Experience Shiga in Autumn

Enjoy the most beautiful autumn in Shiga, Japan and at Lake Biwa.

Overview of Autumn in Shiga

Shiga is spectacular in autumn, coming alive with vibrant foliage and bountiful harvests.
Experience the best of the season by strolling along the lakeside, hiking mountain paths, and savoring delicious local cuisine.

Autumn Tours & Activities

Hieizan Driveway

Hieizan Driveway is a drive course 8.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities
Western SHIGA
Mountains & Scenic Trails

Koka City Rural Life Experiences

Koka City offers a “Rural Life Experiences in the Ninja’s Hometown, Koka”(home stay program), to experience real rural life for junior and senior high school excursions.

Tour & Activities Stay Food & Drink
Southern SHIGA
Culture Workshops
#Sustainable

Roadside Station Aguri Park Ryuo

The experience and exchange style agricultural park “Aguri Park Ryuo” is a facility where you can enjoy everything the outdoors has to offer, through “looking, picking and eating.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities Food & Drink Shopping
Eastern SHIGA
Botanical Gardens & Parks

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.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities
Eastern SHIGA
Botanical Gardens & Parks
#Camping / #Golf

Roadside Station Kohoku Mizudori Station

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

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities
Northern SHIGA
Botanical Gardens & Parks
#Instagramable

Hieizan Enryakuji Temple

Hieizan Enryakuji Temple, with its sprawling grounds across Mt.

History & Culture Tour & Activities
Western SHIGA
Heritage Sites
#World Heritage Site / #Japan Heritage Site / #National Treasure / #Places of Spiritual Energy

Nature & Parks in Autumn

Chikubushima Island

This small island, with a circumference of just 2km, is located in the offing of Lake Biwa, approximately 6km from shore.

History & Culture Nature & Parks
Northern SHIGA
Heritage Sites
#Japan Heritage Site

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.

History & Culture Nature & Parks Tour & Activities Food & Drink Shopping
Eastern SHIGA
Cityscapes

BIWAKO VALLEY/BIWAKO TERACE

Biwako Terrace offers a sophisticated resort for adults and delivers soaring views looking out over the lake.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities Food & Drink
Western SHIGA
Mountains & Scenic Trails
#Instagramable

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.

History & Culture Nature & Parks
Eastern SHIGA
Heritage Sites
#Japan Heritage Site

Lake Biwa Flower Fountain

The Lake Biwa Flower Fountain is a large fountain located on a 180m breakwater in the Otsu Port offing, that sends out streams of 440m long water 40m high into the air (the equivalent of a 10 storey building).

Nature & Parks
Western SHIGA
Botanical Gardens & Parks
#Instagramable / #Lake Biwa

Hieizan Driveway

Hieizan Driveway is a drive course 8.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities
Western SHIGA
Mountains & Scenic Trails

History & Culture in Autumn

Ojoyasuwake Yashiki

This is the house of the Suwa family, which in early modern times was the the ojoya (“village headman”).

History & Culture
Southern SHIGA
Heritage Sites
#Japan Heritage Site

Nagahama Hachimangu Shrine

Nagahama Hachimangu Shrine boasts a history of more than a thousand years, enshrining the main god of Nagahama City and having been protected by Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the feudal lord of Nagahama Castle.

History & Culture
Northern SHIGA
Shrines & Temples

Kishitsu-jinja Shrine

The grave of one Shusui Kishitsu, a respected and cultured visitor from Korea more than 1,300 years ago, is located behind the main shrine here.

History & Culture
Eastern SHIGA
Shrines & Temples

Chikubushima (Tsukubusuma-jinja Shrine)

The main shrine at Tsukubusuma-jinja Shrine is a National Treasure, decorated inside with elegant and gorgeous décor representative of the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573 – 1603).

History & Culture Nature & Parks
Northern SHIGA
Heritage Sites
#Japan Heritage Site / #National Treasure / #Places of Spiritual Energy

Jorakuji Temple

Jorakuji Temple is one the three mountains of Konan that are famous for their leaves in fall.

History & Culture
Southern SHIGA
Heritage Sites
#Japan Heritage Site / #National Treasure

Kaiyodo Figure Museum Kurokabe

The first museum in Japan devoted solely to figures.

History & Culture Tour & Activities
Northern SHIGA
Museums

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