Biwako Backroads offers a series of guided tours for inbound tourists, based out of Maibara Station in Shiga Prefecture.

An English garden located in Maibara.

A drive course located 2km from the Sekigahara IC on the Meishin Expressway, 17km in length and reaching all the way to Mr.

The tallest mountain in Shiga, Mt.

Available as a campsite in the summer and for skiing in the winter.

Authentic soba noodles, made with love and care from the waters at the base of Mt.

Jizokawa River is comprised of pure spring water such as Isame no Shimizu, and is famous for the extremely rare water buttercups that grow in the river.

Kamo-jinja Shrine is also known for its famous water called “Isame no Shimizu.

A mountain village that is the source of the Ane-gawa River, flowing from Mt.

“Toiyaba” were lodging stations along the roadside during the Edo period (1603 – 1868), providing manpower and horses to Daimyo lords and other important people using the roads and handling the transport of goods.

One of the longest-standing trout cultivation farms in Japan, established in 1878.