shiga newsletter: june 2015
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This issue focuses on:Strolling among waterside flowers, Hiking on Mt Ibuki and Pilgrimage to "Hell" Sites in Omi.TRANSCRIPT
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Lake Yogo
Hydrangea
Garden (Yogoko
Ajisai-en)
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 （Yanagasaki
Kohan Park）
Biwako Otsukan is an early modern structure facing Lake Biwa. It has a restaurant café, 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 ■9:00～18:00 ■The garden is closed from
Dec. through Feb.. Biwako Otsukan TEL:077-511-4187 www.biwako-otsukan.jp/
Kusatsu
City
Mizunomori
Suisei
Botanical
Park
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 summer＞Pond 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 ■9:00～17:00（Visitors 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/
【Biwako Otsukan】 【Kusatsu City Mizunomori Suisei Botanical Park】
【Lake Yogo Hydrangea Garden (Yogoko Ajisai-en)】 【Biwako Otsukan English Garden】
http://en.biwako-visitors.jp/
Tourism and International Exchange Bureau Department of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and Labor, Shiga Prefecture Biwako Visitors Bureau Contact: Sugiyama / Kimura TEL:+81-77-511-1535 FAX:+81-77-526-4393 E-mail : [email protected]
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Maibara Sightseeing Association 8:30～17:15 TEL:0749-58-2227 URL:kitabiwako.jp/en/
Approximate
time needed to
reach the top
Base → summit – about 3½ hours (one way)
Base → 3rd Stage (about 2 hours) → to summit (about 1 ½ 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
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.
Fee Contribution per person setting foot on the mountain : 300yen
Access
[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.
http://en.biwako-visitors.jp/
Tourism and International Exchange Bureau Department of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and Labor, Shiga Prefecture Biwako Visitors Bureau Contact: Sugiyama / Kimura TEL:+81-77-511-1535 FAX:+81-77-526-4393 E-mail : [email protected]
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Benefits① 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
Benefits② Discount coupons for 24 shops in the shopping streets
Benefits③ 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 : 9:30～15：00
Inquiry：Taga Sightseeing Association TEL:0749-48-1553 URL: taga-kankou.com
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】
http://en.biwako-visitors.jp/
Tourism and International Exchange Bureau Department of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and Labor, Shiga Prefecture Biwako Visitors Bureau Contact: Sugiyama / Kimura TEL:+81-77-511-1535 FAX:+81-77-526-4393 E-mail : [email protected]