As dusk fell, the town centre of Shigaraki is filled with a magical atmosphere. Dimly lit paper lanterns line … Read more
YUJournal
On this page, we will post everything interesting, beautiful, cool, exciting, yummy and fun we found around Lake Biwa!
About 15km north of Nagisa Park in Otsu City (see the previous post), on the eastern shore near the narrowest … Read more
Got tired with concrete jungles in Osaka and tourist-packed streets in Kyoto? Away from the hectic atmosphere … Read more
The year 2013 is coming to an end, and 2014 is approaching. According to Japanese Zodiac (which refers to 12-y … Read more
Today’s post is about Tarobo-gu, a Shinto shrine in the plain east of Lake Biwa. In Shinto (Japan’s inde … Read more
Autumn has deepened around Lake Biwa. The trees are now ablaze with beautiful scarlet, orange and yellow. Alon … Read more
From almost everywhere around the southern portion of Lake Biwa, you will see a beautifully symmetrical mounta … Read more
(Continued from the previous post) With most of its land being hilly and forest, Oki-shima boasts rich wildlif … Read more
(Continued from the previous post) Although the island has few so-called “tourist attractions”, walking around … Read more
Lake Biwa contains four islands. Oki-shima, located by the eastern shore of the middle portion of the lake, is … Read more