Ohmi Railways Screen Station opens

On March 15, 2008, a new train station opened on the Ohmi Railways Taga Line called Screen Station (スクリーン駅). Located between Takamiya Station…

Event notice: Shiga ALT art exhibition at 琵琶湖文化館

Shiga’s Assistant Language Teachers (mainly English) are having an art exhibition at the Biwako Bunkakan. About 16 teachers are exhibiting paintings, photography, etc.,…

Koka’s English Web site

Koka finally has an English Web site: http://www.city.koka.shiga.jp/english/index.html It’s not bad. However, one common error is “Koka City.” It should just be “Koka.”…

English Web page for Aisho-cho

I’ve made a simple Web page in English introducing Aisho-cho:  https://photoguide.jp/txt/Aisho-cho,_Shiga  Also Google Map of Aisho:  http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=105501786212832952601.0004442a73a914bb420f1&z=13&om=0

Vories in Japan Times

The Japan Times printed a pretty interesting story about William Vories on Feb. 28, 2008: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fa20080228a1.html The writer says that his architectural designs…

English Web page for Toyosato, Shiga

Created a Web page in English for Toyosato: https://photoguide.jp/txt/Toyosato-cho,_Shiga Photos: https://photoguide.jp/pix/index.php?cat=179

Omi-Hachiman mayor Fujitani Eisho caught speeding

On Feb. 6, 2008, Omi-Hachiman mayor Fujitani Eisho was caught speeding by police while driving a car in Yasu. He was driving 23…

Nagahama’s sightseeing map in English

So Nagahama has published a sightseeing map in English (together with Japanese). http://mainichi.jp/area/shiga/news/20080123ddlk25040237000c.html That’s really nice. Next time I visit Nagahama, I hope…
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