Sightseeing information | [Official] KAMENOI HOTEL HIKONE | A Hot springs hotel on the shore of Lake Biwa where the ripples of Lake Biwa wash over you.

Hikone-shi

Hikone castle

Hikone castle was built 400 years ago. Surrounded by a moat drawn directly from Lake Biwa, it stands on a small mountain. Centered around the 3-layer, 3-story castle tower (a national treasure), the Tenbin Yagura (a nationally designated important cultural property) said to have been relocated from Nagahama Castle, and the Taikomon turret (a nationally designated important cultural property) where a drum was placed to signal the castle. There are many attractions remaining, including Genkyu Rakurakuen, a feudal lord's garden said to be modeled after the Eight Views of Omi (Nationally Designated Place of Scenic Beauty). You can tour the inside of the castle tower. So, please take a look at Lake Biwa as seen from the top floor.

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Hikone-shi

Genkyuen (a strolling garden with a pond located northeast of Hikone)

Genkyuen Garden is a former feudal lord's garden in Hikone-shi, Shiga. It was built in 1677 by Ii Naoki, the fourth lord of the Hikone Domain. You can enjoy the varied scenery, including an island in the middle of a pond and nine bridges over an inlet.

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Taga-gun, Inukami-cho

Taga Shrine

It is the largest shrine Shiga and has been affectionately known as "Otaga-san" since ancient times. It enshrines Izanagi Okami and Izanami Okami, the parents of Amaterasu Omikami, the deity enshrined at Ise Grand Shrine. In the precincts, there is a longevity stone that is said to have the benefit of prolonging life, as well as the Okushoin Garden (a place of scenic beauty) with a pond that was created during the Azuchi-Momoyama period. There is also a story that during the Yoro era (717-24), when Emperor Gensho was ill, he offered a ladle made from a hornbeam tree along with the rice offered to the shrine, and he immediately recovered. (600 yen per book) has been popular since ancient times as a ladle to ensure good health, and its shape is said to be the origin of the word ``tadpole.''
*Okushoin Garden is closed to visitors from January 1st to the end of February every year due to snow.

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Matsubara Swimming Area

A shallow beach that stretches for about 1km in Lake Biwa Quasi-National Park, which is lined with beautiful pine trees facing Lake Biwa. Barbecues and fireworks are not allowed.

Right next to the hotel

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