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The Excursion Bus Tours, which visit Castle and Heritages in Shiga Prefecture
Information of The Excursion Bus Tours, which visit castles and heritages in Shiga Prefecture.
Date
- November 29
Specialty
- Tour guides, who are specialized in Castles and Heritages, will conduct the tour.
- Tour guides will be standing on the courses and taking care of the participants.
- The lunch, which uses local ingredients of Shiga Prefecture, such as Omi Beef, will be offered at a local restaurant.
- The tour guide will tell the history story of Hikone Castle and Azuchi Castle in chronological order.
- Charge: Each tour course costs at 4,000yen (tax-included).
- Visiting castles from Sengoku period to the Early Modern era.
- 9:00 JR Hikone Sta. →9:10 Futouyama Castle →11:20 Rentou Castle →13:00 Lunch →14:10 Hikone Castle →16:10 Castle Road →17:00 JR Hikone Sta. (break up)
- Visiting two castles which Nobunaga Oda failed to attack.
- 9:30 JR Hikone Sta. →9:45 Sawayama Castle →11:45 Lunch →12:40 Odani Castle →15:55 Odani Castle Sengoku Historical Museum →17:05 JR Hikone Sta. (break up)
- Trace the track of Nobunaga Oda by visiting castles.
- 8:00 JR Hikone Sta. →8:25 Banba-juku (a post town) (watching it from the bus window) →8:40 Surihari-toge Pass →9:20 Sawayama Castle →11:35 Lunch →12:40 Yamazakiyama Castle →14:05 Azuchi Castle →15:40 The Azuchi Castle Tenshu Nobunaga no Yakata Museum →16:50 JR Hikone Sta. (break up)
- Visiting the places where connect to the Battle of Shizugatake.
- 8:00 JR Hikone Sta. →9:00 Genbao Castle →11:10 Dougiyama-toride Fort →12:25 Lunch →13:10 Kinomoto Jizoson (a statue of Kinomoto Jizo) →13:30 Shizugatake-toride Fort, the tomb of Kiyohide Nakagawa, Ohiwayama-toride Fort, Iwasakiyama-toride Fort →16:00 Lake Yogo →17:00 JR Hikone Sta. (break up)
- Visiting 3 castles and a castle town in Ohmi.
- 10:00 JR Hikone Sta. →10:15 Hikone Castle →12:00 Lunch →13:35 Hachimanyama Castle →15:00 Hachiman-bori →17:00 JR Hikone Sta. (break up)
- The tours contents may change due to the weather and other circumustances.
- Please wear easy to walk clothes and shoes.
- Since the tours will be held in November, please make sure you will protect yourself against cold weather.
- No drinks are stored on the bus.
- Smoking is prohibited on the bus.
- The expenses of alcohols at the meal time are not included in the tour prices. Please order and make a payment by yourself.
- A reservation is required.
- Enter in the Hikone Castle at night.
- From 18:30 to 22:30. (The last admission is at 22:00.)
- No admission fee.
- Genkyu-en Garden Light Up will be held at the same time.
- [Video of Genkyu-en Garden Light up] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkD_xwbk8aQ
- Please fill in an application form and send it by mail, fax, or e-mail by Oct 31, 2014.
- After we have received the form, we will send all important papers to the representative.
- Please check the papers and make a payment.
- After we could confirm the payment, the reservation will be completed.
Topics
- Tourism
Categories
- light up
- genkyu-en garden
- ohmihachiman city
- hikone city
- hachimanbori
- azuchi castle
- sawayama castle
- hikone castle
- shiga prefecture
- heritages
- castles
- bus tour