Nagahama
Biwako Bunka Gakushu Center
A cultural centre in Nagahama, staging performing arts and events.
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FIRST VISIT GUIDE
Before tracing culture and history — how shrines and temples differ, and how to pay respects
Many of Japan's cultural properties are found at shrines or temples. The two belong to different religions, and their entrances and ways of worship differ. Start with the differences and the etiquette.678 entries / page 13 of 29
Koka
Komyoji Temple
A Jodo temple in Koka. Its Heian-period wooden eleven-headed Kannon is an important cultural property.
ShigaCulture & HistoryTakashima
Imazu Vories Shiryokan
A museum in Takashima, in a building the architect Vories designed as a bank.
Nagahama
Kuroda Kannonji Temple
A temple in Nagahama, keeping a standing thousand-armed Kannon of the early Heian period.
ShigaCulture & HistoryKonan
Yoshihime Shrine
A shrine in Konan, paired with Yoshimiko Shrine, keeping wooden guardian lions of the Nanbokucho period.
ShigaCulture & HistoryRyuo
Naemura Shrine
A shrine in Ryuo. Its main hall is a national treasure, and its great festival, held once in 33 years, is well known.
Koka
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.
Higashiomi
Suisha Shiryokan
A museum in Higashiomi displaying waterwheels and related material.
Ryuo
Shogakuin Temple
A temple in Ryuo founded in the late Muromachi period, enshrining a Heian-period wooden Jizo.
ShigaCulture & HistoryToyosato
Ito Chubei Memorial Museum
A memorial hall in Toyosato, opening the birthplace of the founder of Itochu and Marubeni.
Hino
Omi Railway Hino Station Building (Hino Station Railway Museum)
A wooden station building of 1914 in Hino, refitted as a railway museum.
ShigaCulture & HistoryHino
Kishitsu Shrine (Kishitsu Shishi's Tomb)
A shrine in Hino with a stone pagoda said to be the grave of Kishitsu Shushi, an immigrant from Baekje.
ShigaCulture & HistoryKoka
Koka-ryu Ninjutsu House
A house in Koka, the residence of the Mochizuki, held to be first among the 53 Koka families, with its devices intact.
ShigaCulture & HistoryKoka
Ayano Tenmangu Shrine
A shrine at Minakuchi in Koka honouring Sugawara no Michizane, moved to this site in 1633.
Koka
Jihoji Temple
A Tendai temple at Minakuchi in Koka. Its early-Kamakura seated Nyoirin Kannon is an important cultural property.
Ōyamazaki
Myokian Temple (National Treasure "Taian")
A temple in Oyamazaki holding Taian, a two-mat tearoom attributed to Sen no Rikyu and designated a national treasure.
KyotoCulture & HistoryKita
Shimyo-in Temple
A temple at the source of the Kamo River, said to have been founded by Kukai in 829.
Ukyo Ward
Mount Atago and Atago Shrine
A 924-metre mountain and the shrine at its summit, revered as a guard against fire.
KyotoCulture & History
KyotoCulture & HistoryUkyo Ward
Togetsukyo Bridge
A bridge over the Oi River at Arashiyama. Emperor Kameyama is said to have named it for the way the moon seems to cross it.
KyotoCulture & HistoryShimogyo Ward
Kyoto Aquarium
An aquarium in Umekoji Park, showing the giant salamander of Kyoto's rivers.
Kita
Shimadzu Arena Kyoto
The prefectural gymnasium in Kita ward, Kyoto, used for tournaments in many sports.
KyotoCulture & HistoryNantan
Springs Hiyoshi Roadside Station
A roadside station in Nantan, with a free-flowing open-air bath and a stone sauna.