Shiga’s Internet TV channels

I didn’t find out until recently that the Shiga Prefectural government has finally created a YouTube account where they are posting videos. They…

2011 FISA World Rowing Tour in Lake Biwa, Japan

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 street views of Shiga

Google Maps now show street views of Shiga Prefecture. On March 11, 2010, Google has started to post photos of the streets of…

Biwako beaches pass water-quality tests

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…

Shiga-born cormorants found in Kumamoto

Japan’s largest kawau cormorant colony is found in Lake Biwa. These birds are flying off from Shiga and spreading over a wide area.…

Shooting 70,000 cormorants in Shiga

NHK TV Otsu reported that from April 2009, Shiga will restart the culling of cormorant birds called kawau. They found that the kawau population…

Lake Biwa Rowing Song music video

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 and Empress visit Shiga

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Shiga Prefecture for the first time in 13 years during Nov. 10-13, 2007. The main reason was…
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