X-Nico

13 unusual facts about Shiga


Adam Monroe

After Hiro time travels to 1671 in Ōtsu, Japan, a swordsman rides alone against a larger unit of Japanese warriors before a solar eclipse occurs.

Akebia

An old source lists Minakuchi, Shiga and Tsugaru (now Aomori Prefecture) as localities that produced baskets from the vines of trifoliate variety.

Azuchi–Momoyama period

The name of this period is taken from Nobunaga's castle, Azuchi Castle, in the present-day town of Azuchi, Shiga Prefecture and Hideyoshi's castle, Momoyama Castle (also known as Fushimi Castle), in Kyoto.

During the period from 1576 to 1579, Nobunaga constructed, on the shore of Lake Biwa at Azuchi, Azuchi Castle, a magnificent seven-story castle that was intended to serve not simply as an impregnable military fortification, but also as a sumptuous residence that would stand as a symbol of unification.

Chōsenjin Kaidō

Staying closer to Lake Biwa, the route went through the present day municipalities of Hikone, Azuchi, Ōmihachiman and Yasu in Shiga Prefecture.

Gwisil Jipsa

Jipsa would be buried in the town of Hino, Shiga in Ono at the Kishitsu Shrine which is dedicated in his honor.

Imazu

Imazu, Shiga, town located in former Takashima District, Shiga, Japan

Lake Biwa

Biwa town, a town on the northern shore of Lake Biwa and its name was named after Lake Biwa.

Masajiro Miyazaki

Miyazaki was born in the vicinity of Hikone City in Japan and moved to Canada in 1913 with his father.

Nakajima A6M2-N

Later in the conflict the Otsu Air Group utilized the A6M2-N as an interceptor alongside Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu ("Rex") aircraft based in Biwa lake in the Honshū area.

Sekidera Komachi

The temple of Sekidera still exists; it is now called Chōanji, and can be found in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga.

Shigaraki train disaster

A special JR West rapid service train (501D) from Kyoto bound for Shigaraki had entered the Shigaraki Line at Kibukawa Station from the Kusatsu Line, transporting 716 passengers to the World Ceramic Festival that was being held in Shigaraki at the time.

Toju Nakae

He taught that the highest virtue was filial piety (kō), and acted upon this, giving up his official post in 1634 in order to return to his home in Takashima, Ōmi to care for his mother.


Global Engine Alliance

Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance LLC, or GEMA is the manufacturing arm of the Global Engine Alliance and consisted of five factories worldwide; two in Dundee, Michigan, United States, two in South Korea and one in Shiga, Japan.

Imazu

Ōmi-Imazu Station, railway station on the Kosei Line of West Japan Railway Company in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Naoya Shiga

While Shiga was at the Gakushuin he became friends with Saneatsu Mushanokōji and Kinoshita Rigen.

Shiga Prefectural Zeze High School

Shiga Prefectural Zeze High School (滋賀県立膳所高等学校) is a senior high school situated in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan, within walking distance of Lake Biwa.

Water supply and sanitation in Japan

The average unaccounted for sewerage is 12%, varying from 6% in Shiga to 30% in Sapporo.

Yoshio Shiga

In May 1942, then Lieutenant Shiga took command of aircraft carrier Jun'yō's fighter group, a post he held until December 1942.