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Hikone Castle

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 28, 2025, shows Hikone Castle in Hikone in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga.

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Hikone Castle

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 28, 2025, shows Hikone Castle in Hikone in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga.

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Hikone Castle

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 28, 2025, shows Hikone Castle in Hikone in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga.

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Hikone Castle

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 28, 2025, shows Hikone Castle in Hikone in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga.

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Hikone Castle

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 28, 2025, shows Hikone Castle in Hikone in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga.

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Hikone city mascot Hikonyan turns nine

OTSU, Japan, April 13 Kyodo - Hikonyan (C), a mascot character of the western Japanese city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, receives a birthday cake during a celebration ceremony for its ninth birthday at Hikone Castle on April 13, 2015.

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Castles popular as centerpieces for Japanese, foreign tourists

TOKYO, Japan - Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture, marking its 400th anniversary, and its image character ''Hiko Nyan'' (Hiko Meow) enjoy strong popularity among female visitors.

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Cherry blossom at Hikone Castle

Cherry trees are in full bloom at a stone wall at Hikone Castle in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, on April 7, 2022.

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Cherry blossom at Hikone Castle

Cherry trees are in full bloom at a stone wall at Hikone Castle in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, on April 7, 2022.

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Solidarity with Ukraine

Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, is lit up in blue and yellow -- the colors of the Ukrainian flag -- on March 7, 2022, in a show of solidarity with the country amid the Russian invasion.

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Solidarity with Ukraine

Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, is lit up in blue and yellow -- the colors of the Ukrainian flag -- on March 7, 2022, in a show of solidarity with the country amid the Russian invasion.

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Seismic diagnosis to be conducted on Hikone Castle

File photo taken in March 2016 in the western Japan city of Hikone shows Hikone Castle, a national treasure. The municipal government has decided to carry out a seismic analysis of the castle from the next fiscal year, as Kumamoto Castle was severely damaged by a series of powerful earthquakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hikone city mascot Hikonyan turns 10

Hikonyan (L), the city mascot of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, receives a present from Sanomaru, the mascot of the northeastern city of Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, during an event to celebrate Hikonyan's 10th birthday at Hikone Castle on April 13, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hikone city mascot Hikonyan turns 10

Hikonyan, the city mascot of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, receives a birthday cake during a ceremony to celebrate its 10th birthday at Hikone Castle on April 13, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Motomiya Garden,Hikone

Genkyu-en is the garden at the former second residence of the Ii family in the San-no-maru section of Hikone Castle. It was completed by the 4th feudal lord of the Oumi Domain, Ii Naooki, in 1679. The name is derived from the villa of Chinese Emperor Xuanzong (685-763) of the Tang Dynasty. The Rinchi-kaku and other buildings are carefully positioned around the pond with trees and unusual stones. The building in the photograph was used as an inn and restaurant from the Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐44‐0]

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Motomiya Garden,Hikone

Genkyu-en is the garden at the former second residence of the Ii family in the San-no-maru section of Hikone Castle. It was completed by the 4th feudal lord of the Oumi Domain, Ii Naooki, in 1679. A garden of the chisenkaiyu style, it incorporates features of the Chinese Eight Scenes of Xiaoxiang and the Eight Scenes of Oumi and to this day provides an excellent example of early Edo Period landscaping. The name is derived from the villa of Chinese Emperor Xuanzong (685-763) of the Tang Dynasty.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐27‐0]

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Motomiya Garden,Hikone

Genkyu-en is the garden at the former second residence of the Ii family in the San-no-maru section of Hikone Castle. It was completed by the 4th feudal lord of the Oumi Domain, Ii Naooki, in 1679. A garden of the chisenkaiyu style, it incorporates features of the Chinese Eight Scenes of Xiaoxiang and the Eight Scenes of Oumi and to this day provides an excellent example of early Edo Period landscaping. The name is derived from the villa of Chinese Emperor Xuanzong (685-763) of the Tang Dynasty.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐26‐0]

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Hikone Castle covered with snow

Hikone Castle, the brainchild of Ii Naokatsu, reached completion in 1622 after about twenty years of work. The pine trees on the right are Iroha Matsu. The building in the foreground is the Sawaguchi tamon watchtower and just behind it is the Tenbin watchtower. On the top of the hill is the castle tower. All of the buildings are intact today.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐194‐0]

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A bronze statue

This is the statue of Ii Naosuke in ceremonial dress. Ii signed the five amity and commerce treaties with the U.S.A. and other countries in 1858 but was later assassinated in Tokyo. The copper statue was made by Fujita Bunzo and Okazaki Sessei and placed at Shokonsha in Hikone in 1910. The original statue shown in this photograph was donated to the country for scrap metal during World War II. It was rebuilt in Ninomaru Park at Hikone Castle.==Date:unknown, Place:Hikone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐151‐0]

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Motomiya Garden,Hikone

Genkyu-en is the garden at the former second residence of the Ii family in the San-no-maru section of Hikone Castle. It was completed by the 4th feudal lord of the Oumi Domain, Ii Naooki, in 1679. The name is derived from the villa of Chinese Emperor Xuanzong (685-763) of the Tang Dynasty. The Rinchi-kaku and other buildings are carefully positioned around the pond with trees and unusual stones. The building in the photograph was used as an inn and restaurant from the Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐60‐0]

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Motomiya Garden,Hikone

Two women admire wisteria blossoms. The title Hikone suggests that this was taken in Genkyu-en, the garden of the former second residence of the Ii family in the north San-no-maru section of Hikone Castle. The chisenkaiyu-style garden (with a path meandering through the garden around a central pond) was completed in 1679 by the 4th feudal lord of the Oumi domain, Ii Naooki.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐165‐0]

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Motomiya Garden,Hikone

Genkyuen stands to the east of the Rakurakuen, near the Kuro Gate facing the inner moat to the north of Hikone Castle. It is fed by Lake Biwa, with the pond and fountain-style garden imitating the eight scenic spots of Shukusho in China. The fourth lord of the Ii family, Naosuke built this garden in the midst of Genroku cultural prosperity. Irises grow in the lake and a bridge connects the inner island. Several people stand on the bridge.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐38‐0]