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unusual facts about Shigaraki, 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.


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

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

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.


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