Biwa Lake Otsuka

🌊Right on Lake Biwa's white sands, hotel comfort with ryokan calm

Shiga · Hotel Biwa Lake Otsuka

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A lakeside stay on Lake Biwa

• 🏖️Set on the shore of Lake Biwa, lined with white sand and green pines.
• 🏨Its concept is to combine the comfort of a hotel with the calm of a ryokan.
• 🚭There are 28 rooms, all non-smoking.

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Radium-stone baths and private baths

• 🛁The men's and women's large baths use radium ore and look out on the garden through big windows.
• 🔥Sauna and cold plunge available; the large baths stay open overnight from 15:00 to 10:30.
• 🔑The private baths Omatsu-no-yu and Maiko-no-yu lock from inside and need no reservation.

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Rooms with lake views

• 🛏️Main building: 12 Japanese, 10 Western and 2 Japanese-Western rooms; annex: 4 Western rooms; all with bath and washlet toilet.
• 🌅Every lake-side room has a lake view and a massage chair.
• 🏯Japanese rooms come in 39㎡ (9-10 mats) and a two-room 59㎡ special room.

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Seasonal kaiseki

• 🍱Original kaiseki using produce raised on Hira's spring water, lake fish and fresh seafood.
• 🥩An Omi beef kaiseki serves the beef as shabu-shabu, roast and seared sushi.
• 🥢The lighter Sazanami kaiseki offers many small dishes for smaller appetites.

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Lake-country breakfast and dining

• 🐟Breakfast features local foods such as Lake Biwa fish tsukudani and Omi beef shigure-ni.
• 🍽️Meals are served in the lake-view restaurant Nagisa-tei or the banquet hall Hira.
• 🚪Five private dining rooms facing the garden are available for an extra fee.

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Facilities and bike rental

• 🚲Guests can rent GIANT mini-velo bikes to ride around Lake Biwa.
• 🎤Two karaoke rooms, table tennis, mahjong, a kids' room and coin laundry.
• 🔌Free parking for 35 cars and two EV chargers.

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Access

• 🚃About 5 minutes' walk from JR Omi-Maiko Station, about 30 minutes from Kyoto by Kosei Line special rapid.
• 👀The hotel is close enough to be seen from the station platform.
• 🚗About 25 minutes from Kyoto-higashi IC via the Kosei Road, then about 10 minutes from Omi-Maiko ramp.

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Kanga-no-niwa strolling garden

• 🌳A Japanese strolling garden that distills the four seasons of Omi.
• 🍁Modeled on Kyoto's moss temple, the whole garden is carpeted with moss.
• 💧Follow the path beside a babbling stream and view the autumn-leaf hill from the arbor.

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Rooms with lake views

• 🛏️Main building: 12 Japanese, 10 Western and 2 Japanese-Western rooms; annex: 4 Western rooms; all with bath and washlet toilet.
• 🌅Every lake-side room has a lake view and a massage chair.
• 🏯Japanese rooms come in 39㎡ (9-10 mats) and a two-room 59㎡ special room.

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Seasonal kaiseki

• 🍱Original kaiseki using produce raised on Hira's spring water, lake fish and fresh seafood.
• 🥩An Omi beef kaiseki serves the beef as shabu-shabu, roast and seared sushi.
• 🥢The lighter Sazanami kaiseki offers many small dishes for smaller appetites.

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A lakeside stay with lake-view rooms, kaiseki and a large garden right on Lake Biwa. Note that the baths use radium ore rather than hot-spring water, and half of the rooms are Western-style.

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* This introduction was compiled from information published by each property (official website and similar sources), so some details may differ from what you find on the day. It is AI-assisted and can contain errors — please check the official website and the details shown at booking before you reserve.

Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 11:00 · Last Check In: 20:00

* These policies are the property's own text, in English; the cancellation policy shown at booking takes precedence.

From onsen etiquette to check-in — the things worth knowing first.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Biwa Lake Otsuka?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 11:00.

Where is Biwa Lake Otsuka located?

It is in Otsu. Address: 1054-3 Minamikomatsu.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.