Experience Shiga in Winter
Overview of Winter in Shiga
Shiga in winter offers many places where serene, snow-dusted scenery can be enjoyed.
Experience the beauty of winter in Shiga by hitting the slopes for winter sports or strolling along the lakeside, and savoring delicious seasonal flavors.
Winter Tours & Activities
Kirin Brewery Shiga Plant
Take a tour of a beer making plant.
Oogoya Co., Ltd
A great place to enjoy some shopping, with tableware, vases, sundry items, glass goods and gardening products all on offers, centered around the historical Shigaraki-yaki ceramics of Japan.
Yamada Farm
A working dairy farm that has opened its doors to the public under the concept of “letting people see the truth about milk.
Omi-Jofu Traditional Crafts Center
The Omi-Jofu Traditional Crafts Center operates as a base for providing information on the traditional Shiga industries of hemp and Omi-Jofu cloth.
Ohta Brewery Dokan-gura
The Ota family can trace their family tree back to one Dokan Ota, a samurai and Buddhist monk from the 15th century.
Okuhiei Driveway
Okuhiei Driveway is a drive course 11.
Nature & Parks in Winter
Shiga Agricultural Park “Blumen Hugel Farm”
This agricultural park is centered around wide flower fields, rose and herb gardens and greenhouses.
Roadside Station Higashi Omi City Aito Marguerite Station
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.
Original Boat Tour
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.
Otsu Lakeside Nagisa Park
Otsu Lakeside Nagisa Park is the name given to the park region that runs from Hamaotsu to Omi Ohashi.
Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia) Avenue
The Metasequoia Avenue is lined with approximately 500 metasequoia trees, forming a stunning 2.
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 in Winter
Saikyo-ji Temple
Saikyo-ji Temple is the head of the Tendai Shinsei Sect, which has more than 450 branch temples across Japan.
Kinomoto-Jizoin
Kinomoto-Jizoin is a Jishu sect temple that houses a Buddhist statue worshipped for healing eye diseases.
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.
Omi Jingu Shrine Karuta Festival
With its connection to the opening poem of the famous collection known as the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, Omi Jingu Shrine plays host to the “Karuta Opening Ceremony,” based in the Japanese card game.
Azuchi Castle Ruins
Azuchi castle ruins are a nationally designated Special Historic Site.
Eigenji Temple
Eigenji Temple is the head temple of the Eigenji branch and one of the fifteen primary temples of the Rinzai and Obaku sects.
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