Tourist Ranch / Farm Spots in Omihachiman Area

  • Shiga Prefectural Livestock Technology Promotion Center
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Gamo-gun Hino Cho Yamamoto 695
    About 16 minutes from the Youkaichi Interchange off the Meishin Expressway via the National Route 421 and 307, this Prefectural Livestock Research and Testing Center develops better ways for animal husbandry and improved ways of cultivating the prefecture’s specialty, Omi-gyu beef and Omi-shamo chickens. On this expansive property, sheep, rabbits and ponies are allowed to roam free but there is a petting zoo where visitors can interact with some of the animals. In the springtime, the center hosts sheep shearing workshops and in the summer, they host wool crafts classes.
  • Farm Takeyama Orchard Direct Store
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Gamo-gun Ryuo Cho Yamanoue 6852
  • Takeyama Shige Pear Farm
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Gamo-gun Ryuocho Yamanoue
  • Tourist Ichigo Sono Yuyu
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Gamo-gun Ryuo Cho Shichiri 85
  • Chuzu Dream Farm
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Pref. Yasushi Yoshikawa 2425

Shiga Areas

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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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