Wishing everyone in Shiga a Happy New Year. Praying for a safe, healthy, and prosperous 2012. 明けましておめでとうございます。 (Dragon photo was shot at Taga Taisha Shrine’s lantern festival in Aug.) Read more
The Shiga Prefectural Police Department has estimated that 1.31 million people will pray at shrines and temples in Shiga during the first three days of 2012. This is more than… Read more
During this rainy season, I’m staying at home to sort through the thousands of photos I took in Shiga during spring. Here are a few more festivals in Shiga which… Read more
On Feb. 3, 2009, I went to see Setsubun mame-maki at Taga Taisha Shrine in Taga for the first time. They had an Oni demon dance group from Shimane-ken to… Read more
I went to see two rice-planting festivals in Shiga, for the first time. The first one was in Yasu on May 25, 2008. It’s held on the fourth Sunday in… Read more
I now have an English Web page for Taga-cho: https://photoguide.jp/txt/Taga-cho%2C_Shiga Read more
I’m checking all the official Web sites for all of Shiga’s cities and towns. A few towns have English pages. Taga-cho has English pages, but unfortunately, they used automated (software)… Read more