Best Tourist Spots In Shiga
Here're best Tourist Spots in Shiga. We released a ranking of reviews about Tourist Spots posted by travel influencers who have actually been to Shiga.
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Metasequoia Avenue
16 Review6 min by bus from JR Makino Station to Makino Pic Land, then it's located just near. By car, 65 min from Otsu city, 90 min from Kyoto city. Free parking area in Makino Pic Land is available. Sawa Makino-cho, Takashima-shi, Shiga
THE BIWAKO TERRACE
8 ReviewTo the ropeway station: by car, 30 min from Otsu city, or 50 min from Kyoto city. By bus, 15 min from Shiga Station to Biwako Valley. 1547-1 Kido, Otsu-shi, Shiga

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.
15 min by taxi from Omi Imazu Station to Gondola Sanroku Station, then 8 min by gondola. By car, 60 min from Otsu city to gondola station. 4201-4 Hiokimae Imazu-cho, Takashima-shi, Shiga
Hikone Castle
7 Review15 min walk from JR Hikone Station. 15 min by car from Hikone IC. 1-1 Konkicho, Hikone-shi, Shiga

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
Lake Biwa Firework Festival
5 ReviewOn foot, 15 min from JR Ōtsu Station, 10 min from JR Ōtsukyo Station, or 5 min from JR Hamaōtsu Station. 1-1 Chagasaki, Otsu-shi, Shiga
Shirahige Shrine
5 Review215 Ukawa, Takashima-shi, Shiga
Daiichi Nagisa Park
6 Review25 min by bus from Moriyama Station to Daiichi Nagisa Park. 35 min by car or taxi from Otsu Station. Imahama-cho, Moriyama-shi, Shiga
Aquatic Plant Garden Mizunomori
4 Review25 min by bus from Kusatsu Station to Mizunomori. 1091 Oroshimo-cho, Kusatsu-shi, Shiga
MIHO MUSEUM
4 Review50 min by bus from JR Ishiyama Station to MIHO MUSEUM 300 Momoyama, Tashiro, Shigaraki-cho, Koka-shi, Shiga
Kyorinbo Temple
4 Review10 min by taxi from JR Azuchi Station. By car, 20 min from Ryuou IC, 20 min from Gamou IC, and 40 min from Hikone IC. Parking area is available. 1145 Ishidera Aduchi-cho, Omihachiman-shi, Shiga

A stone temple Kyorinbo, built by Shotoku Taishi, is a great but a little known temple in Shiga Prefecture! The bamboo grove and mossy garden covered with fall colored leaves are like different world indeed. The falling red leaves down to the green moss are breathtakingly beautiful. What's more, you can see the carpet of red maple leaves in the later season.◎Open date in 2017: 11/1-12/17 9:30-16:30 Except for these dates, it opens only weekends and holidays. Illumination date: 11/18-12/10 17:30-20:00
Taga Taisha Shrine
3 Review10 min walk from Taga Taisha Mae Station. By car or taxi, 55 min from Otsu Station. 602 Taga Taga-cho, Inukami-gun, Shiga

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.
Ishiyama-dera Temple
3 Review10 min walk from Keihan Ishiyama-dera Station. By bus, 10 min from JR Ishiyama Station to the Temple Gate. By car, 25 min from Otsu city, or 35 min from Kyoto city. 1-1-1 Ishiyamadera, Otsu-shi, Shiga

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
Eigen-ji Temple
3 ReviewBy bus, 35 min from Youkaichi Station to Eigenji-mae, then 15 min walk. By car, 20 min from Youkaichi IC. 41 Eigenji-takano-cho, Higashiomi-shi, Shiga
Biwako Valley
3 ReviewTo the ropeway station, 15 min by bus from Shiga (志賀) Station to Biwako Valley Front. 1547-1 Kido, Otsu-shi, Shiga
Takatoki River
2 Review5 min by car or taxi from Takatsuki Station Amenomori, Takatsuki-cho, Nagahama-shi, Shiga
Kaizu Osaki
2 ReviewKaizu Makinocho, Takashima-shi, Shiga
30 min by car or taxi from JR Omi Imazu Station. 80 min by car from Otsu city. Parking area is available at Villagedest Imazu. 2405-1 Fukashimizu Imazu-cho, Takashima-shi, Shiga
Saikyoji
3 Review5 min by car, from Hieizansakamoto Station 5-13-1 Sakamoto, Otsu-shi, Shiga, Japan
Kurokabe Square
2 Review12-38 Motohama-cho, Nagahama-shi, Shiga
Genkyu-en Garden
2 Review15 min walk from Hikone Station. By car or taxi, 60 min from Otsu Station. 3 Konki-cho, Hikone-shi, Shiga

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.