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

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

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.

Spend quality time with your family, friends or a special person at the tranquil lakeside which is a hidden gem away from all the main toursits hot spots of Japan.

An English garden located in Maibara.

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

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

The Kaizu-Osaki peninsula is a particularly famous region of scenic beauty in the Biwako Quasi-National Park, and is one of the Eight Views of Lake Biwa.

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.

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.

Our Fishing Guides are the most relaxing and happy time in your trip to Japan.

Facilities based in the Kohoku water bird park, the largest habitat for wild birds in the prefecture.

The Ukimido, the “floating temple hall” at Mangetsuji Temple, is famous for being featured in one of the Eight Views of Omi, “wild geese returning home at Katata.

Azuchi castle ruins are a nationally designated Special Historic Site.

Seta no Karahashi Bridge is one of the Three Famous Bridges of Japan, and has also been immortalized in “Evening Glow at Seta,” one of the Eight Views of Omi.

A shopping area representative of Nagahama.

The first permanent installation hall has a theme of “archaeology,” allowing you to slip back in time to Omi during the Yayoi period (300 BC to 300 AD) and the Kofun period (300 to 538).

One of the largest lake-based museums in Japan, with a wide variety of exhibits.