Hieizan
Mount Hiei is 848m high and lies right on the border between the prefectures Kyoto and Shiga.
Hieizan Enryaku-ji Temple is a monastery of the Tendai sect of Buddhism located on Mt. Hiei in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture.
Mount Hiei is 848m high and lies right on the border between the prefectures Kyoto and Shiga.
Constructed by the order of the Emperor Gomizunoo in the mid-seventeenth century, Shugakuin Imperial Villa consists of three villas. Its incorporation of the su
Located in Ogoto Onsen, only 20 minutes from Kyoto Station on the Tokaido-Sanyo line, this hotel offers seven different types of hot spring baths with varying b
Shisen-dō is a Zen Buddhist temple in Sakyō-ku.
At the shore of Biwa Lake, KKR Hotel Biwako features a restaurant, a terrace and a hot spring bath with stunning lake views. A free shuttle is available to/from
Yumotokan Hotel offers comfortable Japanese-style rooms with views of Lake Biwa. It features indoor and open-air hot-spring baths and free shuttle service from
Offering public hot-spring baths and a karaoke room, Komorebi is located a 5-minute drive from JR Ogoto Onsen Train Station. Sakamoto Station is a 10-minute dri
Biwako Hanakaido features outdoor and indoor hot-spring baths, 3 dining options and rooms with a balcony and Lake Biwako views. It also has a garden, karaoke an
Biwako Ryokusuitei offers Japanese-style/Western rooms with Lake Biwako views, a flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi. Public indoor/outdoor hot-spring baths are avail
Only a 5-minute drive from JR Ogoto Onsen Station with the complimentary shuttle, hotel Yuzanso features Japanese-style rooms with a private open-air hot spring
IMG_2371.JPG 1.95 MBTruth be told, I'm not much of a temples and shrines tourist, but Enryaku-ji is a temple with an intriguing and bloody history that left me
Taking the cable carDuring Golden Week which is a 5 day holiday in Japan I visited Enryaku-ji. First I took the Heihan railway to Sakamoto station. As it was a
Mount Hiei is 848m high and lies right on the border between the prefectures Kyoto and Shiga.
Established as a temple of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism in 1346, Genko-an Temple was turned into a temple of the Soto sect in 1694.
Yoshiminedera Temple, a Buddhist temple in Western Kyoto, is the 20th temple on the Saigoku Kannon pilgrimage.
Unryu-in Temple is the blanch temple of Sennyu-ji Temple. It was established in 1372 by Emperor Gokogon.