I created a Web page introducing Torahime-cho in English: https://photoguide.jp/txt/Torahime-cho,_Shiga Photos: https://photoguide.jp/pix/index.php?cat=178 Update: Torahime merged with Nagahama in 2010. Read more
A major update for my Takatsuki-cho page: https://photoguide.jp/txt/Takatsuki-cho,_Shiga You can see that I visited Amenomori Hoshu-an museum. If you are interested in Japan-Korean relations, visit this museum. Nishino Water Tunnel… Read more
I recently visited Hayazaki Naiko Biotope 早崎内湖ビオトープ in Nagahama and talked with a local NPO taking care of it. Hayazaki (Hayasaki) Naiko was a small lake or lagoon north of… Read more
*On June 5, 2008, the Ministry of the Environment announced Japan’s 100 Best Spring Waters of the Heisei Era (平成の名水百選) and four of them are in Shiga Prefecture including one… Read more
On March 31, 2008, the Ando House 北国街道 安藤家, a Japanese-style house built in 1905, was closed in central Nagahama. The house was rented from the Ando family by the… Read more
So Nagahama has published a sightseeing map in English (together with Japanese). http://mainichi.jp/area/shiga/news/20080123ddlk25040237000c.html That’s really nice. Next time I visit Nagahama, I hope to get the map, available at the… Read more
I’ve created an English page about Nishi-Azai here: https://photoguide.jp/txt/Nishi-Azai-cho%2C_Shiga Read more