Location List

With paths starting behind Todaiji Temple, Mt Wakakusa is easy to climb and rewards hikers with views as far as the Former Site of Heijokyo Imperial Palace. There is a small fee to enter one of the...

This spectacular hiking course features a moss-draped forest, a beech forest, wild animals including deer and views as far as the sea. Some have compared the views to the scenery in the movie “Avat...

This sweeping plateau, a beautifully vivid green in summer, is covered in pampas grass which turns a golden colour in autumn. Short hiking trails leading to the top of Mt Kuroso offer spectacular v...

If you don’t mind some steep stairs, this small shrine in a bamboo forest behind Ohmiwa Jinja Shrine has a lovely atmosphere. There is a small observatory in the shrine precincts with views over th...

Deep in a grove of cedar trees, this smaller shrine within Ohmiwa Jinja Shrine has a wonderfully mysterious atmosphere. Dedicated to medicine and healing, it houses a natural spring whose waters ar...

Established in AD645, this is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples. It is famous with test takers who pray for good results. The temple houses a striking seven meter tall statue of Monju Bosatsu,...

The wide, lantern-lined avenue that leads to this Meiji era (1868- 1912) shrine gives you a hint of the grand scale to expect. Entering through the low-roofed gate into the vast gravel expanse, you...

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...

The Nagoya City Museum is a Museum of History established in 1977 (Showa 52). Archaeological materials, art, industrial arts, documents, books, and people’s materials were collected, preserved, ke...

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This is a comprehensive park consisting of a zoo, botanical gardens and amusement park. Koalas, giraffes, and elephants are very popular animals here. An animal house that has nocturnal animals is ...

Furukawa Art Museum was opened in November 1991 based on the fine art that late Furukawa Tamesaburo had collected in the prewar periods. The museum possesses approximately 2800 works of fine art of...

A modern building designed by famous architect Kisho Kurokawa, this art museum houses a collection of about 5000 works that are continually on display including ?cole de Paris artists such as Modig...

Noh is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century. The stage is constructed entirely of Hinoki cypress wood. During regular Noh performances, En...