Here are some recommended autumn/fall festivals (matsuri) and events in Shiga in October 2015. (Most official Web sites are in Japanese only.) Updated:…
Chronology of Shiga Prefecture’s most important and interesting news headlines for July-Sept. 2015 (according to the year, month, day, and time posted at…
Updated: June 17, 2020 Organized index of my videos of Shiga Prefecture on YouTube. I currently have about 90 Shiga videos on my YouTube channel (photojpn). Mostly…
Here’s the 2015 summer fireworks (hanabi) schedule for Shiga Prefecture (Shiga-ken hanabi) listed by date. Keep in mind that foul weather is always…
Chronology of Shiga Prefecture’s most important and interesting news headlines for April-June 2015 (according to the year, month, day, and time posted at…
Zensuiji is one of the three Tendai Buddhist temples (called Konan Sanzan 湖南三山) in Konan, Shiga Prefecture designated as a National Treasure. The…
We are marking the 10th anniversary of shiga-ken.com in 2015. It was 10 years ago in February 2005 when I first registered the…
Back in 2011, NHK TV broadcast its yearlong Taiga Drama called Go–Himetachi no Sengoku (江〜姫たちの戦国〜) which I translate as “Go–Noble Ladies of Feudal Japan.” This…