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Sakamoto Cable
Opened in 1927, this cable car is the longest in Japan with a length of 2,025 meters, connectin[...]
Hieizan-Okuhiei Driveway
The Okuhiei and Heizan Driveways feature beautiful scenery up to the main hall of the Enryaku-j[...]
Garden Museum Hiei
This garden museum was installed by a French designer, who used the works of French Impressioni[...]
Ukimido (Mangetsu-ji Temple)
During the Heian Period, Genshin (Eshin Sozu) built a temple on top of Lake Biwa for the safety[...]
Saikyo-ji Temple
Saikyo-ji Temple was built by Prince Shotoku and restored by Master Shinsei. It is also the hea[...]
Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine
Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine is the main shrine of the Sanno Festival and has more than 3,800 branch s[...]
Former Chikurin-in Temple
This temple was once used as a place for priests to stay, but it is under the ownership of the [...]
Hiyoshi Toshogu Shrine
This temple was built by the Buddhist priest Tenkai after the death of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu i[...]
Shiga-in Monseki Temple
It is said that this temple is the relocated Hosho-ji Temple, which was moved from Kitahaku-gaw[...]
Naminooto Sake Brewery
Naminooto (meaning “sound of waves”), a famous sake brand brewed by the three Nakai brothers, h[...]
Karasaki Shrine
Karasaki Shrine is one of Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine’s auxilary shrines. It is an ancient shrine sai[...]
Kunin Residence (Old Okamoto Residence)
This was one residence of th e so-called “kunin” (“public characters”), monks of Enryaku-ji Tem[...]
Historic Satobo Residences
It is said the satobo residences of Sakamoto first came into existence when the elderly monks o[...]
Former Site of Sakamoto Castle
After Enryaku-ji Temple was burned down in 1571, Sakamoto Castle was constructed on the shores [...]
Kozoku no Sato Museum
Katata controlled all of Lake Biwa’s water transport and fisheries during the Middle Ages, and [...]
Isomeshi Garden (and Picture-Framing Pavilion)
This garden is located in the former home of a samurai named Isomeshi.The garden is said to be [...]
Dejima Lighthouse
This 8 meter wooden lighthouse was the first in the prefecture, built in 1875.The area near the[...]
Sagawa Art Museum
The Sagawa Art Museum was opened on the shores of Lake Biwa, surrounded by nature and looking o[...]