Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park

Day-trip bathing is possible at an inn in Jigokuya Onsen. Wild monkeys are famous for coming to the outdoor bath. The open-air bath is a mixed bath, and the large water spring of Jigokudani can be seen from the Yushuen built along the mountain stream. In addition, the specialty of Korakukan is Chimaki. It was swaddled with rice cakes in Kumazasa and steamed at the source of high temperatures, and when the founder of Korakukan, Manzo Takesure, suffered from water damage, he offered a chimaki to celebrate the legendary love-torn dragon snake. Five for one serving 800 yen (can be taken home). It is not possible to drive into the inn and walk about 10 minutes after parking. It is a 30-minute walk from Kambayashi Onsen.

A 1.6km promenade connecting Kambayashi Onsen and Jigoudani Onsen. There is only a short climb near the entrance, but a gentle path is followed by a mountainside on the left bank of the Yokoyu River. If you walk in a cool cedar-lined tree, the river sounds are pleasant, and occasionally the monkeys of Jigokudani appear along the roadside (Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park Opening hours are from April to October: 8:30 to 17:00, 11 to March: 9 to 16). If the Yokoyu River, which was flowing far below the promenade, is closer, it is Jigokuya Onsen. Take 30 minutes.

The modern museum architecture was designed by global architect Kisho Kurokawa under the theme of "symbiosis with nature". The exhibition space is characterized by an orderly array of conical display cases in a 15-meter-high stairwell designed by Kurokawa in the image of the "forest of Shiga Kogen". The collection contains a large number of Roman glasses made during the Roman Empire period around the time of the Japanese Empire, the "Roman Collection", which is a collection of art paintings and crafts from Edo, Meiji and Taisho, and works by a southern painter, Kodama Katei. They also hold original planned exhibitions for each season several times a year.