There was also a geographical situation near Kyoto. During the age of medieval of the second half ,the outskirts of Lake Biwa (Omi) were areas of very important for the general who aims the seizing control of the nation.. The place of many war was located in this neighborhood because of such a background. For this reason, many castles are built at medieval times.
Among the castles, the Odani castle was the fortress which has a leading scale in Japan. It was a castle known for its associations with Nobunaga Oda's sister Oichi. Daimyo with the castle, Nagamasa Azai has accomplished the last which confronted with Nobunaga's castle attack.Trace and atmosphere of those days still remain, and many important culturalproperties of a Buddhist temple are near.
| Place | Kohoku city, Higashi-Azai- county, Shiga-prefecture. Lake Biwa and Kohoku 3 county can be viewed from the remains of a fortress. |
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| Age | From medieval-times Muromachi period to Edo period. |
| Traffic | It takes about 10 minutes from JR Kawage station to the entrance of Ruins of Odani Castle by Kohoku-cho city bus,and about 40 minutes on foot to the Ruins of Castle ,alighting of the entrance Ruins of Odani Castle . |
When reaches to ruins of a castle, it understands how it was a hard castle to attack.
Although there was a feeling of the modern castle which Hikone Castle and the Nagahama castle have in the flat ground mostly, and is seen also in Edo castle, this Otari castle was a medieval times fortress truly.
The remains of old headquarters in Kinomoto city which prospered as a stay station which connects Kyoto, Edo, and Hokuriku . It is told in medieval age that a daimyo's stay did not cease. The signboard of the photograph had decorated with this former proprietor having been the Japanese pharmacist No. 1. The "The Zenigatake ancient battlefield" where the Katsuie Shibata contended for the championship with Hideyoshi Hashiba is located in the Kinomoto city neighborhood. In the neighborhood, the historic spot related to the Hokoku road remains.
| Place | The Hokoku road old headquarters is near the JR Kinomoto. Kinomoto is an important point of the traffic from the medieval times to modern times. In the neighborhood, the image of those days in which the historic spot of the Hokoku road remains can be remembered. |
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| Age | From medieval-times Muromachi period to Edo period. |
| Traffic | 7 to 8 minutes from JR Kinomoto station. |
It is a ground of sightseeing now. The image of those days which remained, also needed the rows of houses along the old Hokoku road, and settled down is remembered.
They are the remains of an inn in Kinomoto city. the Hokoku road goes north from here, and continues to Fukui prefecture, Minamiechizen-city, Imajo. It is being crowded very much with the tourist who visits to an old city now. The trace and atmosphere of modern and medieval times remain, many row of houses, night-lights, etc. which make an image of those days bear remain, and it can carry out skilled of the time slip.
| Place | In Kinomoto city,the Hokoku road is located so that a center may be gone mostly north. The atmosphere of that time along the road can be taken in. |
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| Age | From medieval-times Muromachi period to Edo period. |
| Traffic | 7 to 8 minutes from JR Kinomoto station. |
The tone of medieval and modern times remains as an atmosphere of a town now, and a stroll has a feeling of a time slip.