Koka
Shigaraki Toki Jinja
The home of Shigaraki ware, one of the six ancient kilns of Japan, known for its tanuki figures.
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ShigaShrines & Temples
ShigaShrines & TemplesKoka
Aburahi Jinja
Its group of halls is an Important Cultural Property, and it is often used as a location for period drama.
ShigaCraft Experiences
ShigaArt & CraftsKoka
Miho Museum
Designed by I. M. Pei. It appears at the far end of a tunnel and a suspension bridge.
ShigaArt & CraftsKoka
Shigaraki Ware
One of the six ancient kilns; feldspar in the coarse clay bursts white through the surface, and fire and ash mark each pot differently.
ShigaArt & CraftsKoka
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
Studio, gallery and research on one hill, hosting foreign artists to work in Shigaraki clay for over thirty years.
Koka
Tea Fields and Kilns of Koka
The valley they dug clay from and the hills they grow tea on lie side by side - two industries in one terrain.
ShigaArt & CraftsKoka
Shigaraki Tanuki
Spread nationwide after an imperial visit; each of the eight things the badger carries stands for a virtue.
ShigaCulture & HistoryKoka
Shigaraki Dento Sangyo Kaikan
A hall at Shigaraki in Koka, showing Shigaraki ware in order from the Kamakura period to the present.
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Maple Hills Golf Club
A golf course in Koka, laid out around stone walls and great boulders.
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Tongu Dai Chuen
A tea garden at Tsuchiyama in Koka, where frequent mist raises good tea.
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Komyoji Temple
A Jodo temple in Koka. Its Heian-period wooden eleven-headed Kannon is an important cultural property.
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Koga-ryu Shinobi no Yado Miyano Onsen
A single-inn hot spring in Koka, standing in the hill country.
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JR Koga Station Trick Art
A painting inside Koka Station, made so that you seem to have become a ninja.
ShigaCulture & HistoryKoka
Wakamiya Shrine
A shrine in Koka honouring the ancestor of the Okawara, one of the 53 samurai houses of Koka.
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Koga Ichigo House
A strawberry farm in Koka, growing under seven greenhouses, with picking by reservation.
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Ryufukuji Temple
A Tendai temple in Koka. Its Heian-period seated wooden Yakushi is an important cultural property.
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Ogiya Densho Bunkakan
A cultural hall at Tsuchiyama in Koka. The community bought and opened a merchant house that sold fans and combs in the Edo period.
ShigaNature & SceneryKoka
Gyokukeiji Temple
A temple in Koka, standing on the site of a detached palace built by Emperor Junnin in the late Nara period.
Koka
Aino Tsuchiyama Culture Hall
A cultural hall in Koka, with a library and a museum attached.
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Orange Shiga Country Club
A golf course in Koka, level ground at the foot of Mount Hando.
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Ogawa Castle Ruins
A castle site at Shigaraki in Koka, on the summit of Shiroyama, looking down on the town.