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  • Mackerel Highway
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    Shiga Otsu-shi Takashima-shi
    The popular name for the Wakasa Highway which extends from Obama City in Fukui Prefecture to Kyoto City's Ohara; in Shiga Prefecture, the road straddles Otsu City and Takashima City and passes through what is now the Kutsukiichiba district. The road's nickname is derived from the fact that it was used to transport mackerel caught in the Sea of Japan. It was said in the Edo period that salting mackerel at Wakasa Bay and traveling nonstop day and night to Kyoto would result in a perfectly flavored fish. Many shops and restaurants in the area offer mackerel sushi. A part of the road passes through Kutsuki-Katsuragawa Prefectural Natural Park.
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  • Hokkoku Kaido
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    Shiga Hikone-shi Toriimoto Niigata no Echigo Takada
    This ancient highway extends south from Toriimoto, Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture north to Takada in Echigo Domain in what is now Niigata Prefecture. Long ago, the highway was a key route used by merchants and samurai to travel between the Hokuriku region and Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. The section of the highway around Nagahama City in particular served as a key point for traffic on Lake Biwa and the area flourished as a post station town. Even today, many traces of this distant past can be seen in the area's townscape, and visitors can enjoy an atmosphere interweaving the modern with Meiji period scenery.
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  • Chosenjin Kaido
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    Shiga Higashiomi Omihachiman-shi Hikone-shi
    "An ancient side road located in Shiga Prefecture. The road branches off from the Nakasendo Highway in Yukihata, Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture; goes north of the east bank of Lake Biwa; and rejoins the Nakasendo in Toriimoto-cho, Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture. Literally meaning ""Korean People Road,"" its name is derived from the fact that it was used by envoys dispatched from Korea to deliver congratulatory addresses when new Tokugawa shoguns took office in the Edo period. The road was also used by Tokugawa Ieyasu to travel to Kyoto after he was victorious in the Battle of Sekigahara, and later became the route by which shoguns would journey to the capital. Many Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines are situated along the road, and there are also ancient signposts marking the road's divergence from the Nakasendo Highway which still stand today."
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  • Former Zeze Jokamachi
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Otsu-shi
  • Shiromachi (Former Uoyamachi)
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Hikone-shi Honmachi/Shiromachi
  • Samegai Shuku
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Maibara-shi Samegai
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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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