ShigaCulture & HistoryTakashima
Imazu Vories Shiryokan
A museum in Takashima, in a building the architect Vories designed as a bank.
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ShigaCulture & HistoryOtsu
Sakamoto Castle Monument
A monument in Otsu marking the site of Sakamoto Castle, built by Mitsuhide Akechi.
ShigaStaysNagahama
Grand Mercure Lake Biwa Resort & Spa
A resort hotel on the shore of Lake Biwa in Nagahama, five minutes' walk from Nagahama Castle.
Nagahama
Kuroda Kannonji Temple
A temple in Nagahama, keeping a standing thousand-armed Kannon of the early Heian period.
Koka
Koga-ryu Shinobi no Yado Miyano Onsen
A single-inn hot spring in Koka, standing in the hill country.
ShigaCulture & HistoryKonan
Yoshihime Shrine
A shrine in Konan, paired with Yoshimiko Shrine, keeping wooden guardian lions of the Nanbokucho period.
Moriyama
Moriyama City Omi Myoren Park Omi Myoren Shiryokan
A park and museum in Moriyama, growing the Omi myoren lotus, the city flower.
Otsu
Seta Golf Course
A golf course in Otsu with three courses, including the North and East courses designed by Seiichi Inoue.
Takashima
Kakitsubata Gunseichi
A colony of rabbitear iris at Hiraike in Takashima, flowering from late May into early June.
Ryuo
Shiga Prefectural Kibogaoka Cultural Park Outdoor Activity Center
An outdoor activity centre in Ryuo, with lodges, tent pitches and cooking facilities.
ShigaHot SpringsRitto
Konze no Sato Ritto Roadside Station
A roadside station in Ritto, serving wild-boar hotpot and seasonal vegetables.
Maibara
Samegai Jizo Son - Jizo-do
A Jizo hall in Maibara, enshrining a stone Jizo said to have been carved by Saicho in prayer for rain.
Nagahama
Oyama Shakado (Hakusan Shrine)
A Shaka hall in Nagahama. Its mid-Heian seated Shakyamuni is a national important cultural property.
Taga
Ido Shrine
A shrine in Taga. The sacred tree in its grounds is the largest in the prefecture, with twelve trunks from one stool.
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.
Nagahama
Akago-yama Ski Resort Snow Pal
A small ski area in Nagahama, mainly for sledging, with no lifts.
ShigaCulture & HistoryKoka
Wakamiya Shrine
A shrine in Koka honouring the ancestor of the Okawara, one of the 53 samurai houses of Koka.
ShigaNature & SceneryOtsu
Biwako Bunka Park
A park in Otsu, on hill country looking out to Lake Biwa and Mount Hiei.
ShigaNature & SceneryKonan
Yoshimiko Shrine
A shrine in Konan, paired with Yoshihime Shrine, with an ancient pedigree.
Koka
Koga Ichigo House
A strawberry farm in Koka, growing under seven greenhouses, with picking by reservation.
Omihachiman
Fukuju-ji Temple
A temple in Omihachiman founded in 829, keeping a Heian-period thousand-armed eleven-headed Kannon.
ShigaStaysOmihachiman
Honganji Hachiman Betsuin (Kindaiji Temple)
A Jodo Shinshu temple in Omihachiman where Tokugawa Ieyasu lodged, and where Korean envoys took their midday meal.