Omi-Hachiman and Azuchi aiming to merge

On March 26, 2009, Omi-Hachiman’s city council passed a bill to establish the Omi-Hachiman-Azuchi Municipal Merger Deliberation Council (近江八幡市・安土町合併協議会) on April 1 to…

Selling more bin-temari in Aisho

  Chunichi Shimbun newspaper reported on April 9, 2009 that sales of bin-temari in Aisho town has increased by 150% during fiscal 2008…

Hikone Serikawa Station opens on Ohmi Railways

A new train station opened on April 8, 2009 on the Ohmi Railways’ Honsen Main Line. The new station is called Hikone Serikawa Station…

Cherry blossoms in full bloom in most of Shiga

Cherry blossoms at most of the major spots in Shiga are now in full bloom, as of April 7-8. Otsu, Hikone, Nagahama, Yasu,…

Shiga LakeStars vs. Tokyo Apache

Just uploaded photos of Shiga LakeStars vs. Tokyo Apache held on March 6, 2009 at Komazawa Gymnasium in Tokyo. They wear white uniforms for away…

Shiga LakeStars players’ blogs

The Shiga LakeStars’ four American players have been writing a blog in English. It’s nice to see that they are enjoying their stay…

FM Kusatsu (78.5) starts broadcasting

Radio station FM Kusatsu has started broadcasting on March 22, 2009. When you’re in the Kusatsu area, tune to 78.5 Mhz. Their studio…

Maibara Station east-west corridor opens

The new Maibara Station has been under construction since Feb. 2006. It will be completed in Aug. 2009. For a long time, we…
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