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Nature & Parks in Shiga

Shiga Prefecture is home to Japan's largest lake, Lake Biwa. This makes it the ideal location to connect with nature. Explore hiking and trekking trails, botanical gardens and parks full of seasonal flowers, and the prefecture's most beautiful waterways. So get out there, and discover what Shiga has to offer.

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Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park

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

History & Culture Nature & Parks
Southern SHIGA
Art Gallery & Halls
#Shigaraki-yaki

Lake Nishinoko

At Lake Nishinoko you can experience the Water Channel Tour that feudal lord Nobunaga Oda and his court are said to have enjoyed so much.

Nature & Parks
Eastern SHIGA
Lakes & Rivers
#Shiga Adventure Tourism

Shiga Agricultural Park “Blumen Hugel Farm”

This agricultural park is centered around wide flower fields, rose and herb gardens and greenhouses.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities
Eastern SHIGA
Botanical Gardens & Parks

Tarobogu Shrine (Aga-jinja Shrine)

Tarobogu Shrine is located about halfway up the 350m high Mt.

History & Culture Nature & Parks
Eastern SHIGA
Shrines & Temples
#Places of Spiritual Energy

Okishima

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

History & Culture Nature & Parks
Eastern SHIGA
Heritage Sites
#Japan Heritage Site

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.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities
Eastern SHIGA
Lakes & Rivers
#Shiga Adventure Tourism

Original Boat Tour

The Omi-Hachiman boat tour allows you to enjoy a different, natural world while riding a boat under the skillful control of a traditional boast master.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities
Eastern SHIGA
Lakes & Rivers

Roadside Station Kagaminosato

Holds a variety of events depending on the season, allowing an exciting slice of Japanese culture to be experienced.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities Food & Drink Shopping
Eastern SHIGA
Botanical Gardens & Parks

Roadside Station Aguri Park Ryuo

The experience and exchange style agricultural park “Aguri Park Ryuo” is a facility where you can enjoy everything the outdoors has to offer, through “looking, picking and eating.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities Food & Drink Shopping
Eastern SHIGA
Botanical Gardens & Parks

Hachiman-bori Canal

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

History & Culture Nature & Parks
Eastern SHIGA
Historic Sites & Gardens
#Anime / #Instagramable

Cobbled Lanes

The “Ishitatami no Komichi” (Cobbled Lanes) is a commercial area that offers everything from shopping through to dining, preserving the historical scenery of Hachiman waterways while letting you experience what it must have been like to walk those streets in olden times.

History & Culture Nature & Parks Tour & Activities Food & Drink Shopping
Eastern SHIGA
Cityscapes

Okuhiei Driveway

Okuhiei Driveway is a drive course 11.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities
Western SHIGA
Mountains & Scenic Trails

Hieizan Driveway

Hieizan Driveway is a drive course 8.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities
Western SHIGA
Mountains & Scenic Trails

Biwako Valley

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

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities Food & Drink Shopping
Western SHIGA
Mountains & Scenic Trails
#Skiing / #Hiking / #Camping / #Instagramable / #Sustainable

Lake Biwa Flower Fountain

The Lake Biwa Flower Fountain is a large fountain located on a 180m breakwater in the Otsu Port offing, that sends out streams of 440m long water 40m high into the air (the equivalent of a 10 storey building).

Nature & Parks
Western SHIGA
Botanical Gardens & Parks
#Instagramable / #Lake Biwa

Nango Fisheries Center

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.

Nature & Parks Tour & Activities
Western SHIGA
Lakes & Rivers
#Fishing
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