Lake Biwa Museum

Info

Address:

1091 Shimomono-cho, Kusatsu, Shiga

PublicTransportation:

JR Kusatsu Station → Omi Railway bus 25 minutes to Karasumaru Peninsula, bus stop: Lake Biwa Museum Get off, short walk

CarAccess:

10km25 minutes from Meishin High Speed Kuriyama IC

Phone Number:

077-568-4811

Parking Number:

420 units

Business Hours

9:30 to 17:00 (entry is ~ 16:30)

Price

Entrance fee during the renewal work 500 yen for adults (400 yen), 300 yen for high and university students (200 yen), free for junior high school students and younger * () is a group fee for more than 20 people * There is a change at the time of the grand opening in early July

Spot Category

Museums・Science Museums・Archives

Appearance

Biwako Giant Catfish, Lord of Lake Biwa, which can be seen in the Aquarium Exhibition

Japan's largest tunnel aquarium in freshwater

We can observe about 1300 different types of specimens and paper in our hands.

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