If you're looking for a combination of history and outdoor adventure, it's tough to beat a 4-million-year-old lake that's ...

Seasonal fruits and vegetables are plentiful in Japan, and so here I am doing what I do best — tweaking recipes to come up with food I truly miss. Today, I’m introducing one very special fruit I’ve ...

Biwa-ko (琵琶湖), known as Lake Biwa in English, is one of the largest lakes in Japan and is the only ancient lake of the archipelago that has been around for approximately 4 million years. Biwa-ko is ...

Omi-Maiko Kitahama beach, the scene of multiple water accidents, is seen on Aug. 21, 2023. (Mainichi/Mayu Kikuchi) OTSU -- The clear, fresh waters of Lake Biwa in western Japan's Shiga Prefecture are ...

Rosen serves tori kara-age (“tori” means chicken; “kara-age” means fried) as an appetizer at Biwa, and at Noraneko, he’ll serve it on the side. In Japan, “you can frequently get it as a side dish in a ...

Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture is home to the Biwa trout, a type of salmon found only in this lake. These fish are now swimming upstream in rivers flowing into Lake Biwa to find places to lay their ...

Kengo Suzuki, who belongs to Fujitsu, won the Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon held on February 28, 2021 (Sun). The winning time was 2 hours 4 minutes 56 seconds, which is about 30 seconds higher than the ...