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
Shinki Bus Tours LIMON
Shinki Bus Tours LIMON provide easily accessible, fun bus trips.
Discovery JAPAN in Lake Biwa Tour
The Lake Biwa Tour departs from Nagahama and tours Lake Biwa in an amphibious bus.
Hieizan Enryakuji Temple
Hieizan Enryakuji Temple, with its sprawling grounds across Mt.
Yanmar Museum
An experience based museum that was opened to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Yanmar.
Shiga Prefectural Kibogaoka Culture Park
Shiga Prefectural Kibogaoka Culture Park covers approximately 416 hectares and is divided into three zones; the culture zone, outdoor activities zone, and sports zone.
Takashima Village
In an atmospheric old castle town, Katsuno in Takashima City, a historic building still stands.
Nature & Parks in Winter
Chikubushima Island
This small island, with a circumference of just 2km, is located in the offing of Lake Biwa, approximately 6km from shore.
Roadside Station Kohoku Mizudori Station
Kohoku Mizudori Station is located inside a water bird park that is visited by a variety of wild birds throughout the year.
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
A verdant green cultural park with a “ceramics” theme, located in the town of ceramics Shigaraki.
Shirahige-jinja Shrine Lake Torii Gate Illuminations
The large, vermilion‐lacquered Torii gate in the middle of Lake Biwa is like the symbol of Shirahige-jinja Shrine, and has been a draw for visitors for many years.
Suigo no Sato Maruyama
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.
Takeshima
Takeshima (“multiple scenery island”) received this name due to the vastly differing views it offers depending on the location of the observer.
History & Culture in Winter
Sakamoto Castle Ruins
Today there is almost nothing to see of the remains of Sakamoto Castle, with just a monument standing solemnly, alone.
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.
Nagahama Otemon Shopping Street
A shopping area representative of Nagahama.
Kinomoto-Jizoin
Kinomoto-Jizoin is a Jishu sect temple that houses a Buddhist statue worshipped for healing eye diseases.
Tonda Puppet Hall
The origins of Tonda Ningyokan date back to the 6th year of Tenpo (1835).
Scenery of the Sugaura Lakeshore Village
This region was known as a key port in waterway travel, surrounded by the unique yet steep terrain of the Okubiwako area.
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