Experience Shiga in Winter
Overview of Winter in Shiga
Shiga in winter offers many places where serene, snow-dusted scenery can be enjoyed.
Experience the beauty of winter in Shiga by hitting the slopes for winter sports or strolling along the lakeside, and savoring delicious seasonal flavors.
Original Boat Tour
The Omi-Hachiman boat tour allows you to enjoy a different, natural world while riding a boat under the skillful control of a traditional boast master.
Koka City Rural Life Experiences
Koka City offers a “Rural Life Experiences in the Ninja’s Hometown, Koka”(home stay program), to experience real rural life for junior and senior high school excursions.
Kaiyodo Figure Museum Kurokabe
The first museum in Japan devoted solely to figures.
Fujii Honke
Founded in 1831, Fujii Honke uses water from the Echigawa River and locally produced rice to brew their sake.
Mt. Hakodateyama (Lily Park & Kokia Park)
Mt.
Makino Highland
Makino Highland offers a wide range of activities to enjoy, including camping, snow activities & skiing, ground golf, hot springs and restaurants.
Original Boat Tour
The Omi-Hachiman boat tour allows you to enjoy a different, natural world while riding a boat under the skillful control of a traditional boast master.
Roadside Station Higashi Omi City Aito Marguerite Station
Aito Marguerite Station, always bustling with visitors, functions as a rest spot for travelers on the road and a base for imparting information about the local region.
Shiga Agricultural Park “Blumen Hugel Farm”
This agricultural park is centered around wide flower fields, rose and herb gardens and greenhouses.
Shizugatake (Shizugatake-jo Castle Ruins)
Shizugatake has views over Okubiwako and Chikubushima to the north and south, Mt.
Hachiman-bori Canal
The Hachiman-bori Canal was a mainstay in regional economics and transportation until the start of the Showa period (1926 – 1989).
Nagahama Plum Tree Bonsai Exhibition
The Nagahama Plum Tree Bonsai Exhibition started in 1952, and has now become the number one plum tree bonsai exhibition in Japan in terms of both history and scale, as well as a much beloved annual springtime tradition in Kansai.
Higashiomi City Country Life Tourism
In Higashiomi you can experience housework, cooking, planting and harvesting.
Scenery of the Sugaura Lakeshore Village
This region was known as a key port in waterway travel, surrounded by the unique yet steep terrain of the Okubiwako area.
Korean Messengers’ Road
The road once used by the Korean messengers traveling to Edo.
Jigen-ji Temple
The principle object of worship here is a Buddhist image, normally withheld from public view, of Hobashira Kannon.
Hokkoku Kaido Road Kinomotojuku
Kinomotojuku has flourished for being located in front of Jizoin Temple.
Kurokabe Square
The Kurokabe Square building was erected during the Meiji period (1868-1912) as a bank.
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