6 Sights in Higashiomi, Japan (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Higashiomi, Japan! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Higashiomi. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

1. Tarobo-gu Shrine (Aga Shrine)

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Aga Shrine is a shrine located in Owaki-cho, Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is known by the common name of Tarobogu Shrine and Tarobo Aga Shrine. The former shrine was a village shrine, and now it is a separate shrine of the shrine headquarters.

Wikipedia: 阿賀神社 (JA), Website

2. ガリ版伝承館

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The Higashiomi Municipal Gari Plate Heritage Museum is a facility located in Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture that passes down mimeographed printing (gari plates). The original house of Shinjiro Horii, father and son, who first brought mimeographic printing technology invented and commercialized in the United States to Japan, was restored, and opened in April 1998 (Heisei 10).

Wikipedia: ガリ版伝承館 (JA)

3. 乎加神社

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Okajinja is a shrine located in Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is a Shikiuchi company, and the former company name is a prefectural company. The main deity is Toyooka Hiyori (Toyooka Hime), and Hakusan Hiyori (Hakusan Higakami) is enshrined.

Wikipedia: 乎加神社 (JA)

4. Kawarayazen-ji Temple

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Kawarayaji Temple is a temple of the Rinzai sect of Myoshinji sect located in Kenbu Kawarayajimachi, Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Ishizaki. The honzon is a thousand-handed Kannon. It is located on the slopes of Mt. Minosaku. One of the tourist attractions designated as "100 Best Shrines / Temples in Lake Country". It is also called Kawaraya Zen Temple.

Wikipedia: 瓦屋寺 (JA)

5. 成願寺

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Joganji Temple is a temple of the Tendai sect located in Owaki-cho, Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Akagami. The honzon is Yakushi Nyorai. It is also called Tarobo Daigongen. It is located on the approach to the Tarobo Aga Shrine.

Wikipedia: 成願寺 (東近江市) (JA)

6. 百済寺

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百済寺

Hyakusai-ji (百済寺) is a Buddhist temple in the Hyakusaiji neighborhood of the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism, and together with Kongōrin-ji and Saimyō-ji is regard as one of the "Three Great Temples" east of Lake Biwa. It was designated a National Historic Site in 2008.

Wikipedia: Hyakusai-ji (EN), Website

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