On Nov. 25, 2007, the 400th anniversary festival for Hikone Castle ended with a total attendance of 764,484 during the period of March 21 to Nov. 25, 2007. This far… Read more
An international exchange group in Hikone called VOICE will hold an international event this Sunday, June 24, 2007. From about 2:30 pm, Jamie Thompson will sing Lake Biwa Rowing Song… Read more
On Feb. 25, 2007, a Japanese speech contest for foreigners in Shiga was held at the Viva City Hall in Minami-Hikone. Thirteeen non-Japanese from eight countries gave 6-min. speeches in… Read more
On Nov. 3, Culture Day, I went to see the Hikone Castle Parade. It was good. Here are the pictures: https://photoguide.jp/pix/thumbnails.php?album=156 Read more
Former Yokozuna Musashimaru from Hawaii donated one of his giant Championship portraits to a nursery school in Hikone. The portrait used to hang in the Kokugikan sumo arena in Ryogoku,… 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
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