Rebecca and I decided to check out some of the local views and history in Nagahama, taking us up the nearby Yamamoto Mountain to the far away (and very famous) Shizugatake mountain, where supporters of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie (Oda Nobunaga's general) fought for control of Japan.
Omihachiman, Shiga
Fantastic Places in Cool Japan : Omihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture, which is close to Lake Biwa, has a long history of idyllic satoyama landscapes, including water sports. On the other hand, it is a place where the townscape which has developed independently as the Omi merchant birthplace is left. You can enjoy the scenery of “Hachimanbori Canal”, which is a place of rich nature and the place of people’s life, with a rowing boat or an engine boat.