8 Sights in Hikone, Japan (with Map and Images)

Hikone Castle is a Japanese Edo-period Japanese castle located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is considered the most significant historical site in Shiga. The site has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1951. Hikone is one of only twelve castles in Japan with its original tenshu, and one of only five castles listed as a National Treasure.

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Choshoin is a temple of the Soto sect located in Chuo-machi, Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The temple crest is a three-story pine tree on the left in a circle. The name of the mountain is Mt. Mannen, and the main Buddha is Shakyamuni Buddha.

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Genkyuen is a former daimyo garden located in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture. It is designated as a national scenic spot as "Gengu Rakuen" along with the area of the national special historic site "Hikone Castle Ruins" and the adjacent Raku-en Garden. On April 24, 2015 (Heisei 27), it was certified as a Japan Heritage Site as a constituent cultural property of "Lake Biwa and its waterside landscape-Water heritage of prayer and living".

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Rakurakuen is a historical building, garden, and remains located in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture. In the past, it was the lower residence of the Ii family, which was built in the early Edo period (1677) by the 4th lord of the Hikone domain, Naoki Ii.

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Takamiya-juku was the sixty-fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in the present-day city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, on the right bank of the Inukami River.

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Shiga Gokoku Shrine is a shrine located in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines more than 34,000 war veterans related to Shiga Prefecture from the Boshin War to World War II. It is currently a separate shrine of the main office of the shrine.

Wikipedia: 滋賀縣護國神社 (JA)

Toriimoto-juku (鳥居本宿) was the sixty-third of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in the present-day city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, overlooking Lake Biwa.

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Chojuin Temple is a temple of the Shingon sect of the Daigo sect located in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Odong. The main statue is Amida Buddha and Benzaiten, which is considered to be one of the three major benzaiten in Japan. It is called Dadong Benzaiten.

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