Aito Marguerite Station, always bustling with visitors, functions as a rest spot for travelers on the road and a base for imparting information about the local region.

Biwako Terrace offers a sophisticated resort for adults and delivers soaring views looking out over the lake.

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.

In Higashiomi you can experience housework, cooking, planting and harvesting.

The longest cable car route in Japan at 2,025 m in total, opened in 1927.

The Hachiman Moat Tour allows you to take to the stunning Hachiman Moats in a Japanese-style boat.

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

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

From the parking area at the base, it takes about 8 minutes by gondola to reach the summit at an elevation of approximately 630 meters, where a spacious and open environment awaits.

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

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.

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

The “Ishitatami no Komichi” (Cobbled Lanes) is a commercial area that offers everything from shopping through to dining, preserving the historical scenery of Hachiman waterways while letting you experience what it must have been like to walk those streets in olden times.

Climb the stone steps and a glorious three storey stone tower comes into view.

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.

Kongourinji Temple is one of the three Koto Sanzan temples of the Tendai Sect.

Azuchi castle ruins are a nationally designated Special Historic Site.

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