Re: NHK Nodo Jiman

My English version of the song, “Biwako Shuko no Uta” (Lake Biwa Rowing Song) was sung on national television for the first time…

NHK “Nodo Jiman” 出場します!

–速報– 明日の26日にNHK総合テレビ「のど自慢」の番組に出場します! 歌は「琵琶湖周航の歌」の英語版です。私が作成した英語版がアメリカ人の姉妹、Jamie & Megan Thompsonが出場して歌います。 11月26日 12:15〜13:00 NHK総合テレビ http://www.nhk.or.jp/nodojiman/ 今日、その予選会が開催されて姉妹が通過しました!! 明日の「のど自慢」は、Meganさん在住の香川県三豊市から生中継。僕は東京にいますが、テレビで見ます。 My English version of “Biwako Shuko no Uta” will be performed…

My Shiga community at Mixi

I finally joined http//mixi.jp in Sept. 2006 just to see what the fuss was about. It just had an IPO, making the founders millionaires/billionaires.  mixi…

Seta Rowing Club

ボート体験教室 This past Sunday, I visited the Seta Rowing Club 瀬田漕艇倶楽部 near the Lake Biwa Rowing Course 琵琶湖漕艇場. They offer a 2-hour rowing…

New Nagahama Station opens

The new JR Nagahama Station opened its doors on Oct. 14, 2006. The new station building has a retro look based on the…

Lake Biwa’s private beaches

This past summer, I rented a bicycle at Omi-Maiko and went cycling along the beach toward Hira Station. There was a nice bicycle…

Hikone Castle at 2007 Sapporo Snow Festival

Looks like Hikone Castle will be one of the major snow sculptures at next year’s Sapporo Snow Festival in Feb. It will be…

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…
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