What this area is like
Ogoto Onsen has hot-spring inns looking over Lake Biwa. Katata’s Ukimido is a small temple hall built out over the water, and the Biwako Terrace above looks down over the lake from about 1,100 metres.
Plan your visit
Ogoto-Onsen Station is about 20 minutes from Kyoto on the JR Kosei Line.