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

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

A butsudan is a cabinet used to store Buddhism related items in Japanese homes.

At this historic ceramics maker, experience making something yourself, watch a master at work or do a little shopping.

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.

The hotel also features a planetarium with digital surround technology.

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

During the green season the Biwako Terrace offers a superlative view of the best scenery in Japan, and throngs with many tourists as a result.

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

Approximately 500 dawn redwoods (Metasequoia) form a beautiful avenue stretching over 2.

The experience and exchange style agricultural park “Aguri Park Ryuo” is a facility where you can enjoy everything the outdoors has to offer, through “looking, picking and eating.

Okuhiei Driveway is a drive course 11.

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

Today there is almost nothing to see of the remains of Sakamoto Castle, with just a monument standing solemnly, alone.

Humans have lived alongside waterways since ancient times, and you can still feel the roots of that lifestyle here, from Lake Biwa to the rivers and inner lakes, stone walls and common wells along the shoreline, the fishing industry and the vicinity of the sand dunes.

Tarobogu Shrine is located about halfway up the 350m high Mt.

The red brick wall brings out a retro atmosphere along the 100m length of this western-style residential street in Ikeda-cho.

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