Spots in Koto / Hikone Area
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- Former Hikone Domain Matsubara Suburban Residence Gardens (Ohama Goten)
- Travel / Tourism
- Shiga Pref. Hikoneshi Matsubarachou 515
- A Japanese strolling garden built around a central pond located in Matsubara-cho, Hikone City. The garden’s moat and pond are connected to Lake Biwa and incorporate a method called “shioiri” which sinks their water levels with that of the lakes; this garden was the first in Japan to employ this method using fresh water. Twice a year, in spring and autumn, the garden is specially opened for a limited time to the public.
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- Yume Kyobashi Castle Road (Yume Kyobashi Shopping street)
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- Shiga Hikone-shi Honmachi
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- Hikone Souvenir Honjin
- Travel / Tourism
- Shiga Hikone-shi Sawacho 1-8 Hikone Castle Resort&Spa 1F
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- Take Shima
- Travel / Tourism
- Shiga Hikone-shi Hassakacho
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- Mi Nakai
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4.018 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Shiga Hikone-shi Honmachi 1-6-28
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この界隈でひと休みできる貴重なお店です。 たったの2テーブルですが、ケーキ屋さん内で座って珈琲とケーキいただけます。 お値段もそれぞれ300円とお安いのもうれしい。
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- Fujii Honke
- Travel / Tourism
- Shiga Echi-gun Aishocho Nagano 793
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- Kirin Beer Shiga Plant
- Travel / Tourism
- Shiga Inukami-gun Tagacho Binmanji 1600
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- Yachiyo Ekimae
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4.021 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Shiga Hikone-shi Asahimachi 9-1
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日曜日だと云うのに、まるで町全体がゴーストタウン、コロナの影響は絶大なもので、この観光地にも大変な悪影響が及んでいました。ここは入り易い食堂として何度か訪れたことはあります。座席間にビニールのカバーを設置するなど・・・色々と大変な時代ですねぇ。かつ丼食べたが、味も値段も雰囲気も全く普通の食堂の普通のコスパの普通のものでした。
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- Rapport Hatasho Kenko Pool
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Shiga Echi-gun Aishocho Kano 2978-1
- About five minutes from the Kotosanzan Smart Interchange off the Meishin Expressway via Prefectural Route 220, this municipal water park is equipped with a 25 meter-long main pool, and a water slide and a children's pool. It also has a walking pool with a circumference of 80 meters, a Jacuzzi, beneficial for relaxation, a reclining zone, and a body warming room. There are other wellness rooms include training and fitness rooms. The facility is open all year round and various programs including swimming classes are offered.
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- Koto Sanzan Temples
- Travel / Tourism
- Shiga Higashiomi Hyakusaijicho 323 (Hyakusaiji)
- This is the name for the three Tendai Sect temples situated on the western mountainside of the Suzuka mountain range in the Koto region of Shiga. From the Kotosanzan Smart Interchange off the Meishin Expressway, the Saimyouji Temple is just three minutes, the Kongorinji Temple, about one minute, and the Hyakusaiji Temple, about eight minutes from the same interchange. Each of them is known for their autumnal maple and oak foliage and they have been selected as one of the top 100 sites for autumn foliage. The best time to enjoy these sites is from early to late November. At Saimyouji Temple, there is the unusual opportunity of being able to enjoy the sight of a blooming sakura, the Saimyouji Fudan-zakura cherry that blooms in November, together with the autumnal foliage. The verdant new green foliage in the spring is also beautiful to see.
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- Marunaka Shoyu (Soy Sauce)
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5.01 Reviews - Shopping
- Shiga Echi-gun Aishocho Higashi De 229
- About 10 minutes from the Kotosanzan Smart Interchange off the Meishin Expressway, this historic soy sauce manufacturer has been operating since the Edo period. Their soy sauce, rich smooth with a full-bodied aroma is made only with discriminatingly selected domestic contract soy farmers ‘produce, wheat, and sun-dried salt. Using cedar barrels and their own 200 year old distinctive koji yeast, the soy sauce is still made by using the old processes, the success of which depends on the skills and experience of the brewers. The Sugi-daru san-nen Jukusei, cedar barrel 3-year soy sauce, is an exceptional product. It is fermented over many months in the 100-year old Okura cask, which in itself is a registered tangible cultural property. The Kozo soy sauce, with its aromatic rich flavor is also highly recommended.
