Japanese speech contest by Shiga foreigners

On Feb. 25, 2007, a Japanese speech contest for foreigners in Shiga was held at the Viva City Hall in Minami-Hikone. Thirteeen non-Japanese…

Event notice: BNN Japanese speech contest by non-Japanese

To held on Feb. 25, 2007 at Hikone Viva City Hall, this is a Japanese speech contest by non-Japanese in Shiga. One of…

Visit to Okaya, Nagano

In January, I visited Okaya, Nagano and met with a few members of the int’l exchange association and introduced this English song. They…

Latest photos for Jan. 2007

During my New Year’s vacation, I visited many places in Shiga. See the photos here: Lake Biwa Rowing Lesson Hikone Castle Parade JRA…

Gokasho, Higashi-Omi

During New Year’s vacation, I visited Gokasho again. My second time. This time, I took many pictures with my digital camera. The pretty…

JRA Ritto Training Center

I finally visited the JRA Ritto Training Center on Sunday. It was very interesting. I highly recommend this free tour, especially if you…

Ishida Mitsunari’s birthplace

I visited Ishida Mitsunari’s birthplace in Ishida, Nagahama. There are a few monuments and a shrine dedicated to him. I didn’t have time…

Jizo-in temple

Hisashi-buri I went to Kinomoto. They have a nice, spanking-new train station which opened at the same time as Nagahama’s station in Oct.…
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