Things to do

Yaoyo

Visitors may view items received 100 years ago from the Imperial Household Agency.

Marucho Pickled Vegetables

We offer direct sales of our pickled vegetables made from fresh ingredients such as summer Kyot[...]

Hirai Shoten Brewery

Hirai Shoten Brewery features sake that suits modern tastes and is brewed using traditional han[...]

Nakagawa Seisei-do Tea

It was during the days of the Heian Capital (of Kyoto), in 805, when the monk Saicho returned f[...]

Kadoman Omi Beef

Omi wagyu beef is exquisitely marbled, and the moment you put it in your mouth, your mouth will[...]

Old Sugiura Jugo Residence

The old residence of the educator and thinker Sugiura Jugo. The rustic building was constructed[...]

Garden Museum Hiei

This garden museum was installed by a French designer, who used the works of French Impressioni[...]

Keihan Railways (Streetcar)

This line connects steep slopes, sharp curves, and on-street tracks over a course of a total of[...]

Biwako Flower Fountain

Located offshore in Otsu Harbor, the entrance to sightseeing o n Lake Biwa.With a width of abou[...]

Otsu Port

Otsu Port flourished as the center of distribution for goods across Lake Biwa.Over 1,000 wooden[...]

Otsu Festival Float Exhibition Center

Otsu Festival, one of the lake country’s three great festivals, is the theme of this exhi[...]

Gichu-ji Temple

This temple is the site of the grave of the samurai Minamoto no Yoshinaka, who died heroically [...]

The Lake Biwa Canal

The Lake Biwa Canal is an example of innovative civil engineering that was built in the Meiji e[...]

Biwako Otsukan (Yanagasaki Lakeside Park)

Biwako Otsukan is the central facility in Yanagasaki Lakeside Park alongside Lake Biwa.The Old [...]

Sakamoto-ya

Founded 150 years ago, this specialty shop uses time-honored methods, wild Lake Biwa nigorobuna[...]

Tenson Shrine

Tenson Shrine is also sometimes known as Shinomiya Shrine (“Shrine of the Fourth”) because the [...]

Sekisemimaru Shrine

It is thought that Sekisemimaru Shrine was built to honor both the local Shinto god and the god[...]

Nagara Shrine

Nagara Shrine’s beginnings can be traced back to Emperor Tenji, who enshrined the ancient Shint[...]