Near the centre of Japan’s largest lake, a quiet shift in archaeological understanding has begun to take shape. Researchers operating deep below the surface recently documented an object of unusual ...

In just about forty minutes by train from Kyoto Station, the Mangetsu-ji Temple Uki-mido is a unique, historical treasure sitting gallantly on the shores of Lake Biwa. The temple is also called the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. White cherry blossoms descend from the sky just as a tragedy is about to change the course of a uniquely religious fishing ...

Across the world’s continental shelves, scientists are racing to reconstruct an ancient landscape that once stretched where ...

In 1869, the emperor's move to Tokyo led Kyoto's economy and population into decline. A canal was dug as a last resort to revive the city. It still supplies water, generates power and boosts tourism.

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' Biwa trout ' is a salmonid fish endemic to Shiga Prefecture, and the largest can reach a total length of 60 cm. I caught a Biwa trout in Lake Biwa, and tried to find out what it tastes like by using ...

A group of university students who went kayaking on Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture all returned safely to shore late Monday, after being reported missing earlier in the evening, with three of their ...

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 carry ...

Shiga prefectural police have arrested a 74-year-old man serving a life sentence for murder on suspicion of killing and dismembering a man and dumping the body parts around Lake Biwa in 2008. The body ...