Under a new Shiga News blog category called Shiga History, I shall be posting a summary of Shiga Prefecture’s news bits every two months gleaned from Shiga Headlines on Twitter. This is the first installment covering July-August 2013. Since I started tweeting from July 17, 2013, it starts from that date.
Chronology of Shiga Prefecture’s news bits for July-August 2013 (according to the year, month, day, and time posted at Japan time). Originally posted on Twitter under Shiga Headlines by Philbert Ono. Twitter posts are limited to 140 characters including spaces and links (shortened by Twitter).
| 2013/07/17 21:51 | Fifty new microorganism species unique to Lake Biwa discovered over the past 7 years. Attracting int’l attention. http://t.co/bXBxPjoT4K |
| 2013/07/18 1:27 | “Art from the Lakes” exhibition of 7 Shiga artists at Lansing Art Gallery, Michigan, Aug. 2-Sept. 28, 2013. http://t.co/fvfEFBdcgs |
| 2013/07/19 6:14 | In July, they start fermenting nigorobuna carp to make funazushi. Shiga fishing cooperatives offer day-long classes. http://t.co/03DlV8IHCF |
| 2013/07/19 8:46 | Shiga post offices are selling funazushi die-cut postcards, the 5th in the series. Looks more like dried persimmons. http://t.co/thlybOcFoF |
| 2013/07/20 0:15 | Steam locomotive SL Kita-Biwako runs from Maibara Sta. to Kinomoto every Sunday at 10:09 and 13:16 till Aug. 25. For Rsvn call 0088−24−5489. |
| 2013/07/20 0:39 | Watch or help them build the new Higashi-Omi giant kite at the Higashiomi Odako Kite Museum till Aug. 8. http://t.co/20jVj7OFMM |
| 2013/07/20 23:50 | New book about abandoned train stations shows old Kojaku Railway Omi-Imazu Station buildng, nice but in disuse. http://t.co/BewEeWH9jC |
| 2013/07/20 23:51 | Cosplayers posing with Hikonyan at the Japan Expo in Paris in early July. Can’t do this in Japan. He’s too popular. http://t.co/Y7ng314HTR |
| 2013/07/23 10:36 | Sumo wrestler Nionoumi from Otsu did poorly in Nagoya with 1 win, 14 losses. He will sink down from Juryo No. 4. http://t.co/ffdzKGBwRb |
| 2013/07/23 14:06 | Shiga Lakestars have a new head coach in Chris Boettcher, American from BYU. Former Mormon missionary in Japan. http://t.co/qJq5DbFd7F |
| 2013/07/24 4:36 | For 3 years in a row, over 90% of adult residents surveyed thought living in Shiga was “Nice” or “Very nice.” http://t.co/wPpDNFzGQB |
| 2013/07/29 11:02 | Hikone Higashi High School beat Omi Kyodaisha 3-1 to represent Shiga at the national high school baseball tourney at Koshien in Aug. |
| 2013/07/31 9:41 | Successful Tonda bunraku puppet show by 10 foreigners on July 28 in Nagahama. Covered by NHK TV Otsu news tonight. http://t.co/E2ahkk1BiN |
| 2013/08/02 8:48 | Inazuma Rock Fes snagged PUFFY as one of the acts on Sept. 21 at Karasuma, Kusatsu. Tickets on sale from Aug. 17. http://t.co/EGV0N9Kzxp |
| 2013/08/04 16:29 | Uminoko, Shiga’s “Floating School,” marked its 30th anniversary. Its 1st voyage with 5th graders was on Aug. 2, ’83. http://t.co/9KWBaWl5Yy |
| 2013/08/06 14:03 | Aug. 4 in Higashi-Omi, a fireman, 2 kids, and 7 others badly burned when he splashed alcohol on a flaming pan for a fire extinguisher demo. |
| 2013/08/12 6:37 | New Higashi-Omi giant kite completed Aug. 8. Displayed at Kite Museum annex until 18th. “Connections for bonding 繫.” http://t.co/OZDd6iOMns |
| 2013/08/13 6:36 | Hikone Higashi H.S. lost their 1st game at Koshien to Hanamaki Higashi (Iwate) 5-9. As long as you did your best, we’re still proud of you. |
| 2013/08/22 7:56 | My video of the Yokaichi Shotoku Matsuri Goshu Ondo dance on July 27, 2013. http://t.co/XMjeC8jcoh |
| 2013/08/27 13:05 | Controversial Osprey planes and US Marines in Okinawa may come to Takashima this Oct. for joint training with the Ground Self-Defense Force. |
| 2013/08/27 13:31 | Shiga’s 6th graders and 3rd-year jr high students scored lower than the national average on scholastic achievement tests in April. |
*This is the beauty of Twitter. I can easily save and archive my posts (tweets) into a neat table. Something that’s not possible with Facebook which is essentially a black hole sucking in all your content without giving anything back.
