Culture Human and Animal 2021 Kim A special exhibition at the Shiga Prefectural Ceramics Forest looks at humans and animals as depicted by 5 ceramic artists: B...
Culture Moomin Comic Strips Exhibition: Shiga 2020-2021 Kim The Moomins are characters in a cartoon series developed by Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson, and they've become quite popula...
Culture Miraculous Clay 2020 Kim A special event at the Shiga Prefectural Ceramic Forest looks into the soil of Shigaraki, often dubbed as "miraculous clay". ...
Food Peach and Mango Afternoon Tea 2021 [Cancelled] Kim From July 1st until August 31st, the Lake Biwa Marriott Hotel will host a Peach and Mango afternoon tea event which features ...
12 Calligraphy Event at Museum in Otsu Cathy Cawood Huge annual exhibition show-casing the best calligraphy in every grade from all over Shiga Prefecture.
11 Bird Watching around Lake Biwa Cathy Cawood You can see many birds around the shore of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, especially water fowl including ducks, geese, heron...
13 Tomikawa Magaibutsu Rock Carvings Cathy Cawood Granite rock face in Shiga Prefecture with 6.3 meter high carving of Buddha and two attendants.
14 Windmill Ojizos at Kongorinji Cathy Cawood Thousands of Ojizo statues bearing brightly colored plastic windmills stand on either side of the path, and also in the fores...
9 Accommodation Visiting Miho Museum Cathy Cawood Miho Museum in the hills of Shiga Prefecture is a beautiful building, but it totally upstages the art exhibited there.
10 Yomei-en Chinese Garden Cathy Cawood A Chinese style garden with a pretty red pagoda, a pond and a dragon-topped wall can be found in Takashima's Adogawa-cho in S...
