Leisure / Hobbies Spots in Shigaraki / Koka Area

  • MIHO MUSEUM
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
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    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Shigarakichoutashiro Momotani 300
    This unique design of this art museum in Koka City, Shiga was created by famous architect, I. M. Pei who was also responsible for designing the glass pyramid at the Musee de Louvre. Built to evoke the image of Shangri-La, 80% of the building is underground allowing it to assimilate into the beautiful natural surroundings. Over 3,000 pieces of art are on display in four exhibition rooms which cover Egypt, Western-Asia, Southern-Asia, and the Western Regions of China and special themed exhibits are also held. * The museum is closed for the winter until March 20th, 2019.

    Nice food, quite delicious. Self service is a bit surprising with the not so cheap prices... Chairs are not so comfortable.

  • Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
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    4.0
    62 Reviews
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    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Shigarakichouchokushi 2188-7
    A public park located in Chokushi Shigaraki-cho, Koka City. The park is dotted with outdoor art exhibits and also encloses such facilities as a ceramics art gallery, training hall where ceramics arts can stay, and a Shigaraki ware museum with a shop and café. The park also has ceramics arts hold workshops and demonstrational lectures as well as artist markets.

    こちらは見所が一杯あり 時間的余裕を持って訪問されることをお薦めします、[陶芸の森]の構成施設として [陶芸館][星の広場][火鉢ロート][信楽産業展示館][太陽の広場][泉の広場][窯の広場]等 数多いので。又[陶芸館]等においてあるパンフレット《陶芸の森うおーかー(添付 写真参照)》も散策時 お役立ちです。 公共交通を利用する場合 信楽鉄道・信楽駅前からの信楽高原ハスの時刻表を確認し...

  • Koka Ninja House
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    4.0
    64 Reviews
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    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Kounanchouryuboushi 2331
    A sort of real ninja theme park filled with secret ninja tricks located in Ryuboshi Konan-cho, Koka City. The residence was built around 1700, during the Edo period, by the Mochizuki Koka ninja clan. Preparing for the unexpected, the house was filled with tricks and traps, including trick windows, rotating walls, and drop pits. Items used as part of daily ninja life are also on display here.

    Although it is a guided tour conducted in Japanese, we were able to follow the tour as the staff passed us a folder with English description and she helped us along the way. It is amazing to...

  • Koka Ninja Village
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
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    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Koukachouoki 394
    A theme park located in Oki Koka-cho, Koka City. Facilities include a museum with exhibits on Koka ninja, a ninja funhouse, a ninja dojo with nine training grounds, a shuriken dojo, a craft dojo where you can pain raku ware and do other crafts, and a Shinobi-jinja Shrine dedicated to ninja. There’s also a restaurant where you can enjoy “ninja barbecue,” a store selling ninja goods, and a costume rental shop.

    JR草津線甲南駅から行く望月家の忍者屋敷とこの忍者村の両方に行くなら車で行くのが便利です。公共の乗り物だと甲賀駅からですがかなり距離があります。甲賀忍者の術、生活が体験できるので大人も楽しく遊べます。からくり井戸、水ぐもが体験できる池近くに忍術博物館があります。忍者の使う装束、道具」なども展示されています。生活道具もあるので忍者について知識が深められます。からくり屋敷は住居に使われていたもので、か...

  • Minakuchi Kodomo no Mori Park
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
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    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Minakuchichoukitanaiki 10
    A public park situated along the Oumi-Green Road in Kitanaiki Minakuchi-cho, Koka City. Park facilities include an insect plaza an educational farm, and visitors can come in contact with the vast natural beauty of the area. There’s also a nature museum with fossil, plant, and animal exhibits where visitors can learn about the wildlife and natural history of Koka.

    甲賀の素晴らしい自然を生かした公園です。昆虫もたくさんおり、子供たちが自然に触れることのできる楽しい公園です。駐車場もあり便利でした。

  • Tanikangama Gallery Tohozan
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    4.5
    5 Reviews
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    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Shigarakichounagano 788
    A Shigaraki ware gallery located in Nagano Shigaraki-cho, Koka City. The facility has a gallery which repurposes an old fuel oil kiln which is no longer used, as well as a gallery displaying pieces by young artists. The surrounding area is dotted with Shigaraki ware kilns and studios and is perfect for an exploratory walk.

    妻と車椅子押しながらの散策です、あと少しのところまで来たのですが、上り坂で砂利道に足が止まりながめていると(赤レンガの煙突)上のほうから小走りで、お家方が、向かい来てくださり、展示場まで案内と説明をしていただきました。妻と二人で心あたまる思いをいたしました・・・スカーレットの上り坂のを思いはせながらの素敵な所です。

  • Sueen
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
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    Shiga Koka-shi Shigarakicho Nagano 883-1
    A 10-minute walk from Shigaraki Kohgen Railway Shigaraki Station. This gallery, and cafe/restaurant is a standard stop for tourists exploring Shigaraki on foot. In the cafe and restaurant on the first floor, you can enjoy food and drink while looking at some 200 pieces of pottery adorning the shelves. The restaurant's Omi beef bowl is a popular staple and comes with miso soup and Japanese pickles. The Japanese-style Omi beef barbecue combo meal, and the fried seafood udon with homemade noodles are also recommended. The gallery on the second floor displays and sells pottery. The gallery's contents are changed every two weeks.

