Thursday, March 19, 2015

Tourism and International Exchange Bureau

Department of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and
Labor, Shiga Prefecture
Biwako Visitors Bureau

http://en.biwako-visitors.jp/

Biwako Otsukan English Garden

Biwako Otsukan

Lake Yogo
Hydrangea
Garden
(Yogoko
Ajisai-en)

Biwako
Otsukan
Yanagasaki
Kohan Park

Kusatsu
City
Mizunomori
Suisei
Botanical
Park

Contact: Sugiyama / Kimura

TEL:+81-77-511-1535
FAX:+81-77-526-4393
E-mail : yuuchi@biwako-visitors.jp

Lake Yogo Hydrangea Garden (Yogoko Ajisai-en)

Kusatsu City Mizunomori Suisei Botanical Park

As Lake Yogo has a calm surface, it is also known as Mirror Lake. About 10,000 hydrangea
shrubs grow along the shore. (Hydrangea flowers are at their best from late Jun. to early Jul.)
A 30-min. walk from JR Hokuriku Line [Yogo Sta.]. Rental bicycles (500 yen per bicycle) are also
available at [Yogo Sta.].

Okubiwako Sightseeing Association TEL:0749-82-5909 kitabiwako.jp/spot/spot_806/

Biwako Otsukan is an early modern structure facing Lake Biwa. It has a restaurant caf, and
the adjoining English Garden offers visitors a display of roses and other flowers.
(Roses are at their best from mid-May to early June.)
10-min. by bus from JR Biwako Line [Otsu Sta.] / 15-min. walk from JR Kosei Line [Otsukyo Sta.].

English Garden Admission Fee Adult 270yen 9:0018:00 The garden is closed from
Dec. through Feb.. Biwako Otsukan TEL:077-511-4187 www.biwako-otsukan.jp/
The lake waters spread out on three sides of the park. Visit the Lotus Pavilion, which offers an
encounter with diverse aquatic plants, and enjoy flowers in each of the four seasons
throughout the park. The shore of Lake Biwa, on the edge of the park, has one of the finest
lotus fields in Japan. Flowers from spring through summerPond lily, lotus, iris, hydrangea,
delphinium, marguerite daisy, and more.
From JR Biwako Line [Kusatsu Sta.], 25-min. by bus to [Mizunomori Stop].

Admission Fee: Adult 300yen 9:0017:00Visitors are admitted until 16:30

Closed on Mon. / Year end & New Year Open daily in summer and during Golden Week
Kusatsu City Mizunomori Suisei Botanical Park TEL:077-568-2332 www.seibu-la.co.jp/mizunomori/

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Tourism and International Exchange Bureau
Department of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and
Labor, Shiga Prefecture
Biwako Visitors Bureau

http://en.biwako-visitors.jp/

Contact: Sugiyama / Kimura

TEL:+81-77-511-1535
FAX:+81-77-526-4393
E-mail : yuuchi@biwako-visitors.jp

Approximate
time needed to
reach the top

Base summit about 3 hours (one way)

Base 3rd Stage (about 2 hours) to summit (about 1 hours)
Resting time is not included.
Please be aware the time required is approximate, as people walk at different speeds.

Temperature at
the summit

Temperature at the summit is 8-10 lower than at the base.

Flowers
blooming in
June
Fee

Access

Waldsteinia, diphylleia grayi, geranium var. reinii, cerastium var. ibukiense, cirsium
japonicum var. ibukiense, vicia sepium, hemerocallis var. esculenta, and more. Diverse
flowers bloom in the alpine meadow until about October.
Contribution per person setting foot on the mountain : 300yen
[Public transport] From JR [Omi-Nagaoka Station}, by bus to [Ibuki Tozan-guchi Stop].
Walk about 10 minutes from there to the trailhead.
[By car] Trailhead: About 20 minutes from Meishin Expressway [Sekigahara
Interchange] or Hokuriku Expressway [ Maibara Interchange}.
[Parking areas (Toll parking) In front of the trailhead (next to Sannomiya-jinja), and
other sites in the area.

Maibara Sightseeing Association 8:3017:15 TEL:0749-58-2227 URL:kitabiwako.jp/en/

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Tourism and International Exchange Bureau
Department of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and
Labor, Shiga Prefecture
Biwako Visitors Bureau

http://en.biwako-visitors.jp/

Contact: Sugiyama / Kimura

TEL:+81-77-511-1535
FAX:+81-77-526-4393
E-mail : yuuchi@biwako-visitors.jp

What is a Pilgrimage to Hell?:

Feel history when visiting temples and Jizo
sites associated with hell. (Jizo Bosatsu is a
Buddhist divinity who saves beings suffering in
hell.) Stop along the way for delicious
gourmet foods and shopping at shops on the
paths to the sacred sites. Then pray at Taga
Taisha, a shrine that offers divine blessings in
matchmaking.

Details of the Pilgrimage to Hell Services Map

Benefits

Voucher for a Charm for Realization of Wishes/Ticket to see the Painting of Hell in
Shinnyo-ji Temple/Voucher to Draw your Fortune at Taga Taisha Shrine

Benefits

Discount coupons for 24 shops in the shopping streets

Benefits

After completing the Pilgrimage to Hell, show your Services Map at the information
centers below and obtain a coupon to travel by Ohmi Railway from [Taga Taishamae
Station] to [Hikone Station} for 100 yen (normal fare is 310 yen).

Show the Services Map at the Taga Station Sightseeing Information Center
or the Taga Sightseeing Guidance Center : 9:301500
InquiryTaga Sightseeing Association TEL:0749-48-1553 URL: taga-kankou.com