Nagahama Come on a journey of history, City culture, and beautiful scenery Noto Chikubushima Island Airport Hokuriku Shinkansen Nanao IC Lake Biwa Nagahama City Takaoka IC Toyama Nagano Toyama Kanazawa Airport Shiga Prefecture JR Takayama Matsumoto IC JR Hokuriku Main Line Main Line ↑To Tohoku and Hokkaido regions Komatsu Hida-Kiyomi IC Tourist Guide Airport Shiga Prefecture Fukui Hokuriku Takayama Tokyo Expwy JR Chuo Main Line Tokai-Hokuriku Expwy Chuo Expwy English Mino-Seki Tsuruga JR Tokaido Minokamo Main Line Tomei Expwy Nagahama Gifu Tajimi Tokaido Tokai-Kanjo Shinkansen JR Kosei Line Ichinomiya Expwy Maibara JCT Maibara Hamamatsu JCT Nagoya ←To Chugoku and Kyushu regions Kyoto If visiting by car Meishin Expwy Central Japan Kanazawa-nishi 163 km Osaka Int’l Airport Hokuriku Expwy Kansai Int’l Airport Kinomoto 14 km Lake Biwa 10 min Nagahama 7 min Tomei Meishin 60 min 50 min Expwy Kyoto- minami Maibara Nagoya Tokyo Suita Nishinomiya Expwy 140 km 110 km 93 km 9 km 90 km 415 km Nagahara If visiting by train Omi-Shiotsu Kanazawa 1 hr 49 min Yogo by Limited Express Kinomoto Kinomoto Takatsuki Lake Biwa 14 min Kawake Torahime Nagahama Nagahama Tamura 10 min Kyoto Hakata Okayama Osaka Nagoya Tokyo Maibara 3 hr 14 min 1 hr 31 min 30 min by 20 min by Only the Hikari and Kodama 25 min by 2 hr 9 min by Shinkansen by Shinkansen Shinkansen Shinkansen Shinkansen stop here. Shinkansen by Shinkansen For the latest news related to Nagahama tourism: ● Tourist information site for Nagahama, Maibara, and Northern Lake Biwa http://kitabiwako.jp Take a guided tour of Nagahama, Shiga. Get a guide who knows all about the city. ● Nagahama Tourism Volunteer Guide Association Tel: 0749-65-0370 Fax: 0749-65-0380 (Kohoku Visitors Information Center) ● Okubiwako Tourism Volunteer Guide Association Tel: 0749-82-5909 Fax: 0749-82-3956 (Okubiwako Tourism Association) Nagahama City Contact information Tourism Promotion Division 632 Yawatahigashi-cho, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-8501 E-mail [email protected] Tel: 0749-65-6521 Fax: 0749-64-0396 http://www.city.nagahama.shiga.jp Lake Biwa and Nagahama Japan *The information in this guide is current as of December 2015. Nagahama_Guide_EN.indd 1-2 2016/03/16 13:22 自 Nagahama City: A city w ith beautiful scenery where history and traditi on live on to this day Nature然 Shiga History — A city built by Hideyoshi. Tradition — A city whose people maintain continuity with the past. Nature — A city with fresh air and beautiful sights. In Nagahama, you will discover things that can’t be found anywhere else. We invite you to tour our city, situated on the northern shores of Lake Biwa. A wonderful experience awaits you. Tradition and beauty that have 伝 gained global recognition e parade that takes place during the Nagahama Hikiyama Festival is expected to be registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in fall of 歴 2016. Tradition統 History史 P.14 P.15 Chikubushima Island Nagahama Hikiyama Festival Finding great food in Nagahama Calendar Find out about Nagahama’s P.04 P.06 P.08 P.10 P.12 attractions! 紡 Tradition 楽 Walking Sengoku Prayer Nature 絆 心 美 Hideyoshi-kun, Heritage Sharing with the rest of the world Fun Exploring the city on foot Ties Experience the adventure Soul Inward contemplation Beauty An immersive sensation the public relations mascot for Nagahama Castle Nagahama tourism Nagahama_Guide_EN.indd 3-4 2016/03/16 13:22 Things to see in Nagahama ❶ Nagahama has a rich traditional culture maintained in continuity with the past, including the Tradition Nagahama Hikiyama Festival with its children’s kabuki performances and Tonda ningyo joruri puppet Soon to be a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in fall 2016 — Sharing with the rest of the world troupe used to perform traditional puppet plays. Today, we're sharing these treasures with the world. agahama Hikiyama oats and children’s kabuki performances N Hikiyama Festivalきん — rich pageantry receiving global recognition At the end of the 16th century, over 400 years ago, Hideyoshi, the lord of Nagahama Castle, provided local merchants with gold to celebrate the birth of his son. The merchants used that gold to create festival floats, and this is believed to be the origin of the Nagahama Hachimangu Festival. The biggest attraction is the children's Heritage kabuki performance, which is put on by boys ranging from 5 to 12 years in age. The week-long Nagahama Hikiyama Festival Day 1 Apr. 9 ● Senko-ban Day 6 Apr. 14 ● Noboriyama ● Hadaka-mairi ● Yakusha Yuwatari Day 2 Apr. 10 Day 7 Apr. 15 ● Yakusha Asawatari Day 3 Apr. 11 ●Tachi-watari Tachi-watari Day 4 Apr. 12 ●Okina-maneki ● Mikoshi-togyo ●Children’s kabuki dedication Day 5 Apr. 13 ● Gohei-mukae ●Mikoshi-kangyo ● Kuji-torishiki ●Modoriyama ● Jusannichi-ban Day 8 Apr. 16 ●Children’s kabuki ● Okoshi-daiko after-party Day 9 Apr. 17 ●Gohei-gaeshi Yakusha Yuwatari This kabuki performance is put on by Children’s kabuki boys ranging from 5 to 12 years in age. agahamashi 4 hikiyama floats are stored here, displayed 2 at a time and swapped every 3 months. At the museum, visitors can see videos of children’s onda Ningyo Joruri kabuki and climb onto a model of the stage to see things from a child NHikiyama Museum actor’s perspective. T *The Hikiyama floats are switched on the first Saturday of April. Puppet Troupe The front pillar of Kotobukizan front The Hikiyama floats These 13 magnificent Hikiyama floats are 住 758 Tonda-cho, Nagahama referred to as “mobile art ☎ 0749-72-5252 galleries”. 