BIWAKO OTSU OFFICIAL TOUR
Otsu Outdoors
Shrines & Temples
History & Heritage
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The Lake Biwa Canal
The Lake Biwa Canal is an example of innovative civil engineering that was built in the Meiji e[...]
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 [...]
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[...]
