Strawberry Factory, located in Kusatsu, Shiga, offers not only strawberry picking but also a café and fields for rent.

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

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

A rental bicycle shop located right beside Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan.

Experience making Mizuguki-yaki, at any time and open to all.

Experience the traditional art of “kembu,” literally meaning “sword dance.

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

A verdant green cultural park with a “ceramics” theme, located in the town of ceramics Shigaraki.

Takeshima (“multiple scenery island”) received this name due to the vastly differing views it offers depending on the location of the observer.

The Omi-Hachiman boat tour allows you to enjoy a different, natural world while riding a boat under the skillful control of a traditional boast master.

A ski slope that also lets you look out over Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, from a mountain peak at 1,174m.

Yanmar Marina is one of the few marinas found on the eastern bank of Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan.

The Hachiman-bori Canal was a mainstay in regional economics and transportation until the start of the Showa period (1926 – 1989).

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

The principle object of worship here is a Buddhist image, normally withheld from public view, of Hobashira Kannon.

Take a tour around the school that was used as the setting for the popular anime “K-On!” There are also guided tours that allow you to see rooms and facilities that are not open to regular tours.

The large, holy forest in the center of the town is the location of the Namura-jinja Shrine, a National Treasure.

Biwako Hall features a large hall with a four-sided stage, one of the few in Japan, realizing varied performances and frequent stage changes.