Yasu
Worth seeing in and around Yasu
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mount Mikami
Mount Mikami is a mountain, 432 metres above sea level, located in Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. In spite of its relatively low altitude, it is also called "Ōmi Fuji", that is Mount Fuji of Ōmi Province, the old name of Shiga Prefecture, because of its conical shape standing out in the flat area on the shores of Lake Biwa.
5.9 km · mountain in Yasu, Shiga prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Yasu City History and Folk Museum
Yasu City History and Folklore Museum, also known as the Dōtaku Museum, opened in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan in 1988. Originally the town museum, with the merger of the former Yasu Town with Chūzu to form Yasu City on 1 October 2004, the museum was renamed accordingly.
4 km · museum in Yasu, Shiga, Japan · Wikipedia - 03Ōsasahara Shrine
Ōsasahara Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The kami worshipped at this shrine are Susanoo-no-Mikoto and Kushinadahime.
5.1 km · Shinto shrine in Shiga Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Mikami Shrine
Mikami Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The kami worshipped at this shrine is Ame-no-mikage-no-mikoto, Amaterasu's grandson, who in legend, descended onto 432-meter Mount Mikami during the reign of Emperor Kōrei to become the shintai of the mountain.
5.7 km · Shinto shrine in Shiga Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Moriyama Citizens Gymnasium
Moriyama Citizens Gymnasium is an arena in Moriyama, Shiga, Japan.
5.3 km · arena in Moriyama, Shiga, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Yasu
- Airports
- Osaka Itami (ITM), 63 km · Chubu Centrair (NGO), 77 km · Kobe (UKB), 89 km
- Stations
- Yasu Station, 3.6 km · Moriyama Station, 5.9 km · Shinohara Station, 4.9 km
- Osaka → Yasu65 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · ¥840–1,140
- Tokoname → Yasu78 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · ¥1,310–1,790
- Kobe → Yasu89 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · ¥1,130–1,550
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Yasu. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are international ferries to Japan from South Korea, China and Taiwan.
- Get inAs of January 2024, there are no regular ferries between Russia and Japan.
- Get inFerries from South Korea's second city Busan offer an alternative to flying.
- Get inTo Fukuoka, Camellia Line operates a ferry service that takes 8 hours.
- Get inTo Shimonoseki, Kanbu Ferry has daily service.
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Next door to Yasu
Yasu is 18 km from Ōtsu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.