An English garden located in Maibara.

A ski slope that also lets you look out over Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, from a mountain peak at 1,174m.

The Manto-sai, a Buddhist festival involving lanterns, is held on the three days from August 3 to August 5 each year at Taga Taisha Shrine.

Ichishirogama displays and retails koto-yaki pieces, slightly blue ceramics decorated with delicate images, as well as offering a pottery classroom.

Omimaiko is an exceptionally beautiful region, with groves of green pines along the lakeshore and approximately 4km of white sand beach.

The Sotoen climbing kiln, making Shigaraki-yaki ceramics, is one of the largest in Japan, and continues to run at maximum output.

The banks of Lake Yogo feature such facilities as a path for taking walks, and you can also rent bicycles.

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The wide grounds of the Fisheries Center includes a number of ponds, providing plenty of opportunities to get close to the water and the fish swimming in it.

Okishima island is located in the offing of Lake Biwa, approximately 1.

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.

A drive course located 2km from the Sekigahara IC on the Meishin Expressway, 17km in length and reaching all the way to Mr.

The large, holy forest in the center of the town is the location of the Namura-jinja Shrine, a National Treasure.

Taga Taisha Shrine has long attracted visitors from across Japan, devoted as it is to the god of long life and relationships.

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.

The origins of Tonda Ningyokan date back to the 6th year of Tenpo (1835).

Indicated by a large sign outside, the interior of the former Genzo Shuno Drugstore displays materials relating to the pharmaceutical industry in Hino-cho and a Hino Town Tourist Association office, providing information to tourists visiting the town.

The gardens at Omi Kohoan Temple are a Shiga prefectural designated place of Scenic Beauty.