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      Hikone’s Eclectic Center: Ginza, Hashimoto, and Hanashobu Street

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      Rebecca Otowa – The Mixing of Japan, Artist and Woman

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    • Onion Restaurante, by Tomohisa Kawase, Nagahama City

      Diversity in Nagahama

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    • Sasa Kawanobe

      A Word of Mouth Antique Shop Restaurant that Deserves its Oral Praise

    • ‘Oga Showten’ as seen from Hachiman Bori

      Oga Showten: Art, Craft and Cuisine Freshly Born from Traditional Spaces

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    • Lake Biwa Museum

      A Deeper Dive into Biwako at the Lake Biwa Museum

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    • Onion Restaurante, by Tomohisa Kawase, Nagahama City

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      Hikone’s Eclectic Center: Ginza, Hashimoto, and Hanashobu Street

    • Rebecca Otowa exhibition at Kazenokobo

      Rebecca Otowa – The Mixing of Japan, Artist and Woman

    • Bonbaiten

      Plum Blossom Bonsai Trees are Blooming at Bonbaiten

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    • Hiking Japan’s Hidden Sacred Mountains

    • Lake Biwa Museum

      A Deeper Dive into Biwako at the Lake Biwa Museum

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    • Personalizing Your Hatsumode Experience at a Shrine or Temple

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  • Food
    • Onion Restaurante, by Tomohisa Kawase, Nagahama City

      Diversity in Nagahama

    • Shiga Enriched through English

    • Shirahige Shrine Gate in Lake Biwa

      10 Wonderful Ways to Enjoy the Views of Mother Lake

    • Sasa Kawanobe

      A Word of Mouth Antique Shop Restaurant that Deserves its Oral Praise

    • ‘Oga Showten’ as seen from Hachiman Bori

      Oga Showten: Art, Craft and Cuisine Freshly Born from Traditional Spaces

  • Outdoors
    • Hiking Japan’s Hidden Sacred Mountains

    • Lake Biwa Museum

      A Deeper Dive into Biwako at the Lake Biwa Museum

    • Personalizing Your Hatsumode Experience at a Shrine or Temple

    • Shiga Enriched through English

    • Yukitsuri – A Feat Accomplished through the Help of Many

  • People
    • A Slice of the Sword Life

    • Onion Restaurante, by Tomohisa Kawase, Nagahama City

      Diversity in Nagahama

    • Fujii-gumi: A Media Studio Creating Hometown Heroes and “Yurukyara”

    • Rebecca Otowa exhibition at Kazenokobo

      Rebecca Otowa – The Mixing of Japan, Artist and Woman

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      A Quest to Reimagine Pipe Cleaner Art

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Belinda Kyle

Belinda Kyle

A Slice of the Sword Life

July 25, 2016 Culture People 0 Comments

Shiga’s small town of Gokasho is famed for offering visitors a snap shot back in time to when wealthy merchants inhabited the area. Yet among the museums and...

Belinda Kyle

Shiga Enriched through English

December 25, 2015 Culture Food & Drink Outdoors 0 Comments

As 2015 comes to a close, take a moment to stop and reflect over your Shiga highlights for the year. Where did you go? What did you do?...

Shirahige Shrine Gate in Lake Biwa
Belinda Kyle

10 Wonderful Ways to Enjoy the Views of Mother Lake

July 1, 2015 Culture Food & Drink Outdoors 1 Comment

When receiving puzzled faces telling people you live in Shiga, throwing in a ‘Lake Biwa’ reference usually sets things straight. Lake Biwa is synonymous with Shiga, and we...

Rebecca Otowa exhibition at Kazenokobo
Belinda Kyle

Rebecca Otowa – The Mixing of Japan, Artist and Woman

March 26, 2015 People The Arts 0 Comments

About a year ago I first visited the enchanting gallery ‘Kazenokobo’(風野工房) of textile artist Koji Noda and his wife in the scenic hills of Eigenji, Shiga. I was...

Biwako Biennale
Belinda Kyle

The Biwako Biennale Shows Shiga’s Strong Artistic Pulse

November 25, 2014 The Arts 0 Comments

It still surprises me writing about it now that somewhere as local as Omi Hachiman has a world class art installation event. The Biwako Biennale (‘Biwako’ is the...

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