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  • Tomita Shuzo Inc.
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    4.0
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    Shiga Pref. Nagahamashi Kinomotochoukinomoto 1107
    A sake brewery situated along National Route 303 in Kinomoto Kinomoto-cho, Nagahama City. This long-standing brewery boasts over 450 years of history, having been established in the distant Tenbun era, and brews Shichihonyari, renowned sake known to have been a favorite of the artist Rosanjin. At the present time, the brewery does not offer tours.

    木ノ本の古い街並みにある老舗の酒蔵。七本槍の純米を購入したが、なかなかの辛口。ＪＲ木ノ本駅から徒歩10分もかからずアクセスも良い。

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  • Ota Shuzo
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    4.0
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    Shiga Kusatsu-shi Kusatsu 3-10-37
    A 10-minute walk from JR Kusatsu Station. This longstanding sake company, established in 1874, can be reached by following the Tokaido Highway a short distance southwest from the Kusatsujuku Kaido Koryukan. The company was founded by the Ota family, whose members had served as barrier keepers for generations in Kusatsu, after the abolition of the han system. From the start, the company has made sakes using Omi rice, and today the company makes a wide array of alcoholic beverages, including shochus, wines, and liqueurs, in addition to Dokan, a brand of seishu refined sakes inspired by the famous Ota family samurai commander. The brand's Wataribune is particularly recommended. During the off season, visitors can tour the company's brewery with an advance reservation.

    草津の旧東海道ぞいにある酒蔵。旧本陣と立木神社の間にあります。旧東海道ぞいには古い町家がいくつか残っていますが、こちらもそのひとつ。道灌というお酒をつくっています。

  • Mifuku Shuzo
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    3.0
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    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Minakuchichounishihayashiguchi 3-2
    A sake brewery located in Nishihayashiguchi Minakuchi-cho, Koka City. The brewery makes Yamahai-jikomi (natural yeast with no mashing) and Ginjo-jikomi (high quality, low fermentation) sakes and its products have received high acclaim at the Annual Japan Sake Awards and other national and international contests. Tours of the brewery, which has been in operation since the Meiji period, are available and visitors can taste sakes and purchase limited edition sakes in the brewery’s shop. The shop also sells limited edition sakes by volume once a month.

    旧東海道を石部から歩いてきて、水口に入ったところにあり、休憩と試飲で立ち寄りました。創業は大正時代ですが、江戸から続く酒蔵の雰囲気を出しています。歩きだったのでお手頃サイズを購入しました。

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  • Sotoen
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    4.5
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    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Shigarakichounagano 1423-13
    A Shigaraki ware studio located in Nagano Shigaraki-cho, Koka City. The studio sells Shigaraki ware using 11 chambers, 30-meter-long climbing kiln, one of the largest in Japan, built along the slop of a mountain. The studio also holds ceramics classes and classes on making your very own ceramic tanuki raccoon figurine (reservation is required).

    お忙しい中、無料で案内して下さいました。信楽で現在ものぼり窯で焼いているのはこちらだけとか。1300度で7日間から9日間火を焚き続けるとか。圧巻です。作品も素敵でした。手造り教室もありました。

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  • Yoshida Shuzo
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    4.0
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    Shiga Takashima-shi Makinocho Kaizu 2292
    A 20-minute walk from JR Makino Station. This longstanding sake brewery, established in 1877, is located near the Kaizu Sanku bus stop. Situated on the northwest shore of Lake Biwa, the brewery continues to make choice sakes using locally-grown Yamada Nishiki rice. The brewery's Chikubushima seishu refined sake brand, produced for local consumption, is quite popular; the brewery also sells autumn-only hiyaoroshi sake, a sake cake created in collaboration with a confectionary shop, and more. The brewery's Kinmon sake is a staple for both momentous and sad events.

    Yoshida Shuzo brews sake under the brand name of Chikubushima. Chikubushima has some types but they are all full-bodied yet dont leave their aftertaste too long. At this time of the year, they...

