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Otsu-juku Honjin Remains

Otsu-juku (one of the stops of the Tokaido road which connected Kyoto to Edo [present-day Tokyo[...]

Otsu no Miya Nishikori Ruins

The capitol of Japan was originally moved from Nara’s Asuka to Otsu by Emperor Tenji in 6[...]

Seta River (Nango) Weir

The Seta River is the only river that flows out of Lake Biwa.The Seta River weir was constructe[...]

Kojorogaike Pond

Along the hiking path of Mount Horai, which is known among the “Eight Views of Omi”[...]

Ojiyama Ancient Burial Ground

The first grave mound was constructed in the second half of the fourth century, making it the c[...]

Minamishiga Abandoned Temple Ruins

In 1928, an excavation of the former Minamishiga Temple discovered both an east and west tower [...]

Stone Warding Jizo

The “Stone Warding Jizo” (岩除地蔵尊 – “Iwayoke Jizo-son”) is jus[...]

Former Tokaido: Seta Area

Traces of the former Tokaido, which once ran throught the city of Otsu, still remain today in a[...]

Former Tokaido: Samurai Residence Remains

After the abandoning of Otsu Castle by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Edo period, and the construction [...]

Shiga Seirin Monument

Built in 1918, this monument was built in honor of Shiga Seirin, who is said to be the ancestor[...]

Katsuragawa Thatched Roof House

The thatched roof (kayabuki) came to fruition via the the desire for a design that would easily[...]

Katsuragawa Valley

The upper stream of the Ado River stretches both north and south of the west side of the Hira m[...]

Otsu Incident Monument

This is a stone monument built at the site of the 1891 “Otsu Incident,” when the th[...]

Grave of Kanehira Imai

Imai Kanehira was the military commander of the latter half of the Heian period, and foster sib[...]

Ki no Tsurayuki’s Grave

Ki no Tsurayuki is a representative tanka poet of the collection of ancient waka poems known as[...]

Sufuku-ji Temple Ruins

It is said that Emperor Tenji had this temple constructed at the northwestern part of the imper[...]

Zeze Castle Ruins Park

Zeze Castle was completed by Ieyasu Tokugawa in the year following his historic victory at the [...]

Mt. Horai

The Hira Mountain chain’s highest mountain is Mt. Bunagatake, with Mt. Hiradake and Mt. Uchimi [...]