The Biwako Otsukan was built in 1934 as the first international tourism hotel in the prefecture, with the intention of bringing in more tourists from overseas.

One of the largest lake-based museums in Japan, with a wide variety of exhibits.

This luxurious space, also known as the “floating museum,” features three separate halls in which you can, at your leisure, take in the works of three of Japan’s greats; artist Ikuo Hirayama (1930-2009), sculptor Sato Churyo (1912-2011) and ceramics master Kichizaemon Raku.

Nagahama Castle was abandoned during the start of the Edo Period (1603 – 1868), the remains transferred to Hikone Castle and Daitsuji Temple, leaving only a stone wall and well behind.

The first museum in Japan devoted solely to figures.

“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.

The “Oga Showten” is a collection shops and galleries located in a house 150 years old, and was established by four individuals as a place for new creation and dissemination of information.

In Higashiomi you can experience housework, cooking, planting and harvesting.

A museum that explains the history and culture of the Hikiyama Festival.

An experience based museum that was opened to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Yanmar.

The Miho Museum was designed by the world-famous architect I. M. Pei.

A historic folk materials museum located on Shinmachi street that retains its aspect from the Edo period (1603 – 1868).

A museum all about hachiman-kawara tiles and the history of Hachiman.

The Omi Hino Merchant Museum is the famous house of a successful Hino merchant, and a representative structure of the homes the Hino merchants lived in.

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).

Azuchi-jo Castle, constructed in 1579 under orders from Nobunaga Oda and said to be the first high-rise wooden construction in the world, was apparently also a big hit with missionaries visiting Japan.