An agricultural park where you can enjoy picking seasonal fruit.

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

A potter creating pieces in “Lake Biwa Blue,” representing the blue of the lake, and Otsu pottery that is intended to fuel the dreams of all who see it.

Allows you to enjoy the outdoors any time of year, with cottages, a restaurant, a ski slope and campsite.

Okuhiei Driveway is a drive course 11.

A oasis in the urban sprawl, located just 1 hour from Kyoto and 2-3 hours from Osaka, Kobe and Nagoya.

Water drawn from the river flows around the village, rich in volume and pure in content as it links to the inner lake, supporting the people living in the region and allowing you to feel how closely related our lives are to this precious liquid.

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

The wide grounds of the Fisheries Center includes a number of ponds, providing plenty of opportunities to get close to the water and the fish swimming in it.

The vicinity of Otomegaike was known as the “Katori no Umi” during the seventh century Manyo period, and formed an inlet into Lake Biwa at the foot of the mountains.

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

The main shrine at Tsukubusuma-jinja Shrine is a National Treasure, decorated inside with elegant and gorgeous décor representative of the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573 – 1603).

The principle object of worship here is a Buddhist image, normally withheld from public view, of Hobashira Kannon.

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

Azuchi castle ruins are a nationally designated Special Historic Site.

A museum all about hachiman-kawara tiles and the history of Hachiman.

The main hall of Zensuiji Temple is a designated National Treasure, and one of the three Konan Sanzan temples.

The large, holy forest in the center of the town is the location of the Namura-jinja Shrine, a National Treasure.