Proactively accepts educational tours, study tours and other groups of visitors.

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 Omi-Hachiman suigo canals are known as one of the three great canal networks of Japan, and are of particular note even among the three due to retaining their natural, historic state even today.

The tallest mountain in Shiga, Mt.

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

Aikyo-no-Mori (Aikyo Forest) is located amid a natural pine forest that spreads along the Shibukogawa River, a tributary of the Echigawa River.

Discover hidden stories of northern Lake Biwa through guided walks, local legends, temple culture, and quiet lakeside landscapes.

Kohoku Mizudori Station is located inside a water bird park that is visited by a variety of wild birds throughout the year.

An English garden located in Maibara.

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.

The tallest mountain in Shiga, Mt.

Aikyo-no-Mori (Aikyo Forest) is located amid a natural pine forest that spreads along the Shibukogawa River, a tributary of the Echigawa River.

Hyakusai-ji is the oldest temple in Omi.

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

Ishiyamadera is the 13th location on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage of 33 Buddhist Temples.

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

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

The “Oga Showten” is a collection shops and galleries located in a house 150 years old, and was established by four individuals as a place for new creation and dissemination of information.