NHK TV Otsu reported that from April 2009, Shiga will restart the culling of cormorant birds called kawau. They found that the kawau population in Shiga has almost doubled since last… Read more
I’ve created this new blog at shiga-ken.com/blog. The former blog was hosted at PHOTOGUIDE.JP (my sister site). So now this blog is totally dedicated to Shiga Prefecture. Most of the… Read more
Sister site PhotoGuide Japan was selected by Japanzine magazine as one of the “Best of Japan On the Web 2009” sites under the Photo Gallery category. http://www.japanzine.jp/article/jz/1974/best-of-japan-on-the-web-2009 Read more
On Feb. 3, 2009, I went to see Setsubun mame-maki at Taga Taisha Shrine in Taga for the first time. They had an Oni demon dance group from Shimane-ken to… Read more
The Japan Times newspaper (Feb. 15, 2009) had a good article about Kyorinbo temple and how it was restored. This is one temple I still haven’t visited. Hope to go… Read more
Chronology of Shiga Prefecture’s news bits for January-December 2008. Compiled by Philbert Ono. Feb. 23, 2008: A 50-km section between Kameyama (Mie Pref.) and Otsu (Kusatsu Tanakami Interchange 草津田上インターチェンジ) of… Read more
Held on Oct. 11-12, 2008, this is another major float festival in Shiga where they display and pull ornate floats along the city streets. I went to see both the… Read more
I went to the ゆるキャラ festival yesterday on Yume-Kyobashi Castle Road (Google Map) in Hikone. I’m not a fan of mascot characters, but I wanted to see the spectacle of… Read more