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  • Bungoro Gama
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    Shiga Koka-shi Shigarakicho Nagano 1087
    A 15-minute drive from the Shigaraki Interchange on the Shin-Meishin Expressway. This longstanding pottery studio has been in business since 1862. The studio was established by Bungoro Okuda I when he built a climbing kiln where the pottery studio still stands today. Bungo Okuda, the current and fifth generation head of the studio specializes in making ceramic bathtubs and other large pottery pieces using a potter's wheel, while his younger brother, Akira Okuda, makes simple, modern, and highly utilitarian tableware which blends in with both Japanese and Western decors. The studio's gallery, Bungoro Soko, which operates out of a remodeled warehouse, displays and sells pieces by Akira and can also be rented out for use as an exhibition space or for other events.

    ここでは信楽の窯元散策路にある窯元のひとつである文五郎窯の作品を購入することができます。文五郎窯の器はどれもデザインがシンプルで美しく、和食でも洋食でも日常の食卓に使いやすそうなものばかりでした。 窓の外にそよぐ竹林を活かした作りの美しいギャラリーです。

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  • Takashima Village
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    Shiga Pref. Takashimashi Katsuno 1400
    This historic building is located in Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture. Built 150 years ago, this old merchant house has been renovated, keeping the weight and appearance of the building by volunteers from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and maintained as a tourist facility with an experience workshop and food sales. There are eight different parts to the building, with many different stores including tourist information, a cafeteria, a hair salon and a cafe.
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  • Takashima Village Hall 4 Ifu Dye Workshop
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    Shiga Pref. Takashimashi Katsuno 1400
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  • Yamaji Shuzo
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    Shiga Pref. Nagahamashi Kinomotochoukinomoto 990
    A sake brewery located in Kinomoto Kinomoto-cho, Nagahama City. The brewery was founded in 1532. The brewery makes sakes such as the Hokkoku Kaido refined sake using specially cultivated Tamasakae rice grown primarily with organic fertilizer and reduced agricultural chemicals, and Yamada Nishiki rice grown locally with no agricultural chemicals. The brewery also makes Kuwazake—sake made with mulberry leaves.
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  • Hokkokugama
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    Shiga Pref. Nagahamashi Motohamachou 8-19
    A ceramics class facility located in Motohama-Cho, Nagahama City. The facility holds classes on making ceramics using manual and electric potter’s wheels (reservation required), and casual ceramics painting classes. The facility also offers a class held during a wedding in which the mementos are created for the bride and groom’s parents.
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  • Fujii Honke
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    Shiga Echi-gun Aishocho Nagano 793
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  • Ritto Winery
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    Shiga Ritto-shi
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  • Kirin Beer Shiga Plant
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    Shiga Inukami-gun Tagacho Binmanji 1600
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  • Omi Shimoda-yaki Tobo
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    Shiga Konan-shi Higashitera 2-11-9
    "A one-minute walk from the Iwanehigashiguchi bus stop on the Community Bus leaving from Mikumo Station on the JR Kusatsu Line. This pottery studio has been in business since around 1750 and is the only pottery studio to have passed down the techniques of Omi Shimoda-yaki pottery in an unbroken line. Designated a Traditional Craft by Shiga Prefecture, Shimoda-yaki is characterized by its simple designs and use of a deep blue hue called ""Gosu."" Newness and novelty resides in the traditional, charming simplicity of Shimoda-yaki, and Shimoda-yaki plates, teacups, bowls, and other tableware is perfect not only for everyday use but also for entertaining guests and for giving as gifts and souvenirs. The studio also offers teacup and plate painting activities and pottery making activities as well. Both types of activities require a reservation made at least two weeks in advance."
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  • Kitajima Shuzo
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    Shiga Konan-shi Hari 756
