OTSU A 30-meter-long stone wall and a moat were unearthed at the site of the castle belonging to the 16th-century samurai general who betrayed feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582).
NAGAHAMA, Shiga Prefecture A Steller’s sea eagle nicknamed the “Old Lady of Mount Yamamotoyama” has returned to its winter home here for the 26th straight year.
NAGAHAMA, Shiga Prefecture In the midst of an ongoing drought, a small island in Lake Biwako here has taken on the slight resemblance of France’s Mont Saint-Michel.
OTSU, Shiga Prefecture For the first time in four years, the Otsu Festival will be held in its complete format with all 13 floats bearing mechanical puppets from Oct. 7-8.
On a sweltering day in July, parcel delivery driver Takahiro Otaki called his subcontractor to say for the first time he would not meet his morning deadline for deliveries.