Shizugatake has views over Okubiwako and Chikubushima to the north and south, Mt.

Takeshima (“multiple scenery island”) received this name due to the vastly differing views it offers depending on the location of the observer.

The banks of Lake Yogo feature such facilities as a path for taking walks, and you can also rent bicycles.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.