Important Cultural Property of Shiga

Kagami Shrine Main Hall in Ryuo, Shiga, is a mid-Muromachi 3-bay nagare-zukuri sanctuary with a 3-bay porch and shingle roof, an Important Cultural Property.

The Kakesho Stone Pagoda in Moriyama, Shiga, a stone hoto of the late Kamakura period, has a round body under a square roof stone and was designated in 1925.

Kasuga Shrine Front Gate in Ritto, Shiga, is a cypress-bark four-legged gate of 1613, protected since 1904. How to read its posts, viewing conditions and bus access.

Kasuga Shrine Gate in Takagi, Yasu, is a cypress-bark munamon of about 1511: two posts and a gabled roof. Designated in 1961. What to notice and how to walk there.

Kasuga Shrine Main Hall in Otsu, built in 1319, is not Kasuga-zukuri but a rare two-bay hip-and-gable hall with carved kaerumata. Designated in 1902. How to visit.

Kasuga Shrine Main Hall in Koyagi, Higashiomi, is a three-bay nagare-zukuri hall of 1444 roofed in cypress bark, designated in 1911 with its ridge tag. How to visit.

Kannonji Amida Hall in Kusatsu, Shiga, is an early Muromachi hall three bays square, roofed in cypress bark. Listed in 1901; said to have come from Kyoto in 1553.

Kannonji Shoin in Kusatsu, Shiga, is an early Edo building 11.9 metres wide with a shingled roof. Listed in 1907; said to be moved from a shogunal palace in 1685.

Completed in 1764 at Kondo in Higashiomi, Guzeiji's main hall is a mature eighteenth-century Shinshu hall, designated in 1987 with four construction documents.

The former main sanctuary of Kora Shrine at Amago in Shiga, this one-bay hall of 1634 was set aside in 1883 and preserved by that demotion; designated in 1915.

A granite five-storied pagoda of 1246 stands unattended beside Route 477 in Omihachiman, Shiga. Its dated inscription anchors the chronology of Omi stone carving.

A 1597 shoin-style hall at Saikyoji in Otsu, said to be a palace moved from Fushimi Castle, with a wood-shingle roof. Designated 1902; interior shown in autumn 2026.

Built in 1739 at Saikyoji in Sakamoto, Otsu, this 7-by-6-bay main hall with a rear tablet hall became an Important Cultural Property in 1986. See carved monkeys.

Saitoku-ji's main hall, built in 1713 north of Lake Biwa, keeps a thatched roof and a gable-end entrance at 16.5 metres wide. Akao was an Azai retainer seat.

A small stone pagoda in the precinct of Saimyoji in Moriyama, Shiga, credited by tradition to regent Hojo Tokiyori. Now leaning, it is viewed from a few paces back.

Shikobuchi Shrine in Takashima, Shiga, hides three tiny mise-dana-zukuri sanctuaries from around 1371 inside a protective hall. See why they matter and how to visit.

The main hall of Jishu Shrine in Katsuragawa, Otsu, is the only three-bay Kasuga-style shrine in Shiga. Rebuilt in 1502, it guards the Tendai temple of Myoo-in.

Shina Shrine's main hall in Kusatsu, built in 1298, keeps a ridgepole inscription naming its carpenter. A wind-god hall with Kamakura brackets and white plaster.

Once Zeze Castle's North Great Gate on Lake Biwa, this korai-mon was rebuilt at Shinozu Shrine, Otsu, in 1872. Its tiles still carry the Honda hollyhock crest.

An unsigned granite hokyointo at Jakushoji in Hino, Shiga, dated to the late Kamakura period by its upright corner ornaments, carved Buddhas and lotus base.