Best Tourist Spots In Shiga

18 Reviews

The Metasequoia Avenue is beautiful every season. Specially in summer, you can see the wonderful scenery of shining greens and the zebra road weaved by lights and shadows.

7 Reviews

Ride a ropeway from the foot of the mountain, you can go there like a garden of heaven. Tiled pool of a café and yellow lemonade are stylish. But the nature blue colors of Lake Biwa and the sky are most wonderful.◎Weekends are very crowded, so weekday mornings are better. The menus of the café are only light meal, so use other restaurants in you want to eat your fill.

5 Reviews

They have held it every August for more than 30 years in Otsu, Shiga Pref. Skyrockets is of course powerful, and the directions that makes the most of its location above the lake is worth seeing.

18 Reviews

You can enjoy picking fruit at adjacent Makino Pick Land. Now, it's chestnut.

2 Reviews

Wild irises grow at a small pond located in the depths of the mountain where my phone becomes out of range. I found the morning mist laying all around, and the fantastic scenery dominated the world.

7 Reviews

Thanks to the invisible fence (blue watered area), there're nothing to shut out the sight, we can enjoy clear view. Three years has passed since it opened. the new areas are building one after another. I can't take my eyes off!

18 Reviews

The Metasequoia Avenue is beautiful every season. Specially in summer, you can see the wonderful scenery of shining greens and the zebra road weaved by lights and shadows.

6 Reviews

Daiichi Nagisa Park has early canola flowers. Canola flower would bloom in spring though, we can see them from around January. What's more, on sunny days, I like this beautiful scenery of mountains and Lake Bia behind the flowers.

6 Reviews

MIHO MUSEUM was designed by a world-famous architect, Ieoh Ming Pei. There're a tunnel and approach to a suspension bridge where LOUIS VUITTON had its collection show in 2017. We can see this scenery with cherry blossom in this season.

10 Reviews

An observatory built lately in the site of Hakodateyama Lily Park. You can sit the steps and enjoy the panoramic view of Lake Biwa. Also, it's a photogenic place you can take pictures of you having the beautiful view all to yourself.

18 Reviews

Metasequoia is just at its peak. I tried to go early in the morning when there were fewer people ♪ I love everything about the fresh greenery, the autumn leaves, and the snowy Metasequoia.

7 Reviews

I went THE BIWAKO TERRACE in autumn, and enjoyed autumn colored leaves at the same time! We can go up by a rope way, and the temperature drops at the top, so you need something to put on.

5 Reviews

Shirohige Shrine stands by the Lake Biwa and is proud of the oldest history in Oumi region. To be surprised, its torii gate stands on the lake! We can see the illuminated torii at night, and the lightened by the rising sun in the early morning.

6 Reviews

MIHO MUSEUM was designed by a world-famous architect, Ieoh Ming Pei. There're a tunnel and approach to a suspension bridge where LOUIS VUITTON had its collection show in 2017. We can see this scenery with cherry blossom in this season.

4 Reviews

Chikubu jima Shrine has a torii gate facing to Lake Biwa. Visitors write their wishes on kawara (tiles) and throw them to go under the torii. If you succeed it, your wish may come true! Let's challenge 'Kawara Nage'!

7 Reviews

Hikone Castle has a relation with Ii family. It's hard to be invaded and easy to use, so we can find wisdom everywhere in the castle. The historical interior is also the highlight. What is more, the castle seen from Genkyu-en Garden in the same site is so gorgeous that I can say it has both beauty and strength.◎Access: 10min by car from 'Hikone IC' of Meishin Highway. Or, 10min walk from JR Hikone Station. Available time: 8:30-17:00

2 Reviews

Genkyu-en is a Daimyo Garden (gardens built by the lords of each region of Japan in Edo Period) belonged to the old Hikone Clan. The scenery of lighted Japanese garden with Hikone Castle, one of the five castles of national treasure, was very fantastic and worth seeing so much.◎15 min walk from Hikone Station. The parking area is available, but the night is dark, so be careful when you park a car.

