Three Reasons to Go to Okishima: · Floating on the placid waters of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, Okishima is the only populated freshwater island in all of Japan. · The island is famous for ...

A government panel has proposed that some Lake Biwa canal facilities in western Japan be collectively designated as a national treasure. Five of the canal facilities, which were built to help ...

LAKE BIWA, Japan -- For one Japanese tourist spot trying to survive the pandemic-related, the mantra has become paint it blue. Blue has become all the rage in the castle city of Nagahama on the ...

Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, has long been a center of flourishing agriculture and cultural progress, but it's also been at the center of countless environmental crises.

West Japan's Shiga Prefecture is home to Lake Biwa, the country's biggest lake, and all fifth-grade students board a ship for one night and two days t ...

The lake itself is huge, the largest freshwater lake in the country, and presents travelers with more than 230 kilometers of shore. In addition to being a fine base for swimming, Omi Maiko Beach ...

Shiga, site of Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, is home to centuries-old crafts like Shigaraki ware and Wana velvet. We explore an island in the lake by tricycle before climbing into the mountains.

OTSU, Japan -- The Lake Biwa Canal Cruise is a small sightseeing boat with a capacity of about 10 people. The craft makes a round trip on the waterway.

Along the northern shores of Lake Biwa is a lane of roughly 800 cherry trees that stretches for about 4 kilometers. The spectacular sakuras along the rugged coastline of Kaizu Ōsaki—known as ...

Japan's western prefecture of Shiga is looking to attract patriotic Austrian tourists who may be interested in visiting Lake Biwa, given the revelation on social media that the spectacular body of ...

Shiga Prefecture, site of Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, is home to centuries-old crafts like Shigaraki ware and Wana velvet. We explore an island in the lake by tricycle before climbing into ...