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On this page, we will post everything interesting, beautiful, cool, exciting, yummy and fun we found around Lake Biwa!



Nagisa Park (in Moriyama)

Rape blossoms on a snow-covered field

About 15km north of Nagisa Park in Otsu City (see the previous post), on the eastern shore near the narrowest … Read more

Nagisa Park (in Otsu)

Nagisa Park facing Lake Biwa, Mt. Hiei and Mt. Hira

Got tired with concrete jungles in Osaka and tourist-packed streets in Kyoto? Away from the hectic atmosphere … Read more

Autumn leaves at Hiyoshitaisha

Autumn leaves and stone wall

Autumn has deepened around Lake Biwa. The trees are now ablaze with beautiful scarlet, orange and yellow. Alon … Read more

Oki-shima (3)

"Torii" gate at Itsuku-shima Shrine

(Continued from the previous post) With most of its land being hilly and forest, Oki-shima boasts rich wildlif … Read more

Terraced rice field in Ogi (Harvest)

Early and mid-September is the time of harvest here in Ogi. Terraced paddies are covered with a wavy golden bl … Read more

Terraced rice fields in Ogi (Summer)

Horseshoe-shaped paddy

Terraced paddy fields in Ogi, which appeared as glittering ponds this spring, are now covered with a brilliant … Read more

Beaches of Lake Biwa in summer

Pine tree providing a patch of shade on the beach

Centred by the country’s largest freshwater lake and surrounded by 1,000-metre mountains, Shiga Prefecture is … Read more

Terraced rice fields in Ogi

Lines of rice seedlings poking up out of the water

The memorial first post is about terraced rice fields around Ogi! Ogi is a farming village nestled on the east … Read more