Place famous for cherry blossoms Spots in Shiga Area

  • Nagara Park
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Otsu-shi Kozekicho 1
    A 10-minute walk from Kamisakaemachi Station on the Keihan Electric Railway, and a 10-minute drive from the Kyoto-higashi Interchange. This park is situated at the foot of Mt. Nagara and its grounds encompass the Mitsuhashi Setsuko Art Museum, the Bizoji Temple, and the Yanagidani Kannon Ryokokuji Temple. Since it opened in 1902 as the first public park in Shiga Prefecture, it has served as a space for rest and relaxation for countless numbers of people. There park has a monument inscribed with a poem by Taira no Tadanori describing the beauty of the cherry trees in the area, and just as this poem implies, the park is an extremely well-known and renowned destination for cherry blossom viewing in the spring. The park is a place where people can enjoy beautiful, natural, seasonal scenery which is conveniently accessible from the urban center of the city.
  • Inoko Yama Park no Sakura
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Higashiomi Inokocho
  • Nagara Park no Sakura
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Otsu-shi Kozekicho 1

Shiga Areas

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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.

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