8 Sights in Hikone, Japan (with Map and Images)

Hikone Castle is an Edo-period Japanese castle located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is considered the most significant historical site in Shiga. The site has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1951. Hikone is one of only twelve castles in Japan with its original tenshu, and one of only five castles with buildings listed as National Treasures.

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Mount Kojinyama (荒神山, Aragami) is a mountain located in the central western part of Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is an independent peak with an altitude of 284 m formed in a corner of the Omi Basin and a corner of the Koto region overlooking Lake Biwa to the west. About 300 m northeast of the summit is a third-class triangular point (261.48 m above sea level, the point name is "Mt. Hinatsu").

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Genkyuen is a former daimyo garden located in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture. It is designated as a national scenic spot as "Gengu Rakuen" along with the area of the national special historic site "Hikone Castle Ruins" and the adjacent Raku-en Garden. On April 24, 2015 (Heisei 27), it was certified as a Japan Heritage Site as a constituent cultural property of "Lake Biwa and its waterside landscape-Water heritage of prayer and living".

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Rakurakuen is a historical building, garden, and remains located in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture. In the past, it was the lower residence of the Ii family, which was built in the early Edo period (1677) by the 4th lord of the Hikone domain, Naoki Ii.

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Shiga Gokoku Shrine is a shrine located in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines more than 34,000 war veterans related to Shiga Prefecture from the Boshin War to World War II. It is currently a separate shrine of the main office of the shrine.

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Takamiya-juku was the sixty-fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in the present-day city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, on the right bank of the Inukami River.

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Toriimoto-juku (鳥居本宿) was the sixty-third of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in the present-day city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, overlooking Lake Biwa.

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Choujuin is a temple of the Shingon sect Daigo school located in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture. The mountain name is Daitouzan. The main deity is Amitabha Buddha and Benzaiten, which is considered one of Japan's three great Benzaiten. It is referred to as Daitou Benzaiten.

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