On June 16, 2007, the English version of Shiga’s most famous song, Biwako Shuko no Uta 琵琶湖周航の歌, called Lake Biwa Rowing Song, was issued on CD.
Available for 800 yen at the Biwako Shuko no Uta Shiryokan museum in Imazu.
Takashima
Lake Biwa Rowing Song now on CD
Event notice: Biwako Shuko no Uta choir contest
第１１回「琵琶湖周航の歌」音楽祭合唱コンクール
私が作成した「琵琶湖周航の歌」の英語版がまた公の場で歌われます。 歌の発祥地である滋賀県高島市今津町は、毎年の6月にこの歌の合唱コンクールを開催していて、今年はアメリカ人のJamie and Megan Thompson姉妹がゲストとして午後12:15に出場して英語版を歌う予定です。関西、近畿、北陸地方などの様々なコーラスが参加します。
そして、会場内で英語版CDも発売されます。
入場料は500円。コンクールは午前10時から始まるが、姉妹は何時ごろに出るかまだ分かりません。 分かりましたらまたお知らせします。
高島市民会館 滋賀県高島市今津町中沼１丁目３番地１
（JR湖西線近江今津駅から徒歩5分。駅構内に観光案内あり）TEL: 0740-22-1764
同時に今津町にある琵琶湖周航の歌資料館に英語版の写真展も開催されます。5月22日〜7月1日
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The 11th Biwako Shuko no Uta Choir Contest will be held on June 17, 2007 at Takashima, Shiga. Various choirs from the Kansai, Kinki, and Hokuriku regions will participate to sing two songs: Biwako Shuko no Uta and one other song.
Jamie and Megan Thompson have also been invited to sing my English version of the song. The contest starts at 10 am and lasts all day. The Thompsons will sing at 12:15 pm. Please come if you can. Imazu is a lovely place to visit as well.
Place: Takashima Shimin Kaikan, near Omi-Imazu Station on the Kosei Line. Get out the East Exit. The station also has a tourist info booth.
In Chunichi Shimbun
Today’s (June 5, 2007) Chunichi Shimbun (Biwako-ban page) ran an article about my photo exhibition in Imazu.
http://photoguide.jp/pix/displayimage.php?album=587&pid=17362
http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/shiga/20070605/CK2007060502021591.html
Imamori Mitsuhiko’s Satoyama seminar
I think some of you might know who Imamori Mitsuhiko is (今森光彦）. He is a well-known professional photographer from Shiga who has published many photo books about Shiga and insects. He is an expert on Shiga’s nature, especially river and lake systems. Every year, he holds a Satoyama Seminar 里山塾 in Takashima where there is much nature.
If you pay money, you can join his seminar group to experience various things in Shiga’s nature. He offers a one-day seminar and two-day seminars. They are held with the cooperation of Biwako Hotel in Otsu. The next seminar will be on April 15.
It all sounds very interesting, but I think the fee is too high for most of us. Do you want to pay 7,000 yen to experience rice planting in the mud? The two-day seminars cost 43,000 yen including hotel.
More info is here:
http://rsv.ihonex.com/cgi-bin/webmainte3/hotels/biwako/display.cgi?cat=event&hid=biwako&No=22