Location List

You can command a view of Biwa lake.

Tankaiko (lake)

Lakeside in Maibara city.

Mysterious lake with some legends of heavenly maiden and Dragon God.

It takes half an hour by car from Nagahama station.

The water temperature is around 14 degrees and there are precious freshwater fish, Gasterosteus microcephalus.

There is a temple called Tadakoji on the mountain.

It takes 10 minutes by walk from Nagahama station.

It was built in 1811.

A drive course located 2km from the Sekigahara IC on the Meishin Expressway, 17km in length and reaching all the way to Mr. Ibukiyama. You can see beautiful crimson leaves in the fall, and in parti...

Shizugatake has views over Okubiwako and Chikubushima to the north and south, Mt. Ibukiyama to the east and Lake Yoko to the north, and is known as one of the Eight Views of Lake Biwa. On the way u...

The longest cable car route in Japan at 2,025 m in total, opened in 1927. It connects the bottom of the mountain with Enryakuji Station in an 11 minute journey. Two cars leave every hour, on the ho...

The State Chamber, used as both a government office of the domain of Hikone and as an official residence of the domain lord, was restored to form this museum. Many artistic crafts, ancient document...

Yumekyobashi Castle Road starts immediately from the bridge that crosses the moat at Hikone-jo Castle, and is designed to evoke the townscape of the Edo period (1603 - 1868). It features multiple o...

Sakamoto flourished as the temple town for Hieizan Enryakuji Temple, including the homes for monks from approximately 50 different temples, and the townscape retains the elegance of that history ev...

This beach with beautiful, endless white sands and green trees is also alive with people enjoying playing in the water, camping, barbeque and marine sports. Also known as the venue for the hot air ...

Nagahama Castle was abandoned during the start of the Edo Period (1603 - 1868), the remains transferred to Hikone Castle and Daitsuji Temple, leaving only a stone wall and well behind.

Genkyu-en Garden is a Daimyo ("feudal lord") garden located to the north east of Hikone-jo Castle, created to resemble the Eight Views of Omi that in turn originate from the Eight Views of Lake Biw...

Hyakusaiji Temple is a "mountain castle" style temple belonging to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, surrounded by heavy walls of stone. One of the oldest temples in Omi, it was built partway up Mt. Osh...

one of the famous castle in Japan

white sand beach of Lake Biwa