The H1N1 influenza is officially in epidemic mode in Japan, and Shiga now has over 2,500 children who contracted the virus during the…
Congratulations to the Shiga Lakestars pro basketball team for winning its opening game of the 2009-2010 season on October 3, 2009 against the…
The wildly successful and popular Yuru-kyara Matsuri or Mascot Character Festival will be held again in Hikone this year during Oct. 23-25, 2009.…
Released in Japan on Sept. 12, 2009, Katen no Shiro (火天の城) or Castle Under Fiery Skies is about Okabe Mataemon, a Nagoya (Atsuta)-based…
Those cute little buses you see outside Yokaichi Station and elsewhere in Higashi-Omi, called Chokotto bus, have started collecting used cooking oil from…
Another snafu has erupted between the city of Hikone and Moheron (もへろん), the artist who created Hiko-nyan for Hikone Castle’s 400th anniversary celebration…
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,…