I’ve created an English page about Kinomoto-cho here: https://photoguide.jp/txt/Kinomoto-cho%2C_Shiga
I’ve created an English page about Yogo-cho here: https://photoguide.jp/txt/Yogo-cho%2C_Shiga
On Aug. 8, 2007, I went rowing on Biwako (琵琶湖周航) with the Imazu Jr. High School Rowing Club from Nagahama to Imazu. It…
I visited Ishida Mitsunari’s birthplace in Ishida, Nagahama. There are a few monuments and a shrine dedicated to him. I didn’t have time…
Hisashi-buri I went to Kinomoto. They have a nice, spanking-new train station which opened at the same time as Nagahama’s station in Oct.…

Chronology of Shiga Prefecture’s news bits for January-December 2006. Compiled by Philbert Ono. January 1, 2006: Notogawa-cho and Gamo-cho towns merge with Higashi-Omi.…

The new JR Nagahama Station opened its doors on Oct. 14, 2006. The new station building has a retro look based on the…
Did you know that Kyoto Shimbun has a collection of English articles? Most of them are about Kyoto, but there are some about…