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Authentique fabrique de sauce soja traditionnelle, une des meilleures du japon . Le bâtiment est ancien et comporte un petit hall où lon peut se rendre compte des la fabrication . On peut également...
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- Itokiri-mochi Ganso Enjudo Honpo
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4.024 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Shiga Inukami-gun Tagacho Taga 599
- A 10-minute walk from Ohmi Railway Tagataishamae Station. This longstanding Japanese confectionary shop, established in 1879, is located in front of the gate leading to the Taga Taisha shrine. Operated by the sixth generation owner, the shop continues to make itokiri mochi rice cakes, a local Taga specialty product notable for being made exclusively with rice flour and for their smooth texture and delicate flavor. In addition to standard itokiri mochi, the shop also sells spring-only Japanese mugwort itokiri mochi, summer-only itokiri mochi shaved ice, and Ogon Kichi Takarabo itokiro mochi only during the first three days of January and on Setsubun (February 3rd). The itokiri mochi sets, crispy Itokiri Brulee with matcha or sencha green tea, which can be eaten on-site, are also popular.
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多賀大社参拝の後、名物の糸切餅を食べてみたいので、3個入りの販売があったので購入しました。 賞味期限が短いので、沢山入った箱入りは食べきれず、イートインに寄るほど時間がなかったので、3個入り販売があって助かりました。 糸で切れるほどの柔らかさのお餅で柔らかいこしあんを包んであり、ドライブ途中の休憩で食べるのにちょうど良い甘さで美味しく頂きました。 お店はかやぶき屋根、創業は明治13年の老舗です。
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- Funaki Orchard Piyopon no Ichigo
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Shiga Higashiomi Okino 3-9-10
- A tourist fruit farm located in Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture. The farm primarily grows strawberries, and from April to mid-May, visitors can enjoy all-you-can-eat strawberry picking in the farm's greenhouses. All-you-can-eat strawberry picking is reservation-only and lasts 30 minutes. The strawberry varieties the farm grows include Akihime, Beni Hoppe, and Kaorino. In addition to locals, visitors from far and wide come here seeking the farm's generally large and highly sweet strawberries. The farm also has a wholesale shop selling strawberries as well as vegetables, flowers, and other fruits which can be purchased to take home as souvenirs.
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- Omi Merchant Houses
- Travel / Tourism
- Shiga Higashiomi Gokasho Kondo Cho
- "This group of historic buildings is located in an area called the Townscape of Gokasho Kondo, which has been designated a National Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. The Omi merchants who lived in the area worked according to the principle of the three ""alrights"" - ""alright for the seller, alright for the buyer, and alright for all"" - and left behind numerous storehouses and homes which still stand today. Visitors can view the interiors of some of the homes and, in Tonomura Uhei's Mansion, see what life was like in the estate of a Gokasho Omi merchant. Tonomura Shigeru's Mansion is now open to the public as a literature museum; some of its many highlights include a surprisingly elegant utensil washing facility called a kawato supplied with water directly from the neighborhood canal. The mansion of Nakae Jungoro, known in his time as the ""department store king,"" also operates as a museum in which are displayed obata deko dolls, a local traditional craft item. Visitors to Fujii Hikoshiro's Mansion can enjoy its huge traditional Japanese strolling garden built around a central pond."
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- Menmen Tanaka
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3.56 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Shiga Higashiomi Gokasho Kondo Cho 845
- This noodle restaurant operates out of a 200-year-old, thatched roof Japanese home. Here, surrounded by the restaurant's relaxing Japanese-style atmosphere, customers can enjoy udon and soba noodles made daily by the owner by hand. Some of the many soba and udon noodle dishes the restaurant serves include tempura soba topped with seafood tempura, kitsune udon topped with deep-fried tofu, and bainiku udon topped with plenty of vegetables and a shredded dried plum sauce. The restaurant also offers rice topped with barley and grated yam, Omi beef sauteed in miso over rice, and other set meals.
