ShigaShrines & TemplesOmihachiman
Kannonshoji
It stands on the summit of Mount Kinugasa, said to have been founded by Prince Shotoku.
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Himure Hachimangu
It drew the faith of the Omi merchants, and is known for the fire festivals of Sagicho and the Hachiman festival.
ShigaHistoric DistrictsOmihachiman
Hachimanbori
A canal that joined Lake Biwa to the castle town. White-walled merchant storehouses line it.
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ShigaArchitectureOmihachiman
Vories Buildings in Omihachiman
A missionary who came to teach English and ended up designing 1,600 buildings; this town was his base.
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La Collina Omihachiman
Terunobu Fujimori planted the roof with grass and studded the walls with charcoal - an experiment in blurring plant and building.
ShigaArchitectureOmihachiman
Azuchi Castle Ruins
Nobunaga's castle, the first with a true keep; a six-metre stairway drives straight up the hill as a demonstration of power.
ShigaMuseumsOmihachiman
Azuchi Castle Archaeological Museum
The centre of research reconstructing Azuchi Castle; the ongoing argument about its form is itself the exhibition.
ShigaContemporary ArtOmihachiman
Inner Lakes of Biwa
Reed beds between lake and land; the cut reeds become blinds and roofs, tying landscape directly to craft.
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Reed Screens of Omi
Lakeside reeds cut and woven into screens and thatch - wetland management and craft as a single job.
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Fukuju-ji Temple
A temple in Omihachiman founded in 829, keeping a Heian-period thousand-armed eleven-headed Kannon.
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Honganji Hachiman Betsuin (Kindaiji Temple)
A Jodo Shinshu temple in Omihachiman where Tokugawa Ieyasu lodged, and where Korean envoys took their midday meal.
ShigaNature & SceneryOmihachiman
Hachimanyama Ropeway (Lake Biwa Quasi-National Park)
A ropeway in Omihachiman, climbing 271.9-metre Mount Hachiman in about four minutes.
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Suigo no Sato Maruyama
A boat tour of the waterways of Omihachiman, moving through beds of reeds.
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Chomeiji Temple
A temple on a hillside in Omihachiman, the 31st stop of the Saigoku 33 pilgrimage, up 808 stone steps.