Recommended festivals (matsuri), events, exhibitions, and fall leaves in Shiga Prefecture in November–December 2017. (Most official Web sites are in Japanese only.) Compiled by Philbert Ono. Updated: Nov. 8, 2017… Read more
Video link: http://youtu.be/U6vSoyvD2Sw This is my video of the Yokaichi Shotoku Matsuri (八日市聖徳まつり) festival in Higashi-Omi, Shiga Prefecture on the evening of July 27, 2013. It’s an annual bon dance held… Read more
A bit of disappointing news for anime fans, especially those who love the late-night anime program called “K-ON!” (けいおん！) which started to air in April 2010. The school depicted in… Read more
Chronology of Shiga Prefecture’s news bits for January-December 2009. Compiled by Philbert Ono.Updated: April 27, 2025 March 1, 2009: Hikone Prince Hotel is renamed Hikone View Hotel (彦根ビューホテル) upon the… Read more
The William Merrell Vories exhibition is being held in Omi-Hachiman until Nov. 3, 2009. For 1,000 yen, you can enter a few of the Vories-designed buildings in Omi-Hachiman normally closed… Read more
Renovation of the old Toyosato Elementary School (豊郷小学校), housed in a building designed by William Merrell Vories in 1937, has been completed and a ceremony was held on May 30, 2009… Read more
Created a Web page in English for Toyosato: https://photoguide.jp/txt/Toyosato-cho,_Shiga Photos: https://photoguide.jp/pix/index.php?cat=179 Read more
Chronology of Shiga Prefecture’s news bits for January-December 2007. Compiled by Philbert Ono. March 21, 2007: Hikone Castle celebrates its 400th anniversary with an 8-month-long festival lasting until Nov. 25,… Read more