Wonderful Ichinomiya shrine! Nice to visit if you’re headed to Hikone castle or Lake Biwa. Don’t listen to google about the final turn though, it’s blocked. Go in through the main Tori-gate. There’s a famous bridge walking distance from the shrine too.

This is one of the many places dedicated to Takeru. There’s some funny manga-style history of him with the shrine at the front walk up. Inside has some fun areas to check out. 1) hand washing station has motion sense. Very cool and not wasteful. Inside the grounds, to the left, is a water instrument you can listen to with a bamboo stick amplifier. In the back left corner are rocks you can take (bigger to buy) where you write a wish and when it comes true you return the rock. Behind the shrine are “three treasures” The first is fossilized flowers of the imperial flower supposedly showing something like the strength of Japan, the middle is a mirror, possibly to connect to the Imperial regalia mirror at Isa-grand shrine. And last, is a rock that says it’s mentioned in japans national anthem. The “stone that becomes a mountain/building/foundation of Japan” but it’s an ugly chunk of cement. I was laughing.

You can buy cool clam shell Enma, and visit the small Taiko bridge and koi pond and waterfall too. Amazing little area, nice free parking, and beautiful bathrooms with vending machines. Highly recommend a visit.