（往馬大社）がある。
English: Kintetsu Nara Line New Ikoma Tunnel, Kintetsu Keihanna Line Ikoma Tunnel, Osaka Electric Tramway Ikoma Tunnel, Nara Line Ikoma Tunnel, and Daini-Hanna Road Toll Hanna Tunnel go through the mountain from east to west.
Japanese: 近鉄奈良線新生駒トンネル、近鉄けいはんな線生駒トンネル、大阪電気軌道生駒トンネル奈良線生駒トンネル、及び第二阪奈有料道路阪奈トンネルが当山を東西に貫いている。
English: If it was located in the seaside area it should have been called 'seaside' or 'swimming beach,' but it is called 'swimming area' because it is in Lake Biwa.
Japanese: 海であれば「海岸」・「海水浴場」であるが、琵琶湖であるので「水泳場」。
English: Japan International Birdman Rally (aired by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation every year, usually at the end of August.) has been held at the swimming beach every year in the end of July, since 1980.
Japanese: 同水泳場では、1980年より毎年7月末に鳥人間コンテスト選手権大会（読売テレビで放映。オンエアは毎年たいてい8月末）が行われている。
English: Ogoto Onsen is in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture (Omi Province (近江国) is its old provincial name).
Japanese: 雄琴温泉（おごとおんせん）は、滋賀県大津市（旧国近江国）にある温泉。
English: Ogoto Onsen was certified as a 'local brand' (regional organization trademark) on October 27, 2006.
Japanese: 2006年10月27日に「地域ブランド」（地域団体商標）として認定されている。
English: Roads: Take the Meishin Expressway and get off at Kyoto-Higashi (the eastern Kyoto) interchange, then take the Biwako nishi jukan road and get off at Ogi-Ogoto interchange, and then go southward on the Route 161 for about 500 m.
Japanese: 車：名神高速道路京都東インターチェンジから琵琶湖西縦貫道路経由琵琶湖西縦貫道路仰木雄琴インターチェンジより国道161号を500mほど南下。
English: Ferry: Take Biwako Kisen: Otsu Port (Shiga Prefecture) - Ogoto onsen Port - Kusatsu Karasuma Hanto Port - Biwako Ohashi Port
Japanese: 船：琵琶湖汽船：大津港(滋賀県)-おごと温泉港-草津烏丸半島港-琵琶湖大橋港
English: On the other hand, the area also developed as a hot spring resort with a nightlife district, and especially the red-light area (area of brothels where one can bathe with the prostitutes) had been a major obstacle, which came in the way of the holidaymakers and tourists coming to the resort area.
Japanese: その一方で歓楽温泉としても発展し、なかでも風俗街（特殊浴場群。いわゆるソープランド街。）は行楽、観光客誘致の大きな障碍となっていた。
English: The inns were successively renovated to attract tourists who are females and families but large parties of tourists, and it is coming to fruition.
Japanese: 各旅館とも団体客向けから女性客や家族客などを対象とした改装が相次ぎ、その成果が見え始めている。
English: Also the resort area encouraged the Ogoto Station, the closest station to the area, to change its name, and as the result, it was changed to 'Ogoto onsen Station' on March 15, 2008.
Japanese: また、最寄り駅の雄琴駅を「おごと温泉駅」に改称するよう地域が働きかけた結果、2008年3月15日に改名した。
English: There are many cultural properties, which associated with the history of Japan, such as Enryaku-ji Temple on Mt. Hiei (比叡山延暦寺), Monzen-machi (門前町) (a temple town) in Sakamoto (Otsu City), Hiyoshi-taisha Shrine (日吉大社), Ukimi-do (浮御堂) in Katata (Otsu City), Onjo-ji Temple (Mii-dera Temple) (園城寺 [三井寺]), and Ishiyama-dera Temple (石山寺), which is famous for Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), and thus, the area is the best base for sightseeing.
Japanese: 周辺には比叡山延暦寺やその門前町の坂本(大津市)、日吉大社、堅田の浮御堂、園城寺（三井寺）、また市内には紫式部で有名な石山寺などもあり、歴史ゆかりの文化財が多く、観光拠点としては最適である。
English: As the local specialties there are Duck dishes and Omi beef dishes, and especially kamonabe (鴨鍋) (a hot pot with duck as one of the ingredients) is the one that represents Ogoto.
Japanese: 名物料理として鴨料理や近江牛料理などがあり、特に鴨鍋は雄琴を代表する味覚である。
English: The red-light area, built on the lakeside located on the south of the hot springs resort area, is the direct cause that damages the image of the resort area.
Japanese: イメージ低下の直接的要因は、温泉街の南側の湖畔沿いに形成された風俗街である。
English: The location of the red-light area is limited to a small area on the south of Ogoto Port, thus it will not be mixed up with the resort area.
Japanese: もっとも風俗街の所在は雄琴港より南側のごく一部の地域であり、温泉街と混同されることはない。