During this rainy season, I’m staying at home to sort through the thousands of photos I took in Shiga during spring. Here are a few more festivals in Shiga which I photographed during spring. Sanno Matsuri held by Hiyoshi Taisha in Otsu (Part 1 and 2): Sanno Matsuri photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumbnails.php?album=11 Minakuchi Hikiyama Matsuri is a [...]
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Taga Taisha Setsubun
On Feb. 3, 2009, I went to see Setsubun mame-maki at Taga Taisha Shrine for the first time. They had an Oni demon dance group from Shimane-ken to act as the oni. They wore a gorgeous costume and they were the best-looking oni I ever saw for Setsubun. See my video and photos: Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumbnails.php?album=727
Rice-planting festivals in Yasu and Taga
I went to see two rice-planting festivals in Shiga, for the first time. The first one was in Yasu on May 25, 2008. It’s held on the fourth Sunday in May in a sacred rice paddy near Mikami Shrine. Women and men in colorful costumes plant rice seedlings accompanied by singing, taiko drumming, and dancing. [...]
English Web page for Taga, Shiga
I now have an English Web page for Taga-cho: http://photoguide.jp/txt/Taga-cho%2C_Shiga
Taga-cho’s awful English Web pages
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/ [...]