000 years. The scenery is often referred to as a “Itsukushimain Omi area”, as the Torii gate standing in Lake Biwa looks similarly with the world-famous tourist attractionItsukushima ShrineinHiroshima prefecture. Enjoy the breathtaking view created by the contrast of water ...
Mie Prefecture is a treasure trove of seafood. In particular, the area around Toba and Shima, which is famous for its ria coast, is one of the best fishing grounds in Japan, where a wide variety of seafood is caught. For the fishing industry in these areas, ama divers are indispensable...
Kansai › Shiga Hikone Castle town at the shores of Lake Biwa ★★★ 3.6 (378) #47 of 208 most visited in Japan Add to list Intro Attractions Get There Hikone (彦根) is a small city at the shores of Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. The city is most famous for its castle...
No Abstract available for this article.doi:10.1007/s00259-017-3754-9Takuya ToyonagaKenji HirataTohru ShigaTamaki NagaraEur J Nucl Med Mol ImagingEuropean Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging
Among all the adorable yurukyara, there is Okazaemon, a yurukyara that chose a rather surreal path instead. It's a simple mascot where the characters for Okazaki were used to make its face and outfit. Hikonyan (Hikone, Shiga) eba_tti Hikonyan is an overwhelmingly leading figure in the ...
The types ofE. colithat cause the majority of harmful infections in the U.S. produce a toxin called Shiga, and are appropriately called Shiga-toxin-producingE. coli(STEC). In North America, the most common strain of STEC isE. coliO157:H7 (often shortened toE. coliO145, or simply O145...
For every wedding, the true star of the show is the bride and the dress that helps her shine. Considering this wasn't Gwen Stefani'sfirst trip down the aisle, many were wondering what style she would rock this time. Her first wedding dress matched her bold pop-star personality: She went...
The ashes of famous novelist Yukio Mishima were stolen in 1971 and the ashes of novelist Naoya Shiga were stolen in 1980. The ashes of the wife of the baseball player Sadaharu Oh went missing in December 2002. And this is one downside of cremation—the remains are much easier to pilfer....
In July 2011, with the help of many kind people, 23-year-old Kela opened Kiki Blind Children’s Kindergarten in Shigaste in Tibet, which is also the first kindergarten for blind children in China. She decided to help blind children find the direction (方向) of their lives. Kela is the...
Former olympic city famous for its temple •••Recommended ★★★ 3.5(788) #21of 208 most visited inJapan Add to list Nagano City (長野) is the capital ofNagano Prefecture. It evolved as a temple town aroundZenkoji, one of Japan's most populartemples. In 1998, the city hosted ...