Archive for October 2006

Taga-cho’s awful English Web pages

October 10, 2006 Taga Comments Off
I’m checking all the official Web sites for all of Shiga’s cities and towns. A few towns have English pages. 

Taga-cho has English pages, but unfortunately, they used automated (software) translation. The English is very bad, the worst in Shiga. 
http://www.tagatown.jp/frames/e-site.html 

However, the Board of Education has a separate page with the title: 
「多賀を世界に発信プロジェクト」 
http://www.tagatown.jp/educate/Introduce_taga/ 

It is a good idea for a project, and they have English descriptions of sightseeing spots in Taga-cho. The English is not bad. Probably one of their ALTs helped with the English. 

They need to make English links though, and coordinate or integrate with the bad-English page. 

Most towns are unable to create English pages. I think Shiga’s Biwako Visitors Bureau should help them with that.

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Azuchi’s English Web site

October 10, 2006 Omi-Hachiman Comments Off
I think Azuchi-cho is the town with the best official English pages in Shiga. 
http://www.town.azuchi.shiga.jp/en/ 

It’s not complete yet, but their introduction of sightseeing places is good. The English is good, the page design is attractive, and they also include the kanji characters and furigana for the temple names, etc. 

I like Azuchi-cho. Many sights to see there, besides Azuchi Castle ruins. Lots of water and canals. The Nobunaga Matsuri in spring was also enjoyable. For a local town festival, it was a grand event with a daimyo gyoretsu, matchlock gun firing, and boat rides in the moat.

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