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The main house of the Australian merchant, Uhei Tomura, who sold such items as kimono in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto and other places, and also became a national billionaire during the Meiji era. In the past, there were more than a dozen buildings, including a main building, a barn, and a rice brewery. Part of the mansion was demolished but restored by the city of Higashiomi.

In the 12th year of Culture (1815), the first Zensuke Fujii started his business after peddling, and the great merchant Fujii Hikoshiro's residence, who succeeded in the production of "ski yarn", etc. The mansion covers a total area of 8155 square meters and a building area of 710 square meters, and the garden in particular is arranged with rare stones and niki under the concept of Hikoshiro himself, and a pond that mimics Lake Biwa. The building has a luxurious cypress-made guest house and a spartan bookstore that has been relocated to Hikoshiro's birthplace, so you can feel the way of life. In addition, historical materials and living culture materials about Omi merchants are also displayed in the residence.

Omi Merchants are people who were based in Omi (now Shiga Prefecture) and had commercial activities throughout the country. Gotanso merchants were active from around the late Edo period to the pre-Showa period. In part because of the large number of merchants, in the Meiji era, the company expanded its commercial range by advancing its business mainly in textile products such as kimono and Azabu. There is a group of residences of such a Gotanso merchant in the Gotanso Kindo district, and three houses are open to the public, showing the life of the Omi merchant.

A temple of the Shinshu Otani school, said to have been founded by Fuyanbo, a grandson of the master of the bow, Yoichi Nasu. The roof roof roof has a fan print derived from Yoichi Nasu. It was built in Ishibata, Inukami-gun, but was relocated to its current location in the Kindou district in Tensho 9 (1581). The main hall is impressive with a large roof made by a giram that worked on the five-storied pagoda of Toji Temple in Kyoto. With a frontage of 30m and a depth of 35m, it boasts the second size in Shiga Prefecture and is an important cultural asset of the country.

An ancient temple also called "Horse Temple". It is derived from the legend that Prince Shōtoku connected a horse to a pine to climb the mountain, and when he returned, the horse had become a sinking stone in a pond. The main hall and the Great Buddha Hall stand in the precincts, and there are 11 important cultural treasures in the Great Buddha Hall, such as the statue of the actor's sitting, the statue of the eleven-faced Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the statue of the Great King of Tomei.

A hot bath facility in front of the gate of the Eigen Temple. The two large bathhouses, "Ruishishi no Yu" and "Oiba no Yu", are replaced by both sexes on Fridays. The inner bath has a thick beam spanning the ceiling, and a herbal bath with six kinds of herbal medicines in a hot spring is also well received. The open-air bath along the mountain stream outside it is also equipped with a lying-in-the-water bath, a steaming bath, and is an emotional structure. There is also a relaxation room with 75 recliners with a TV that allows you to relax after a rock bath or a hot water finish, and a restaurant where you can taste soba, rock fish and sukiyaki.

It is located near the prefectural border between Shiga and Mie prefectures, and is built in a place rich in nature where a mountain village where the original Japanese landscape remains dark and the "Aichi River", one of the headwaters of Lake Biwa, flows. The facility re-used the school building of the former government office (Mankoro) junior high school, which was closed. In addition to the conventional roadside station function, it also has offices and clinics for the city hall, providing a base to support the lives of local residents. At the direct sales shop, the famous "Eigenji Konjac", "Seisho-cha", which is said to be a phantom namcha, and woodworking products are lined up. Popular are personality gourmets, such as "Eigenji Dam Curry" and "Iwadou Tendon" with a whole rock fish on board, and "Tōkōdon" using Omiji chicken.

In addition to the production and sale of konjac, which is a specialty of Eigenji, the company also sells local specialty products such as Tofu Donut, Konjac Kushukatsu, Konjac side dish, Tofu Hamburger, Tsukudani, miso, tea, umeboshi, and chōzoko.

It is located 20 minutes from the Meishin Yokaichi IC, and is surrounded by nature in Greenland (large bus access is possible). The fish (char, amago) can be released individually and individually in the natural and artificial mountain streams for easy fishing in the beginner, and it is also equipped with a covered barbecue house (capacity 230 people). The hanging fee is 4300 yen for men who are junior high school students and older, 3200 yen for women and elementary school students and younger, and the barbecue is 2300 yen per person. There is a "catch and grab" plan for groups, families and groups. A wading pond is also available in summer.

There are 14 houses of 400 square meters. In a spacious space, you can taste hunting (mid-January-early May) such as Shohime and Kaorino, hokipu, yotsuboshi, etc. Strawberries grown by high-level cultivation and carefully thinned, all are large and enough to eat. I want to taste it with plenty of prepared condensed milk.