A temple with over a thousand years of history. Experience a wide variety of cultural assets and legends.From the hotel

Located on top of a seawall about 180 meters offshore in Otsu Harbor, this fountain sprays water in a shifting array of shapes, and at 440 meters across, it is one of the world’s largest.

Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan.Our hotel overlooks Lake Biwa, giving you a perfect view.

Biwako offers pleasure cruises, like a cruise on the paddle steamer Michigan, and a cruise around Chikubu Island, leading to Hogon-ji temple, one of the thirty-three temples of the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage.

The picturesque grounds overlooking Lake Biwa are surrounded by roughly 200,000 square meters of deep forest and soothing scenery. The shrine's solid construction is called "Showa construction" or "Omi construction," and is designated as a national Tangible Cultural Property as a representation of Showa shrine architecture.

Within its expansive grounds rises the wollastonite natural monument from which the temple gets its name. Here you will find both National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties.

The longest cable car in Japan, it extends to the Mt. Hiei Enryaku-ji Temple world cultural heritage site.

There are a total of four traditional Japanese landscape gardens at Saikyo-ji. Each garden with its unique charms is truly worth seeing.

The headquarters of the Tendai Sect, with expansive temple grounds on Mount Hiei. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in1994.

The Hachiman-bori Canal was a mainstay in regional economics and transportation until the start of the Showa period (1926 - 1989). It is also a spot often used for filming TV shows and movies, and was recently featured in the live action adaptation of the popular anime "Rurouni Kenshin."

Hikone Castle, one of the most famous castles in the country, alongside Himeji Castle.

The original Nagahama Castre was built by Lord Hideyoshi Toyotomi in the 1570ʼ s. The Nagahama Castle which stands today in Hokoen Park was rebuilt in 1983. It is used today as the Nagahama History Museum.

Construction of Lake Biwa Canal, the waterway which carries the waters of Lake Biwa to Kyoto, represented the height of Meiji era civil engineering technology. The banks on either side are lined with rows of cherry trees.

One of the Lake Country's three largest festivals, Sanno Festival is held annually at Hiyoshi Taisha shrine.

Japan's leading fireworks festival, held at Japan's largest lake. You can view it directly from our hotel.

One of the three major Lake Country festivals. Held since the Edo period, this religious festival is one of the prefecture's Intangible Folk Cultural Properties.

Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine is the head shrine of approximately 3,800 Sanno shrines throughout Japan, and is a designated Japan Heritage site.

In Shiga of the sightseeing spot eminent Japan.There are lot of skiing areas that can be idle even in winter.