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      Rebecca Otowa – The Mixing of Japan, Artist and Woman

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      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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      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

  • Culture
    • Hiking Japan’s Hidden Sacred Mountains

    • Lake Biwa Museum

      A Deeper Dive into Biwako at the Lake Biwa Museum

    • A Slice of the Sword Life

    • Personalizing Your Hatsumode Experience at a Shrine or Temple

    • Shiga Enriched through English

  • 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

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    • Onion Restaurante, by Tomohisa Kawase, Nagahama City

      Diversity in Nagahama

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

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Takako Matsui-Leidy

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July 1, 2014 People The Arts 0 Comments

AFTL exhibition in Lansing, Michigan Are you a fellow Michiganian? Have you ever visited, stayed there, or made it your “second home”? Or, are you simply an art-lover...

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