Experience Shiga in Summer
Overview of Summer in Shiga
Explore Shiga's lush green mountains and glistening lakes during the summer.
Enjoy the best of the season with vibrant festivals, riverside fun, and water activities on Lake Biwa.
Summer Tours & Activities
Cobbled Lanes
The “Ishitatami no Komichi” (Cobbled Lanes) is a commercial area that offers everything from shopping through to dining, preserving the historical scenery of Hachiman waterways while letting you experience what it must have been like to walk those streets in olden times.
Makino Pic-land
An agricultural park where you can enjoy picking seasonal fruit.
Kaiyodo Figure Museum Kurokabe
The first museum in Japan devoted solely to figures.
Taka.Sta
该住宿设施位于自然环境优美的滋贺县高岛市,很适合海外人士及对国际交流感兴趣者。房间配备壁炉,宽敞安静,您可在此悠闲放松。这里距离入选“日本渚百选”的“萩之浜”2分钟步程。夏天可在旁边的琵琶湖享受水上运动(SUP桨板冲浪、皮艇、帆板冲浪),冬天则可就近滑雪(乘车约30分钟)。这里还会举办各种活动,是了解当地人文的交流场所。
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.
Biwaichi Bikes
A rental bicycle shop located right beside Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan.
Nature & Parks in Summer
Okishima
Okishima island is located in the offing of Lake Biwa, approximately 1.
Takeshima
Takeshima (“multiple scenery island”) received this name due to the vastly differing views it offers depending on the location of the observer.
Hieizan Driveway
Hieizan Driveway is a drive course 8.
Takashima City: Kaizu, Nishihama & Chinai Waterside Sightseeing
Humans have lived alongside waterways since ancient times, and you can still feel the roots of that lifestyle here, from Lake Biwa to the rivers and inner lakes, stone walls and common wells along the shoreline, the fishing industry and the vicinity of the sand dunes.
Trail Adventure Ritto
Trail Adventure is a mountain bike activity facility that has something for everyone, from children to adults, beginners to experts alike.
Nagisa Park Sunflower Garden
From July through August sees a veritable carpet of over 10,000 sunflowers in bloom.
History & Culture in Summer
Azuchi-jo Castle Museum “The House of Nobunaga”
Azuchi-jo Castle, constructed in 1579 under orders from Nobunaga Oda and said to be the first high-rise wooden construction in the world, was apparently also a big hit with missionaries visiting Japan.
Kyorinbo Temple
Said to have been created by Prince Shotoku in the year 605, “Kyorinbo Temple” got its name from being a place of teaching (“kyo”) surrounded by forest (“rin”).
Old Tokaido Road
The Old Tokaido Road was completed during the Edo period (1603 – 1868), and is one of the five old roads that connected Nihonbashi in Edo with Sanjo in Kyoto.
Hieizan Enryakuji Temple
Hieizan Enryakuji Temple, with its sprawling grounds across Mt.
Sagawa Art Museum
This luxurious space, also known as the “floating museum,” features three separate halls in which you can, at your leisure, take in the works of three of Japan’s greats; artist Ikuo Hirayama (1930-2009), sculptor Sato Churyo (1912-2011) and ceramics master Kichizaemon Raku.
Chomeiji Temple
Take the long, 808 stone steps up from the lakeside and you will see the roofs of the temple buildings move into perfect alignment as you climb.
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