Experience Shiga in Summer

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

Overview of Summer in Shiga

Explore Shiga's lush green mountains and glistening lakes during the summer.
Enjoy the best of the season with vibrant festivals, riverside fun, and water activities on Lake Biwa.

Summer Tours & Activities

Omi Jingu Shrine

Omi Jingu Shrine is a registered Cultural Property, and a representative example of the Showa period (1926 – 1989) shrine construction known as Omi construction or Showa construction.

History & Culture Tour & Activities
Western SHIGA
Shrines & Temples
#Anime

Roadside Station Toju-no-sato Adogawa

The folding fan gallery allows you to experience painting onto a folding fan to create your own original fan.

Tour & Activities Food & Drink Shopping
Western SHIGA
Culture Workshops

Taka.Sta

A lodging facility located amid the abundant nature of Takashima City, Shiga.

Tour & Activities Stay
Western SHIGA
Sports
#Water Activities / #Biwaichi Cycling Spot / #Sustainable

Nagahama & Kita-Biwako Great Fireworks

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

Tour & Activities
Northern SHIGA
Culture Workshops
#Instagramable / #Lake Biwa / #Events / #Festivals

Toyosato Elementary School Old School Buildings

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.

History & Culture Tour & Activities
Eastern SHIGA
Art Gallery & Halls
#Anime

Koka Ninja Village

In the wide grounds of this village in Koka, origin of the ninja, you can find a museum dedicated to ninja techniques, a house full of ninja traps and secret panels, “water spider” water crossing devices and a shuriken throwing star dojo.

Tour & Activities
Southern SHIGA
Culture Workshops
#Ninja Experiences

Nature & Parks in Summer

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

Okuhiei Driveway

Okuhiei Driveway is a drive course 11.

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

Biwako Otsukan

The Biwako Otsukan was built in 1934 as the first international tourism hotel in the prefecture, with the intention of bringing in more tourists from overseas.

History & Culture Nature & Parks Food & Drink
Western SHIGA
Museums

English Garden Rosa & Berry Tawada

An English garden located in Maibara.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities Food & Drink
Northern SHIGA
Botanical Gardens & Parks
#Anime

Okubiwako Parkway

The 18.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities
Northern SHIGA
Mountains & Scenic Trails
#Hiking / #Sustainable

Nakasendo Road Samegaijuku (Jyuousui, Jizokawa River)

Jizokawa River is comprised of pure spring water such as Isame no Shimizu, and is famous for the extremely rare water buttercups that grow in the river.

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

History & Culture in Summer

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

Ishiyama-dera Temple

Ishiyamadera is the 13th location on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage of 33 Buddhist Temples.

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

Kurokabe Square

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

History & Culture Tour & Activities Shopping
Northern SHIGA
Cityscapes
#Instagramable

Daitsuji Temple

Daitsuji Temple has been known by the nickname “Gobo-san” for hundreds of years.

History & Culture
Northern SHIGA
Shrines & Temples

Samegai Inn Museum (Toiyaba)

“Toiyaba” were lodging stations along the roadside during the Edo period (1603 – 1868), providing manpower and horses to Daimyo lords and other important people using the roads and handling the transport of goods.

History & Culture
Northern SHIGA
Museums

Yumekyobashi Castle Road

Yumekyobashi Castle Road starts immediately from the bridge that crosses the moat at Hikone-jo Castle, and is designed to evoke the townscape of the Edo period (1603 – 1868).

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

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Check Shiga’s year-round weather and climate trends to help you prepare for your trip.

Other Seasons

Spring

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

Autumn

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

Winter

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