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.
Inoue Butsudan Ten
A butsudan is a cabinet used to store Buddhism related items in Japanese homes.
Omatsuzaki
Omatsuzaki is a spot of great beauty, and was even selected as one of the Eight Views of Lake Biwa, “Cool Breeze – Omatsuzaki White Beach.
Lake Biwa Marine Sports Auto Campground
The Lake Biwa Marine Sports Auto Campground offers swimming & camping activities amid the clear waters of Lake Biwa.
Forest Adventure Ritto
Forest Adventure is an outdoor activity park with locations in forests across Japan.
English Garden Rosa & Berry Tawada
An English garden located in Maibara.
Shiga Prefectural Kibogaoka Culture Park
Shiga Prefectural Kibogaoka Culture Park covers approximately 416 hectares and is divided into three zones; the culture zone, outdoor activities zone, and sports zone.
Hieizan Driveway
Hieizan Driveway is a drive course 8.
Hokoen Garden
Hokoen Garden was created in 1909 on the ruins of Nagahama-jo Castle, which was abandoned in the start of the Edo period (1603 – 1868).
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.
Takeshima
Takeshima (“multiple scenery island”) received this name due to the vastly differing views it offers depending on the location of the observer.
Daiichi Nagisa Park
From January to February you can see 12,000 early blossoming “Kanzaki Hanana” rape flowers.
Iba Waterside Sightseeing
Water drawn from the river flows around the village, rich in volume and pure in content as it links to the inner lake, supporting the people living in the region and allowing you to feel how closely related our lives are to this precious liquid.
Hieizan Enryakuji Temple
Hieizan Enryakuji Temple, with its sprawling grounds across Mt.
Higashiomi City Country Life Tourism
In Higashiomi you can experience housework, cooking, planting and harvesting.
Yumekyobashi Castle Road
Yumekyobashi Castle Road starts immediately from the bridge that crosses the moat at Hikone-jo Castle, and is designed to evoke the townscape of the Edo period (1603 – 1868).
Hokkoku Kaido Road Kinomotojuku
Kinomotojuku has flourished for being located in front of Jizoin Temple.
Tachiki-kannon Temple
The grounds of Tachiki-kannon Temple are located up a flight of 800 steep stone steps.
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