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

The Sotoen climbing kiln, making Shigaraki-yaki ceramics, is one of the largest in Japan, and continues to run at maximum output.

Okubiwako Campground allows you to enjoy bass and other fishing, rental boats, bug catching and bathing in the lake.

Located next to the famous Metasequoia Avenue, this agricultural park offers seasonal fruit-picking experiences.

Boat Race Biwako is located on the banks of Lake Biwa, and boasts awe-inspiring scenery even when compared to the other 23 boat race locations around Japan.

Biwa Lake C2C was born with the idea of guiding tourists who want to experience bass fishing in Japan on one of the most famous lakes in the world, without the complication of language barriers.

Okishima island is located in the offing of Lake Biwa, approximately 1.

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

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.

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

The Kusatsu City Aquatic Botanical Garden Mizunomori is a liberating botanical garden that features lakes spreading away in three directions.

Hieizan Driveway is a drive course 8.

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

The origins of Tonda Ningyokan date back to the 6th year of Tenpo (1835).

William Merrell Vories is the most famous former resident of Omi-Hachiman City and the founder of the Omi Brotherhood company, and the house in which he lived with his wife Makiko is now operated as the Vories Memorial Hall.

The exterior and interior walls, and even the floors of the Crafts Center are lined with Shigaraki-yaki ceramic tiles.

The road once used by the Korean messengers traveling to Edo.

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