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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 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

Oki-shima (2)

Fish traps beside the lane

(Continued from the previous post) Although the island has few so-called “tourist attractions”, walking around … Read more

Raccoon dog pottery figures of Shigaraki

Tanuki figure on a street corner

Today’s post is about tanuki (raccoon dog) figures of Shigaraki. Counted as one of the towns of Japan’s “Six O … Read more

Stone walls in Sakamoto

Facade of a stone wall

Sakamoto, having developed as a temple town of Enryakuji Temple and Hiyoshitaisha Shrine for more than a thous … Read more