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ShigaShrines & Temples

Higashiomi

Eigenji

It stands in the gorge of the Echi river, and is famous for autumn colour.

ShigaShrines & Temples

Koka

Rakuyaji

It holds the largest seated eleven-headed Kannon in Japan.

ShigaShrines & Temples

Koka

Aburahi Jinja

Its group of halls is an Important Cultural Property, and it is often used as a location for period drama.

ShigaShrines & Temples

Nagahama

Shanain

It was the administrative temple of Nagahama Hachimangu. Famous for its hibiscus.

ShigaShrines & Temples

Nagahama

Doganji

A National Treasure eleven-headed Kannon, rated among the finest in the history of Japanese sculpture.

ShigaShrines & Temples

Nagahama

Yogoko

Held to be the site of the oldest feather robe legend in Japan.

ShigaShrines & Temples

Takashima

Kochu Otorii

A vermilion torii standing out in the lake. People come without fail to photograph it at sunrise.

ShigaShrines & Temples

Taga

Taga Oku Shoin

Its Momoyama-period garden is a Place of Scenic Beauty.

ShigaShrines & Temples

Ritto

Ono Jinja

Its gate is an Important Cultural Property.

ShigaShrines & Temples

Moriyama

Shimonikawa Jinja

The Sushikiri Matsuri remains, offering funazushi to the deity.

ShigaArchitecture

Hikone

Hikone-jo

A surviving keep, and a National Treasure. It is at its finest seen from Genkyuen below.

ShigaFestivals

Otsu

Sennichi Kaihogyo

About 40,000 kilometres walked over seven years. The rule was that anyone who stopped partway was to take his own life.

ShigaNature & Scenery

Around Otsu

Lake Biwa

The largest lake in Japan, taking up a sixth of the prefecture. An ancient lake, four million years old.

ShigaArchitecture

Hikone

Genkyuen

The daimyo garden of Hikone Castle. The keep is seen across the pond.

ShigaHistoric Districts

Omihachiman

Hachimanbori

A canal that joined Lake Biwa to the castle town. White-walled merchant storehouses line it.

ShigaArt & Crafts

Nagahama

Kurokabe Square

Built around a black-plastered former bank, the district was reborn as a town of glass.

ShigaCraft Experiences

Koka

Shigaraki

One of the six ancient kilns of Japan. Tanuki figures, and the remains of climbing kilns.

ShigaNature & Scenery

Takashima

Metasequoia Avenue

Five hundred trees along 2.4 kilometres. The colour changes completely with the seasons.

ShigaNature & Scenery

Otsu

Biwako Valley

Looking down on Lake Biwa from 1,100 metres.

ShigaFestivals

Nagahama

Nagahama Hikiyama

Children perform kabuki on the stage of the floats. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

ShigaHistoric Districts

Omihachiman

Omi Beef

Held to be the oldest wagyu brand in Japan. The Hikone domain presented it to the shogun, cured in miso.

ShigaArt & Crafts

Koka

Miho Museum

ShigaArt & Crafts

Otsu

Shiga Museum of Art

The first public museum in Japan to make art brut a collecting pillar - work by makers who never trained, taken seriously.

ShigaArt & Crafts

Moriyama

Sagawa Art Museum

Three pavilions seeming to float on water, including an underground tea room designed by the fifteenth Raku master himself.