The March 8, 2009 edition of The Japan Times had a travel article about the city of Koka. It featured Shigaraki, Miho Museum, and ninja. Unfortunately, it did not mention the shukuba towns of Tsuchiyama and Minakuchi.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fv20090308a1.html

But I’m happy to see another Shiga-related article in the JT in less than a month since the last one about Azuchi:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fv20090215a1.html

Shiga is slowly getting more media attention.