A refurbished old house that lets you experience authentic soba noodle making for yourself.

This ninjutsu yashiki (“house of ninja techniques”) was built during the Edo period (1603 – 1868), and is the last true house of ninja remaining in Japan.

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

Conveniently located along National Route 161, which runs north and south along the western shore of Lake Biwa, this roadside station is an excellent stop for shopping and dining in Takashima City.

Hieizan Enryakuji Temple, with its sprawling grounds across Mt.

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.

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

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

The Kaizu-Osaki peninsula is a particularly famous region of scenic beauty in the Biwako Quasi-National Park, and is one of the Eight Views of Lake Biwa.

If you’re looking to pick some strawberries in Shiga, you need to head to Felice in Yasu City! Winter is actually the best time to pick them, as they are at their sweetest.

A working dairy farm that has opened its doors to the public under the concept of “letting people see the truth about milk.

All across these areas you can see underground water from the Adogawa River and the Hira mountains bubbling up as fresh springs.

Said to have been created by Prince Shotoku in the year 605, “Kyorinbo Temple” got its name from being a place of teaching (“kyo”) surrounded by forest (“rin”).

All across these areas you can see underground water from the Adogawa River and the Hira mountains bubbling up as fresh springs.

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.

A veritable forest of trees grows on the vast, 44,000 square meter shrine grounds.

Karasaki－jinja Shrine is dedicated to a god with a deep connection to Hiyoahita-taisha Shrine, and as featured in the “Night Rain at Karasaki,” one of the Eight Views of Omi, is also a place of exceptional beauty.

A temple with more 1000 years of history, founded in the later Heian period (794-1185).