Shiga Prefecture’s Governor KADA Yukiko announced on Feb. 16, 2010 that she will run for a second term as governor of Shiga. She…
For foreigners in Shiga, Shiga Prefecture has opened a telephone consultation hotline for the H1N1 swine flu . The phone No. is: 077-522-4776 You…
滋賀県の2010年の英文カレンダーを作りました！（日本語は下にあります。） For the first time, I have created and published a 2010 calendar for Shiga Prefecture in English. The calendar features my photos…
The H1N1 influenza is officially in epidemic mode in Japan, and Shiga now has over 2,500 children who contracted the virus during the…
A full-length movie filmed in Shiga Prefecture called Satoyama (里山) will be released to theaters in Japan from Aug. 22, 2009. In July,…
It’s summer again and before people flock to the beaches, Shiga Prefecture in May conducted water-quality tests at nine of Shiga’s most popular…
Although the swine flu scare/panic has largely passed, be aware the bug is still out there. On July 13, 2009, ten new cases…