Under a new Shiga News blog category called Shiga History, I shall be posting a summary of Shiga Prefecture’s news bits every two…
更新日：２０１３年９月３０日 ２０１３年９月１５日〜１６日に気象庁が初めて「特別警報」を出した滋賀県は台風１８号による豪雨で大きな被害が相次いだ。特にひどかったのは高島市、甲賀市、大津市。 滋賀県内の観光施設や文化財への主な被害をまとめてみました。なお、この他の被害もあるかもしれませんので出かける前に状況を確認してください。特に登山。（２２日に比良山系で男性登山者の死亡も出ています。ご冥福を祈りします。） This is a list of tourist sights and major cultural properties in Shiga which were damaged or affected by Typhoon…
Here are some recommended autumn/fall events and festivals in Shiga in September 2013. September 1-30, 2013 ♦ Genkyuen Garden Insect Chirping Concert, Hikone,…
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,…
Happy to announce that I’ve finally opened a Twitter account for shiga-ken.com. It’s called Shiga Headlines and anybody can read my tweets (Twitter…
Here’s the fireworks (hanabi) schedule for Shiga Prefecture in summer 2013 listed by date. If you want to see the schedule for 2013…