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Katsube Fire Festival
The Fire Festival, with a history of nearly 800 years, is a dramatic winter ritual held in Moriyama City, Shiga Prefecture.
OMIHACHIMAN SAGICHO Festival Experience Tour
One of the most famous SAMURAI lord NOBUNAGA ODA.
Okinahajimeshiki
The “Okinahajimeshiki” is a divine service performed at Taga Taisha Shine to greet the gods at the start of the year.
Omi Jingu Shrine Karuta Festival
With its connection to the opening poem of the famous collection known as the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, Omi Jingu Shrine plays host to the “Karuta Opening Ceremony,” based in the Japanese card game.
Lake Biwa Great Fireworks Festival
Enjoy 10,000 fireworks launched into the air over Lake Biwa, a stunning display of light that plays out in harmony with jets of fountain water.
Kusatsu Sanyare Dance(Yakura / Shimogasa / Kataoka / Natsuka / Shina / Yoshida / Shinanaka)
An extension of the Furyu Dance that was popular in the Kinki region during the Muromachi Period, this dance is now mainly performed along the banks of Lake Biwa in Kusatsu City.
Nagahama Plum Tree Bonsai Exhibition
The Nagahama Plum Tree Bonsai Exhibition started in 1952, and has now become the number one plum tree bonsai exhibition in Japan in terms of both history and scale, as well as a much beloved annual springtime tradition in Kansai.
Shirahige-jinja Shrine Lake Torii Gate Illuminations
The large, vermilion‐lacquered Torii gate in the middle of Lake Biwa is like the symbol of Shirahige-jinja Shrine, and has been a draw for visitors for many years.
Meet to Hear the Sound of Insects in Genkyu-en
In the illuminated Genkyu-en, listen to the sound of insects and enjoy the gentle passage of time in a manner impossible in any city.
Snow Appreciation Ship Cruises
Our “Snow Appreciation Ships” set sail on Lake Biwa during the winter months.
Hachiman Moat Festival
Lanterns placed around the town and along the Hachiman Moat bring out a sense refinement and emotion.
Daiichi Nagisa Park Rape Blossom Fields
Enjoy the awe-inspiring sight of 12,000 early blossoming “Kanzaki Nabana” rape flowers, contrasting spectacularly with the lingering snows on Mt.
Aito Marguerite Station Cosmos Garden
Cosmos flower bloom profusely in fallow fields close to the Roadside Station “Higashi Omi City Aito Marguerite Station.
Ishiyama-dera Temple Fall Moon Festival
More than 2,000 lanterns create an illusory and ethereal world inside the temple grounds.
Tsuchiyama Saio Princess Procession
In the Heian Period (794 – 1185), the Saio (Princess) travelled from Heian-kyo (modern Kyoto) to Ise in order to become a priestess at the shrine there.
Otsu Festival
The Otsu Festival has been held since the start of the Edo period (1603 – 1868), and is a designated Intangible Folk Culture Property of the prefecture.