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金堂の観光エリアの中にあるうどん屋さん。藁ぶき屋根の渋い古民家で、座敷に上がって寛げます。 うどんは少し細めの柔らかタイプ。サイドメニューもしっかり。バラ寿しを組み合わせたひな祭りセットをいただきました。
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- Nayamago
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3.52 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Shiga Higashiomi Gokasho Kawanamicho 620
- This longstanding restaurant is located in an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. The restaurant serves fresh fish from Lake Biwa prepared according to traditional methods. For lunch, you can enjoy the reservation-only Omi beef lunch, which comes with a variety of side dishes; and broiled eel slathered in a secret recipe sauce which has been added on to for 200 years. The restaurant's omakase (chef's choice) dinners consist of delightful traditional kaiseki course cuisine made with fresh seasonal ingredients. In addition, the restaurant serves unique seasonal dishes, such as a matsutake mushroom and daggertooth pike conger hotpot, and a soft-shelled turtle hotpot in the fall and summer. Meanwhile, in the winter and spring, the restaurant offers duck hotpot.
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真鴨鍋を食べたくて滋賀県内の店を探し、すき焼き風の濃い味つけではないこちらに伺いました。 バスツアーの食事でも使われるようで、駐車場には観光バスが停まっていて、案内された部屋の隣ではご主人がツアー客向けに色々と食事の説明をされており、それが聴こえてきました。話を聞けたので楽しめましたが、もし別の部屋があるなら、隣室の声が聞こえない方が良いかなと思いました。 食事は鴨鍋コース。名物の蛸の煮物、鯉の洗...
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- Kaju no Mori Yokose Pear Orchard
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Shiga Higashiomi Ishidanicho 1278-2
- This tourist fruit farm is located in Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture. The farm grows Japanese pears, grapes, and a variety of other fruits on its 8,000 square meter grounds, and visitors can enjoy all-you-can-eat fruit. The farm's Japanese pears, pollinated by honeybees and grown with organic fertilizer, are exceptionally sweet and juicy. Grape varieties grown by the farm include Himrod and Beni Izu. In addition to Japanese pear-only and grape-only all-you-can-eat plans, the farm offers a Japanese pear and grape all-you-can-eat plan, giving visitors the chance to savor the flavors of autumn to their heart's content. The farm also offers fresh-picked Japanese pear compote making and beeswax candle making activities.
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- Ikeda Yogyojo Keiryukan
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4.55 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Shiga Higashiomi Yuzuriocho 840
- This restaurant is owned and operated by the first fish hatchery in Japan to successfully raise char. Dedicated to the concept of delivering nature as-is, here customers can enjoy char cuisine unlike anything served anywhere else. The restaurant has a spacious tatami mat seating area. Meanwhile, the menu is a veritable parade of char cuisine, including char kaiseki course meals garnished with the area's abundant vegetables, as well as a la carte char sashimi, char shioyaki (grilled with salt), char karaage (deep fried), dear meat sashimi, and char donburi rice bowls. Customers can also enjoy fishing in a river into which the hatchery's char have been released and eat the char that they catch in the restaurant.
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This place is not just good. Its fantastic! The placement is great right by the river, amazing atmosphere and extraordinary food. Be aware that nobody speaks English here, but they are more than...
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- Salon Bar Thistle
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4.03 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Shiga Hikone-shi Asahimachi 9-14 Hotel Sunroute Hikone 1F
- This cigar bar is a three-minute walk from JR Hikone Station. The only establishment in the prefecture where you can enjoy cigars and alcoholic beverages together, the bar is a favorite of local residents. The bar's expansive menu includes whiskys and other Western alcoholic beverages, and original cocktails inspired by famous local samurai; as well as pork cutlet sandwiches, chocolate ganache, and a full array of other foods. The bar's staff can advise you on how to choose and even smoke cigars, ensuring even beginners can feel comfortable coming here and trying a cigar or two. The bar is also open for lunch and serves Western-style dishes such as Omi beef hamburg steak which comes with a homemade dessert.
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マスターが色々なコンペで優勝しているすごい人のようです。 スコッチがおいしかったです。 また、雰囲気は落ち着いた雰囲気でした。
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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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