Ogoto Onsen Yumotokan (Official Website) A hot spring ryokan on the bank of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture

Recommended Model Sightseeing Courses

Kyoto and Lake BiwaScenery Viewing Course

A recommended course for seeing beautiful views of historic shrines and temples spanning from Shiga to Kyoto.

Yumotokan

Bus 15 minutes by free shuttle bus

Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine

A Shinto shrine with 2,000 years of history, this is the head shrine of the about 3,800 various Hiyoshi, Hie, and Sanno shrines across Japan. It is a famous and prominent "power spot" in Shiga Prefecture.

Address: Sakamoto 5-1-1, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture

Website: http://hiyoshitaisha.jp/

walk 4 minutes' walk

Tsuruki Soba

A soba restaurant with over 300 years of history. The restaurant is a nationally registered Tangible Cultural Property for its gabled, hipped roof. Here, you can taste the handmade soba noodles with 300 years of tradition.

Address: Sakamoto 4-11-40, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture

Hours: 10:00-17:30 (Last orders at 17:00)

Holidays: The 3rd Friday of the month and New Year's Day
(Closed the 3rd Thursday and Friday in January and June, open every day in August and November)

Website: http://www.tsurukisoba.com/

Cable Sakamoto Station

Cable 9 minutes by cable car

Cable Enryakuji Station

Hieizan Enryakuji Temple (Kompon Chu-do)

The whole of Mt. Hiei is considered the temple site and is registered as a World Cultural Heritage Site. Kompon Chu-do, located on the east side, is the largest and also the main hall of the whole temple.

Address: Sakamoto Hommachi 4220, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture

Website: https://www.hieizan.or.jp/

Enryakuji Bus Center

Bus 7 minutes by Hieizan shuttle bus

Hiei Sancho (Bus stop)

Garden Museum Hiei

View the beautiful scenery you would expect from the top of Mt. Hiei in this garden museum that recreates the scenery and gardens used as motifs for works of art created by French impressionist painters.

Address: Shugakuin Shukuragatanishimegatake 4, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

Fee: <Apr. 13 to Nov. 19> Adults: 1,200 yen / Children: 600 yen
<Other times> Adults: 600 yen / Children: 300 yen

Website: http://www.garden-museum-hiei.co.jp/

Hiei Sancho Station (Ropeway)

Ropeway Cable 23 minutes by Eizan Ropeway and Eizan cable car

Yase-Hieizanguchi Station

Train 14 minutes by Eizan train

Sightseeing train Hiei

Enjoy the dynamic view from the ellipse windows of this train with a bold and innovative design, and revel in the experience of the extraordinary that travel brings.

Website: https://eizandensha.co.jp/en/

Keihan Demachiyanagi Station

Train 12 minutes by Keihan semi-express

Tofukuji Station (change trains from Keihan Railway to JR)

Train 3 minutes by JR

JR Kyoto Station

Kyoto Tower

Kyoto Tower stands right in front of Kyoto Station, and has dining, shopping, and various facilities for activities that you can only find in Kyoto, along with an observation deck where you can take in the view of Kyoto.