1 Reviews

Ho-koen Park is located in the site of Nagahama Castle whose loard was Hideyoshi Toyotomi. This park is selected as one of the 100 best cherry blossom places in Japan, and its scenery of 600 Somei Yoshino Cherry Blossom trees is amazing! You can see them with Nagahama Castle and Lake Biwa, which are special for Shiga Prefecture.◎This park was opened in 1909, and people enjoy seasonal flowers such as cherry blossoms, plum blossoms, wisteria. With tennis court and children's area, it's well used by the citizens as a relaxation park. And you can learn the history and culture at a museum.

4 Reviews

Though they prepare only seasonal tarts and drinks, such a beautiful tart you eat in the woods is a good seller because they're very photogenic! Many customer come from far, and they would be sold out till noon even on weekdays. I recommend you to visit here just after it opens!◎This cafe is managed by a pottery in Kyoto. There's also a gallery in a keyaki wood building. The plates for tarts are breathtakingly beautiful and you can buy them. I like the music environment with a lot of records, so you can have a nice leisure time in the woods.

3 Reviews

At a cafe of well-known CLUB HARIE, located next to Hikone Castle, we can eat a dessert set with many sweet strawberries which is prepared only 20 dishes a day. You can choose whatever drinks you want, so it prices lower. And if you visit alone, it's easy to come into the cafe, because the room is very calm and quiet.

2 Reviews

A popular cafe in Kyoto has opened in Hieidaira, too! The specialty is Vegetable Plate with 20 kinds of vegetables. It has many colorful items, and each of them cooked very elaborately. In addition, for the chef was used to be a pastry chef, they prepare various original sweets.

5 Reviews

Shirohige Shrine stands by the Lake Biwa and is proud of the oldest history in Oumi region. To be surprised, its torii gate stands on the lake! We can see the illuminated torii at night, and the lightened by the rising sun in the early morning.

3 Reviews

Taga Taisha Shrine is lit up rhythmically with music. To release a shutter at the moment of your favorite colors, you can color the shrine as you like in the picture.◎Free parking area is available. Access by car is more convenient than other transportation. It'll be lit up till November 30th, but the stones and laser beam illumination can be see till October 8th.

3 Reviews

There're national treasures and buildings of important cultural asset in the large precinct surrounded by nature, which makes you feel history. You can touch the cultures of Heian Era because of the connection with Murasaki Shikibu. This is a temple many famous writers have believed and favored since old times.◎Access: 10 min walk from Ishiyamadera Station Admission Fee: ￥600

2 Reviews

Kaizu-osaki, a scenic spot at the north of Lake Biwa, there is a row of cherry trees. And about 900 trees of Somei-yoshino(a popular kind of Japanese cherry tree) make us attracted by its fantastic spring scenery.

7 Reviews

Hikone Castle is a popular cherry blossom spot in Shiga. When the blossoms begin to fall, many rafts of petals appear on the moat and make the cherry blossom reflections more beautiful. If you want to take photos, after the lights-out is better than when it's lighted. There're less people and you can take the whole cherry blossom equally in your photos without going whitish. You're encouraged to come to Shiga!

1 Reviews

They take water into the rice fields from around the Golden Week Holidays ( from the late April to the early May). For the sun sets just the same direction as the rice fields in this season, you can see the beautiful landscape from the top of Mt. Kojin.

5 Reviews

They have held it every August for more than 30 years in Otsu, Shiga Pref. Skyrockets is of course powerful, and the directions that makes the most of its location above the lake is worth seeing.

4 Reviews

This is my favorite place because there're beautiful water lilies every year, and what's more, the scenery of many Victoria Amazonica floating on the water is also wonderful. During the season of summer vacation, you can try to ride on this huge water plant.

18 Reviews

It's very nice place we can enjoy various seasonal scenery. The trees and green mountain are both beautiful. I feel the time glides slowly in the calm atmosphere.

