Private Lake Biwa Tour with Licensed Guide and Vehicle
Features
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
8 hours
- Customizable Tour of your choice of 3-4 sites from 'What to expect' list'
- Private vehicle with Pick up & Drop off in Kyoto
- Licensed Local English Speaking Guide
- Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
- You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
- Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under 'What to Expect.'
- Admission fees for Sagawa Art museum: Adluts 1000 JPY, Students(+16) 400 JPY
- Admission fees for Miho Museum: Adults 1300 JPY, Students 1000 JPY, Children Free
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Situated in the center of Shiga Prefecture, Lake Biwa, easily accessible from Kyoto, offers beautiful lakeside scenery and plenty to do.
Takashima and Kosei Areas are home to the Shirahige Shrine. It is said to bring a variety of good fortune. Also, there is a famous cherry blossom spot, Umezu...
- Duration 8 Hours
- Private Tour
- 1
Omi Shrine
Oumi Jingu is enshrined in the site of Capital Otsu ”Otsukyo”. Emperor Tenji was the great accomplisher of Taika Reformation and the great establisher in the ancient Japan. After His demise, also, people worshipped particularly as the Shinto God. In the Meiji Era, the believers began the movement to build...
- Duration 30 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 2
Hiyoshi Taisha
This head shrine presiding over a nationwide network of over 3,800 sub-shrines by the name of Hiyoshi, Hie, and Sanno has a long and distinguished history that reaches back more than 2,100 years. Masaru the monkey, who wards off evil, is a symbol of the shrine you’ll find gracing the...
- Duration 30 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Not Included
- 3
Biwako Terrace
Biwako Terrace is a nature resort overlooking Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, with an elevation of 1,100 meters above sea level. There are two terraces, atop Mt. Uchimi and Mt. Horai, where you can relax and enjoy the splendid scenery of the mountains with and our food. The...
- Duration 30 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 4
Sagawa Art Museum
Sagawa Art Museum was opened on March 22, 1998, as part of celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Sagawa Express Co., Ltd.
The museum is located in Moriyama, in the ancient district of Omi, amongst lush natural surroundings and in view of Lake Biwa.
Its mission...- Duration 30 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Not Included
- 5
Miho Museum
The Miho Museum was designed by the world-famous architect I. M. Pei. Taking themes of nature and buildings, harmony with art, the traditional and the modern, and the fusion of the east and west, more than 80% of the building's volume is submerged underground, taking great care not to destroy...
- Duration 30 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Not Included
- 6
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Shigaraki is one of the leading pottery producing areas in Japan, and the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park showcases ancient ceramics that have been handed down in the region, as well as pottery associated with Shiga Prefecture.
- Duration 30 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 7
Ukimido
The Ukimido, the "floating temple hall" at Mangetsuji Temple, is famous for being featured in one of the Eight Views of Omi, "wild geese returning home at Katata." The current structure is a recreation that was erected in 1937, and then underwent repairs in 1982, yet it fully retains the...
- Duration 30 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Not Included
- 8
Azuchi Castle Ruins
Azuchi Castle was a castle built by Oda Nobunaga on Mt. Azuchi on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa. It was a magnificent structure, with the first large keep designed as a symbol of the owner’s prestige, atop walls all made of stone. The castles built subsequently all followed the...
- Duration 30 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Not Included
- 9
Hikone Castle
Hikone Castle is a magnificent 400 year old structure. It stands three stories tall, with an outer wall of stone at its base, and ivory white stucco above, a beautiful harmony that is characteristic of this castle.
The castle grounds are encircled by what was once a triple moat, and...- Duration 30 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Not Included
- 10
Chikubushima
This small island, with a circumference of just 2km, is located in the offing of Lake Biwa, approximately 6km from shore. Here you can find both Hogonji Temple and Tsukubusuma-jinja Shrine. The Benzaiten (Sarasvati) at Hogonji Temple is known as one of the three best in Japan, and the temple...
- Duration 30 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
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