Haku-unkan (former Hachian Higashi School) is a school building that was erected in 1877, fusing Western construction with traditional Japanese techniques.

The Gokasho Kondo is a region with strong links to the Omi Merchants, and has been designated a Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings, as well as a Japan Heritage site in 2015.

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

The large, holy forest in the center of the town is the location of the Namura-jinja Shrine, a National Treasure.

The grave of one Shusui Kishitsu, a respected and cultured visitor from Korea more than 1,300 years ago, is located behind the main shrine here.

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).

Azuchi castle ruins are a nationally designated Special Historic Site.

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.

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).

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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