Photogenic Autumn Leaves Spot Course
Lineup
Day 1
Take a bus from JR Makino Sta.
It takes about 6 minutes by Bus
Avenue of Metasequoias
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Required TimeAbout 30 minutes
About 500 metasequoia are standing side by side across 2.4 km, attracting tourists by changing their appearance in every season. (Best Season for Autumn Leaves/Late November -)
- Address Makino-cho Hiruguchi~Makino,Takashima City,Shiga
- Tel +81-0740-33-7101(Biwako Takashima Tourist Association)
Take a short walk.
Fruit picking【Makino Pickland】
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Required TimeAbout 90 minutes
Here is an agricultural park where you can enjoy seasonal fruit pickings. You can also find restaurants, cafes and souvenir/gift shops in this park. (Chestnut/Middle of September -; Apple/Early October - )
- Address 835-1 Makino-cho Terakubo,Takashima City,Shiga
- Tel +81-0740-27-1811
It takes about 7 minutes by Bus.
Makino Highland Onsen Sarasa
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Required TimeAbout 2 and a half hours
Please have a relaxed time in the onsen facility located on the highland. You can have a meal there too. You are also recommended to walk around among autumn leaves in Choshi-ga-Taki (Waterfall).
- Address 931-3 Makino-cho Makino,Takashima City,Shiga
- Tel +81-0740-27-8126
Day 2
Accommodation
About 70 - minute ride from Adogawa Sta. by Taxi
Sea of clouds and autumn leaves of Onyu Valley
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Required TimeAbout 30 minutes
This is a spot rapidly gaining popularity from which you can view the sea of clouds in the early morning during the season from late autumn to early winter. (Best Season for Autumn Leaves: Late October -)
- Address Kutsuki Onyudani,Takashima City,Shiga
- Tel +81-0740-33-7101(Biwako Takashima Tourist Association)
It takes about 50 minutes by Taxi.
Kutsuki Shin-honjin
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Required TimeAbout 60 minutes
Attached to this facility are a souvenir/gift sales stand and a restaurant where you can enjoy a local food buffet service using local ingredients.
- Address 777 Kutsuki Ichiba,Takashima City,Shiga
- Tel +81-0740-38-2398
It takes about 10 minutes on foot.
Kosho-ji Temple
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Required TimeAbout 30 minutes
This time-honored temple quietly stands in the mountain area of Takashima City. Its wooden sitting statue of Syaka Nyorai is an important cultural asset of Japan. The autumn leaves on its grounds are gorgeous. (Best Season for Autumn Leaves: Mid of November -)
- Address 374 Kutsuki Iwase,Takashima City,Shiga
- Tel +81-0740-38-2103
Take a walk ⇒ Take a bus from the roadside station named Kutsuki-Shinhonjin for about 15 minutes
Green Park Omoidenomori 【kutsuki Onsen Tenku】
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Required TimeAbout 2 hours
This is a refreshment park located in woods with full of greens. An open-air spa (roten-buro) called as Kutsuki Onsen named "Tenku" is available too. Local soft-serve ice cream with rich tastes is a popular dessert after your taking a bath.
- Address 341-3 Kutsuki Kase,Takashima City,Shiga
- Tel +81-0740-38-2770
It takes about 35 minutes by bus (change buses at the roadside station named Kutsuki-Shinhonjin).