The hotel also features a planetarium with digital surround technology.

Izutsu Yatsuhashi Honpo sells a full range of popular and delicious confections.

The Omi-Jofu Traditional Crafts Center operates as a base for providing information on the traditional Shiga industries of hemp and Omi-Jofu cloth.

The Kurokabe Square building was erected during the Meiji period (1868-1912) as a bank.

Holds a variety of events depending on the season, allowing an exciting slice of Japanese culture to be experienced.

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

Otsu Lakeside Nagisa Park is the name given to the park region that runs from Hamaotsu to Omi Ohashi.

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

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

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

This ropeway takes around four minutes to transport you from the base of the mountain to the top, from where you can enjoy a sweeping panorama that includes Lake Biwa, Lake Nishinoko and the old town below, all wreathed in the glory of the current season.

As spring blooms once again it is joined by the 1,200 cherry trees in the vicinity of Hikone Castle, marking the most beautiful time of year to visit the castle and its grounds.

Said to be the foremost shrine in Omi, and in terms of length of history and overall pedigree, one of the premier and oldest shrines in all of Japan.

Long ago, the vicinity of Kamo-jinja Shrine was used for horse racing and as a ranch for raising farm horses, and the shrine itself was established in 736 in order to protect the region.

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.

Zeze Castle was completed by Ieyasu Tokugawa in the year following his historic victory at the great battle of Sekigahara, and was a beautiful castle that used water from the lake to create natural moats around it.

Keiunkan is a state guest house that was built by a wealthy merchant in Nagahama for visits from the Emperor Meiji during the Meiji period (1868-1912).

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