Take the long, 808 stone steps up from the lakeside and you will see the roofs of the temple buildings move into perfect alignment as you climb.

Just one minute on foot from JR Omi-Hachiman Station, this hotel is conveniently located for both business and sightseeing.

Mangoro is a long standing store with ties to the feudal lord Nobunaga Oda.

Okaki is a restaurant that handles every stage of the process, from production through to retail.

Omi beef is one of the three beefs of Japan, alongside Kobe beef and Matsuzaka beef, and is also said to be the country’s oldest brand beef.

The “Oga Showten” is a collection shops and galleries located in a house 150 years old, and was established by four individuals as a place for new creation and dissemination of information.

In Higashiomi you can experience housework, cooking, planting and harvesting.

Proactively accepts educational tours, study tours and other groups of visitors.

Indicated by a large sign outside, the interior of the former Genzo Shuno Drugstore displays materials relating to the pharmaceutical industry in Hino-cho and a Hino Town Tourist Association office, providing information to tourists visiting the town.

A company that has made decchi yokan (thick jellied sweets made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar) uirou and uiro mochi (steamed cake made of rice flour and sugar) and a range of seasonal confections since their founding in 1863.

This hotel is located conveniently close to Omi-Hachiman Station and offers a free breakfast to all guests.

Kyukamura is located amid the rich natural environment of the Biwako Quasi-National Park, and features beautiful cherry blossoms in the spring and popular lake swimming and camping spots in the summer.

The former Kaigake Elementary School is a school building that stopped being used for teaching in 2001, and has since often been the setting for filming TV shows and movies.

This ropeway takes around four minutes to transport you from the base of the mountain to the top, from where you can enjoy a sweeping panorama that includes Lake Biwa, Lake Nishinoko and the old town below, all wreathed in the glory of the current season.

How about taking to the river in Higashiomi City, Shiga, for fun and adventure for people of all ages? The natural adventure sports on offer have such exciting names as “canyon swimming” and “shower climbing.

At Sennaritei Kyara you can enjoy melt-in-your-mouth delicious Omi beef.