    An eight-minute walk from Kosei Station on the JR Kusatsu Line. This longstanding sake company brewery stands in between Minakuchi-shuku and Ishibe-shuku, two old post station towns situated along the former Tokaido Highway which once served as a key transportation hub connecting the eastern and western parts of the country. Using underground spring water from the Suzuka Mountains and supreme sake rice grown on the Omi Plain, known for its exceptional rice growing conditions, the company's signature Miyosakae brand of authentic sakes are fermented and stored entirely at low temperatures and are renowned for their unbelievably delicious flavor. The company's new Kitajima brand, meanwhile, is a back to basics series of sakes made according to the traditional kimoto-zukuri method, the origin of all other sake making methods, and are notable for their smooth and intense flavor. The brewery offers sake samples and sells sake, and also offers brewery tours (advance reservation required).
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  • Kenzo Ogawa Pottery House
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    Shiga Koka-shi Shigarakicho Nagano 755-1
    "10 minutes from the Shigaraki Interchange on the Shin-Meishin Expressway via National Route 307. This pottery studio was independently established by Kenzo Ogawa, who is the second son of a third-generation potter and who creates traditional kaiseki course meal tableware and tableware for everyday use which capitalizes on the simplicity of clay. The studio's vast grounds also encompass a gallery and guesthouse. Visitors can also take a pottery class and use the same clay and glazes the professionals use while receiving instruction and support from the artist himself. The studio's gallery is designed around the concepts of ""looking, touching, and experiencing,"" and, if you happen to encounter a piece you particularly like, you can also purchase it."
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  • Daiyo
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    Shiga Takashima-shi Imazucho Sumiyoshi 2-5-8
    A five-minute walk from JR Omi-Imazu Station, and a 30-minute drive from the Kinomoto Interchange. This shop, located a short distance north of the Takashima City Hall Annex on Prefectural Route 291, sells handmade traditional Japanese candles. With an advance reservation, visitors can also tour the shop's workshop. The longstanding shop was established in 1914. The official purveyor of Japanese candles to the Daihonzan Eiheiji temple, the shop's candles are made utilizing choice materials and techniques passed down from generation to generation. The shop sells a variety of Japanese candles created for beauty or long-lasting light, as well as related items and products.
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  • Kurokabe Jusangokan Kurokabe Glass Experience Classroom
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    Shiga Nagahama-shi Motohamacho 12-10
    "A six-minute walk from JR Nagahama Station, and a 10-minute drive from the Nagahama Interchange. This glass shop is one of several different establishments dotting a retro-looking section of town situated on the ancient Hokkoku Highway which is collectively called Kurokabe Square. Situated next to ""Cafe P.act"" in the No.18 Building, the shop sells glassware and also has a workshop and classroom and offers a variety of glass making activities, including blown glass, glass beans, and stained glass. The establishment is particularly popular with groups of young women."
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  • Ibuki Ham
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    Shiga Maibara-shi Ueno 86-3
    A 10-minute drive from JR Omi-Nagaoka Station. This factory and wholesale shop sells sausages, bacon, and ham lovingly crafted one at a time. Visitors can watch ham and sausages being made in the factory view a glass window. The company is not only highly selective about the pork it uses, but even the feed given to its livestock, and customers rave that its products are rich and meaty in flavor and have superb texture. Customers can also enjoy light meals such as frankfurters, bacon skewers, and Ibuki sandwiches made with bacon on-site.
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  • Kirin Beer Shiga Plant/Kirin Beverage Shiga Plant
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
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    Shiga Inukami-gun Tagacho Binmanji 1600 Kirin Beer Shiga Plant

    キリンビール滋賀工場は、関西一円に出荷している主力工場の一つです。以前に一度、工場見学をした記憶が甦り、この暑さのせいか今回もう一度行きたくなりました。確かビールの試飲があったからです。大麦とホップのブレンドによる発酵によって生まれるビールですが、キリン独自技術の高さから”一番搾り製法“を生み出し、究極の美味しさを追究した他のビールにはない味を出すことに成功したようです。実際、従来の二番絞りと飲み...

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Visitors to Shiga prefecture are almost always hopping east across the prefectural border from Kyoto, and they are almost certainly Lake Biwa-bound. Covering an area of 670 square kilometers, Lake Biwa makes up the bulk of Shiga prefecture, with beautiful lakeside paths that offer myriad walking and cycling opportunities, connecting a string of museums, shrines, and picturesque views that finally lead you to Hikone Castle on the eastern side of the lake.

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