Imagine that your friends from overseas will visit you in Higashi-Omi. How would you explain or introduce your city in English? The city hall’s Web site has some English pages… Read more
A radio program named “Radio Asaichi-ban” will start at 5:18 am. Later at 5:45 am, they will have a segment called “Furusato Asaichi Report” for 5 min. They will introduce… Read more
I just found an interesting article in English about a 27-year-old woman who has taken over a large farm in Kohoku-cho. Her name is Tanaka Sayuri and her farm is… Read more
When Higashiomi was first established, I wondered how they would spell the name of the city. I thought that “Higashi-Omi” would be the best way to spell it. However, I… Read more
For the first time, I went to see the Otsu Natsu Matsuri last month. I was surprised to see the new Shiga Governor Yukiko Kada. I got a good picture… Read more
I found a few videos at YouTube for this song in Japanese. My favorite is one of John Denver singing the song with Minami Kosetsu and Kato Tokiko in Shiga… Read more
Last weekend, I went to visit Shinagawa-juku 品川宿 in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo for the first time. Shinagawa was the first post town 宿場 on the Tokaido Road. Shinagawa-juku is near Shinagawa Station. In… Read more