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Yaoyo

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

Marucho Pickled Vegetables

Offering direct sales of our pickled vegetables made from fresh ingredients, like summer Kyoto-[...]

Keihan Railways (Streetcar)

Over a course of a total of 21.6 km, this line connects steep slopes, sharp curves, and on-stre[...]

Biwako Flower Fountain

Located offshore in Otsu Harbor, the entrance to sightseeing on Lake Biwa.With a width of about[...]

Otsu Port

Otsu Port flourished at the center of distribution for goods across Lake Biwa.During the 17th c[...]

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.In 19[...]

Sakamoto-ya

Founded 150 years ago.Using wild Lake Biwa nigorobuna (round crucian carp) and Omi rice, this s[...]

Tenson Shrine

Because the important deities Hikohohodemi no Mikoto, Kuninotokotachi no Mikoto, Onamuchi no Mi[...]

Sekisemimaru Shrine

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

Nagara Shrine

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