Miki Ito (伊藤みき) from Hino town snagged the silver medal (Uemura Aiko got the gold) for the women’s dual moguls of the FIS Freestyle World Championships in Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture… Read more
Caffee or Caffy (キャッフィー) has been called back to duty. The mascot character used for Sports Recreation Shiga 2008 has been sworn in by Shiga Governor Kada Yukiko on March… Read more
The familiar white building with a triangular roof on Hikone’s lake shore has been a stand-out structure since 1981 when it opened as Hikone Prince Hotel. Ohmi Railways operated the hotel under… Read more
Two train stations on the JR Kosei Line have been renamed: Nishi-Otsu Station (西大津駅) changed its name to “Otsu-kyo” 大津京駅 on March 15, 2008. This is an attempt to have people… Read more
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 Read more
The Japan Times printed a pretty interesting story about William Vories on Feb. 28, 2008: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fa20080228a1.html The writer says that his architectural designs were not original. They were taken from… Read more
Next to Hikone Prince Hotel is the JAPAN CENTER for MICHIGAN UNIVERSITIES (JCMU). It is a small campus for students from Michigan universities to study in Shiga. It has dormitories,… Read more
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