5 Reviews

They have held it every August for more than 30 years in Otsu, Shiga Pref. Skyrockets is of course powerful, and the directions that makes the most of its location above the lake is worth seeing.

3 Reviews

The sound of 1,500 glass wind chimes and the colorful wind chimes will make you feel cleansed. You can enjoy the wind chimes at Saikyoji until September 19th. On weekdays, there were relatively few worshipers, so I was able to spend a relaxing time.

3 Reviews

Taga Taisha Shrine is lit up rhythmically with music. To release a shutter at the moment of your favorite colors, you can color the shrine as you like in the picture.◎Free parking area is available. Access by car is more convenient than other transportation. It'll be lit up till November 30th, but the stones and laser beam illumination can be see till October 8th.

7 Reviews

Hikone Castle has a relation with Ii family. It's hard to be invaded and easy to use, so we can find wisdom everywhere in the castle. The historical interior is also the highlight. What is more, the castle seen from Genkyu-en Garden in the same site is so gorgeous that I can say it has both beauty and strength.◎Access: 10min by car from 'Hikone IC' of Meishin Highway. Or, 10min walk from JR Hikone Station. Available time: 8:30-17:00

2 Reviews

Genkyu-en is a Daimyo Garden (gardens built by the lords of each region of Japan in Edo Period) belonged to the old Hikone Clan. The scenery of lighted Japanese garden with Hikone Castle, one of the five castles of national treasure, was very fantastic and worth seeing so much.◎15 min walk from Hikone Station. The parking area is available, but the night is dark, so be careful when you park a car.

1 Reviews

All houses have Kiriduma roofs, white walls and latticed doors like in Edo period.

7 Reviews

Ride a ropeway from the foot of the mountain, you can go there like a garden of heaven. Tiled pool of a café and yellow lemonade are stylish. But the nature blue colors of Lake Biwa and the sky are most wonderful.◎Weekends are very crowded, so weekday mornings are better. The menus of the café are only light meal, so use other restaurants in you want to eat your fill.

5 Reviews

They have held it every August for more than 30 years in Otsu, Shiga Pref. Skyrockets is of course powerful, and the directions that makes the most of its location above the lake is worth seeing.

3 Reviews

There're national treasures and buildings of important cultural asset in the large precinct surrounded by nature, which makes you feel history. You can touch the cultures of Heian Era because of the connection with Murasaki Shikibu. This is a temple many famous writers have believed and favored since old times.◎Access: 10 min walk from Ishiyamadera Station Admission Fee: ￥600

2 Reviews

The cherry blossom along Takatoki River is little known place and there're less people. We can drive through the road, and see the cherry blossom world through the window. In May, the cherry blossom is over though, we enjoy seeing Koinobori (carp streamers) here.

4 Reviews

Chikubu jima is an uninhabited island located in Lake Biwa. In such a small island, there're one of the national treasures, important cultural assets and even one of the only thee images of Benzaiten in Japan. Because of its geographical condition and the sacred sight, they say the whole of the island has a spiritual power to give visitors divine grace.

2 Reviews

A busiest destination of Nagahama, a castle town built up by Hideyoshi Toyotomi, a general in the Age of Civil. At a retro town with rare and traditional black plastered buildings, many glass shops, cafés and restaurants for local Shiga-style food, and art galleries are dotted.

18 Reviews

The Metasequoia Avenue is beautiful every season. Specially in summer, you can see the wonderful scenery of shining greens and the zebra road weaved by lights and shadows.

10 Reviews

An observatory built lately in the site of Hakodateyama Lily Park. You can sit the steps and enjoy the panoramic view of Lake Biwa. Also, it's a photogenic place you can take pictures of you having the beautiful view all to yourself.

5 Reviews

Shirohige Shrine stands by the Lake Biwa and is proud of the oldest history in Oumi region. To be surprised, its torii gate stands on the lake! We can see the illuminated torii at night, and the lightened by the rising sun in the early morning.