    窯元散策路でヘトヘトに疲れて、ようやく見つけた喫茶店。 でも、近江牛の牛丼がリーズナブルに食べられて、ギャラリーもあります。 甘めの味付けですが、疲れたカラダにピッタリです。 混雑すると待たされますが、ゆっくり器を見て心地よく待てます。 いろんな定食があるので気になりますが、近江牛の柔らかさをまずは堪能すべきです。

  • Oogoya
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    3.5
    14 Reviews
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Shigarakichouchokushi 2349
    A commercial complex focusing on Shigaraki ware galleries and shops situated along the Oumi-Green Road close to the entrance to Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Chokushi Shigaraki-cho, Koka City. Here you’ll find shops selling boutique items, Shigaraki ware, and other ceramics; galleries; and a ceramics class facility, as well as restaurants and a garden café offering brick oven-baked bread and sweets.

    レストランの犬専用出入口があり、ペットと近江牛が食べれます。少々高めのお値段ですが、とても美味しかったです。特選近江牛のすき焼き2,500円。彩りは悪いけど、味は抜群。小型犬で抱っこできるなら、信楽焼きの展示スペースにも入ることができるそうです。

  • Koka Strawberry House
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
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    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Koukachoutakano 2209
    A strawberry farm located in Takano Koka-cho, Koka City. The farm grows the popular Akihime strawberry variety inside greenhouses. From January to the late May, the farm offers a 30 minute all-you-can-eat strawberry picking course.

    時期的にどの農園も予約でいっぱいの中、何とか予約を取ることが出来ました。 人が少なく、貸しきりの様な時間帯もあり、ゆっくり食べることが出来ました。 1歳の娘も始めてのイチゴ狩りに大興奮していました♪

  • Takama Mizube Park
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    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Koukachouaburahi 2216
    A public park located in Aburahi Koka-cho, Koka City. Facilities include a campground, cooking building, and training rooms, as well as a river water slide. The park’s plaza has a no reservations required barbecue area (note that the park does not offer barbecue equipment rentals).
  • Hands-on Pottery Wheel Classes Yukitosha
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Shiga Koka-shi Shigarakicho Chokushi 2344
  • shiroiro-ie
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Koka-shi Shigarakicho Nagano 645
  • Uzan Kiln
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Koka-shi Shigarakicho Nagano 789
  • Gallery YASUO
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    Shiga Koka-shi Shigarakicho Nagano 620-1
    A 10-minute walk from Shigaraki Kohgen Railway Shigaraki Station. This gallery, situated along National Route 307, is operated by Yasubeigama, a family-owned pottery studio now in its fifth generation. The gallery is filled with pieces by father Yasumasa Okuda and his sons Yasuyuki and Masamichi. The pieces on display span everything from old-fashioned Ko-Shigaraki ware to modern styles and primarily consist of tableware as well as flower vases and donabe earthenware pots. The gallery's selection includes plates, cups, and other tableware made using a unique glaze developed by Yasumasa and created in a distinctive, modern style which is not bound by the traditional conventions of Shigaraki ware. Perfect for setting off cuisine, many restaurants order their tableware from the gallery.
  • Gallery Toumu
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    Shiga Koka-shi Shigarakicho Hosohara 65
    "15 minutes from the Shigaraki Interchange on the Shin-Meishin Expressway via National Route 307. This shop presents and sells pieces by Shigaraki ceramic artisans. The shop carries a wide and diverse selection of pottery tableware and decorations by young artisans which are stylish, refreshing, and well-suited to modern sensibilities. The shop adjoins a spacious gallery and holds solo exhibitions once a month. The shop also has a ""one tatami mat gallery"" the size of a single tatami mat which artists can apply to use four around a month at a time."
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    Shiga Koka-shi Tsuchiyamacho Kitatsuchiyama 1523
  • Diamond Shiga Country Club
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    4.0
    26 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Koka-shi Tsuchiyamacho Kurokawa 1711

    宿泊施設が付いたゴルフ場。 大きなお風呂もあります。 起きてそのままゴルフという贅沢感を手頃な価格で味わえます。 勿論、ゴルフだけの利用も可能です。 大阪から日帰りプレイも可能です。

  • Dai Koga Country Club Aburahi Course
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Koka-shi Kokacho Aburahi 1695

    安い料金でゴルフとランチ。コースは松林にセパレートされ林の中に入るとなかなか出られません。グリーンは広くてアンジュレーションもあり難しく3パットの連続でした。

  • Meishin Ritto Country Club
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
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    Shiga Koka-shi Tsuchiyamacho Ono 4970

    昨年に引き続きスポーツジムのコンペで利用しました。今回はAグリーン使用でした。Bグリーンに比べると距離は少し長くて難しかったです。近日の台風の影響でバンカーはすべて修理地とみなされ、バンカーから打つことができませんでした。スコアにはあまり影響はありませんでした。

  • Fuji Stadium Golf Club Kita Course
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Koka-shi Kokacho Wata 702-banchi 2

    綺麗なコースで昼食、キャディ込みで15,000円位だったと思います。 ただ、高速を降りてからが少し遠く道が分かり難かったのと北と南ではクラブハウスも違うので要注意です。 仲間内で楽しむには良いコースだと思います。

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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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