As I mentioned earlier, Nagahama is holding another feudal history expo this year called Nagahama Sengoku Taiga Furusato-haku (長浜・戦国大河ふるさと博) (Nagahama Warring States Hometown Expo) from March 24 to Dec. 2, 2012. This is… Read more
Updated: Nov. 7, 2014 The Hikone Board of Education has published a manga comic booklet in English titled, Hikone: A Journey in Time. Targeting tourists, the black-and-white manga explains about… Read more
関西の読売テレビの番組が私が撮った滋賀の祭りの動画を放送されることになりました。 放送されるのは守山市のすし切り祭りと甲賀市土山のケンケト祭りの動画です。 放送日：２０１２年５月９日（水） 時間帯：午前５：２０～８：００で、滋賀の祭り企画コーナーが流れるのは午前７：００ごろ。 番組名：読売テレビ「朝生ワイドす・またん！＆ＺＩＰ！」 番組の「超スゴい衝撃映像ＳＰ」というコーナーで「滋賀の超オドロキ奇祭」が紹介されます。 （緊急ニュースなどが入った場合、流れない場合もございます） 関西（大阪、京都、滋賀、奈良、兵庫、和歌山）にいる人、時間ありましたら是非見て（または録画して）ください。 http://www.ytv.co.jp/cematin/ Yomiuri TV will introduce Golden Week festivals in Shiga Prefecture on a morning TV program on May 9, 2012 (Wed.). They… Read more
This page is outdated. See the latest version here: https://shiga-ken.com/blog/2017/04/videos-of-golden-week-festivals-in-shiga/ Golden Week is Japan’s spring vacation from late April to early May with a string of national holidays. April 29… Read more
Sorry, this post has been replaced by a newer blog post here: Shiga’s Top Cherry Blossom Spots. Read more
The annual Tsuchiyama Saio Princess Procession (あいの土山斎王群行) will be held on March 25, 2012. If you like kimono, you gotta see this festival. It’s a small, but very elegant and… Read more
Various events were held in Shiga Prefecture on March 11, 2012 to mark the first anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake or Tohoku (northeastern Japan) triple disaster. Memorial services and prayers… Read more