Botanical Garden Spots in Shiga Area

  • Genkyu-En
    rating-image
    4.5
    184 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Pref. Hikoneshi Konkichou 3
    This is a garden with a large central pond and a circular walking trail located northeast of Hikone Castle. It was said to have been built by Ii Naooki, the fourth feudal lord of Hikone domain. This is a famous garden built with every luxury imaginable from the Edo culture—it is designed after a palace garden from the Chinese Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Buildings such as Rinchikaku, artificial hills of Houshoudai are built as if they project out into the large lake, and trees, shrubs and rocks are cleverly arranged to imitate “Omi Hakkei” (Eight Views of Omi). The illumination is also well worth seeing, which is held in November during the season for autumnal leaves.

    Originally, I was going to pass on the gardens but it came included with the castle so I decided to come. I am glad I visited the garden because it was beautiful and there were amazing views of the...

  • Kusatsu City Aquatic Botanical Garden Mizunomori
    rating-image
    4.0
    46 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Pref. Kusatsushi Oroshimochou 1091
    A public park located on the Karasuma Peninsula in Oroshimo-cho, Kusatsu City. Designed around the theme of “contact between plants and people and water and people,” visitors to the park can enjoy a variety of flowers throughout the year. The park’s Lotus Hall is filled with lotuses, water lilies, and other aquatic plants; the hall also has a store and a restaurant serving dishes such as soft serve ice cream and udon noodles made with lotus.

    昨年(2021年)は 7月4日に訪問し [花影の池]で《睡蓮》と《オオオニハス》による独特の美しさに会えましたが 今年(2022年)は 6月2日に訪問するも 《睡蓮》の季節に少し早く [花影の池]はあまり印象的な景観を与えてくれませんでした。 一方 日本国内では 2ケ所[他の1ケ所;しまね花の郷(出雲市)]しか開花例がないと言われている《悪魔の手の木 添付 写真参照》や とても珍しい《ヤマサキカ...

  • Hino Dahlia Garden
    rating-image
    4.0
    6 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Pref. Gamougunhinochou Kaigake 2198-1
    A botanical garden located in Kaigake, Hino Town, Gamo County, Shiga Prefecture. More than 12,000 dahlia plants spanning 150 varieties are grown on the garden’s grounds, and they bloom from early summer through fall. In addition to dahlias, tree peonies, Chinese peonies, and clematis are grown in the garden and visitors can also enjoy strawberry picking in a greenhouse from late February to late May.

    藤で有名な正法寺のすぐ隣の敷地にある日野ダリア園です。 ダリア以外、牡丹やシャクヤクもあり、ダリアと牡丹の種類がとても多く圧巻でした。 見たことがない新種や、色の豊富さも見事でした。 入場料600円でとても満足出来ました。

  • Hakodateyama Kokia Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Pref. Takashimashi Imaduchouhiokimae 4201-4
    A botanical garden located in Hiokimae Imazu-cho, Takashima City. Spread among four locations inside Biwako Hakodateyama Lily Garden, the largest lily garden in the Kansai area, visitors can enjoy the summer light green and fall crimson of some 2,000 burningbush plants. The Biwako Hakodateyama Lily Garden has facilities such as a lift; train; children’s play equipment; restaurant serving dishes made with lily bulbs; light meal stand; and lily shop.

Shiga Areas

around-area-map

Visitors to Shiga prefecture are almost always hopping east across the prefectural border from Kyoto, and they are almost certainly Lake Biwa-bound. Covering an area of 670 square kilometers, Lake Biwa makes up the bulk of Shiga prefecture, with beautiful lakeside paths that offer myriad walking and cycling opportunities, connecting a string of museums, shrines, and picturesque views that finally lead you to Hikone Castle on the eastern side of the lake.

Shiga Photo Album

Browse Interests