Shiga Prefectural Lake Biwa Museum

princepeco 7 months ago

It was a really nice and foreigner friendly museum. The exhibition has lots of variety of items. Strongly recommended!

HedgeHodge “HodgePodge” 11 months ago

Neat museum in Otsu located on the lakes’ edge. It’s only 500 yen of adults but 300 with student discount. Its full of exhibits displaying fossils, taxidermies of lake wildlife, and artifacts. I especially enjoyed the replica of a 1950’s rural lake village. Sadly the aquarium was closed when my friends and I visited in late April. Maybe it’ll be open on my next trip. My only recommendation for the museum is to add more English descriptions. There was limited English, so I only was able to understand about 5 percent of all the descriptions. It may bring more tourists. I did however increase my knowledge on Lake Biwa by a lot today.

Johannes Nicolaus Wibisana 2 years ago

Large museum with a lot of exhibits, ranging from geological to cultural. It also has a pretty decent freshwater aquarium at the end of the museum. Currently undergoing facade renovation and the outer part is mostly scaffolding. You currently need reservation to enter. Access is quite difficult and it is recommended to use your own car.

VIPAVEE SIVATEVINTRA 2 years ago

Entrance fee 800 yen for adults... It worth 3 times more than that!!! Here it has very beautiful collections about local animals and also big aquarium!!!?? The facility's everything was so good!!! Highly recommend

Rahul Pai 5 years ago

The museum is a must visit place in Japan. I describes the origin till date of the great Lake Biwa and not just that it also features the evolution in technology and lifestyle of Japanese. The museum also has Large fish tanks with 1000s of fishes. The Museum also has a section where we can touch the fishes. The Museum also features various types of rocks in Japan and also the evolution of various species of animals.