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).

Jorakuji Temple is one the three mountains of Konan that are famous for their leaves in fall.

Azuchi castle ruins are a nationally designated Special Historic Site.

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

Azuchi-jo Castle, constructed in 1579 under orders from Nobunaga Oda and said to be the first high-rise wooden construction in the world, was apparently also a big hit with missionaries visiting Japan.

A verdant green cultural park with a “ceramics” theme, located in the town of ceramics Shigaraki.

The “Borderless Art Museum NO-MA,” renovated in June 2004, stands in the historic Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings in Omi-Hachiman City, Shiga, making use of the Japanese-style rooms, storeroom and other features of a townhouse from the start of the Showa period (1926 – 1989).

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.