Best Spots With Great Nature In Shiga
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You can enjoy picking fruit at adjacent Makino Pick Land. Now, it's chestnut.
Name
Metasequoia Avenue
Address
Sawa Makino-cho, Takashima-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
6 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.
Parking
Free parking area is available
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.
Name
Taira-ike Pond (Clumping Kakitsubata Iris)
Address
2405-1 Fukashimizu Imazu-cho, Takashima-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
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.
Parking
Parking area is available
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!
Name
THE BIWAKO TERRACE
Address
1547-1 Kido, Otsu-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
To 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.
Parking
Parking area is available
An attractive Lake Biwa cruise to 'God's Island' Chikubu! Fascinated by the vast view like the sea, and the sight just before arrival is superb!
The scenery from the ropeway and from the height, are both impressive! It opens till October 14th, so you should see this view now! There're less people in this season, you can have a good time leisurely.
Name
A Hill With Lake Biwa View (Biwako-no Mieru Oka)
Address
4201-4 Hiokimae Imazu-cho, Takashima-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
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.
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
Name
Ishiyama-dera Temple
Address
1-1-1 Ishiyamadera, Otsu-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
Tel
077-537-0013
Hours
8:00-16:30
How to get there
10 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.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Kyorinbou Temple is famous for its autumn colored scenery. What's more, only during the Golden Week Holidays, the beginning of May, you can see the beautiful scenery of fresh greens. It's worth visiting once in your life.
Name
Kyorinbo Temple
Address
1145 Ishidera Aduchi-cho, Omihachiman-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
10 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.
Parking
Parking area is available
At Eigen-ji Temple known for the beautiful fall foliage, you can feel the relaxing world filled with fresh greens in spring. In the sunlight through the trees, why don't you visit this temple?
Name
Eigen-ji Temple
Address
41 Eigenji-takano-cho, Higashiomi-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 500 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
By bus, 35 min from Youkaichi Station to Eigenji-mae, then 15 min walk. By car, 20 min from Youkaichi IC.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
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.
Name
Mt. Kojin
Address
Kiyosaki-cho, Hikone-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 15 min from JR Kawase Station to the top of Mt. Kojin.
