Shiga Prefecture Travel Guide

A multipurpose cultural facility created by renovating a prestigious hotel built in the Momoyama architectural style.

A temple where a Thousand-Armed Kannon welcomed by the scent of sandalwood awaits you. Japan Heritage, Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage Site, Stamp Temple No. 32.

A top fall foliage spot featured in “Japan’s 100 Best Autumn Leaves,” where you can take in breathtaking scenery.

Experience it across time: Oda Nobunaga’s grand, legendary lost castle.

Take on 808 stone steps! A temple to pray for health and longevity.

A leading shrine in Shiga Prefecture, known for two of the prefecture’s biggest fire festivals.

Enjoy the natural beauty of Lake Biwa through a wide range of activities!

The park features a grassy open space where you can enjoy a walk or take a break while looking out over the water.

Experience ninja culture in an authentic ninja house built in the Edo period.

A park with a wide range of functions related to ceramics, including sharing information about Shigaraki ware.

A spiritual spot in the sky enshrining the deity of victory and happiness.

Approx. 1 hour from Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe! A lakeside hot spring area where you can enjoy excellent spring quality and views of Lake Biwa.

A specialty ayu restaurant where you can enjoy catching ayu by hand while looking out over Lake Biwa.

A long-established restaurant where you can enjoy Omi beef alongside the charming streetscape of Hachimabori.

A sushi restaurant where you can enjoy seafood, including fish native to Lake Biwa, and seasonal ingredients.

A long-established restaurant where you can enjoy rare wild duck in suki nabe, set meals, and gozen meals.

Limited to one group per day! An Omi beef restaurant where you can enjoy kaiseki cuisine in a storehouse built during the Edo period.

A restaurant serving Omi beef raised on its own ranch through a variety of cooking methods.

A local specialty restaurant for grilled mackerel somen in a traditional house registered as a Tangible Cultural Property.

The original restaurant of Nagahama's specialty, Noppei Udon.

A renowned noodle restaurant with over 40 years of history, famous for its piping hot, richly thickened Ankake Champon noodles.

A long-established eatery renowned for its popular rice bowls generously topped with fresh, locally sourced ingredients.

A lakeside ryokan restaurant offering leisurely dining with stunning views of Lake Biwa, renowned for its traditional funa-zushi kaiseki cuisine.

A specialty restaurant serving Ibuki Zairai Soba, a local variety of soba cultivated continuously for over 1,000 years.

A station-area shopping complex where you can shop, eat, and have fun all day.

A commercial facility in a park packed with a wide variety of attractions.

A long-established oil specialty shop in Nagahama with over 120 years of history.

A newly revived giant shopping mall next to Lake Biwa.

An all-purpose local customers’shopping center near the station.

A shopping mall directly connected to JR Nagahama Station offering unique stores and restaurants and promoting the tourism and culture of Nagahama City and Lake Biwa.

A Lake Biwa regional “antenna shop” for tsukudani, run by three generations of a fisherman family in Yasu City, Shiga. The shop offers tsukudani made according to the traditional method, as well as other special products of local production.

A large outlet mall with approximately 230 domestic and overseas brands.

Escape into the great outdoors of northern Lake Biwa with exceptional cuisine and nature

A resort hotel on the shores of Lake Biwa inspired by Northern Italy.

A hospitality-focused resort complex set along the waterfront in Hikone.

A renowned hotel in Ogoto Onsen with a 1,200-year history.

Born from the desire of a local construction firm to preserve Otsu's traditional townhouses, this is an entirely new concept: a "shopping street hotel"!

A classic ryokan from the Edo period located in the Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

All rooms offer an extraordinary stay and a magnificent view of the lake.

The tallest hotel in Shiga Prefecture overlooking Lake Biwa.

A small resort hotel with 14 rooms, where you can enjoy a private stay on the lakeside.

Known as one of Japan’s three great “bizarre festivals,” this uniquely unusual event is held only in one place in the entire country-making it a truly one-of-a-kind tradition.

A magnificent autumn festival with a history of over 400 years.

One of the three major float festivals registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Don't miss the children's kabuki!