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Beachgoers frolick in the lake as the rowing boats arrive.
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Shirahige Shrine torii as seen from the cruise boat.
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Okino-shiraishi Rocks, a favorite resting place for birds which turned the rocks white from bird droppings. Four rocks stand 80 meters deep in the lake. Out of the water, the tallest stands 14 meters high. 沖の白石
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Ukimido Floating Temple, one of the Eight Views of Omi (Omi Hakkei). 堅田 浮御堂（近江八景）
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Karasaki Pine Tree (One of the Eight Views of Omi or Omi Hakkei) as seen from Lake Biwa. 唐崎の松（近江八景）
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Near miss?
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Michigan paddlewheel boat. ミシガン
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Michigan
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Clear waters and beautiful beach at Omi-Maiko
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Biwako Shuko no Uta song monument at Imazu Port. In June 1917, a song called Biwako Shuko no Uta (Lake Biwa Rowing Song) was composed by college student Taro Oguchi during a boat rowing trip around Lake Biwa.
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White sands at Omi-Maiko
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Chikubushima as seen from Imazu Port
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Scenic water on sunny day, Takashima
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Chikubushima and Mt. Ibuki
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Imazu in winter
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Lakeshore road and Okinoshima island
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Southeastern shore of Lake Biwa
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View of Lake Biwa and Otsu from Enryakuji Station.
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Two Rocks shrine
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Top deck of boat going from Nagahama to Chikubushima
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Chikubushima
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Cormorants. There are to many of them and they deplete fisheries in the lake and cause forest damage.
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Kawau cormorants. Shiga has over 40,000 of these birds, and 30,000 of them live on Chikubushima whose trees are being destroyed by the droppings and branches broken off to make bird nests.
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View of Takeshima
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Lake Biwa's southern-most tip
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Otsu shoreline and Mt. Hiei
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Minamihama swimming beach, Nagahama
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Nagahama in the distance from Minamihama
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View from Mt. Hiei
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Omi Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi) marker at Karasaki
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Near Imazu, Takashima
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View from Oku Biwako Parkway
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View from Oku Biwako Parkway
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Lakeside at Zeze Castle Park.
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Lakeside at Zeze Castle Park with Omi Ohashi Bridge in the distance.
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Northern Lake Biwa
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Near Sugaura in northern Lake Biwa
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Sugaura in northern Lake Biwa
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Takatsuki-cho
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Shirahige Shrine torii, Takashima. One of Lake Biwa's best-known landmarks. It faces the shrine on land. Rent a bicycle or go by taxi from Omi-Takashima Station (Kosei Line).
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