Samegai Baikamo in Maibara city Shiga prefecture

Samegai Baikamo in Maibara city Shiga prefecture

Samegai station is a first station from Maibara to east.
Samegai has a Jizo river and Baikamo.

Baikamo is a water plant, its flower is white and same as plum blossom.
Baikamo is growing in the cold and clean river, and seldom to see this plant in Japan's.

From Samegai station 10minutes walking, you can arrive Jizo river and find Baikamo flowers.
Jizo river's water is selected as Famous 100 waters in Japan.
Samegai is also Shukuba-machi of Nakasendo, Samegai has the vestiges of Shukuba-machi.
Samegai is a tourist destination, the beauty of Baikamo, refreshing feel of a clear stream, and the vestiges of the post town.

Baikamo is full bloom from middle of July to early of August.
Now is the best season for Samegai.
Jizo river has Baikamo and Hariyo fish.

Hariyo
Hariyo is inhabiting Japan, Europe, North America.
Hariyo is living in East of Shiga pref. West of Gifu pref. It is a hard-to-find fish.
It is 4-7cm length, flat body, color is mouse color and black spots. You can observe swimming Hariyo in Jizo river.

Baikamo is lighted up from July 20 to August 4.
19:30-20:30.
Night Baikamo is also very beautiful.

Next is Samegai trout breeding farm.
This farm has 83 ponds and breeds 1.25milion rainbow trouts.

It is in a Samegai valley, using Souya River.
You can fishing trout, and eat it at the restaurant.
Detail information is from HP. : http://samegai.siga.jp/

Return to JR Samegai station, in front of station, Samegai Water Yado is opened from 2002.
Gift shop,restaurants are existing it.
I buy Sake, Samegai Water Yado Liquor.
This liquor is fantastical taste.

JR Samegai is convenient, lots of train are stopping in this station.