I didn’t find out until recently that the Shiga Prefectural government has finally created a YouTube account where they are posting videos. They…
Video link: http://youtu.be/Fo4fc8AufeY During June 4-12, 2011, about 40 rowers from Europe, Australia, and the US visited Shiga Prefecture to row completely around Lake…
Google Maps now show street views of Shiga Prefecture. On March 11, 2010, Google has started to post photos of the streets of…
It’s summer again and before people flock to the beaches, Shiga Prefecture in May conducted water-quality tests at nine of Shiga’s most popular…
Japan’s largest kawau cormorant colony is found in Lake Biwa. These birds are flying off from Shiga and spreading over a wide area.…
NHK TV Otsu reported that from April 2009, Shiga will restart the culling of cormorant birds called kawau. They found that the kawau population…
I created a music video for Lake Biwa Rowing Song and now you can see it on YouTube: Video link: http://youtu.be/gOUwlb6P_9s
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Shiga Prefecture for the first time in 13 years during Nov. 10-13, 2007. The main reason was…