A treasure of the past.

Crab Dining Yamayoshi Katata Store, Shiga is open all year round! It’s the only place in the Kinki area where you can enjoy golden crab throughout the year, even after April!

The New Year’s Bells and Ceremony to Exorcise Evil are annual traditions for New Year’s Eve at Hieizan.

The “Sanno (Mountain King) Festival” is one of the three major Lake Biwa festivals.

Based next to the picturesque Lake Biwa is B&M Techno Service, Ltd where they offer accessories inspired by Japan’s largest freshwater lake.

We wish to provide not only a means of transport, but also hospitality, smiles, and reassurance.

The Nagahama Hikiyama Festival is one of the Three Great Float Festivals of Japan, and is a designated Important Intangible Folk Culture Property of Japan.

Located in Omi-Imazu in the west lake area, Nishitomo is a restaurant specializing in eel and river fish cuisine.

The World Heritage site of Hieizan Enryakuji is a temple that you can visit while also enjoying a mountain-climbing trek.

See the brilliant blooming colors of 16,000 tulips.

BIWAKO DAUGHTERS takes the local foods that have been passed down across the generations by fishermen working Lake Biwa, such as funazushi and tsukudani made using freshly caught produce from the lake and retails them after making suitable adjustments to allow the current generation of young people to eat them more easily.

Biwako Backroads offers a series of guided tours for inbound tourists, based out of Maibara Station in Shiga Prefecture.

Shinki Bus Tours LIMON provide easily accessible, fun bus trips.

This festival includes a historical pageant that proceeds through the traditional city streets, with a large number of onlookers taking in the vast array of gorgeous outfits.

A temple with more 1000 years of history, founded in the later Heian period (794-1185).

Omihachiman is a quiet place of history and tradition, located in the lake-land of Shiga.