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 ...

An annual spring Shinto festival has started at a shrine near Lake Biwa in Japan's western prefecture of Shiga. The first in a series of rituals of the Sanno Festival was held on Sunday at the ...