休 Appointment required 住 14-8 Motohama-cho, Nagahama ☎ 0749-65-3300 Tonda ningyo joruri puppet troupe are used for a traditional puppet play that goes back well over a 休 Dec. 29 – Jan. 3 ▲A hanging at the back of ￥ ¥600 century. This tradition is thought to have started during the Edo period when a performing troupe Ho'ozan from Awa left their stage props behind in lieu of travel expenses. The Tonda ningyo joruri puppet troupe hall has a performance stage and stores puppets and props. (Visiting requires a reservation.) 04 ●住 Address ●☎ Telephone number ●休 Closed days ●￥ Admission 05 Nagahama_Guide_EN.indd 5-6 2016/03/16 13:22 Things to see in Nagahama ❷ Take a leisurely walk through the picturesque historical district. You’re sure to Walking discover something new! While you’re at it, it might be fun trying some activities or Hokkoku Kaido taking a class to learn a traditional craft. Kinomoto-juku — Exploring the city on foot An adventure on foot Walk around this modern yet retro town, Kinomoto-juku is a post station located at an intersection on the old Hokkoku Kaido highway. It prospered as the temple town for so full of history and art. Kinomoto-jizo-in Temple. Kurokabe Trial Class Kinomoto livestock market Area Map Kinomoto-juku Enjoy making cras while you chat with friends or A livestock market was located JR Kinomoto Stn Old-fashioned here from the Muromachi Site of Kinomoto architecture! 楽 livestock market family. At this trial class, you can experience the period to the early Showa Umayado Heishiro — a house related to Yamauchi ● joy of making things. period. At one point, a famous Kazutoyo’s famous horse Fun military commander of the ●Kohoku Library Sengoku period made a ●Yamaji Brewery purchase here. ● Glassblowing ● Stained glass making Former town chief ●Kouzaka’s residence ● Lampworking ● Glass bead making Hokubu JR Kinomoto Stn Promotion Hokkoku Kaido Kinomoto-jizo-in Jizozaka ● ● Sandblasting ● Glass etching Bureau, Temple Nagahama ● ● Gel candle making ● Glass fusing City Hall● Kutsuwa No Mori● Tomita Brewery● ●Myoraku-ji Temple Inside Kinomoto Koyukan● Former honjin Daiko Shoyu● (Honjin Pharmacy) 住 11-21 Motohama-cho, Nagahama ☎ 0749-65-1221 Nat’l Route 8 Junction of Hokkoku Kaido and side streets 時 10:00 – 18:00 (activity admittance until 16:30) *Until 17:00 Nov. – Mar. (activity admittance until 16:00) Kinomoto Jizo (Kinomoto-jizo-in Temple) ● Contact Kurokabe Trial Class for activity class Kinomoto-jizo-in Temple is home to a large Jizo statue 6 meters dates, times, and fees. tall. It is known as the Buddha for eyes. The temple’s sacred festival takes place August 22 to 25 each year, and many visitors come here at that time. A sugidama (sakabayashi) Former honjin (Honjin Pharmacy) 住 944 Kinomoto, Kinomoto-cho, Nagahama ☎ 0749-82-2106 These balls, made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, are hung This apothecary was home to Japan’s first Kinomoto Jizo 休 Open year round under the eaves of sake breweries. A ball of fresh green pharmacists. Its old medicine sign remains to this day. ￥ Free admission to the precincts and garden, cedar means that a new batch of sake has been brewed. ¥300 to visit the ordination platform So much fun to be had, aroundThere’s Kurokabe so much Square! to see walking around the shopping district e district has a strong historical air and numerous Kurokabe This facility opened in 1989, using a building constructed as a bank in Kurokabe Glass Shop interesting shops. It’s a great place to visit on foot, whether for Duty-Free Counter Glass Shop 1900. Traditional glass products and shopping or for the history. modern art from around the world is displayed inside, Address: 12-38 Motohama-cho, Nagahama 住 5-15 Motohama-cho, Nagahama symbolizing Kurokabe Square. Directions: 15 min. from Hokuriku Expwy Nagahama IC. 5 min. http://www.club-nagahama.com/ on foot from Nagahama Stn on the JR Biwako Line. This service provides information Otemon Street Hours: 10:00 – 18:00 on duty-free Closed: New Year’s Eve shops in the Telephone: 0749-65-2330 (Kurokabe Corporation) This area, full of galleries, glass workshops, and shopping district.