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Culture Enryaku-ji Temple. Activities Lake Biwa. Culture Kongorin-ji Temple. View all places. View all areas. Around Shiga Things to Do in Shiga. Shiga Top 10 Recommended Popular. Hakodateyama Ski Resort Activities. Blessed Biwa Otsu. Otsu: Oddly Overshadowed Otsu. Butsudan Handicraft Workshop Class Culture. Muddled in Miidera Otsu.

Hachimanbori Canal Boat Cruise Omihachiman. Amazing Hieizan Otsu. Kirin Factory Tour Activities. Shiga Omi Textile Factory Culture. Shigaraki Culture. La Collina Omi-Hachiman Omihachiman. The Otsu Matsuri Otsu Festival is one of the three big Shiga festivals and takes place on the first weekend of October before the second Monday of the month.

Hikone Castle is one of Japan's most beautiful castles. Hikone Castle is an ornate, black and white fortress and was the base of the local Ii family daimyo feudal lords of the area, ardent supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate. Nagahama has much to see and do including Nagahama Castle and a number of interesting museums. Omihachiman is a well-preserved canal town on the Nakasendo route with several museums of interest.

The Miho Museum , designed by I. Enryaku Temple on Mt. Hiei is probably the most famous temple in Shiga Prefecture, though it is most usually visited from Kyoto. Uminobe no Michi is a hiking trail that stretches along a small mountain range north of Lake Biwa. Azuchi Castle is now in ruins but was once the largest castle in Japan built by the warlord, Oda Nobunaga.

Shigaraki is famous for its ancient kilns and ceramics industry. Shigaraki produces most of Japan's tanuki figures , often found outside restaurants. The Sagawa Art Museum in Moriyama opened in and has a fine collection of Japanese art including works by Hirayama Ikuo , a major Japanese painter of the Nihonga style who died in There are several hot springs onsen in Shiga Prefecture including Ogoto Onsen on the western shores of Lake Biwa - the nearest natural hot springs to Kyoto city.

The luxury ryokan Yumotokan is a recommended place to stay here. During the Edo Period , Shiga was known as Omi Province and was strategically important as it protected the road into the capital, Kyoto, from the east.