Founded in 1966, Jinbo Pearls is Lake Biwa’s pearl specialty shop. During the heyday of the Lake Biwa pearl, our main business was in overseas sales, but we have sold primarily within Shiga Prefecture since that time. We built a shop by the Shiga Prefectural Office in 2014, and began sharing history and background information along with our Lake Biwa pearls. Lake Biwa pearls are a historic treasure, as they are even mentioned within Japan’s oldest collection of waka poetry, the “Manyoshu.” Sparing no trouble, these rich pearls are cultivated over a period of 3 to 5 years, resulting in pearls that reflect light in a complex fashion, in shades […]

Central

Experience the real Germany right here. Enjoy German cuisine by the lakeside.

Central

Holiday Afternoon contains both a well-maintained 2,000 square meter natural grass dog park, as well as a popular cafe with handmade bread and sandwiches. In addition to the cafe, you can also enjoy an Omi beef barbecue and a day-trip hot spring with a cloudy sodium bicarbonate bath.

Northern

Saikyo-ji’s Buddhist cuisine employs edible chrysanthemums that are a special local product. Our Kikugozen Set is only available for a limited time from November 1st to November 30th. A Hinagozen Set is also available during our ornamental doll display is exhibited for Girl’s Day. Reservations are required.

Northern

Traditional dried candies are known across Japan as “rakugan,” but these originate from “Katata Rakugan” here in Otsu. Kinji-do sells such dried candies with an image of the floating pavilion on Lake Biwa, above which flies an elegant flock of geese. This is an image that originates from this area’s own “Katata Rakugan” (“The Wild Geese Returning Home at Katata”), one of the Eight Traditional Scenes of the Omi area. These are fine sweets, made with the high quality sweetness of refined Japanese wasabon sugar, and four colors and flavors to enjoy in one bite-sized piece. Please come by for a taste. The Katata area’s Shozui-dera Temple is famous as […]

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