12 Culture Tachiki-Kannon Temple in Shiga Cathy Cawood Tachiki-Kannon Temple in Shiga Prefecture: stone lanterns, statue of Buddhist monk Kobo Daishi riding a deer, and many, many,...
12 Culture Shirahige Shrine Cathy Cawood The "floating" tori at Shirahige Shrine is smaller than the tori at Miyajima, but forms a beautiful scene against the backdro...
Culture Hikone Castle Bryan Baier One of the 12 remaining pre Edo-era castles in Japan just outside of Kyoto
Culture A Beautiful Cycle Tour in Shiga Suwannee Payne If you‘re looking for a place to cycle tour in Japan, there is one place I would like to recommend. Omihachiman, a little tow...
Culture Otsu Festival 2024 Cathy Cawood Otsu Matsuri takes place in early October and features thirteen ornate floats with ingenious mechanical puppets.
Culture Chikubu Island, Lake Biwa Charlotte Griffiths In the centre of Lake Biwa is the tiny island of Chikubu, full of temples, trees and plate throwing to make wishes come true.
14 Culture Plum Blossom at Ishiyamadera Cathy Cawood Plum blossom at a Shiga temple with a connection to the life of Murasaki Shikibu, the world's first novel writer.
Culture Hiking to Enryaku-ji Temple Ryoji Aramaki Hike to Enryakuji is a great way to see a world heritage site for free.
6 Culture Miho Museum Hoyee Tse I.M. Pei - world renowned architect designed Miho Museum as one of his masterpiece. The architecture of this museum itself is...
