The exterior and interior walls, and even the floors of the Crafts Center are lined with Shigaraki-yaki ceramic tiles.

A veritable forest of trees grows on the vast, 44,000 square meter shrine grounds.

The Miho Museum was designed by the world-famous architect I. M. Pei.

Okishima island is located in the offing of Lake Biwa, approximately 1.

A historic folk materials museum located on Shinmachi street that retains its aspect from the Edo period (1603 – 1868).

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

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

William Merrell Vories is the most famous former resident of Omi-Hachiman City and the founder of the Omi Brotherhood company, and the house in which he lived with his wife Makiko is now operated as the Vories Memorial Hall.

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

The Hachiman-bori Canal was a mainstay in regional economics and transportation until the start of the Showa period (1926 – 1989).