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.
Winter Tours & Activities
Kirin Brewery Shiga Plant
Take a tour of a beer making plant.
Mizuguki-yaki Togei no Sato
Experience making Mizuguki-yaki, at any time and open to all.
Mii-dera Temple New Year’s Bells
The “Evening bell at Mii-dera Temple” is famous for being one of the Three Bells of Japan, and also as one of The Eight Views of Omi.
Inoue Butsudan Ten
A butsudan is a cabinet used to store Buddhism related items in Japanese homes.
Roadside Station Toju-no-sato Adogawa
The folding fan gallery allows you to experience painting onto a folding fan to create your own original fan.
Okuhiei Driveway
Okuhiei Driveway is a drive course 11.
Nature & Parks in Winter
BIWAKO VALLEY/BIWAKO TERACE
Biwako Terrace offers a sophisticated resort for adults and delivers soaring views looking out over the lake.
Lake Biwa Flower Fountain
The Lake Biwa Flower Fountain is a large fountain located on a 180m breakwater in the Otsu Port offing, that sends out streams of 440m long water 40m high into the air (the equivalent of a 10 storey building).
Hachiman Moat Tour
The Hachiman Moat Tour allows you to take to the stunning Hachiman Moats in a Japanese-style boat.
Shiga Prefectural Kibogaoka Culture Park
Shiga Prefectural Kibogaoka Culture Park covers approximately 416 hectares and is divided into three zones; the culture zone, outdoor activities zone, and sports zone.
Roadside Station Aguri Park Ryuo
The experience and exchange style agricultural park “Aguri Park Ryuo” is a facility where you can enjoy everything the outdoors has to offer, through “looking, picking and eating.
长浜盆栽梅花展
长浜盆栽梅花展始于1952年,历史和规模均为“日本最大的盆栽梅花展”,作为日本关西地区的新春风景线而广为人知。其按照花期,从300盆中选出约90盆,摆放在纯日式展厅内进行常设展示。长浜盆栽梅花展的特色在于梅树巨大古老,其中还有高近3米的巨树及超过400年树龄的古树。
History & Culture in Winter
Omizo Waterside Sightseeing
The ruins of Omizo-jo Castle and the old castle town were reorganized by the powerful Wakebe clan, and the old waterworks and water channels that draw water from mountains and wells are still being used by residents today.
翁始式
“翁始式”是年初在多贺大社举行的迎接神灵的祭神艺能表演。在能舞殿表演能剧及狂言,祈愿天下太平,五谷丰登。
Yanmar Museum
An experience based museum that was opened to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Yanmar.
Traditional Crafts Center of Shigaraki
The exterior and interior walls, and even the floors of the Crafts Center are lined with Shigaraki-yaki ceramic tiles.
Chikubushima (Hogonji Temple)
This small island, with a circumference of just 2km, is located in the offing of Lake Biwa, approximately 6km from shore.
Chikubushima (Tsukubusuma-jinja Shrine)
The main shrine at Tsukubusuma-jinja Shrine is a National Treasure, decorated inside with elegant and gorgeous décor representative of the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573 – 1603).
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