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 ...

Hikone, Shiga Pref., May 12 (Jiji Press)--A restaurant chef in Shiga Prefecture has developed cheesecake using an ingredient of “funazushi,” one of Japan’s stinky original sushi called ...

A restaurant chef in Shiga Prefecture has developed a cheesecake using an ingredient from funazushi, one of Japan’s pungent traditional sushi types known as narezushi, in an effort to draw more ...

OTSU -- Children in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua are learning the importance of the environment through a lake boat study program modeled after one in west Japan's Shiga Prefecture which has ...

Women in Okayama Prefecture can expect to live longer than anywhere else in Japan, while the same holds true for men in Shiga Prefecture, according to the health ministry. The Ministry of Health ...

The Kusatsu Shukuba Festival, depicting the liveliness of the past, was held in the city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on April 27. This place is where the Tokaido road and the Nakasendo road ...

OMI-HACHIMAN, Shiga (Japan): A model of an ancient dog at a museum in Omi-Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture, is gaining popularity thanks to social media posts showing the dog model “walking” in and ...

Now, you don’t have to travel to Japan’s Shiga Prefecture, where the real-world cat island is located, to pet hundreds of cats in nature. You can accomplish the same, albeit virtually, ...

The 28-year-old Taduran said he’s looking to repeat his victory over Shigeoka last July at the Shiga Prefecture in Japan where he pulled off a ninth-round technical knockout win to wrest the 105 ...

Go to the <a href=" to get 20% off an annual membership ▶ In this video, we will explore the names of each prefecture in Japanese, their English translations, and the origins or etymology behind these ...

The jersey Kobe Bryant wore in his NBA debut sold for $7 million in auction on Thursday. Per auction house Sotheby’s, the sale sets a record for any memorabilia tied to the Los Angeles Lakers ...