Lake Biwa is the largest body of fresh water in Japan. There's a town, Harie in Shiga Prefecture, on its northwestern shore, with a constant sound of water. Canals run throughout the town ...

Izutsuya in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, was founded in 1854 ... Foreseeing the full opening of the Tokaido Line from Shinbashi to Kobe in 1889, the company relocated to Maibara and launched ...

A 78-year-old man died and his 74-year-old wife is in a critical condition after they were attacked at their high-rise apartment in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, on Wednesday. According to police, ...

Now, they loom large over their hometown in Kobe. On July 26 ... “One visitor has come all the way here from Shiga Prefecture” to see the mural, said a representative of Shinko Gakuen ...