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ChatGPT for Shiga travel advice, not there yet
April 23, 2023
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I’ve been experimenting with AI chatbots ChatGPT and Google Bard and AI image generators such as Bing Image Creator for creating text and…

Maibara News
February 8, 2021
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Compilation of recent Maibara news from shiga-ken.com’s Shiga Headlines on Twitter. If the embedded timeline is not displayed below, access it directly at…

Spring and Golden Week festivals in Shiga
April 29, 2017
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Updated: April 22, 2023 Golden Week is Japan’s spring vacation from late April to early May with a string of national holidays. April…

Buddhist altars made in Shiga Prefecture
March 10, 2016
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Updated: May 7, 2017 Shiga Prefecture has three handicrafts officially designated as a “Traditional Craft” by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業大臣指定伝統的工芸品). “Traditional crafts” as…

Happy 50th Anniversary Tokaido Shinkansen
October 1, 2014
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Happy 50th anniversary to the Tokaido Shinkansen! The world’s first high-speed train. After about 5 years of construction and test runs, it was on…

October 2014 autumn festivals and events in Shiga Prefecture
September 24, 2014
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Here are some recommended autumn/fall festivals (matsuri) and events in Shiga in October 2014. (Most official Web sites are in Japanese only.) Updated:…
Sept. 2014 festivals and events in Shiga Prefecture
September 2, 2014
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Here are some recommended autumn/fall events and festivals in Shiga in September 2014. Link for video above: http://youtu.be/61q1TvodzOs September 6, 2014 ♦ Nagahama-Azai Appare…

The Birth of Chikubushima
July 8, 2014
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Although Shiga has many local legends and folktales, only a few are nationally famous. And fewer still are in English. So I’ve started…