Maibara
Understand
Tourist information site
The local tourist association has a multilingual guide site, jointly with adjacent Nagahama City.
Get in
Most of Maibara's visitors come in by train and never see more than the station. A major junction, Maibara is a Shinkansen station between Kyoto and Nagoya. Shinkansen travelers to Maibara typically use it as the gateway to Hikone, one station south. It is also the eastern terminus of some kaisoku and shinkaisoku (translated as rapid and new rapid) commuter trains from Kansai and the western terminus for all trains from Ogaki and some from Toyohashi. Some of the trains from Kansai go on further to Nagahama, Omi-Shiotsu, and Tsuruga. Be aware that some eastbound rapid and special rapid services terminate at Yasu, which is short of Maibara when coming from the west. The northern cities of Kanazawa and Fukui are connected to Maibara via the Limited Express Shirasagi (en route to Nagoya) and the Thunderbird (en route to Osaka).
- ๐ Maibara Station (็ฑณๅ้ง , Maibara-eki).
See
- ๐ Samegai-juku Museum (้ไบๅฎฟ่ณๆ้คจ) (5 minute walk from JR Samegai Station). The Samegai-juku is one of the posts of the former Nakasendo Route that connected Kyoto to Edo. The Museum has a few exhibits and also serves as a small rest area at the center of the historic street. The stream in front of the museum is known for the Japanese Batrachium flowers (ๆข ่ฑ่ป baikamo) that bloom in stream in July and August. Free.
- ๐ Seiganji Temple (้ๅฒธๅฏบ) (10 min walk from Maibara Station). Seiganji is one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Omi Province temples, with Fukurokuju as its representative god. It's most known for its garden, constructed by the same man who designed Rakurakuen Garden in Hikone. It's a zen garden that uses rocks to represent mountains, islands, and bridges, with the river area being covered in vibrant green moss. ยฅ300.
Go next
- Lake Biwa - Japan's largest lake
- Hikone - one of Japan's less-known castle towns is only a few stops away
- Nagahama
- Taga
- Higashiomi
- Tsuruga
- Sekigahara
- Ogaki
- Gifu
Routes through Maibara |
Shin-Osaka โ Kyoto โ | W E | โ Gifu-Hashima โ Nagoya |
Fukui โ Nagahama โ | N S | โ END |
Kyoto โ Hikone โ | W E | โ Sekigahara โ Nagoya |
Fukui โ Nagahama โ | N S | โ END |
Kyoto โ Hikone โ | W E | โ Sekigahara โ Nagoya |