The new JR Nagahama Station opened its doors on Oct. 14, 2006. The new station building has a retro look based on the very first Nagahama Station building which is… Read more
This past summer, I rented a bicycle at Omi-Maiko and went cycling along the beach toward Hira Station. There was a nice bicycle path most of the way, and some… Read more
Looks like Hikone Castle will be one of the major snow sculptures at next year’s Sapporo Snow Festival in Feb. It will be the 400th anniversary of the castle, and… Read more
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 pages, but unfortunately, they used automated (software)… Read more
I think Azuchi-cho is the town with the best official English pages in Shiga. http://www.town.azuchi.shiga.jp/en/It’s not complete yet, but their introduction of sightseeing places is good. The English is good,… Read more
I found out that there is a Shiga Kenjinkai in Tokyo and other places. So today, I called the Kenjinkai office in Tokyo and asked about the organization. The secretary… Read more
A hot debate still continues over the shinkansen train station in Ritto. It is the hottest topic in the Shiga community in mixi, still continuing for almost a year. There… Read more
After Otsu, Hikone is Shiga’s second most famous city. Hikone Castle is one of only four castle towers (tenshukaku) in Japan which are National Treasures (others are Himeji, Matsumoto, and… Read more