Experience Shiga in Summer
Overview of Summer in Shiga
Explore Shiga's lush green mountains and glistening lakes during the summer.
Enjoy the best of the season with vibrant festivals, riverside fun, and water activities on Lake Biwa.
Summer Tours & Activities
Taka.Sta
A lodging facility located amid the abundant nature of Takashima City, Shiga.
Seiga Style Samurai Kembu
Experience the traditional art of “kembu,” literally meaning “sword dance.
Trail Adventure Ritto
Trail Adventure is a mountain bike activity facility that has something for everyone, from children to adults, beginners to experts alike.
Strawberry & Blueberry Farm Felice
If you’re looking to pick some strawberries in Shiga, you need to head to Felice in Yasu City! Winter is actually the best time to pick them, as they are at their sweetest.
Yamada Farm
A working dairy farm that has opened its doors to the public under the concept of “letting people see the truth about milk.
Koga Country Club
Offers a highly strategic course laid out amid a forest of millions of red pine trees.
Nature & Parks in Summer
Cobbled Lanes
The “Ishitatami no Komichi” (Cobbled Lanes) is a commercial area that offers everything from shopping through to dining, preserving the historical scenery of Hachiman waterways while letting you experience what it must have been like to walk those streets in olden times.
Trail Adventure Ritto
Trail Adventure is a mountain bike activity facility that has something for everyone, from children to adults, beginners to experts alike.
Takeshima
Takeshima (“multiple scenery island”) received this name due to the vastly differing views it offers depending on the location of the observer.
Remains of the Enmanin Temple Gate
The large and extremely beautiful gardens that spread to the south of Enmanin-shinden Temple are a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty and Historic Site, and a visit is especially recommended during the changing of the leaves in fall.
Maiamihama Auto Campground
A oasis in the urban sprawl, located just 1 hour from Kyoto and 2-3 hours from Osaka, Kobe and Nagoya.
Kaizu-Osaki Peninsula
The Kaizu-Osaki peninsula is a particularly famous region of scenic beauty in the Biwako Quasi-National Park, and is one of the Eight Views of Lake Biwa.
History & Culture in Summer
Jorakuji Temple
Jorakuji Temple is one the three mountains of Konan that are famous for their leaves in fall.
Mt. Hiei Trekking “Honzaka Route”
The World Heritage site of Hieizan Enryakuji is a temple that you can visit while also enjoying a mountain-climbing trek.
Shiga Prefectural Azuchi Castle Archeological Museum
The first permanent installation hall has a theme of “archaeology,” allowing you to slip back in time to Omi during the Yayoi period (300 BC to 300 AD) and the Kofun period (300 to 538).
Nagahama Railroad Square
Nagahama Railroad Square preserves the “First Nagahama Station Building,” the oldest station building still remaining in Japan.
Former Kaigake Elementary School
The former Kaigake Elementary School is a school building that stopped being used for teaching in 2001, and has since often been the setting for filming TV shows and movies.
Nagahama Otemon Shopping Street
A shopping area representative of Nagahama.
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Check Shiga’s year-round weather and climate trends to help you prepare for your trip.
Other Seasons
Spring
Autumn
Winter