Biwako Otsukan (Yanagasaki Lakeside Park) – Lakeside Retro Architecture and Floral Gardens 【Highlights】 ・The retro-modern building of the former Biwako Hotel, once known as the “Guest House of the Lake Country.” ・An open lakeside setting within Yanagasaki Lakeside Park, offering…

Central

This 8 m wooden lighthouse was the first in the prefecture, built in 1875. The area near the lighthouse is the narrowest portion of Lake Biwa, and in years past had been the site of many nautical collisions, so the…

North central

Karasaki Shrine – An Ancient Lakeside Shrine Home to the Karasaki Pine 【Highlights】 ・Lakeside shrine grounds with views of Lake Biwa and Mount Omi Fuji. ・A celebrated scenic spot featured in the Eight Views of Omi as “Night Rain at…

Northern / North central

This garden is located in the former home of a samurai named Isomeshi. The garden is said to be the collaborative work of the samurai Kitamura Yuan and the tea master Fujimura Yoken, who practiced during the same period that…

Northern / North central

Zeze Shrine is said to have been established in the Nara period (710-794 CE), and is where the deity Toyokebimeno-kami is enshrined. During the middle ages, a period in which religious faith among military commanders was quite strong, there are…

Central