I'll start by saying that we are a couple and slow travelers, we like hitting 1-2 main attractions per day at most while mixing the rest of the day with eating at restaurants, trying local snacks, just hanging around walking/cafe, etc and shopping. Also this is our 7th time coming back to Japan.
For this trip of about one month, we're considering staying around 10 days in Biwako, ~5 in Otsu and ~5 in Hikone as main base to do day trips around the lake.
I used the search bar but couldnt find much abiut Shiga in general.
Here's our tentative itinerary starting late November this year:
day 1 arrive from Osaka to Otsu
day 2 check mii dera temple and Omi jingu
day 3 go to Miho museum and check Ishiyama
day 4 Ogoto Onsen, Ukimido and maybe the floating Torii
day 5 Hakodayeyama (funicular) Biwako views
day 6 head towards Hikone see main sights
day 7 Maibara and Samegai post town
day 8 Omi- Hachiman
day 9 Nagahama and Chikubu Island
day 10 head to Ise or Nagoya to continue our trip
our main questions:
does this itinerary look good?
is it too slow even for slow travelers (should we condense the days bit)?
are those towns mentioned worth the visit?, we like finding local restaurants (that by itself is an attraction for us), checking shops for souvenirs and walking around nice looking towns/cities.
we prefer to not change accommodation too often but also dont want to do lot of backtracking. Should we add 1 more city to the itinerary somewhere around Biwako?
anything you'd change?
thanks for any advice
by eavesreading