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.

The Nagahama Hikiyama Festival is one of the Three Great Float Festivals of Japan, and is a designated Important Intangible Folk Culture Property of Japan.

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

Shinki Bus Tours LIMON provide easily accessible, fun bus trips.

An English garden located in Maibara.

More than 10,000 fireworks, focused in the always impressive star mines, beautifully illuminate both the summer sky and the stunning Lake Biwa.

Kohoku Mizudori Station is located inside a water bird park that is visited by a variety of wild birds throughout the year.

In May, the route taken by the Shizugatake Lift passes beautifully blooming fringed iris.

Experience authentic pottery making using a potter’s wheel and coloring ceramics.

The tallest mountain in Shiga, Mt.

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

The origins of Tonda Ningyokan date back to the 6th year of Tenpo (1835).

A camp and swimming beach with incredibly beautiful and clean water, even for the Lake Biwa region.

Nagahama Railroad Square preserves the “First Nagahama Station Building,” the oldest station building still remaining in Japan.

The first museum in Japan devoted solely to figures.

Allows you to enjoy the outdoors any time of year, with cottages, a restaurant, a ski slope and campsite.